Chris wasting money

[Zim]

While his spending habits are really stupid since 100% of his income is some form of social security I can sort of see why he spends money the way he does. This is a person who lives an isolated, shit life. I think he buys stuff out of boredome and to fill the huge gaps in his life. He buys tons of vidya to try to be happy and less bored but he's an idiot about it because he buys the same thing 2 or 3 times over and has no impulse control so he buys things he never uses.

I'm actually pretty surprised he hasn't gotten conned by one of those notoriousely shady marketing schemes you see on tv for bull shit health supliments mostly. The ones where you get a "free" sample and they sign you up for automatic billing without your knowledge. They would love to get their hands on him.

 

[Picklepower]

LOL Chris gets a new "i" product every day, I have been using the same 4 gig ipod since 2006 or 2005. The consumerism that's pumped into children at an early age, is still strong in Chris, "New toy, (or idevice) I NEED it!!" That extends to his food choices too, I love how he will shill for McDonald's in Facebook messages or in mumble chats.

I have to admit I'm a sucker for new cell phones. I've got a Samsung Galaxy S4 and got it about a month after it came out. I get a new phone almost every year.

As far as McDoodles goes, I fucking HATE...HAAAAAATE...H-A-T-E McDonalds. My son loves it though. Begs for it. I refuse to eat there, mostly because the food is gross but partly because of Chris.

I eat there very rarely, mostly just when I go to a certain Anime con, just because there is one across the street from the convention center. The sight of one crowded with people in cosplay, is a sight to see.

 

[CatParty]

his spending habits don't bother me at all.
he may finally realize the concept of budgeting when he realizes he completely broke at the end of the month. i only say "maybe" because i believe i read that towards the end of each month he's got less than five bucks.
more amusing will be when he starts thinking bill collectors are trolls and starts ignoring them.

 

[Picklepower]

I was mistakenly under the impression that the tug boat, was money that went to his parents since they were retired, and very old. Chris has mild Autism but there are schizophrenic's who live out in the streets, who obviously don't get tugboats! One of the qualifications for disability insurance is, "they have a physical or mental condition that prevents them from engaging in any "substantial gainful activity", so did Borb have to show that Chris could not work? Because he did have a couple jobs, (well if the pyramid scheme counted). He is competent in Math and Computers apparently, that shows he is capable of working, to me. Despite how this might read, I'm not an angry A log about the situation cuz frankly, its not surprising. A lot of people cheat and mooch off of the welfare system, this case of mooching doesn't shock or surprise me.

 

[CatParty]

So I guess when he's on his own he will still get a tug boat, just for existing? Some might say, "Well yeah, he has MILD AUTISM!!!!" but there are schizophrenic's who live in on the streets, who obviously don't get tugboats. One of the qualifications for disability insurance is, "they have a physical or mental condition that prevents them from engaging in any "substantial gainful activity", so did they have to show that Chris could not work? because he did have a couple jobs, (well if the pyramid scheme counted). He is competent in Math and Computers apparently, so I still don't see why he would qualify.

because he cannot hold a job. he is a moron of the highest degree. people think borb found the loophole in the system getting him on the tugboat. he is unemployable.
here are three scenarios from least likely to most likely as to ways he won't hold down a job:
he gets fired for harassment
he gets fired for half assing his job
he gets fired for not showing up due to "stress"
he doesn't get hired in the first place because he can't make it through the interview

 

[Picklepower]

I'm reading the tugboat page right now, "Contrary to popular belief, Chris's check isn't a need-based welfare check, nor is it meant to replace a paycheck for someone who is unable to work". So I was wrong again, I guess Borb would not have to show that Chris could not work. Yeah I edited my post you quoted to correct a mistake, just to clear the confusion.

 

[GFYS]

He has mild autism, but he can't hold down a job because he was raised to be an insufferable lazy asshole. However, there's no allowance for insufferable lazy assholes without gaping baby-shooting vaginas in welfare code. The Chandlers likely had to play up the degree of his developmental problems, so it seemed like his autism was far more debilitating and the cause of all his legal problems.

I'm not saying Chris doesn't need it, but he got lucky. There are people who are clinically more disabled than him, and many more who are more desperate than him, who do not receive any kind of tugboat.

 

[Varis]

... but there are schizophrenic's who live out in the streets, who obviously don't get tugboats! ...

I've been told that, at least in Belgium, you need to have a (home) address to receive a tugboat. Don't know how things work for 'muricans.

 

[José Mourinho]

I remember I read somewhere that Chris once bought a PS3 game but only played it for a few minutes/hours and then that's it. What's that game again?

 

[Marvin]

I'm reading the tugboat page right now, "Contrary to popular belief, Chris's check isn't a need-based welfare check, nor is it meant to replace a paycheck for someone who is unable to work". So I was wrong again, I guess Borb would not have to show that Chris could not work. Yeah I edited my post you quoted to correct a mistake, just to clear the confusion.

Well, I think they're saying that it's not meant to replace a paycheck for someone unable to work. Plus that section has [citation needed] next to it.

But yeah, nah, they don't need to demonstrate that Chris can't work, just that if he did work, his disability means that he can't work at a good enough job or he can't work enough to earn a living wage. So Bob and Barb had to demonstrate that Chris couldn't support himself because of his autism.

 

[AtroposHeart]

I should note that Chris can get a job and keep the tugboat. However, there is about a 1,000 dollar limit to what he can earn a month on the job.

 

[Donald Duck]

I really don't think that Chris would be able to learn how to budget his finances when Barb passes, not without a forceful hand guiding him at least. Chris strikes me as being exactly like, if not worse than, one of those very naive teenagers/college students who when presented with an offer to sign up for a credit card will think "Woohoo! Free money!!". I get the feeling that he would continue to carelessly spend his tugboat like before, but then take out a credit card to pay for whatever necessities he requires or taxes/utilities that Barb used to take care of once he's broke.

It's happened before when Bob was still around and Chris had managed to accumulate a somewhat substantial amount of credit card debt purely on video games, toys, and porn. He doesn't seem to understand how debt works and I think the only reason he hasn't signed up for a new credit card yet is because Barb keeps him on an extremely short leash. He does seem to be capable of learning and would probably eventually learn on his own how to manage his finances better out of necessity, but at his pace it would likely be too late when he does and repomen are knocking on his door.

 

[Marvin]

I think the only reason he hasn't signed up for a new credit card yet is because Barb keeps him on an extremely short leash.

I might've commented on this before, but really, Barb's not able to effectively control Chris for all these sorts of little things. She's not able to keep Chris from uploading videos to the internet right now and she isn't able to keep Chris from getting a new credit card. (this is just a hypothetical, I don't know if Chris got a new credit card or not) Her control is just keeping Chris within her sight most of the time.

He does seem to be capable of learning and would probably eventually learn on his own how to manage his finances better out of necessity, but at his pace it would likely be too late when he does and repomen are knocking on his door.

Eh, I think it'd happen pretty quickly, actually. If Chris did run out of money prematurely one month, any sort of discomfort he might have to experience would stick with him. I don't think he'd let it happen again. Physical realities are the easiest for Chris to accept. However, he'd bitch constantly to whoever he could about not having enough money. I'm pretty interested, actually, to see how he'd phrase that. Like, who would he blame for his slim wallet and why?

A bigger worry would be him budgeting his spending down to the last dollar so that he could squeeze all the pleasure out of his tugboat that he could, and then having to deal with a surprise emergency.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

I'm pretty interested, actually, to see how he'd phrase that. Like, who would he blame for his slim wallet and why?

If you pointed out the $250 or so he spent on PSN downloads that month, he'd probably say that he deserves to have all of that, becauseofthetrolls™.

 

[Mobin Salahari]

However, he'd bitch constantly to whoever he could about not having enough money. I'm pretty interested, actually, to see how he'd phrase that. Like, who would he blame for his slim wallet and why?

Anyone and everyone but himself. If his tugboat winds up being inadequate, he'll probably blame it on the insidious machinations of the Greene County schoolboard. If he inherits any sort of debt from Snorlax, it'll be Michael Snyder's fault for stealing her money when she was alive. If he tries to get a job and it doesn't work out (and let's be honest, it probably won't), his employers will be kicking the autistic. If his general neglectfulness/stupidity winds up incurring him some sort of large, out-of-the-blue cost, it'll because of stress/trolls.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

He doesn't seem to understand how debt works

I think to a fair degree he did understand the concept of debt, but he just chose to ignore it. The problem with Chris' upbringing is (at that point in Christory at least) He'd never had to face any consequences from his actions as he was always being bailed out by Borb, this seems to have spawned an "it'll be alright" attitude in him, where he just chooses to bypass common sense and sate his desire for material possessions. It only seems to be fairly recently where Chris is starting to realise that nobody's going to be bailing him out after Barb's gone.

When it comes right down to it, Chris is more than capable of paying bills and is demonstrating this now, the real problem will be restraining his buying impulses in situations where he can either have whatever he wants at that time or pay the bills.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

^Basically, he understands taking responsibility as a concept. He just believes very, very strongly that he shouldn't have to take responsibility.

 

[ryan111]

^Basically, he understands taking responsibility as a concept. He just believes very, very strongly that he shouldn't have to take responsibility.

I wonder if this is why he's stressing so hard about having to take care of his mom now and trying to convince his brother to give up his career to take the one burden in his life away again.

 

[Marvin]

^Basically, he understands taking responsibility as a concept. He just believes very, very strongly that he shouldn't have to take responsibility.

I wonder if this is why he's stressing so hard about having to take care of his mom now and trying to convince his brother to give up his career to take the one burden in his life away again.

Chris doesn't like having to be Barb's nurse. And honestly, that's not really an unreasonable position. But the main reason Chris was complaining to Cole was because Cole got married before Chris got a girlfriend.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

^Basically, he understands taking responsibility as a concept. He just believes very, very strongly that he shouldn't have to take responsibility.

I wonder if this is why he's stressing so hard about having to take care of his mom now and trying to convince his brother to give up his career to take the one burden in his life away again.

Chris doesn't like having to be Barb's nurse. And honestly, that's not really an unreasonable position. But the main reason Chris was complaining to Coleslaw was because Coleslaw got married before Chris got a girlfriend.

Yup, Cole's completed his love quest, so he should go back home now and let Chris get on with his.