Completely agree in regards to this assessment.
Phil is a very average and mediocre individual. He has no particular trade skill that could make him stand out; no expertise of any type; no unique discerning qualities either. He’s the “average guy” who got lucky with the early days of YT and came into an inordinate amount of money that he completely mismanaged and 11 years later, he’s on the brink of losing it all.
His story is really not that special. If anything, DSP represents the quintessential mediocre American male who fucked his life up. The main difference is that his fall from grace has become a public event. A consequence of shouldering your financial responsibilities and obligations onto others.
What stands Phil apart from most people is the amount of energy he dedicates to convincing himself and others that all of his self-inflicted wounds are the fault of others, never himself.
This level of psychological dissonance is indeed unique since most people are able to critically look inward and ask themselves the very simple question: “Where did I go wrong?” Phil, so far, has been unable to ask himself this question which could offer him a new paradigm to judge and gauge what he has done wrong and take the necessary corrective measures to fix the utter mess his life has become.
A life of solitude and crippling debt is mentally exhausting. His underlying (and hidden) alcoholism as well as gambling addiction issues demonstrate that he has no coping mechanisms that do not involve escaping the reality he’s built for himself.
He’s stuck in a situation that is going to make the rest of his life incredibly difficult and uncomfortable and for someone as averse to effort and hard work, DSP finds himself in the worst situation he could possibly want to be in.
He’s not doing well, psychologically and physically. These 11 years of avoiding responsibilities have finally caught up to him and we’re seeing the results of such irresponsibility.
This is the shit I love to see after a long hiatus from the farms and seeing DSP's life crumble into hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt and a not so well hidden alcohol and gambling addiction. It's good to be back right on the brink of his hearing to talk about how we got here from that chubby little fuck back in the late 2000's, so I won't waste any time.
DSP's loves to go on and on about he's a success story, someone to look at and learn from. I can only agree on that by saying that everything DSP does is the epitome of how not to be an actual human being. A sulky, "depressed", angry little man, going on and on about how invisible people ruined his life and there was nothing he could really do, dood (You know, besides getting a job). I swear to god his boomer rants, which are the best parts of his streams and no one can prove me wrong, is the prime example on how he loves to blame everyone else for his problems because us, little kids, made him move across the country and take out 14 credit cards.
I feel like when he constantly goes back and yells about trolls being no-lives, losers, idiots, conspiracy theorists, etc; it's a mild bit of projection himself. He had every chance to "phase out" streaming and get a part time job like he talked about when he first brought up his bankruptcy(hell, he talked about it when he came back from his wedding), but he chose not to cause getting a job would mean "the trolls win". I suppose so, I guess. Have fun saying you beat us on your sinking ship, Phil, I'm so jealous.
With this bankruptcy, as well as all the discrepancies in it(shoutouts to actually with the DSP financials forum), we see that even in this "life and death" situation, he can't be upfront and honest to anyone. He'll even lie under penalty of perjury and put words in other people's mouths just to one up us, the shitheads with no lives. These last few weeks have really taken a toll on our boy Phil. He's attacked his own fans for being idiots and not just listening to him, he doesn't understand what the fuck Confirmation Bias is, and he tries to nervous laugh the fact that a once fan called him out for lying. You know, the thing that he can't stop doing.
God I can't wait until those 2-3 paypigs depart for other, less boring streamers. In the meantime, I'm sensing another boomer rant coming in really soon, so keep your eyes peeled.