Do Chris and Barb ever talk?

[DrChristianTroy]

Why would either of them talk when neither has anything to say?

That doesn't stop politicians

But really I doubt they have actual conversations. Closest I can see is mutual hatred towards Snyder or someone else who they think did them both wrong.

 

[Venusaur]

Chris and Barb have no shared interests, at all. The most they have in common, besides the occassional blouse, is heir anger at the world and their inability to behave in shops ("It's not a written rule! I don't have to follow it!".

From Chris' posts it sounds like when they talk it;s just Barb ranting at him about X subject, with Chris maybe doing his "M'mm yeah" and ""I'm working on it!" routine. Barb probably just rants to Chris about how he shouldn't spend so much money on video games, how he could help around the house more and how the world wronged her.

Chris probably nods, sighs and says the right words, and then just thinks about how he's gonna catch a shiny Pikachu.

 

[The Dude]

I always figured that they had devolved to communicating with grunts, barks, and hand gestures.

 

[A-Stump]

Well, I'm going to be the devil's advocate and say yes because I think Chris genuinely does love his mother to whatever capacity he can. I mean, if you think about it, he thinks Barb is the only one in the world that truly loves him back now that Bob is gone. He probably tells her all about his legos, video games, television shows, what the trolls are up to, small things he's seen on q-sand runs. She probably listens to him like any mother listening to a small child, not really caring or taking note of anything but nodding along and saying 'Yes' every so often.

 

[CWCissey]

They have developed the ability to communicate via scent alone.

A common mistake for mistaking them for the Elcore in mass effect, but their scents are so foul, even if they knew how to communicate like an Elcore, they couldn't.

They'd overload each other's sensors if they could. I doubt even an Elcor would survive any correspondence with as foul a scent as that.

(Though speaking of Elcor, can you imagine Chris talking like one? Might be a step-up from exaggerated expressions...)

Even though I always imagine Chris as the Quarian Adolt'Autiztic nar Ruckersville...

: Angrily. Megan does not deserve to live, she still owes me my Sailor Moon DVD's

: Half assed encouragingly. You tell 'em Chrissun, now go get momma some more q-sands.

 

[CatParty]

Honestly, who'd want to talk to either?
I'm pretty sure their communication is just whining at each other.

 

[The Knife]

Only if you count pillow talk.

But seriously, I doubt they talk much. If they do it's probably Barb babbling and occasionally demanding responses while Chris nods and mm-kays at appropriate moments. Probably she asks him fifteen times a day if he loves her so that she can get her fix.

 

[LordCustos3]

If anything, arguing about money, the TV, where to obtain q-sands, driving into Charlottesville to get Barb's meds versus ban evasion at the Ruckersville Wal-Mart, talking about getting frozen and deli food at Food Lion versus Kroger, and arguing about whether to take the Cadillac or the van. Possibly complaining about trolls, Snyder, Megan, unfriendings and bann.

Actually, I suspect Chris constantly mutters about SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns and Borb doesn't even notice it anymore. Kinda like how if you lived in New York City you stop noticing the traffic sounds outside your windows at night.
So its like this:

Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Snorlax: "Y'all got my Qsands?"
Chris: But Maaaa, whut 'bout SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns?
Snorlax: "Dat trifling nonsense ain't doin doodly squat to fill bah belly. Y'all put away yer pokeymans and go get me sum Qsands."
Chris: (*Stress Sigh*) Yeah....okay.
Snorlax: "An be quick about it. Chop Chop."
Chris: (Yelling) I'M WORKIN ON IT! :x
(and as he leaves....)
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns
Chris: SnyderMeganUnfriendsBanns

 

[butt in trouble]

Barb: Chris! Call 911!
Chris: But I'm autistic!
Barb: I think I'm having a heart attack!
Chris: But mooooom...the trolls!
Barb: Chris, for the love of god!
Chris: I AM STRAIGHT!

 

[Tubular Monkey]

*BELCH*

Hmm.

And vice versa.

 

[CatParty]

Do they ever have any real discussions? No.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

I'm going to say not really. Hell, it doesn't seem like they're on good (let alone speaking) terms to begin with.

 

[Marvin]

Well, I'm going to be the devil's advocate and say yes because I think Chris genuinely does love his mother to whatever capacity he can. I mean, if you think about it, he thinks Barb is the only one in the world that truly loves him back now that Bob is gone. He probably tells her all about his legos, video games, television shows, what the trolls are up to, small things he's seen on q-sand runs. She probably listens to him like any mother listening to a small child, not really caring or taking note of anything but nodding along and saying 'Yes' every so often.

Nah, that distracts them from the TV. Chris is adult enough for her to tell him to shut up while she's watching TV, which is all she does, I'm sure.

 

[CWCissey]

*BELCH*

Hmm.

And vice versa.

So, Barney Gumble and Marge Simpson then?

 

[Rossacciu]

All the imagined conversations between Chris and Barb are cracking me up.

I think they used to talk a lot, didn't they? But I doubt they really do anymore. Not often. They're both really going downhill in the functioning department...

 

[PCA]

Yes they do talk. It is mostly her yelling at him and complaining about their "lot" in life i hear

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

They don't seem to have any common interests to discuss. I can talk about books or World of Warcraft or cats or family members or whatever with a friend of mine who has those interests in common - not so much with relatives who don't.
Most importantly, neither of them seems to have much in the way of experiences to talk about. And the few that they do, they share.

Exactly. When I have a good conversation with a friend, it's because I experienced something new and now I have a lot of thoughts about it to share. Neither Chris nor Barb experience new things anymore.

 

[CatParty]

They don't seem to have any common interests to discuss. I can talk about books or World of Warcraft or cats or family members or whatever with a friend of mine who has those interests in common - not so much with relatives who don't.
Most importantly, neither of them seems to have much in the way of experiences to talk about. And the few that they do, they share.

Exactly. When I have a good conversation with a friend, it's because I experienced something new and now I have a lot of thoughts about it to share. Neither Chris nor Barb experience new things anymore.

it's like they're paused in the second act of a john waters movie.

 

[Christ-Chan]

Exactly. When I have a good conversation with a friend, it's because I experienced something new and now I have a lot of thoughts about it to share. Neither Chris nor Barb experience new things anymore.

Also, neither one of them technically have thoughts.

 

[Roger Rabbit]

Here is how the conversation would go...

:*Stress sigh* Mom?

:*Wakes up* Wha?

:The kids from high school are bullying me.

:*Stare* Get the hell outta here.