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- Sep 16, 2013
I once tried to read this thread. I think I got a hundred or two hundred pages in, but that's not important right now.
My question is, to what extent does Chris think/assume/know he's famous? And how does the disconnect of not being able to hide online versus not being noticed offline when he's in public places (that he can tell, let's not derail with how noticeable he really is and that people avoid him for reasons obvious to us) really affect Chris?
The second question is becoming somewhat hard for me to answer. Online he is known to be paranoid; everyone is either a troll out to get him or people he's met offline and actually know. He wants to be less noticeable online so he can conduct his goings on and do whatever it is he does and not need to worry about people googling him and finding the CWCki/ED/other places and thinking bad of him. Offline, he laments being "invisible" and unappreciated. Barring the obvious problems with that statement and in light of the new Renee texts showing him wanting to be talked to but ready to spray any and everyone with pepper spray to remain safe if he should feel threatened. (also another can of worms for a different thread)
I think what I'm trying to ask is if the disconnect between being internet famous (which I think he's actually mentioned, possibly in the Colin emails or earlier) and being a nobody offline has any impact on his behavior offline. Could this also be contributing to his latest run-ins with the law?
I know the subject gets touched upon in in current threads, but I'd like a deeper discussion without derailing another thread or starting a new one that probably doesn't need to exist. (Hellblazer, if I ever meet you offline, I'm buying you a beer) Just seems like a very strange disconnect to have, and I'm familiar with his gold medal mental gymnastic routines, but couldn't this be subconsciously going on, even though he's autistic?
I humbly seek your wisdom and advice, fellow Kiwis.
3 responses
1. Chris does overestimate his fame. But I think his difficulties with understanding the minds of others also hampers him. He knows who he is and he his instinct is to assume that people know the same things he knows. So his instinct is that people know him.
2. He wants to be universally loved and obeyed. So both his internet infamy and his offline isolation bother him. Which one he complains about depends on which issue is most pressing.
3. Chris thinking has a lot of disconnects. The answer to "how can he possibly think both x and y" is usually "he just hasn't thought it through". If a train of thought is unpleasant to him and isn't thrust on him, he will just avoid it. So there are a lot of very incomplete thoughts and ideas bouncing around his head.