Alec Benson Leary said:
I like the idea that Chris is paving the way for "trolls bought me a Playstation 4".
Yes, he is incredibly short-sighted most of the time, but the Quad is his life upgrade upgrade. His brain will not only find a way to justify it, but also find a way to defend it once he has it.
I admit the big flaw in the theory is just how unlikely this sort of cunningly forward thinking is for Chris. However, if there is one thing that will motivate him to this sort of conceptual leap, it's the PS4. Certainly he'd never do it for something as mundane as actually improving his life.
This may also have been one of his motivations (in addition to the free shirt etc.) for entering that charity a week or so ago. He might have been planning to pretend his new PS4 was a prize awarded for his participation, but had to cancel that plan once he finally realized that that's something that could be researched and debunked.
That said, in the short term, neither weens nor white knights are sending him toys and games. He's buying shit for himself, I guarantee it. Maybe he's finally catching on that he can't effectively get sympathy for being "poor" while at the same time dropping hundreds on toys?
That may very well be the answer to the big mystery of
why Chris would bother to try to deceive the internets about his selfish toy purchases. Certainly it's not to fool Barb. However I don't think this is something he "caught on". I suspect it's probably something he's been repeatedly told outright by various people: white knights, ass patters, high school facebook friends, and "trolls", and Chris finally bothered to listen (again only because the potential PS4 makes it worth his while to).
I guess we'll find out after the PS4 release date (some time in November I think) when Chris gets his mitts on one "courtesy of the trolls".