Its actually almost sad to hear him still talking about HS. In a humanizing sort of way. Most people as they get older reminisce and look back to their formative years with reverence and regrets. Chris doing it is all the more pathetic because the image in his mind is so devoid from reality.
Sure people often have delusions of grandeur when they think back to HS. "Oh i was popular, got all the chicks" etc. For chris though his memory of HS is different from his typical power fantasy. Usually you'd expect chris to exaggerate and boast. And theirs certainly an element of that with Manchester high. Though really what stands out is how he has real regrets, real tacit emotions in regards to those times. Something he usually never represents even when hes done wrong.
In those days he was just a naive sweet oaf with some learning disabilities trying to find his place in the world. Looking back to then for him must be so detaching from where he is now. 20yrs on and hes accomplished nothing of merit. No career no family. His body destroyed from years of bad habits and hormone replacements. Looking in the mirror every day to see this deformed image of his father in drag. Only acquiring embarrassment and admonishment from a world that has looked upon him as case study on the horrors of autism and bad parenting. His failure is his only really legacy.
