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A high functioning autistic, STRAIGHT, sometimes slow-in-the-mind whose brain, like a computer, is 'random' and his money are soon parted.
 
Tubular Monkey said:
Give a manchild a fish / teach a manchild to fish.
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...and he'll grant you a wish?

timtommy said:
I think that is reasonable. As was said above, the fire was a one-time event, those of us who felt particularly white-knighty were able to provide a one-time solution to it. This is an ongoing problem, that the money flow out is greater than the money flow in. If someone put forward an idea to help Chris that was a) likely to work b) realistic and c) provided a permanent or ongoing solution, I, for one, would be open to contributing a little time/money to it. But I can't think of one.
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He could burn down his house again. *yawn* :alog:

4Macie said:
It should be noted that in the past four days of Chris "having monies and not having monies", he's purchased another $30 in Lego figurines. Some helmets, boxing glove accessories, and a handful of itchy and scratchy figurines (MULTIPLES) from the Simpsons sets.
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But those are totally business investments! To the left with you!
 
I don't t think Chris nor Barb will ever change now. No matter how low their lifestyle choices take them they will remain the same kind of people.

The only change that will happen is the troll monies will dry up as Chris bores everyone away from him. Barb will die and he will lose his house and after that he's off the grid pretty much.

No more attention, no more trolls just desperation and loneliness until be shuffles off this mortal coil.
 
stack said:
Don't. Seriously.
You want to see him get better? Don't do shit. Crashing and burning is about the only way I can imagine him learning responsibility at this point. The only other alternative is him continuing on like he has, but that obviously can't last and he'll use whatever money and well-wishes he gets to construct an even bigger hole for himself. Save your sympathy and he might actually get better.
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Agreed. It's like Chris got a taste of what it's like to have significant money and now he's become literally addicted to it. And even if he won the Powerball jackpot, he'd have it all flushed down the toilet within a week on Lego and other crap. He doesn't care about the value of money. Only that he wants something and he will dump whatever money he has to obtain it until he no longer has money and cannot obtain any more. Then, he'll go back onto Facebook and whine/beg/demand some more.

And even if he does crash & burn, he'll never blame himself. He'll always blame the trolls or someone else, including his own Mother.
 
Chris wants me to give him money.
Ok, I'll do it.
But first I'm going to need a spreadsheet listing every dime he's spent since his first successful eBay sale. I need a list of what he's bought categorized into "necessity" and "luxury", these need to be categorized by a neutral party . Then I need a pie chart comparing two said categories. Then, for every luxury item bought I'm going to want a paragraph explaining why he bought it and how he's going to justify asking for more work, and I expect to be convinced.
IF he does all that I will send him a bag of fresh socks to keep him warm this upcoming winter and a 5$ Visa card.
 
i won't send chris money but i'll take photos of myself buying legos and throwing them in the garbage
 
bungholio said:
I really hope things turn out ok for him and Barb. Chris is simply a doofus on the internet, if you legitimately want terrible things to happen to him you need to really re-evaluate your life.
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Does anyone here really want that? Knowing terrible things are going to happen to him, accepting that terrible things are going to happen to him, and not intending to lift a finger when terrible things do happen to him (because it wouldn't day any good), is not the same thing as wanting terrible things to happen to him.

The thing about helping Chris is he cannot be helped. With Chris it's only a choice between enabling him (like what Rocky does), or letting nature take its course (while watching from a comfy chair and eating popcorn). And at best enabling him merely delays and magnifies the inevitable collapse.
Doctor Duke said:
i won't send chris money but i'll take photos of myself buying legos and throwing them in the garbage
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Donate them to a local children's charity in Chris' name.
 
Some JERK said:
The well is dry. It's over. It has passed on! This well is no more! It has ceased to be!

THIS IS AN EX-WELL!!

It's hard to pity someone who made over $2 grand in pocket money in a single month by doing virtually nothing. He got the cash and spent it on things he needed and shit that made him happy. He won. Too bad his hard-wired entitlement/victim-mentality bullshit keeps him from realizing that and enjoying this rare victory.
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This pretty much summarizes how I feel about the whole situation. I feel genuinely bad for him just because I think he's too fucking stupid to comprehend the inevitability for his own demise. Idk. *sigh*

Cure Quanta said:
CWCstarter
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I'm sorry, CWCstarter? I am so happy right now D:

UltraSonichu said:
Best case scenario we find a way to negotiate with him for the reboot of the comics. I'd pay dollar for those, for real. Not a lot, but if I thought another actual Sonichu issue with a plot and actual effort was going to emerge from the wreckage I'd happily contribute.
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I would Patreon the shit out of a legitimate Sonichu reboot.... for a $1 a pop anyway >>
 
Kamen Rider Black RX said:
I don't think things will turn out okay for him and Barb until they've hit rock bottom. There has to be something that will cause them to wake up and realize their situation.
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I had also believed that for a time, but thinking about it some more and taking into account what we know about Chris, I think when the time comes and he hits rock bottom that it'll be more likely that he will stay at rock bottom. He'll wallow in his misery and indulge in his victim complex, blaming everyone and their mothers, except for himself for his situation and sit stewing in a cardboard box on the street somewhere, expecting for someone else to come rescue him and turn his life around FOR him. Not everyone can be helped and not everyone can pick themselves back up after they fall, I now believe Chris is one of them. He's going to learn first hand that the world is infinitely crueler than what he had imagined and there isn't going to be a happy ending for him.
 
Honestly, what else were we expecting? At this point, we know he'll beg for money, complain about trolls, guarantee he has money, waste said money on toys, cycle repeats

Can't wait to see him delay the shipping process further because of the STRESS
 
Donald Duck said:
I had also believed that for a time, but thinking about it some more and taking into account what we know about Chris, I think when the time comes and he hits rock bottom that it'll be more likely that he will stay at rock bottom. He'll wallow in his misery and indulge in his victim complex, blaming everyone and their mothers, except for himself for his situation and sit stewing in a cardboard box on the street somewhere, expecting for someone else to come rescue him and turn his life around FOR him. Not everyone can be helped and not everyone can pick themselves back up after they fall, I now believe Chris is one of them. He's going to learn first hand that the world is infinitely crueler than what he had imagined and there isn't going to be a happy ending for him.
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Well, I'm going to continue to be an optimist and believe in humanity's infinite potential for growth. Remove Chris from people who either enable or reinforce his behavior, it is possible he could still make something of his life.
 
PCA said:
I hope nobody falls for this...
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I wouldn't worry too much. His business venture is all but exhausted and there's only a few people out there who are willing to throw him any more money. While I think that everybody should be able to have some fun in their lives, Chris really needs to learn self-care with his finances.
 
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