Containment Random Thoughts & Questions

[timtommy]

When I think about belief in God to belief in Santa, I come up with two major differences.

1. When you are little, your parents tell you that Santa leaves you presents. But it is not Santa (sorry kids), it is your parents. You might go the mall and sit on his lap, but that is a man pretending to be Santa. Any interaction kids have with "Santa" is completely fabricated. Very few people have an interaction with God, or believe that they have an interaction with God, that is fabricated by another person.

2. You are taught about Santa by your parents, teachers etc. None of them believe in Santa. You are taught about God by your parents, priests, etc. Often, they believe in God, particularly if the teaching is designed to encourage you to believe. You are taught about God honestly, and about Santa dishonestly.

Basically, Santa is pretty easily demonstrably false. God is not demonstrably false, at least not easily.

No intelligent adult, or even adolescent, believes in Santa Claus. Many intelligent adults believe in God. If you are a hardcore atheist, that is an entirely defensible position. If you believe that believing in God is a little silly, that is a defensible position. If you think believing in God is a sure sign of a lack of intelligence, then the large number of highly intelligent and accomplished people who believe in God makes your position entirely indefensible.

 

[Ronald Gaygun]

Does anyone know where the name Son-Chu (Chris' old Ford Escort) comes from? I've been reading about Chris for ages (though not nearly as long as some of you), but I've never seen anything that hints at the origin of the name.

When it comes to swallowing things, Chris sure doesn't mind a bit of a challenge.
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That looks like he's sucking off a revolver.

 

[silentprincess]

I had a dream about Chris last night where I was teaching him how to read, don't ask why, but it just appeared. It started with him sleeping in a bed on the floor, all I remember is teaching him how to read, and how to pronounce words.

What does this mean?

*If you feel I am trolling, I am very sorry if I am, or if I am coming across as rude.*

 

[Marvin]

Okay, but then why don't adults believe in Santa?

Probably depends on how the character of "Santa" evolved. Was he ever literally believed by the population at large in the first place? (Serious question, I don't follow the history of this sort of thing)

Does anyone know where the name Son-Chu (Chris' old Ford Escort) comes from? I've been reading about Chris for ages (though not nearly as long as some of you), but I've never seen anything that hints at the origin of the name.

I'm pretty sure the name came from Chris' personalized license plate.

 

[Ronald Gaygun]

Probably depends on how the character of "Santa" evolved. Was he ever literally believed by the population at large in the first place? (Serious question, I don't follow the history of this sort of thing)

As far as I know Santa as we know it was originally some Dutch guy who went around with a either some ravens or a liberated slave handing out presents. In his modern incarnations he's frequently accopanied by a typically white kid in blackface. It's definitely older than that though (I saw the name Odin pop up in Wikipedia).

I'm pretty sure the name came from Chris' personalized license plate.

I am so fucking dumb. I looked at the CWCki page, and apparently the origin is unknown. Quote: "The reason why the car is named "Son-Chu" remains unknown; it could be a reference to Full-Tilt and/or Wipe-Out, both Transformers with hyphenated names that turn into cars."

 

[Marvin]

As far as I know Santa as we know it was originally some Dutch guy who went around with a either some ravens or a liberated slave handing out presents. In his modern incarnations he's frequently accopanied by a typically white kid in blackface. It's definitely older than that though (I saw the name Odin pop up in Wikipedia).

Oh man, that's right, I vaguely remember something like that from my german class in high school.

I am so fucking dumb. I looked at the CWCki page, and apparently the origin is unknown. Quote: "The reason why the car is named "Son-Chu" remains unknown; it could be a reference to Full-Tilt and/or Wipe-Out, both Transformers with hyphenated names that turn into cars."

I thought it was just that he didn't have enough letters to put sonichu on his license plate. It depends on which license plate design you get. And he might've gotten into the transformer thing after the fact.

 

[ChurchOfGodBear]

Oh man, that's right, I vaguely remember something like that from my german class in high school.


I thought it was just that he didn't have enough letters to put sonichu on his license plate. It depends on which license plate design you get. And he might've gotten into the transformer thing after the fact.

Son-Chu's plate reads "Sonichu". Son-Chu is just Chris's awesomely creative nickname for his car.

 

[Marvin]

Son-Chu's plate reads "Sonichu". Son-Chu is just Chris's awesomely creative nickname for his car.

Oh shit, really? Shit, then that kills my theory. Probably was the transformers thing, then.

 

[Chikinballs]

Oh shit, really? Shit, then that kills my theory. Probably was the transformers thing, then.

He hyphenates every fucking thing under the sun if he cant or doesnt want to use the real name. I bet he would have gladly named it sonichu except there was already a sonichu in the comic.

 

[timtommy]

Oh shit, really? Shit, then that kills my theory. Probably was the transformers thing, then.

He couldn't call the car Sonichu, Sonichu is an electric hedgehog pokemon, not a car, you pinhead.

Unfortunately his creativity is limited to replacing letters with hyphens.

 

[Marvin]

Heh, well, I was under the impression that it wasn't a name at all in the first place.

 

[Christ-Chan]

Probably depends on how the character of "Santa" evolved. Was he ever literally believed by the population at large in the first place? (Serious question, I don't follow the history of this sort of thing).

I've had a raunchy night so I am just going to go ahead and answer this even if it's a bit off-topic:
Santa, as we know him, is based around Saint Nicholas from Christian mythology, in that he gives gifts, but more than that our idea of Santa as a slighly judgmental character bringing gifts to those he feels deserving comes partly from a Nordic idea of "tomtar" (essentially, gnomes). Tomtar, it was said, lived in stables or under stairs and were generally invisible, but if you left food for them they would do you favors and leave gifts in return. Christianity, being very, very fond of merging mythologies to help spread their influence, adopted this and together with St. Nicholas this created the base idea of Santa Clause (in some countries Santa doesn't have elves but "tomntar" working for him, and Santa is of course adopted from Saint).

 

[Ronald Gaygun]

I've had a raunchy night so I am just going to go ahead and answer this even if it's a bit off-topic:
Santa, as we know him, is based around Saint Nicholas from Christian mythology, in that he gives gifts, but more than that our idea of Santa as a slighly judgmental character bringing gifts to those he feels deserving comes partly from a Nordic idea of "tomtar" (essentially, gnomes). Tomtar, it was said, lived in stables or under stairs and were generally invisible, but if you left food for them they would do you favors and leave gifts in return. Christianity, being very, very fond of merging mythologies to help spread their influence, adopted this and together with St. Nicholas this created the base idea of Santa Clause (in some countries Santa doesn't have elves but "tomntar" working for him, and Santa is of course adopted from Saint).

I had never heard any of this until now. I was not expecting all of this learning when I woke up this morning. Where do you guys learn all this?

 

[garbageraider]

A little mini-update for you guys: Recently, Chris has started dressing differently and losing weight since the house fire. He's still fat, but he's only 30 or 40 pounds overweight now, instead of morbid obesity. Barb's financial resources are so strained, that she's been in complete control of the money, taking all of Chris' and only giving him a few dollars at a time. He's been eating less because he doesn't have the money to spend to eat more. Also, he's taken to wearing skinny jeans and T-shirts that are a size too small for him. He looks like a crazy homeless guy wearing clothing he stole from a 20-something female hipster.

 

[Ronald Gaygun]

A little mini-update for you guys: Recently, Chris has started dressing differently and losing weight since the house fire. He's still fat, but he's only 30 or 40 pounds overweight now, instead of morbid obesity. Barb's financial resources are so strained, that she's been in complete control of the money, taking all of Chris' and only giving him a few dollars at a time. He's been eating less because he doesn't have the money to spend to eat more. Also, he's taken to wearing skinny jeans and T-shirts that are a size too small for him. He looks like a crazy homeless guy wearing clothing he stole from a 20-something female hipster.

At first I was like reading about how Chris losing weight and dressing a bit more normally, then I was like reading how he looked like a crazy homeless transvestite.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

A little mini-update for you guys: Recently, Chris has started dressing differently and losing weight since the house fire. He's still fat, but he's only 30 or 40 pounds overweight now, instead of morbid obesity. Barb's financial resources are so strained, that she's been in complete control of the money, taking all of Chris' and only giving him a few dollars at a time. He's been eating less because he doesn't have the money to spend to eat more. Also, he's taken to wearing skinny jeans and T-shirts that are a size too small for him. He looks like a crazy homeless guy wearing clothing he stole from a 20-something female hipster.

Does he still look just as birdy as ever?

 

[DrChristianTroy]

A little mini-update for you guys: Recently, Chris has started dressing differently and losing weight since the house fire. He's still fat, but he's only 30 or 40 pounds overweight now, instead of morbid obesity. Barb's financial resources are so strained, that she's been in complete control of the money, taking all of Chris' and only giving him a few dollars at a time. He's been eating less because he doesn't have the money to spend to eat more. Also, he's taken to wearing skinny jeans and T-shirts that are a size too small for him. He looks like a crazy homeless guy wearing clothing he stole from a 20-something female hipster.

So he's skinnier because his family can't afford fast food as much as he wants. That's pretty much what I assumed it would take for Chris to lose weight.

 

[Stuff and Things]

A little mini-update for you guys: Recently, Chris has started dressing differently and losing weight since the house fire. He's still fat, but he's only 30 or 40 pounds overweight now, instead of morbid obesity. Barb's financial resources are so strained, that she's been in complete control of the money, taking all of Chris' and only giving him a few dollars at a time. He's been eating less because he doesn't have the money to spend to eat more. Also, he's taken to wearing skinny jeans and T-shirts that are a size too small for him. He looks like a crazy homeless guy wearing clothing he stole from a 20-something female hipster.

So, he loses weight and somehow still manages to look like an obese creep by using tight, small clothes... god dammit chris.

 

[Marvin]

A little mini-update for you guys: Recently, Chris has started dressing differently and losing weight since the house fire. He's still fat, but he's only 30 or 40 pounds overweight now, instead of morbid obesity. Barb's financial resources are so strained, that she's been in complete control of the money, taking all of Chris' and only giving him a few dollars at a time. He's been eating less because he doesn't have the money to spend to eat more. Also, he's taken to wearing skinny jeans and T-shirts that are a size too small for him. He looks like a crazy homeless guy wearing clothing he stole from a 20-something female hipster.

He's wears varying types of clothes. He's seen wearing what some people would call "mom jeans," for example. But skinny jeans are definitely something he'd wear. Like, overall, I'd say his wardrobe is probably very diverse, because he's likely buying cheap thrift store clothing (and especially not paying attention to which gender the clothes are aimed at).

 

[BOLDYSPICY!]

I find it interesting that someone who claimed to be "as wild as a serial rapist" uses a term like mo-fo when describing how he himself was sexually violated. Jenkies posts read like if you taught a robot 90s street talk and then beat said robot over the head with a brick for forty minutes.

"Wild as a serial raper," you mean. & don't you know that's how us DING DANG DIRTY TROLLS talk lulz?

I had a dream about Chris last night where I was teaching him how to read, don't ask why, but it just appeared. It started with him sleeping in a bed on the floor, all I remember is teaching him how to read, and how to pronounce words.

What does this mean?

If you feel I am trolling, I am very sorry if I am, or if I am coming across as rude.

I think that just means that you're spending too much time on the forum, sweetie.
If I had to guess, we all wish we could have Chris see the error of his ways & teach him what he can do to better himself, & that was how it manifested in your dream. Just a guess, though.