On prestream, Phil is again saying he cannot stream tonight because he has to 'pay bills and the like'. I'm glad the '2 hours sitting at the kitchen table every Sunday night with his glasses on a chain and his checkbook out' meme is still going strong.
He was also complaining about game companies that rely on Christmas to generate extra sales in order to stay solvent. I assume Phil is speaking from a position of authority on this since Christmas begging composes a large chunk of his income, so maybe he would suggest they find paypigs of their own to round out the rest of the regular income. Then they can be successful like him.
Finally, he did that thing again where he rounded his six hours of actual gameplay up to 'ten or eleven' hours of work each day. This time, his description and math explicitly required him to count the hours between his streams as 'work time'. Last night he went on a rant saying that he needed the relaxation time in the evening to 'deprogram' himself from streaming and games so that he doesn't get burned out, which is also why it is impossible for him to watch other streamers.
Now a curious change of pace. Phil tweeted this, which I believe is one of the few (only?) times Phil has actually tweeted something related to supporting someone else. It's our boy, VenomousFatman.
So don't let that curious phrasing fool you, they aren't actually his medical bills, they are a family member's medical bills that required them to cut the internet to free up some funds. I always feel for those with ailing relatives, but something about this is Phil-tier suspect to me. This is the GoFundMe:
If his online work was making enough to cover the internet with some leftover, why cut it and therefore cut off that revenue source? If it was not making enough to cover the cost of the internet and there are expensive bills to pay, why not focus on a job that will make more money? Maybe I'm just being extra suspicious because this is a hanger-on of Phil, but this seems like an odd story. I'm also curious if Phil will share some of that Tut wealth to support his friend, and if he feels that promoting this is promoting a charity, as we know that talking about charitable work makes you worse than Hitler in Phil's eyes. He has not made any mention of this on stream so far.