Containment Random Thoughts & Questions

[Mogambo]

Chris' CADD projects in college were pretty damn horrible. What I'm wondering is: was this more because he was being lazy, or was he honestly incompetent to do the work? Chris does seem to have problems recognizing things visually, so maybe his mall plan genuinely looked professional to him. Could he have used college to become actually competent in some field, or would his autism combined with lack of talent have made things too difficult no matter what he did?

(Thinking about this because I have a class this semester with a CADD component and it keeps cracking me up. I feel like I should do a mall blueprint.)

Well, I've often said that Chris' is the perfect storm of failure. He's lazy, stupid, naive... whatever you want to call him. But his greatest single flaw is that he's genuinely uninterested in the world around him. There are plenty of lazy people who still manage to do work, and plenty of stupid people who can still learn new things, but Chris is different. He's almost willfully ignorant. And I believe that is reflected in just about all of his "work," going all the way back to the recently uncovered Manchester High School files. Sure, autism might play a part, but I'm willing to bet there are some autistic people who have completed CADD degrees and actually gone on to do things with them.

So no, I don't think Chris would have been able to achieve much at community college even if he had switched majors. Again. Pretty much anything he could have conceivably gotten a degree in would require work and learning new things, and unfortunately Chris' natural inclination would have been to do a half-assed job (if that) and expect to pass the class simply for existing. And maybe showing up. Even a Liberal Arts degree would have required Chris to read, write and ultimately do a thesis, and I just don't think he'd be capable of doing that. Maybe trade school would have been slightly better. Chris is a very literal, concrete thinker. But then, he'd still have to work, and he'd still have to learn things, so I don't know. Hell, the thought of him working with power tools or heavy machinery frightens me because Chris wouldn't take any safety precautions at all.

 

[Holdek]

Chris' CADD projects in college were pretty damn horrible. What I'm wondering is: was this more because he was being lazy, or was he honestly incompetent to do the work? Chris does seem to have problems recognizing things visually, so maybe his mall plan genuinely looked professional to him. Could he have used college to become actually competent in some field, or would his autism combined with lack of talent have made things too difficult no matter what he did?

If Chris was lazy but bright, or hardworking but dumb, he could have been okay. But, he is lazy and dumb. And, yes, he genuinely believed his mall plan was professional, so throw in unwarranted ego into the mix, and you have A Christory of Fail: The College Years.

 

[MasterMan]

Is there any chance that the ruins of 14 BLC could become a meth lab or crack house? I know that meth is a big drug the rural south, and 14 BLC seems like it could become that if renovation is abandoned

 

[Clown Doll]

Pretty much slim to none. For one, for a place to become a crack house, there would needed to be an existing population of drug users in the vicinity(or a few very dedicated individuals) and Ruckersville is a tiny town with a population of about 1000 or so,residents. If there were people with a serious drug problem in Ruckersville, the locals would know who's using and small communities are very tight-knit so if there was suspicious movement around the 14 BLC, people would report it to the Po-po rather quick. Also, Ruckersville is 26 kilometers away from the nearest town(that is Charlottesville) so it's very unlikely that some hucksters from Charlottesville would come all the way to Ruckersville to produce a drug lab in the only(?) abandoned house in the community.

 

[DykesDykesChina]

Chris's having a little Chun-Lee withiiiiiiiiiin himself is an early sign of his female identification tendencies. Not that identifying with female characters or having fluid gender identity is bad, but CWC's so craptastic at it (like everything).

 

[ChurchOfGodBear]

Chris's having a little Chun-Lee withiiiiiiiiiin himself is an early sign of his female identification tendencies. Not that identifying with female characters or having fluid gender identity is bad, but CWC's so craptastic at it (like everything).

I'm constantly amused at how Chris can take something that's not bad by itself (men relating to women, love for nostalgia, writing fanfic) and make it bad by some combination of failing horribly and being motivated by malice or selfishness.

 

[Marvin]

Chris's having a little Chun-Lee withiiiiiiiiiin himself is an early sign of his female identification tendencies. Not that identifying with female characters or having fluid gender identity is bad, but CWC's so craptastic at it (like everything).

Nah, that's Chris just trying to be intimidating.

 

[Dr. Tremolo]

Chris has always been into girly stuff to a degree though. In hindsight, his Tomgirlism was just a natural progression, a full manifestation.

 

[pickleniggo]

Chris has always been into girly stuff to a degree though. In hindsight, his Tomgirlism was just a natural progression, a full manifestation.

Truth. Just recall Chris' future message, where he recommends stroking the hair of My Little Ponies for boys.

Still, I kind of miss classic Chris. Tomgirl Chris just reminds me of the town bum who you can often find shopping for sequined garments at the mall despite being dressed like a total slob. (For the record, this person actually exists and the last time I saw him he was in forever21 checking out some leather crop tops.) It's almost like, what's the point if they don't really try?

 

[DEAGLE 4 LYFE]

Not so much the tomgirl thing that bothers me, it's how morbidly unhealthy he looks these days.

 

[Drawets Rednaxela]

Could he have used college to become actually competent in some field, or would his autism combined with lack of talent have made things too difficult no matter what he did?

Pretty much. Laziness was probably a factor too. Chris dosn't seem to have put any real effort into his school work since that Pokemon fanfiction he submitted as an English assignment.

 

[Morbid Boredom]

I just got reminded of this... what does the random_text.txt "Dead Niggo Storage" reference?

 

[DEAGLE 4 LYFE]

Pulp Fiction

 

[timtommy]

Chris has always been into girly stuff to a degree though. In hindsight, his Tomgirlism was just a natural progression, a full manifestation.

It is a manifestation of his hatred for men. His hatred for men is sourced from a rocky relationship with his father and negative childhood experiences with male classmates and authority figures. It is exaggerated by his need to see everything as black and white, good and evil etc. So if women are good, all women must be good, and therefore all men must be bad.

It has manifested itself in all kinds of things. Gal-pals, homophobia, female toys, "rivalries" with male trolls. I don't want to say that the tomgirlism was inevitable, but it certainly fits in to a pattern.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

Not so much the tomgirl thing that bothers me, it's how morbidly unhealthy he looks these days.

I intended to say when his newest Tomgirl pic came out my usual thing about how "He looks just as birdy as ever."

Only I totally never got around to doing it and it eventually became old news there was no sense bothering.

But the thing about it the most is, he looks so goddamn birdy its now becoming like the time Big Bird became a Blue Bird

 

[Pikonic]

So with the recent string of Facebook statuses about pointless shit and not asking for money, is it safe to assume Mama took care of the housing situation?
If an insider knows that's not true a simple "no" will suffice.

 

[Frucheman]

Can we melt Joan Rivers down and turn her into Legos for Chris. I know it might be considered 'too soon' but Chris needs those Legos NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!

 

[Mourning Dove]

I saw this in Chris's Facebook album. It was posted on 7/24/2014. Pardon me if I'm reposting something old; I'm not in the mood to skim through every Chris thread from 7/24/2014 to the present to find discussion about this.

"Also, check out the NEW Default Photo that will be sent out from now on if no photograph request has been made."

Is he seriously wearing his old Wendy's work shirt from about 15 years ago? Who (besides Chris) would want to wear their shitty first-job uniform clothing years later? Nothing else to wear? Laziness?

 

[That's Our Lolcow]

I saw this in Chris's Facebook album. It was posted on 7/24/2014. Pardon me if I'm reposting something old; I'm not in the mood to skim through every Chris thread from 7/24/2014 to the present to find discussion about this.

"Also, check out the NEW Default Photo that will be sent out from now on if no photograph request has been made."

Is he seriously wearing his old Wendy's work shirt from about 15 years ago? Who (besides Chris) would want to wear their shitty first-job uniform clothing years later? Nothing else to wear? Laziness?

I don't think that's his uniform. I think he just happens to own a Wendy's shirt because he's a fatty.

 

[libertyoftheaether]

How much longer does Chris have until Branchland Court is condemned at this point? It's going to be sometime in this month, right?