DarksydePhil / TheyCallMeDSP / Phil Burnell - General Discussion

[Haunter]

A head's up that @CodeCastiel's made a thread for today's supposed Ops here.

 

[Dragoonism]

What is with Phil's obsession with being Italian? Like, he goes on about it all the time. Isn't it his grandparents or something who were Italian? I remember in one video (Ask The King, maybe?) where someone asked him outside of his own culture, what culture has his favourite food. His answer was something along the lines of, "Well my culture is Italian and that's my favourite food, but other than that...". And then in recent videos where he's going on about how he could make really offensive racist jokes "back in the day" because people weren't as sensitive, but it's okay because he makes fun of his own race (Italian) all the time (FYI, Phil, you're not Italian, you're American, and Italian isn't a race).

Excuse the rant, it's just bugged me for a while.

Im guessing that it is because of several reasons.

• Hollywood's glorification of things like the mafia.
  • He thinks it is cool with their system of honor and makes him look like a bad boy!
• It automatically makes him a expert on pasta and pizza.
  • Since his grandmother used to cook authentic italian sauce, the knowledge and skill of cooking automatically was passed on to him.
• Italy sounds cooler than Poland.

But in general i think he just wanna sounds special somehow, since there are so few people in the USA that are descendants of parents from other countries...

 

[Leon Breitling]

But in general i think he just wanna sounds special somehow, since there are so few people in the USA that are descendants of parents from other countries...

You know damn well if he had even 1 single drop of some native tribe blood he'd be full on claiming he's an Indian and shit.

 

[Alxmir23]

Im guessing that it is because of several reasons.

• Hollywood's glorification of things like the mafia.
  • He thinks it is cool with their system of honor and makes him look like a bad boy!
• It automatically makes him a expert on pasta and pizza.
  • Since his grandmother used to cook authentic italian sauce, the knowledge and skill of cooking automatically was passed on to him.
• Italy sounds cooler than Poland.

But in general i think he just wanna sounds special somehow, since there are so few people in the USA that are descendants of parents from other countries...

knowing some real italian(half italian and up),i can say phil has nothing to do with being italian. he only eat italian stuff any culture eats,regular pasta and pizza.doesnt know anything about italy,doesnt speak italian,etc
hell,the only italian thing about him is his name,burnell

 

[Sparkletor]

You know damn well if he had even 1 single drop of some native tribe blood he'd be full on claiming he's an Indian and shit.

I don't know the source, but I've heard that he claims 5% Cherokee or something.

 

[James Smith]

hell,the only italian thing about him is his name,burnell

https://www.houseofnames.com/burnell-family-crest
Says the same thing for Brunell.
There's not a single mention of Italy or an Italian person with the name.

https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=burnelli
Even if you assume his name was Americanized Burnelli is not Italian either, even though it sounds like it would be.

You've got to go all the way to Brunelli to find an Italian name then Americanize that.

I'd guess his grandmother was a child when her parents immigrated to the United States, making her barely a cultural Italian. His mom? Nope. Him? Fuck no.

 

[Kermit the Frog]

What is with Phil's obsession with being Italian? Like, he goes on about it all the time. Isn't it his grandparents or something who were Italian? I remember in one video (Ask The King, maybe?) where someone asked him outside of his own culture, what culture has his favourite food. His answer was something along the lines of, "Well my culture is Italian and that's my favourite food, but other than that...". And then in recent videos where he's going on about how he could make really offensive racist jokes "back in the day" because people weren't as sensitive, but it's okay because he makes fun of his own race (Italian) all the time (FYI, Phil, you're not Italian, you're American, and Italian isn't a race).

Excuse the rant, it's just bugged me for a while.

Phil is not an interesting person and he has nothing to brag about so he clings to "muh heritage" because it's something for him to associate himself with. I don't know why exactly he decided to only focus on his Italian heritage when he has an Anglo last name and he's at best only a quarter Italian. I'm guessing he loves Italian food so much he feels that he has to have a built-in excuse for why. He should just change his name to Philipo Burnelli already.

You know damn well if he had even 1 single drop of some native tribe blood he'd be full on claiming he's an Indian and shit.

Oh he for sure would have claimed Injun heritage on his application to Harvard. They call him "Begging Pig"

 

[gin_nose]

knowing some real italian(half italian and up),i can say phil has nothing to do with being italian. he only eat italian stuff any culture eats,regular pasta and pizza.doesnt know anything about italy,doesnt speak italian,etc
hell,the only italian thing about him is his name,burnell

LOL Burnell is not Italian. No vowel at the end kind of gives it away, its english. (sniped by soapqueen)

Also, he wants to be "Italian" because where he grew up (Northeast - NYC metro area kind of) being Italian is cool. Sopranos anyone? when phil was growing up being italian was cool (again sopranos helped with this plus godfather, etc) and being polish was made fun of. During the 90s pollock jokes were incredibly popular making fun of how dumb polish people were supposed to be. This is why he really doesnt want to be known as being polish for sure. I remember polish submarine has a screendoor, etc.

Funny thing is, I think he is like 10-15% Italian at most from the research i did a while back. He is at least 50% polish. His real family recipe is surely Peroggies and Kibasi, not fucking italian food.

 

[Alxmir23]

LOL Burnell is not Italian. No vowel at the end kind of gives it away, its english. (sniped by soapqueen)

Also, he wants to be "Italian" because where he grew up (Northeast - NYC metro area kind of) being Italian is cool. Sopranos anyone? when phil was growing up being italian was cool (again sopranos helped with this plus godfather, etc) and being polish was made fun of. During the 90s pollock jokes were incredibly popular making fun of how dumb polish people were supposed to be. This is why he really doesnt want to be known as being polish for sure. I remember polish submarine has a screendoor, etc.

Funny thing is, I think he is like 10-15% Italian at most from the research i did a while back. He is at least 50% polish. His real family recipe is surely Peroggies and Kibasi, not fucking italian food.

damn i might think of a name that sounds the same.
also wtf,i typed Burnell italian, 4th search option is kiwifarms thread on the onion man himself
also,pierogies are literally just dumplings. basic water/flour/meat dumplings that tons of countries have

 

[Dragoonism]

You know damn well if he had even 1 single drop of some native tribe blood he'd be full on claiming he's an Indian and shit.

I don't know the source, but I've heard that he claims 5% Cherokee or something.

"Maaaah people used to live on this land, i actually inherit this land and have more right to the USA than any of you!" *SNOOOORT* "Stupid detractor, if i ever see you i will scalp you like my Apache grandparents!" (5 min later) "Maaah Sioux ancesters was great warriors! How i know it? Ever seen the movies?"

knowing some real italian(half italian and up),i can say phil has nothing to do with being italian. he only eat italian stuff any culture eats,regular pasta and pizza.doesnt know anything about italy,doesnt speak italian,etc
hell,the only italian thing about him is his name,burnell

Im guessing he is either a 2nd or 3rd generation american of italian decent, pretty sure the italian part arrived in the USA after WW2.

 

[OneDaySon]

LOL Burnell is not Italian. No vowel at the end kind of gives it away, its english. (sniped by soapqueen)

Also, he wants to be "Italian" because where he grew up (Northeast - NYC metro area kind of) being Italian is cool. Sopranos anyone? when phil was growing up being italian was cool (again sopranos helped with this plus godfather, etc) and being polish was made fun of. During the 90s pollock jokes were incredibly popular making fun of how dumb polish people were supposed to be. This is why he really doesnt want to be known as being polish for sure. I remember polish submarine has a screendoor, etc.

Funny thing is, I think he is like 10-15% Italian at most from the research i did a while back. He is at least 50% polish. His real family recipe is surely Peroggies and Kibasi, not fucking italian food.

I remember him saying a few times before he's 25% Italian on his mother's side. His mom is half Italian and his grandmother is full blooded Italian but born in America, and she was the one who started the sugary sauce recipe. For polishness yeah I remember him saying he was 50% Polish. So he has a missing 25%.

As for why he's obsessed with Italy so much I just say he's a weeaboo but for Italy, I think he just really liked the food because he always just brings it up with food really as a way to say his food opinions are more right when it comes to greasy ass pizza. I remember in his pizza hut DSP tries its he'd always be like "I'm Italian so I know what I'm talking about."
Because you know, Italians are experts on greasy fast food delivery bbq smokehouse pizzas.

 

[CausticMinory]

If Phil claimed to be native American, he'd try to get that monthly reservation check.

 

[Il_Duke]

If you ever feel bad about a financial decision you've made in your life, just remind yourself that Phil spent $130,000 on a dated 1st floor 1 Bedroom apartment with a leaky roof in a bad neighborhood. A condo that, at its most generous estimate, Phil's going to lose $70,000 on (based on the last time he tried to list it). And somehow it's far from the worst financial decision Phil's made in the last 10 years.

It's not new information, but I like to think back on it every time I take Phil a little too seriously. It's a nice reminder that no amount of lucky can overcome good old stupid.

 

[N0thingICanDo]

Well if Phil really wanna trace his Heritage I have a great story to share

I was talking to my cousin who is doing a Master Degree in biology, and he was working on his paper when he encountered this article posted on the Journal of Animal Science about DIET of PIGS (AKA DSP tries it)

the leader author is Tom Burnell

you can look it up easily, I'm not making this up

So this is your heritage Phil, you are a PIG

SnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrT

 

[Keystone]

Even though someone like Elizabeth Warren is more Native American than Phil, what would his tribal name be?

 

[N0thingICanDo]

Even though someone like Elizabeth Warren is more Native American than Phil, what would his tribal name be?

Tee'pminaw tribe of Renton, Washington

 

[That Damned Tiger]

How much do you want to bet that he doesn't have an LLC? If he doesn't, that's a big yikes.

I checked the Secretary of State websites for both Washington and Connecticut, and nothing shows up in either when entering is name.

 

[actually]

I checked the Secretary of State websites for both Washington and Connecticut, and nothing shows up in either when entering is name.

He has a sole proprietorship called "Burnell Productions". You can find it by searching here (choose 'Governing People') under "Phil Burnell". It was registered at the end of 2017 when he was told he had to pay B&O tax.

"A Sole Proprietorship is one individual or married couple in business alone. Sole proprietorships are the most common form of business structure. This type of business is simple to form and operate, and may enjoy greater flexibility of management, fewer legal controls, and fewer taxes. However, the business owner is personally liable for all debts incurred by the business."

 

[Mr.PiggyOinkOinkOink]

Oh man I know this is old news but I had some tervin vids playing on my phone while grinding in Final Fantasy and it was some video he made after the Halloween disaster stream, and listening to dark spouting off the next day about phantom people that contacted him saying they’ve had enough and are going to handle things is still really really funny. This dude was so salty and had to say whatever he could while puffing out his chest.

 

[Wurstbrot]

Soooooo, does anyone remember this thing? This post is from Dec 1st. The great idea, the initiative Phil wanted to start in January? It's already mid Feb and there was no amazing announcement to speak of.

So either he forgot that, or he discarded it silently, or somehow we missed it. What exactly could he have done? Put up a goal of 200 per day? That was a very late reaction for his refinance plan, bills and taxes, this can't be it. Begging is nothing new.

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