3-Oct-2016: GameStop ban rant

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4Macie said:
Kinda like how Chris thought that because he picked Julie when BlueSpike offered him Julie or his PSN account; he said he picked Julie, assuming because he picked the "right" choice, he should get both.

Chris understands real world concepts as they are on paper. He understands that he had a choice, Julie or PSN accounts; and he understands that he did Action A that got him Punishment A; but the steps in between and after aren't as easy to accept or process.

Megan, for example, told him over and over that she was uncomfortable with Chris touching her and all the other stuff. Chris would always say "Well I apologized for that, I'm doing better" and two days later he was touching her again and didn't understand why she was still mad about the other times he touched her. And then the drawing. He seemed to not understand that Megan was mad at him for drawing it at all, much less for posting it. But Chris said "I apologized" and assumed that Megan was still mad only because trolls had it and it was still on the internet. He never did (even to this day) understand that "I'm sorry" isn't enough when you draw yourself finger banging your only friend who never thought of you as more than a well known acquaintance.
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Oh yeah, definitely. I'm sure Chris has no clue what the purpose of an apology is. (Other than the obvious purpose of "covering your ass".) If you look at it autistically, an apology is nonsensical. What is its purpose? If Chris pepper sprays you, apologizing won't un-pepper spray you. It won't make your eyes burn any less. All an apology is, to Chris, is a complicated social interaction that he'll probably never be able to understand intuitively.

Like you said, sometimes he apologizes in situations where it's completely pointless (fingerbanging picture) and then plenty of other times, he just never apologizes. Chris only apologizes when it's too late.
 
TazmamzaT said:
That's really odd to think about since it's obvious he lacks empathy. He expects everyone else to have it.
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That really is very odd. I think Chris has something of a double standard going on in which he gets a free pass when he screws up and wants others to feel sorry for them while he is almost utterly unable of relating to other people's issues. The thing with Clyde Cash's brother is a perfecr example. Of course, it was all the work of trolls but Chris at the time did not know that. When told that Clyde's brother had killed himself, Chris reacted very blandly and simply encouraged Clyde to get a girlfriend.

As for the way he magically expects 'sorry' to solve everything, this is probably a result of his never properly growing up. Teachers often enforce the notion that expressing sorrow over a misdeed is the proper conduct and kids will go through the motions of saying 'sorry' even when they don't really mean it with little or no actual repercussion. This makes sense with small children but is truly sad with an actual grownup.
 
timtommy said:
Some of the bans I think are just straight up annoying for him, as well. Given his location, the local Walmart would be his go to for any number of day to day items. Not being able to go there really makes popping out to get a few basics a much bigger hassle.

Other places like GameStop have a bit of a "spiritual home" aspect to him. Vidya is a passion of his, so the local vidya emporium is an important place. If nothing else, he seems to really enjoy "stopping in to see what is new" whenever he is in the area.
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Yeah, I agree with this. I think it's just simple frustation. Being banned from a place like Walmart or Gamestop would be super inconvenient and frustrating for anyone. That's the entire point though; You get banned and you'e supposed to experience that inconvenience and then say to yourself "oh man, this blows. I sure wish I could go to Walmart right now because it's like, right there and they have everything I need. I'm a dumbass." and then not do whatever you did to get banned at any more places. That's where Chris parts company with just about anyone else. He doesn't make that final connection between behavior and consequences, at least not enough to keep him from doing crazy shit when he's riled up.
 
m0rnutz said:
How long before Christianine wears a Guy Fawkes
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They're too masculine for his female soul (although more feminine than his natural face), he would probably go with a mask of Thatcher, it's in keeping with his royal, British lineage.

4Macie said:
Megan, for example, told him over and over that she was uncomfortable with Chris touching her and all the other stuff. Chris would always say "Well I apologized for that, I'm doing better" and two days later he was touching her again and didn't understand why she was still mad about the other times he touched her. And then the drawing. He seemed to not understand that Megan was mad at him for drawing it at all, much less for posting it. But Chris said "I apologized" and assumed that Megan was still mad only because trolls had it and it was still on the internet. He never did (even to this day) understand that "I'm sorry" isn't enough when you draw yourself finger banging your only friend who never thought of you as more than a well known acquaintance.
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It's like the object permanency thing, most men would be scared shitless if they were accused of touching someone inappropriately, and they would probably also feel terrible about it. All those other times after the first time Megan told Chris to knock it off were just another day and another chance to touch Megan again; Chris seems to be unable to take past knowledge and apply it to the present and future. People always claim Chris got better or he has totally changed; the truth is, Chris is just the same, but he has developed a fear reaction from being told what an asshole he is. Now, most of the time, Chris probably just keeps everything very light and no physical contact, which is probably killing him.
 
Replicant Sasquatch said:
It'd be really funny if he printed these posts out and tried taping them up on the doors of these establishments, like an autistic Ninety-five Theses.
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Replicant Sasquatch said:
It'd be really funny if he printed these posts out and tried taping them up on the doors of these establishments, like an autistic Ninety-five Theses.
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He did start defacing Sonic Boom games with "DO NOT BUY THIS GAME" papers before so I would not put it past him at all to do so.
 
Uuuugh....chris. Gamestop never forgets...

As a former employee of Gamestop, I will say that they are very strict about banning people. One they are on the blacklist, there's a very good chance they are on there forever.
 
Goochole said:
While, when you think about it, Michael Snyder has been more than nice to Chris in the past. Letting him hang out in the store day and night, heck even letting him do his little pokeman thing. And what does Chris do? Hit snyder with his car, take pictures of his kids, vandalize display cases and mace one of his employees.

Normal parents ask a kid "yes, but what did YOU do?" when they get in to a fight at school. Teaching people to be responsible adults and think "yes, but what did i do?" when they get fired, lose a relationship or get in to an argument. It's pretty safe to say Chris his parents never ever did that.
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While the Chandlers never did teach Chris personal responsibility and accountability, Barb did at least tell Chris his attraction signs made him look like a re*tard. Sadly Barb is just a comatose couch ornament these days. Chris really needs a responsible adult watching over him to tell him "knock that shit off, it makes you look like a re*tard". He's going to be absolutely fucked when he has no one to watch over him. Not even a comatose couch ornament.
 
Alec Benson Leary said:
It's really hard to sympathize with him having "a single bad day" when all of these bannings took place at different times and show a clear chronic pattern of deplorable behavior he engages in in response to any time he feels unhappy.
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And even then, it always appears that him having a "bad day" is retroactively added in his own internal retelling of events. Things are fine up until a store employee calls him out on his behaviour and it's then that things go south for him.


I think if there's any pattern to his shenanigans, it's sheer boredom. He hasn't had anything filling up his days since college so he's got a long history of just wandering around local shopping venues with absolutely nothing to do so it's no wonder he's drawing bra's on dvd's, shoplifting and vandalising console displays. He's pretty much acting like a teenage delinquent with a victim complex.
 
Everyone has bad days. Only shitty, terrible, selfish assholes assault an employee just doing their job with pepper spray after getting caught breaking the law and then blame it on a "bad day" to avoid responsibility for their shitty behavior.
 
Does anyone know how Chris got the idea that the Human Rights Commission is the official LGBT police? Did he read it on Tumblr or something?
 
Marvin said:
Oh yeah, definitely. I'm sure Chris has no clue what the purpose of an apology is. (Other than the obvious purpose of "covering your ass".) If you look at it autistically, an apology is nonsensical. What is its purpose? If Chris pepper sprays you, apologizing won't un-pepper spray you. It won't make your eyes burn any less. All an apology is, to Chris, is a complicated social interaction that he'll probably never be able to understand intuitively.

Like you said, sometimes he apologizes in situations where it's completely pointless (fingerbanging picture) and then plenty of other times, he just never apologizes. Chris only apologizes when it's too late.
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Chris owes an apology or two to his taint.

Replicant Sasquatch said:
It'd be really funny if he printed these posts out and tried taping them up on the doors of these establishments, like an autistic Ninety-five Theses.
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Print them in comic sans onto his :briefs:

More like ninety-five feces, amirite?
 
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