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Marvin said:
I don't know what motivates the company's replacement policies. Perhaps Chris paid excessively upfront. But as far as the value of the ring nowadays, it's not very difficult to do the math to determine the dollar value of a given quantity of gold at a given purity. I'm pretty sure The Captain would've made a profit.
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Chris would of used the money for lego toys and Sanic games anyway.
 
Muscle Bra said:
Let's see...

IIRC, El Capitan spent $300 on the ring, which is equivalent to almost 7 grams of pure gold, or about 17 grams of 10-carat gold. An ounce is equal to 28 grams so, as long as the ring weighed more than half an ounce (and I'm sure it did), El Capitan would have made money on it. Looks like I stand corrected.

And, yes, the gem in the ring is near worthless. While a real amnyfest has some value as a semi-precious stone, most high school class rings come with fake glass gems.
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I did some poking around about the actual gem. Say it was real, it might have been worth 50 dollars. So it's likely he broke even. Course wait 5 years from now and you can probably hawk that ring to CWC historians for a grand or so when Chris dies from not taking care of him self.
 
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Muscle Bra said:
Let's see...

IIRC, El Capitan spent $300 on the ring, which is equivalent to almost 7 grams of pure gold, or about 17 grams of 10-carat gold. An ounce is equal to 28 grams so, as long as the ring weighed more than half an ounce (and I'm sure it did), El Capitan would have made money on it. Looks like I stand corrected.

And, yes, the gem in the ring is near worthless. While a real amnyfest has some value as a semi-precious stone, most high school class rings come with fake glass gems.
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14 grams of gold is one huge ring though. If you're right, though, I concede the point.
 
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I am not an expert on autism at all, so it makes me wonder a lot about this....

Is autism alone really capable of impinging on the huge variety of facets as it did in Chris's example? Chris is said to be extremely grave both in his facial blindness and tone-deafness, and both of them are believed to have been caused by his autism.

Yet it makes me wonder if autism alone is really this capable of impinging on shit ton of things in general.
 
Chris never seems like he gets into any more trouble anymore, except for finances. Is he just too lazy to leave the house?
 
Underestimated Nutria said:
14 grams of gold is one huge ring though. If you're right, though, I concede the point.
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I *really* want to believe that El Capitan just used the melt value of the ring as his excuse for purchasing a part of Christory but guys' class rings tend to be big and clunky and easily weigh an ounce or two. In retrospect, they're actually very tacky pieces of jewelry.

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Cedric_Eff said:
Does Chris actually understand currency?
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I'd have to vote no.

Maybe Chris understands the mathematical part of bookkeeping (If you have a $1000 tugboat and spend $200 on vidya and $75 on fast food and $25 on gas then you have $700 left to pay for all those boring adult things) but I highly doubt he understands the inherent value of an item.

Remember that story about a friend of a friend who saw Chris in a convenience store? IIRC, Chris came up two dollars short and didn't understand that he couldn't leave the store with all of his purchases. Then, when some stranger gave him the two bucks, he didn't realize it was supposed to be for the store, so he pocketed it and left the store. This is not a man who understands how money works.
 
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Muscle Bra said:
Remember that story about a friend of a friend who saw Chris in a convenience store? IIRC, Chris came up two dollars short and didn't understand that he couldn't leave the store with all of his purchases. Then, when some stranger gave him the two bucks, he didn't realize it was supposed to be for the store, so he pocketed it and left the store. This is not a man who understands how money works.
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So Chris commit shoplifting and took money like a kid. He's a homeless incarnate
 
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Muscle Bra said:
Remember that story about a friend of a friend who saw Chris in a convenience store? IIRC, Chris came up two dollars short and didn't understand that he couldn't leave the store with all of his purchases. Then, when some stranger gave him the two bucks, he didn't realize it was supposed to be for the store, so he pocketed it and left the store. This is not a man who understands how money works.
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Do you have the original source for this? I can't believe I missed something that good.
 
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Kosher Dill said:
Do you have the original source for this? I can't believe I missed something that good.
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I don't know how to do a URL that gets you to the right point but the story is in the first blue box when you scroll down the page.

Chris and money - CWCki

sonichu.com sonichu.com

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My friend walks into a gas station/convenience store on the northern edge of Charlottesville.

Chris is trying to buy $7 or so of junk food type stuff, but he only has $5 in cash. The cashier tries to make understand he owes $2 more. Chris seems to understand, but is slow to process what to do about it. My friend who is second in line, picks out two ones, says "here you go" and puts them on the counter. Chris, it seems more out of stupidity and confusion than malice, picks up the $2 and his purchases and makes to leave. My friend and the cashier, both object and yell that he has to leave the $2 with the cashier. Chris doesn't seem to react. A dude who was behind both of them in line is between Chris and the door. As Chris passes him, he taps him to get his attention, and says something like "Hey buddy ..." Chris makes a get-away-from-me hand wavy gesture without looking at any of the three of them, and fairly loudly says "It's Miss!" and hurries out the door. Chris continues to his car in a half run, half walk, as all three of the people in the store watch confused and amused. Chris pulls out of the parking spot, but for some reason heads towards the back of the lot, where there is no exit. As Chris gets to the back of the lot, he stops, backs up a few feet, tries to turn the car around, doesn't make it, backs up again, and finally gets around. Essentially making a 5 point turn in a fairly large empty parking lot. Chris drives past the store again not looking inside, and finally drives off.
 
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Muscle Bra said:
I don't know how to do a URL that gets you to the right point but the story is in the first blue box when you scroll down the page.

Chris and money - CWCki

sonichu.com sonichu.com

Edited: Cut'n'paste from the CWCki

My friend walks into a gas station/convenience store on the northern edge of Charlottesville.

Chris is trying to buy $7 or so of junk food type stuff, but he only has $5 in cash. The cashier tries to make understand he owes $2 more. Chris seems to understand, but is slow to process what to do about it. My friend who is second in line, picks out two ones, says "here you go" and puts them on the counter. Chris, it seems more out of stupidity and confusion than malice, picks up the $2 and his purchases and makes to leave. My friend and the cashier, both object and yell that he has to leave the $2 with the cashier. Chris doesn't seem to react. A dude who was behind both of them in line is between Chris and the door. As Chris passes him, he taps him to get his attention, and says something like "Hey buddy ..." Chris makes a get-away-from-me hand wavy gesture without looking at any of the three of them, and fairly loudly says "It's Miss!" and hurries out the door. Chris continues to his car in a half run, half walk, as all three of the people in the store watch confused and amused. Chris pulls out of the parking spot, but for some reason heads towards the back of the lot, where there is no exit. As Chris gets to the back of the lot, he stops, backs up a few feet, tries to turn the car around, doesn't make it, backs up again, and finally gets around. Essentially making a 5 point turn in a fairly large empty parking lot. Chris drives past the store again not looking inside, and finally drives off.
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It's times like this it makes me wish Chris really was an Andy Kaufmen level artist.
 
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