2014-Oct-14 - Thetan's Email

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Hellblazer said:
Laziness and attitude would be more of an impediment to him holding down a job.
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What about a place like Goodwill? There was a minor controversy a few months ago when it was revealed they pay their workers less than minimum wage. However, it was later explained that Goodwill employs "slow in the minds" so as to offer families that cannot obtain a full-time caretaker a way to get their child out of the house, socializing, and earning some pocket change. It's basically adult babysitting, for those who are able to do tasks and follow directions but unsuited towards competitive work. I think a heavily medicated version of Chris could qualify for a Goodwill job for 10 hours a week.

He's like John the Stutterer from the old Stern Show, able-bodied, not "exceptional" intelligence, but major behavioral problems and being a raging pervert prevents him from having any mainstream hope.
 
TheImportantFart said:
He had a job at Wendy's which mostly amounted to him wiping down tables and performing custodial duties and he still managed to get fired within two months. Since he stopped working for Cutco he's made minimal-at-best effort to get a new job and only then at the prompting of whichever sweetheart he was involved with at the time.

I've heard it said that ironically it's not Chris sitting around playing with vidya and legos that would result in disability fraud, but his working a paying job that would. Not sure how that one works but Bob actively discouraged Chris from getting a job before he died, convincing him (wrongly) he'd get more money from he tugboat, either because he really believed it or he realised that unleashing Chris into a working environment would be a recipe for disaster.
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I think at this point, unless Chris gets some major pyschological help, he really isn't fit to work. At least not your average, minimum wage jobs. He'd most likely get fired very quickly. He certainly wouldn't be able to work customer service, that's for damned sure, and most minimum wage jobs are just that. I'm not saying he'll NEVER be able to work, but at this point in time, he needs some major help before he's employable.

So the tugboat doesn't bother me. What has irked me, is him being able to obtain a handicapped parking tag, and I'm surprised more people haven't harped on this.
 
Is he capable of menial work? Who isn't. That's why it is menial work. But look at his work ethic. You are getting a good real time instance of how shitty he is at getting things done with his medallion production. I mean granted off the back he said it would take him two weeks to make each individual medallion. However he then goes on Facebook and then states how he had to pull all nighters to get the product out. He's waiting till the last possible hour to complete his work. This is poor work ethic. This is how one loses a job. This is how one loses even a menial job. Could he potentially be a Walmart greeter? Sure. But how long before he lazy's himself out of it?
 
I know this is late and kind of a stupid question but nobody's really addressed this:

Its obvious to me he has lost his god damn mind with this transgender lesbian my little pony fucked a muppet non sense,
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Sweet and Savoury said:
Ok I have to ask;

"Fuck a muppet non-sense"?
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Is this a reference to Officer Nasty or Kimmi, or has Chris found himself a smuppet?

It's 5 AM and that line will haunt my dreams.
 
It's likely hyperbole on the part of the writer, aimed at just how nutty Chris' interests have become. Chris has yet to fuck anything created by the Jim Henson Company.
 
What I don't get about this whole thing is, why is this guy choosing now to realise Chris is not a great example of the human species? Chris is actually earning money for once - okay, not long-term and not exactly in a conventional job, but he is working for money. He's frittering money away on useless crap he can't afford, but it's not like the various companies he owes money are going to pat him on the head and say, "That's okay, you have your Lego mall, you happy little elf." He's already seeing the consequences of his rampant spending.

The transvestite lesbian soul vagina stuff is weird, but it's just an extension of the whole Tomgirl thing. I don't see why this in particular should be objectionable. Chris having mental issues is nothing new, nor is it something that's suddenly become obvious.

The video, yes, is a bit pathetic, but is it really worse than his triumphant videos about winning imaginary girlfriends over from their imaginary boyfriends, or his death threats towards people whose only crime was to be better than him at something, or the one where he's fucking a games console? If anything, I would have thought this would be the video where an actual friend or supporter would be telling Chris that his sweetheart is messing with him.
 
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Tragi-Chan said:
The video, yes, is a bit pathetic, but is it really worse than his triumphant videos about winning imaginary girlfriends over from their imaginary boyfriends, or his death threats towards people whose only crime was to be better than him at something, or the one where he's fucking a games console?
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I get the feeling that this friend is relatively new in the Christory timeline so they probably weren't around when a lot of the... more interesting videos were made. And they wouldn't browse the cwcki because they are (were) an actual friend of Chris's, so it's not like they're going to stumble upon them on their own.
 
Tragi-Chan said:
What I don't get about this whole thing is, why is this guy choosing now to realise Chris is not a great example of the human species?
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The guy's probably just a regular guy from Virginia. A little bit on the socially conservative side and finds the whole tom-gay-queer-bian thing slightly immoral and offensive. Hasn't researched welfare, Social Security, or autism as much as your average CWCki weirdo, so he just sees an able-bodied guy with superficially nice possessions who collects "free money". What's not to get?
 
Beef Thunderpants said:
I have to think there must be some kind of jobs program where empathetic business owners have menial jobs for special individuals, possibly at a salary supplemented by the state or something.
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There are, and they're likely within the legal limit of what you can earn with disability so they'll earn considerably more than just disability alone. Chris could live comfortably with lots of Legos and ponies if he took a job like that, but that's too much work for him. Just drawing and making medallions every week is a ton of work according to Chris.

Mrs Paul said:
What has irked me, is him being able to obtain a handicapped parking tag, and I'm surprised more people haven't harped on this.
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It's literally the autism card. He shouldn't have it at all, considering that it's supposed to be for parents/caretakers of low/non-functioning autistics that easily tantrum in public and don't need to be dragged far to the car. I have no idea how he managed to qualify seeing as how he'd be the one dragged back to the car.
 
I'm a little confused as to what Chris's online retailing means for him in the way of tax and earnings. If I was to buy items cheap and sell them on EBay for a profit, netting myself £80,000 a year (because it would be pimp shit) then would those earnings be liable for taxation and would I be considered as a self employed sole trader? Even if I had never registered as self employed? I assume they most certainly would.

Will Chris have to declare his earnings from EBay with the tax office? Is there a distinction between selling unwanted shit on EBay, and purposefully producing goods to sell?

I understand that there is a minimum threshold for taxable earnings, and that you are free from taxation as long as you earn under the limit, but I'm not sure how his tugboat factors into that as well.

Forget the EBay fees, is Chris going to have the tax people slapping him with an invoice at the end of the fiscal year? Trying to imagine Chris filling out a self-assessment tax return makes the mind boggle. I'm not sure they let you fill those out in crayon.

All of these musings are based around what I know for my country (UK) at least, things might be completely different across the pond.
 
MysticMisty said:
I have no idea how he managed to qualify...
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He fits the criteria. Same as getting SS. I'm not saying he doesn't qualify for these programs cause clearly he does.

I am saying he possesses the faculties to not utilize them. There are people, through pride, shame, ethic or whatever impetus....boredom... Who qualify, are less capable than Chris, who opt to work as well/instead.

If there was there was magically reform of these programs and Chris was no longer able to choose to not work, he would work.

Of course he fucking quit Wendy's, because he is lazy, would rather not work and ultimately didn't have to work.
 
Chris would be perfectly capable of holding a simple job, had he received help as a kid. Instead, his parents tried to "mainstream" him, and raised him to throw down the Autism card as a reason to not work, and... well... tahda!

There are constantly stories coming out about how some business owner is employing high-functioning autistics in simple jobs. I recall that NBC Nightly News (I think) highlighted one months back where autistics were hired to wash cars. Some of them liked it, some did not but dealt with it, some aspired to own their own car wash some day because of it.

Some Autistics want to start their own business. Chris aspires to be a "house husband". He's not incapable, he's just lazy as fuck.
 
JFKdestroyer said:
There are constantly stories coming out about how some business owner is employing high-functioning autistics in simple jobs.
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I remember reading in New Scientist that there is a company who purposefully employs nothing but high-functioning autistic people because of their particular unusual outlook on problems and problem solving. Also the generally meticulous organisational skills, desire for concrete routine, and obsessive tendencies that cause encyclopaedia like knowledge about specific subjects.

The office Christmas parties must be slammin'.

Not that I believe this relates to Chris in any kind of useful way whatsoever.
 
Mister Lister said:
II understand that there is a minimum threshold for taxable earnings, and that you are free from taxation as long as you earn under the limit, but I'm not sure how his tugboat factors into that as well.

Forget the EBay fees, is Chris going to have the tax people slapping him with an invoice at the end of the fiscal year?
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In the US very little income is not taxable on a federal level. Some people who use eBay a lot have mentioned they do issue a 1099 form. A 1099 is when 'shit just got real'. Thats eBay telling the government, 'hey I paid this guy this' by issuing a 1099 and the government will expect that to addressed in your taxes (either paid for, written off, whatever).
 
SonChu's Oil Change said:
What about a place like Goodwill? There was a minor controversy a few months ago when it was revealed they pay their workers less than minimum wage. However, it was later explained that Goodwill employs "slow in the minds" so as to offer families that cannot obtain a full-time caretaker a way to get their child out of the house, socializing, and earning some pocket change. It's basically adult babysitting, for those who are able to do tasks and follow directions but unsuited towards competitive work. I think a heavily medicated version of Chris could qualify for a Goodwill job for 10 hours a week.

He's like John the Stutterer from the old Stern Show, able-bodied, not "exceptional" intelligence, but major behavioral problems and being a raging pervert prevents him from having any mainstream hope.
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Also like John, Chris has got rockstar hair.
 
Thanks Gene, that's some good info.

While it doesn't irk me so much that Chris is able to earn dolla on top of his tugboat while sat on his ass doing nothing, it does annoy me that he has this opportunity and is fucking it up. I worked 60 hours a week at one point doing a shitty minimum wage manual labour job, and Chris has earned more in a month from Crayola fuckin' magic than I ever did in a month at that job.

I would give my left nut to be able to earn the amount Chris is on a regular basis, especially as it is doing something related to something he loves, cares for dearly, and has created himself.
 
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