And like that, the dream of another community college saga bites the dust. A pity. As I said, I actually wanted him to go back to college, because it would have forced him to interact with other human beings and would have given us the most content he'd provided in a long time! It would have been hilarious!
Of course I wouldn't give him
my money to do it. I'm selfish and there are a lot of better things I can waste my money on, like new Warhammer figures and shit, but then unlike Phil I actually have a thing called disposable income. And friends. Still it wouldnt have been hard for him to find a scholarship of some kind were he actually serious about going back to school. especially as a disabled "transgendered latinx" in Oregon. They'd eat that shit up! Hell he even claims to be post-op, right? Should be easy to make his case... unless he's faking it.
Knowing Phil he'd waddle into the first gender studies class and try to copy the big words the teacher and other students use. Or more likely he'd just find another anime club or some shit and hang out on campus making a nuisance of himself until he flunks out, but at least he'd actually be happy! I think the gender special SJW is tiring him out because he's too old and disconnected and doesn't really understand it anyway.
At first I was thinking this was like the "I'mma be a tattoo artist buy me things" scam but reading your quote reminded me how much Phil loves, or at least loved, hanging around youth centers even when he was clearly too old to be there.
On some level I think he must realize that adults have too much life experience to fall for his play time dress ups and this is a way to have a chance to be around a bit of a younger, possibly more naive crowd.
Added bonus of that more naive crowd being less experienced with money and possibly still getting help from mom and dad that they can then pass on to Phil.
I think that's genuinely part of it, yes, but Phil is extremely immature and probably does share more in common with teenagers/twenty somethings still living at home with their parents than he does with adults. Sort of. He's never really worked a day in his life, he's too dense and self-absorbed to take an interest in politics, history, science or anything else, and he's sort of stuck in a perpetual teenage state of rebellion despite being in his 30s and ostensibly living on his own.
Now to be fair nostalgia is a thing and I think Phil really did peak back in his community college days. I mean... just look at his life, I'd want to go back too if I were him. All the shitty tattoos, the obesity, the lack of friends, social life or even basic hygiene, all the social justice crap that doesn't actually get him anything. I'm sure he was much happier with anime club and his LGBT alliance. Unfortunately the past is a foreign country. He can't go back, but he doesn't have the knowledge or tools to make it as an adult either.
Phil genuinely does want to be a part of youth culture. His life has been weirdly dominated by pop culture (or at least the elements his parents let him consume, like boy bands, and later Naruto, Hetalia and the new Star Wars) and by social justice crap that he doesn't understand, but he thinks it will let him blend in. It doesnt. He's obviously an overweight man in his late 30s trying to be a teenager, and most people find that gross and/or creepy.
He's more likely to get blacklisted as a probable pedophile.
And not without reason either. No, I'm not trying to a-log Phil here, if that's even possible, but... Phil is both dumb enough and potentially manipulative enough to try to exploit young LGBTQ kids. I mean that's basically what his entire relationship with Tweaker was after all. Phil is immature and wants to fit in with youth culture. Moreover he may view young people as more likely to fall for his sob stories. For the sake of everyone (Phil included) I'd prefer he be kept as far away as possible.
af. He's afraid anyone darker than whipped cream.
