- Joined
- Jan 4, 2020
Phil's bad at lying, but what he's good* at is being emotionally manipulative. He plays on people's sympathy, backs into a corner to make himself appear smaller than normal, puts words into people's mouths to make them appear more antagonistic. Uses repetitive words/phrases to make you feel the proper mood. Constantly exaggerates how bad some things really are, makes the most simplistic of things sound like an ordeal. Bad things he does are downplayed and cast aside, left to ball up in the corner. Even during gameplay he pretends to be an overworked, confused old man.One thing I've learned about liars whilst following DSP is this: it's doesn't matter how good you are at lying, as long as you're complete shameless.
It's been shown time and time again how Phil sucks at lying. He can't bluff for shit and he always does the same overreacting act whenever he's trying to pretend not to know something.
But that doesn't matter, because he's completely and utterly shameless. He gives no shit how obvious it is that it's him. He will keep pretending even though everyone around him is pointing and laughing. And just that is enough to make people wonder "Hm, maybe, just maybe, it really isn't him.". Not because he's given any reason to actually disprove it, but only because of his sheer lack of scruples.
Truly fascinating. To me, at least.
It's effective at making most not want to bother with criticizing him ("He's a tiny streamer, who cares if he's an asshole?") but it makes his career permanently stagnant.
*Good in the context that he's manipulating actual autists