Another lie. Shouldn't have anything to do with not having phone service. Modems have absolutely nothing to do with phone service itself, and internet service is usually part of your cell plan, even the cheapest ones have some kind of internet service even if it is shit. If you can get a cell signal you have internet. and again even if he somehow didn't have it in the apartment that doesn't stop him from going to the library to log in to do his begging as he has done many times before or to mcdonalds to log into free wifi. and it doesn't take a fucking month to get something like that done. Ever.
Its also pretty telling he's suddenly in a different apartment. Thats what, the third time he's been moved now since he got into the halfway house part of mallon place? In other words he's having roommate issues and they're moving him because of it when shit starts to get out of hand. He should be aware that they'll only do that so many times because
Ehh, Lucas has a history of using devices with no cellular access. That was his first Spokane apartment where he’d film stuff and then go to the library to upload it. He’s too cheap for the $10 data plan a month.
I don’t doubt that his cell phone has no internet access over cellular and is Wi-Fi only. I’m not sure what you’re going with to say modems are entirely unrelated and even incompatible with cell phone internet. use. Cable modem is required at my house to get on these inter webs. Were I cheap as Lucas, I would not have cellular phone data for internet and just use Wi-Fi.
If he moved either by his Case Manager making him go to higher or lower level of care or him having to find a new situation bc roommate stuff, the cable company does have to set up the transfer of services and install—especially if you are Lucas and especially if you are Lucas you’d suck at arranging that and then be screwed when you don’t have the Wi-Fi needed to use Wi-Fi calling to set up your Wi-Fi install. That allllll checks out.
But then Lucas also loses his phone? Really?
If he were in a hospital, he’d have had Wi-Fi and ability to use his phone and keep in touch. I don’t buy medical absence. Though he does phrase it as having been out of commission…
Mental health hospitalization would be phone-free, but he’d get it back at the end. And I don’t see evidence of enough crazy behavior leading up to disappearing.
Jail would be a place to lose your phone. Freaking out in public and being carted off to jail/ inpatient could lose you a phone. Eviction and homelessness suddenly would also be likely to involve losing your phone (stolen). .
I do agree that Lucas with a phone and no modem would go to a place to use Wi-Fi and keep on begging. Even with his recent increase health issues and decreased mobility. He’d hobble to McDonalds. Find a (literal) creeper to roll on like a fat Eddie Murphy in trading places. It would be glorious. Jabba on a skateboard… creeper on a creeper.,..
My money is on homeless or jail but I lean toward homeless. I think his explanation was true, but incomplete. His version left out the critical and embarrassing parts and made himself feel less pathetic. Like when he had his stimulus money stolen, it wasn’t because he was waving cash around telling folks to bring him pussy that he got jacked, it’s bc he invited that druggy guy who was a druggy and never paid him back. Poor Lucas.
Edit (to fix my ADHD thought fragment and avoid double post.)