DarksydePhil / TheyCallMeDSP / Phil Burnell - General Discussion

[TeeDee1622]

Viewing past condo tours with a peek inside his refrigerator, he doesn't have an expensive taste in foods. $600/month seems unreasonable. But on the other hand, he showed he does stock his fridge with a lot of "mixers" for drinks. I would venture a guess that part of that $600/month on groceries includes his "liquid groceries" he buys at the liquor store.

Based on what I found last December, I estimate his home goes through at least two bottles of booze a week.

I’m not sure how I’ve not found this out myself but how does everyone know that he drinks gin often? I admittedly don’t watch his actual stream and mostly watch TIHYDP’s because I think they’re funny. I can’t remember him ever mentioning gin but I see everyone talking about how he drinks a ton. I of course trust that you guys have done you homework and are correct but I’m just wondering how y’all know about his gin consumption?

 

[Draventren]

I watched the LSB restream of the first Daymare stream today and for all the garbage he said during the stream, something stood out to me. Someone asked about if he's ever been scared during a game, and he started talking about how he was only scared once during RE1 when the dogs break through the window, and that he doesn't really get scared at things like movies or games so much.

I've said something like this before, but I think that more and more pieces start falling into place to prove me right. I think Phil is too dumb to understand what makes things scary. His one example of being scared is a scene that involves loud noises, sudden movement, and aggressive animals. That's the horror that stuck with him.

This isn't going to turn into a "you need a really high IQ" rant, but this has made me think about the things myself and other people find scary compared to Darksy. I think Phil genuinely isn't scared by a lot of the horror game he plays because he can't comprehend weighty concepts. He strikes me as the kind of guy who doesn't find the Exorcist or The Thing scary because he misses the point entirely. I think this is reflected during his streams when he plays horror games because when the elements of really horrific stuff hits him, he just sort of blankly says what is happening, and then hiss or goat laughs.

Maybe too dumb isn't the right words. Too shallow. Can't think beyond the immediate. As shown by his spending habits, we know he doesn't have a good concept of long-term thinking or value of things. I think he genuinely lacks the depth of thought to appreciate anything. Not just horror, but anything. Guy probably doesn't laugh at something if the laugh track doesn't play, or the people (Kat and Jasper) he's watching with don't laugh either.

The irony to me is that the inability to be affected on an emotional level by anything could make for a pretty weighty horror story in my opinoin.

 

[Gramh]

I watched the LSB restream of the first Daymare stream today and for all the garbage he said during the stream, something stood out to me. Someone asked about if he's ever been scared during a game, and he started talking about how he was only scared once during RE1 when the dogs break through the window, and that he doesn't really get scared at things like movies or games so much.

I've said something like this before, but I think that more and more pieces start falling into place to prove me right. I think Phil is too dumb to understand what makes things scary. His one example of being scared is a scene that involves loud noises, sudden movement, and aggressive animals. That's the horror that stuck with him.

This isn't going to turn into a "you need a really high IQ" rant, but this has made me think about the things myself and other people find scary compared to Darksy. I think Phil genuinely isn't scared by a lot of the horror game he plays because he can't comprehend weighty concepts. He strikes me as the kind of guy who doesn't find the Exorcist or The Thing scary because he misses the point entirely. I think this is reflected during his streams when he plays horror games because when the elements of really horrific stuff hits him, he just sort of blankly says what is happening, and then hiss or goat laughs.

Maybe too dumb isn't the right words. Too shallow. Can't think beyond the immediate. As shown by his spending habits, we know he doesn't have a good concept of long-term thinking or value of things. I think he genuinely lacks the depth of thought to appreciate anything. Not just horror, but anything. Guy probably doesn't laugh at something if the laugh track doesn't play, or the people (Kat and Jasper) he's watching with don't laugh either.

The irony to me is that the inability to be affected on an emotional level by anything could make for a pretty weighty horror story in my opinoin.

I haven't gotten around to it myself, but I've seen some reviews on it and it would be a fascinating case study to watch DSP play Pathologic 1 or 2. It's so heavy with theme, story, and a general feeling of existential dread put into a videogame that only a Russian developer could make and it would probably all go right over his head and he'd be angry that he can't just button mash through it.

 

[King Daddy Telomerase]

Phil just never cares about the story in games. He does the same disinterested silence with occasional goat laughs for any heavy story sequence. The only times he'll show any emotion is if it's a game he enjoyed in his youth, or much more often, a game he decided to shit on before playing it.

 

[Kosher Dill]

how does everyone know that he drinks gin often?

I think in one of the "hotel vacation" videos with Leanna people spotted a ludicrous amount of gin.

 

[Royalty Free Fish Food]

I watched the LSB restream of the first Daymare stream today and for all the garbage he said during the stream, something stood out to me. Someone asked about if he's ever been scared during a game, and he started talking about how he was only scared once during RE1 when the dogs break through the window, and that he doesn't really get scared at things like movies or games so much.

I've said something like this before, but I think that more and more pieces start falling into place to prove me right. I think Phil is too dumb to understand what makes things scary. His one example of being scared is a scene that involves loud noises, sudden movement, and aggressive animals. That's the horror that stuck with him.

This isn't going to turn into a "you need a really high IQ" rant, but this has made me think about the things myself and other people find scary compared to Darksy. I think Phil genuinely isn't scared by a lot of the horror game he plays because he can't comprehend weighty concepts. He strikes me as the kind of guy who doesn't find the Exorcist or The Thing scary because he misses the point entirely. I think this is reflected during his streams when he plays horror games because when the elements of really horrific stuff hits him, he just sort of blankly says what is happening, and then hiss or goat laughs.

Maybe too dumb isn't the right words. Too shallow. Can't think beyond the immediate. As shown by his spending habits, we know he doesn't have a good concept of long-term thinking or value of things. I think he genuinely lacks the depth of thought to appreciate anything. Not just horror, but anything. Guy probably doesn't laugh at something if the laugh track doesn't play, or the people (Kat and Jasper) he's watching with don't laugh either.

The irony to me is that the inability to be affected on an emotional level by anything could make for a pretty weighty horror story in my opinoin.

So basically, people like Pig are why horror has been ruined by shit like Paranormal Activity where something moves suddenly and they play a loud scary noise for a few seconds.

 

[SkippyLongbottom]

I watched the LSB restream of the first Daymare stream today and for all the garbage he said during the stream, something stood out to me. Someone asked about if he's ever been scared during a game, and he started talking about how he was only scared once during RE1 when the dogs break through the window, and that he doesn't really get scared at things like movies or games so much.

I've said something like this before, but I think that more and more pieces start falling into place to prove me right. I think Phil is too dumb to understand what makes things scary. His one example of being scared is a scene that involves loud noises, sudden movement, and aggressive animals. That's the horror that stuck with him.

This isn't going to turn into a "you need a really high IQ" rant, but this has made me think about the things myself and other people find scary compared to Darksy. I think Phil genuinely isn't scared by a lot of the horror game he plays because he can't comprehend weighty concepts. He strikes me as the kind of guy who doesn't find the Exorcist or The Thing scary because he misses the point entirely. I think this is reflected during his streams when he plays horror games because when the elements of really horrific stuff hits him, he just sort of blankly says what is happening, and then hiss or goat laughs.

Maybe too dumb isn't the right words. Too shallow. Can't think beyond the immediate. As shown by his spending habits, we know he doesn't have a good concept of long-term thinking or value of things. I think he genuinely lacks the depth of thought to appreciate anything. Not just horror, but anything. Guy probably doesn't laugh at something if the laugh track doesn't play, or the people (Kat and Jasper) he's watching with don't laugh either.

The irony to me is that the inability to be affected on an emotional level by anything could make for a pretty weighty horror story in my opinoin.

I get what you're saying but I think stuff like Dogs bursting through the window is more of a startling thing.

Any sort of actual horror element he rarely seems to dive into. Take P.T. for example, a game that absolutely terrified me. What happened when anything happens on screen? He acts like a clown and never really immerse himself into it because he diffuses any sort of tension with his garbage commentary or goat laughs.

Just a flexing thing and take what he says with a grain of salt. He likes to pretend he's a big macho boy who aint afraid of no ghosts.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

I’m not sure how I’ve not found this out myself but how does everyone know that he drinks gin often? I admittedly don’t watch his actual stream and mostly watch TIHYDP’s because I think they’re funny. I can’t remember him ever mentioning gin but I see everyone talking about how he drinks a ton. I of course trust that you guys have done you homework and are correct but I’m just wondering how y’all know about his gin consumption?

In one of his Connecticut condo tours he shows of his fully stocked liquor cabinet.

In one of his staycations, his shows off the hotel room. He has brought along two handles (3 liters) of tanqueray gin.

In another staycation video he shows a bottle a tanqueray in a dresser drawer.

In a Washington condo tour video he shows his shopping list on the refrigerator. The first item, and written larger than the others, is "GIN".

Leanna once bitched on social media about how Phil made her walk to the store to buy him gin.

In a restaurant review, Leanna remarked how Phil had several $14 gin drinks.

Phil has posted gin pics on his Instagram.

 

[Zappin’ And Spazzin’]

I watched the LSB restream of the first Daymare stream today and for all the garbage he said during the stream, something stood out to me. Someone asked about if he's ever been scared during a game, and he started talking about how he was only scared once during RE1 when the dogs break through the window, and that he doesn't really get scared at things like movies or games so much.

I've said something like this before, but I think that more and more pieces start falling into place to prove me right. I think Phil is too dumb to understand what makes things scary. His one example of being scared is a scene that involves loud noises, sudden movement, and aggressive animals. That's the horror that stuck with him.

This isn't going to turn into a "you need a really high IQ" rant, but this has made me think about the things myself and other people find scary compared to Darksy. I think Phil genuinely isn't scared by a lot of the horror game he plays because he can't comprehend weighty concepts. He strikes me as the kind of guy who doesn't find the Exorcist or The Thing scary because he misses the point entirely. I think this is reflected during his streams when he plays horror games because when the elements of really horrific stuff hits him, he just sort of blankly says what is happening, and then hiss or goat laughs.

Maybe too dumb isn't the right words. Too shallow. Can't think beyond the immediate. As shown by his spending habits, we know he doesn't have a good concept of long-term thinking or value of things. I think he genuinely lacks the depth of thought to appreciate anything. Not just horror, but anything. Guy probably doesn't laugh at something if the laugh track doesn't play, or the people (Kat and Jasper) he's watching with don't laugh either.

The irony to me is that the inability to be affected on an emotional level by anything could make for a pretty weighty horror story in my opinoin.

I'd just chalk it up to him being childish and not allowing himself to get immersed into any story because that's "cringey stuff".
Remember Phil is a true contrarian who always has to feel like he's the smartest person in the room so he has to show off how "mature" he is.
He's also just generally very resistant to showing genuine emotional responses to anything (unless he can profit off of it ala crocodile tears). We're supposed to sit back and think "Wow, Phil isn't phased by anything! He's so cool!"

 

[SPhobos]

Also ginormous is his favorite word.

 

[Kosher Dill]

Leanna once bitched on social media about how Phil made her walk to the store to buy him gin.

I'd love to see this if you have the link handy

 

[EmpGulcasa]

Keep in mind it's hard to be scared by anything but loud noises when you're playing horror games in a brightly lit room from a couch across the room while paying more attention to banning people from stream chat than the game itself.

 

[Iron Father]

Video game jumpscares are the only thing that can penetrate his lean in bans/burps and babymode commentary that essentially diarrhea shits all over any game's plot. Yeah he's a dumb ass but the main reason he isn't scared by horror plots that attempt to instill deep visceral fear is because he's too busy clowning it up to even absorb any of the story.

Edit: lol somewhat ninja'd by @EmpGulcasa

 

[Autism Spectroscopy]

I’m not sure how I’ve not found this out myself but how does everyone know that he drinks gin often? I admittedly don’t watch his actual stream and mostly watch TIHYDP’s because I think they’re funny. I can’t remember him ever mentioning gin but I see everyone talking about how he drinks a ton. I of course trust that you guys have done you homework and are correct but I’m just wondering how y’all know about his gin consumption?

There are bits and pieces laying around his older vlogs, like bottles on the table in the hotel he went to. There also have been a few Freudian slips, but nothing major, it's more of a meme, than reality afaik.

 

[Pargon]

I watched the LSB restream of the first Daymare stream today and for all the garbage he said during the stream, something stood out to me. Someone asked about if he's ever been scared during a game, and he started talking about how he was only scared once during RE1 when the dogs break through the window, and that he doesn't really get scared at things like movies or games so much.

I agree with what others have said about Phil not allowing himself to be immersed to the point of getting scared rather than being too dumb for it. Whether it's on account of him maintaining his fragile machismo or something else is academic.

I'd like to add that his specific example is telling; it's the moment everyone talks about when referencing RE1. It's the safe answer. Nothing else made an impression on him in that game? The appearance of the hunters? The activation of the Tyrant? Giant spiders? The Yawn fight? And literally nothing from all of the other horror games he's played in the past?

Big X, my friends. Also worth noting that the dog hallway is meant to be a startle moment, rather than a scary one. Startling is a much more ingrained response in human behavior than even fear (which is why so much media plays on it) and is generally understood to be mostly autonomic. You can't do anything about being startled. Now I don't think Phil necessarily put that much thought into his response, though god knows how many times he's been asked the same question; he may have at one point and just filed it away to he used later. My larger point is that bringing up such an example means much less as an answer than, say, "the rusted chain link hallway at the beginning of Silent Hill 1" or "being stalked by the xenomorph in Alien Isolation".

 

[Iron Father]

Most people these days seem to treat being startled by a jumpscare as synonymous with being scared/afraid by a movie/game. It's super common to hear someone say "eh that wasn't scary, didn't make me jump once!"

 

[gh0stzero]

In one of his Connecticut condo tours he shows of his fully stocked liquor cabinet.

In one of his staycations, his shows off the hotel room. He has brought along two handles (3 liters) of tanqueray gin.

In another staycation video he shows a bottle a tanqueray in a dresser drawer.

In a Washington condo tour video he shows his shopping list on the refrigerator. The first item, and written larger than the others, is "GIN".

Leanna once bitched on social media about how Phil made her walk to the store to buy him gin.

In a restaurant review, Leanna remarked how Phil had several $14 gin drinks.

Phil has posted gin pics on his Instagram.

Don't forget his drunksydephil fallout 3 playthrough. Phil was drunk for almost all of the playthrough, he's still an immature asshole but at least he's having fun as opposed to throwing down the controller and not doing anything till someone tells him what to do.

Spoiler: Clip:

Here just have the pigpiggo I searched for.

https://pigpiggo.net/?keyword=drink%20gin&title=&startDate=&endDate=&start=0&tab=search

Pig pig go bugged out and doesn't know the difference between gin or begin bugged search mechanics dood!

 

[The Penultimate Warrior]

Most people these days seem to treat being startled by a jumpscare as synonymous with being scared/afraid by a movie/game. It's super common to hear someone say "eh that wasn't scary, didn't make me jump once!"

Not helped by a lot of movie and game makers thinking loud sudden noises are a good substitute for tension and dread.

 

[Iron Hamster]

Keep in mind it's hard to be scared by anything but loud noises when you're playing horror games in a brightly lit room from a couch across the room while paying more attention to banning people from stream chat than the game itself.

Indeed. The stream is not about the game, it's about the pig. No reason for him to pay attention to the game and it shows every single time.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

I'd love to see this if you have the link handy

It's somewhere on Leanna's yelp page

Don't forget his drunksydephil fallout 3 playthrough. Phil was drunk for almost all of the playthrough, he's still an immature asshole but at least he's having fun as opposed to throwing down the controller and not doing anything till someone tells him what to do.

Spoiler: Clip:

Here just have the pigpiggo I searched for.

https://pigpiggo.net/?keyword=drink%20gin&title=&startDate=&endDate=&start=0&tab=search

Pig pig go bugged out and doesn't know the difference between gin or begin bugged search mechanics dood!

Try searching "gin" with a space before and after the word. This will search just for gin instead of all words with gin in them like "begin".

Edit: I realized I debunked the wrong question. I just saw the "making Leanna walk to the store" lore while searching the 5000+ page main thread, the 16 pages of the Leanna thread, overlap in the other offshoot threads etc. I just saw it and can't find it now.

Something about Leanna drank the last of the gin and Phil got mad and made her walk to the store to buy another bottle. There are just too many goddamn pages. I'll keep looking.