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If Chris pawned all his toys and games and stuff like that off, how much could he hypothetically make? Do we have any collectors who could validate such a thing? This is going by the stuff Chris has currently.
 
timtommy said:
A couple months ago, I was chatting to a friend of mine who is a fairly serious journalist. Chris came up, and her opinion was it was a minefield.

Any serious piece would have to portray him largely as a victim. As much as people like to say "Chris deserves it", can you honestly see a serious news outlet talking about some autistic guy being trolled and saying he deserves it?

On the other hand Chris is a fairly unsympathetic character. And hasn't had the single super-tragic troll moment where trolls drove him to serious self-harm or something. So what's the angle?

There are also ethical concerns about validating various self-delusions Chris has.

There is also an issue of cooperation from Chris and/or Barb. Getting them involved would be a nightmare.

Writing such a story would probably fill your inbox with "Julays" and similar bullshit.

Finally, it's not an important news-story. Nothing major has come of Christory, so it's only human interest. The world is full of human interest stories, so why bother with one with all of these pitfalls.
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I write for a few websites on my off time(with limited amounts of success...). I've thought about trying to do something about Chris, but other than not knowing where to send such a thing and the generally convoluted nature of the whole deal I don't know what I could say that would be concise and wouldn't just repeat what people already know. In all seriousness I would love to interview Chris or Barb, but of course I doubt they would go for that.

You actually can write a lot about Chris from a cultural perspective. The story of this person's life would not have been possible 30 years ago. There is something that I think is kind of universally worrying about the amount of sheer exposure he has. How the internet has crept into every facet of his life and has become his only window to the world outside of his head at the same time. That's pretty much a microcosm of modern humanity right there. Plugged in to the point of absurdity and also extremely isolated. I don't think we should make any mistake about that, the internet as revealed all of our hidden desires and faults to the world, but it's also made us extremely lonely and paranoid. We have too much connectivity and little communication.

Exhibit A: Chris Chan

Yes it's all very post-modern and pretentious...hence why I don't write about fucking Chris. "Modern life is meaningless hey look at this autistic weirdo" doesn't make for good clickbait, ya see.

Now "Top 10 CRAZIEST Chris Chan moments you won't believe!", that shit's a winner right there.
 
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Zorceror44 said:
If Chris pawned all his toys and games and stuff like that off, how much could he hypothetically make? Do we have any collectors who could validate such a thing? This is going by the stuff Chris has currently.
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I am guessing most of the shit he has bought have lost value being already played with, so probably much less than you'd think
 
feedtheoctopus said:
You actually can write a lot about Chris from a cultural perspective. The story of this person's life would not have been possible 30 years ago. There is something that I think is kind of universally worrying about the amount of sheer exposure he has. How the internet has crept into every facet of his life and has become his only window to the world outside of his head at the same time. That's pretty much a microcosm of modern humanity right there. Plugged in to the point of absurdity and also extremely isolated. I don't think we should make any mistake about that, the internet as revealed all of our hidden desires and faults to the world, but it's also made us extremely lonely and paranoid. We have too much connectivity and little communication.

Exhibit A: Chris Chan

Yes it's all very post-modern and pretentious...hence why I don't write about fucking Chris. "Modern life is meaningless hey look at this autistic weirdo" doesn't make for good clickbait, ya see.

Now "Top 10 CRAZIEST Chris Chan moments you won't believe!", that shit's a winner right there.
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That is really what the internet did.
 
So, I'm watching the Wire (great TV show) and in season 2, episode 1, they play this song.

Sixteen tons, waddya get? Another day older and deeper in deppt! :mad:
 
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Morshu said:
Putting aside the high improbability of this actually happening (or literally anybody saying yes), how would Chris do a marriage proposal? Would he find the idea of one of those public proposals in front of an audience romantic and appropriate for his TRUE and HONEST emotions, or would he propose unremarkably in his manchild bedroom?

Would he make engagement rings and ring boxes out of Model Magic and Lego to cut costs, and excuse it as being more "personal" that way?

Or would Chris go completely submissive and expect his girlfriend to do the proposing?
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Chris wouldn't use a ring, he would propose to her with a Rosechu medallion for her to wear.

I'm not kidding, he actually did plan for his wife to have a rosechu medallion, like his sonichu one, that she would wear everyday, just like him.
 
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Marvin said:
So, I'm watching the Wire (great TV show) and in season 2, episode 1, they play this song.

Sixteen tons, waddya get? Another day older and deeper in deppt! :mad:
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I remember that tune being used for one of Disney Channel's "DTV" segments featuring Donald in a gold mine (of course this is the Tennessee Ernie Ford version).

Silver Octopus said:
Chris wouldn't use a ring, he would propose to her with a Rosechu medallion for her to wear.

I'm not kidding, he actually did plan for his wife to have a rosechu medallion, like his sonichu one, that she would wear everyday, just like him.
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Just creepy.
 
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feedtheoctopus said:
You actually can write a lot about Chris from a cultural perspective. The story of this person's life would not have been possible 30 years ago. There is something that I think is kind of universally worrying about the amount of sheer exposure he has. How the internet has crept into every facet of his life and has become his only window to the world outside of his head at the same time. That's pretty much a microcosm of modern humanity right there. Plugged in to the point of absurdity and also extremely isolated. I don't think we should make any mistake about that, the internet as revealed all of our hidden desires and faults to the world, but it's also made us extremely lonely and paranoid. We have too much connectivity and little communication.

Exhibit A: Chris Chan
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I was thinking about it earlier, and this, this right here, this is why I keep coming back here. Chris fascinates me because I feel like he's the worst case scenario of the Internet Age. When parents talk to their children about not putting their personal information out online, or make them go outside instead of spending all day on the computer - These are lessons Chris didn't learn. (Or at least, not soon enough.)

Whether it's the Trolls, or vidya, or his need for shameless self-promotion, nearly every aspect of Chris' life has been affected by the internet. It's not a super uncommon story, but his is remarkable for being the most extreme example of the effects. It's no wonder he's on a "crusade" to get people away from their phones and tablets.
 
Guy Smiley said:
I was thinking about it earlier, and this, this right here, this is why I keep coming back here. Chris fascinates me because I feel like he's the worst case scenario of the Internet Age. When parents talk to their children about not putting their personal information out online, or make them go outside instead of spending all day on the computer - These are lessons Chris didn't learn. (Or at least, not soon enough.)
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I just picture him always being stuck in the house as a small boy in the 80's.

Whether it's the Trolls, or vidya, or his need for shameless self-promotion, nearly every aspect of Chris' life has been affected by the internet. It's not a super uncommon story, but his is remarkable for being the most extreme example of the effects. It's no wonder he's on a "crusade" to get people away from their phones and tablets.
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Pretty much. Not learning the lesson head-on so you now preach the gospel to the rest of us whether we knew it already or not.
 
TopCat said:
If Chris didn't exist, would this community still exist?
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I really can't see us having come together solely to record, say, Ahuviya or Nick Bate.

This board has a lot of its basis in things like the PVCC, and /cwc/, and even the old /v/ topics. It's got too much foundation to pull out the entire bottom.

I think without Chris discussion of things like this would be relegated to quiet corners of the internet where such novelties are talked about occasionally and then forgotten.
 
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Zorceror44 said:
If Chris pawned all his toys and games and stuff like that off, how much could he hypothetically make? Do we have any collectors who could validate such a thing? This is going by the stuff Chris has currently.
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Depending on the condition of his legos, he could make a decent amount if he sold them on ebay (if they have all their parts, etc.) However, I'm guessing because Chris likes to use his legos to make them part of his "Lego CWCville" he customizes them with markers,clay,etc. That added to the fact that his legos are mismatched, he may be unable to put them all back with their original sets.

Which makes them essentially valueless.

I dunno about the condition of his other toys, but if his smell is still as infamous as previously described, and it permeates his room; if he sold his toys to someone and they got in a toy and it had that stench coming off it, chances are it's gonna be returned for a refund.

Chris, unlike some adults who buy toy collectibles, is NOT a collector. He is essentially a child that still plays with toys. Everything in his living area is just shoved wherever it can go. He stores his toys exactly the way a child would. So his toys are probably not worth much, if anything. He certainly won't get anywhere NEAR what he spent for said toys
 
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Galvatron said:
Depending on the condition of his legos, he could make a decent amount if he sold them on ebay (if they have all their parts, etc.) However, I'm guessing because Chris likes to use his legos to make them part of his "Lego CWCville" he customizes them with markers,clay,etc. That added to the fact that his legos are mismatched, he may be unable to put them all back with their original sets.

Which makes them essentially valueless.

I dunno about the condition of his other toys, but if his smell is still as infamous as previously described, and it permeates his room; if he sold his toys to someone and they got in a toy and it had that stench coming off it, chances are it's gonna be returned for a refund.

Chris, unlike some adults who buy toy collectibles, is NOT a collector. He is essentially a child that still plays with toys. Everything in his living area is just shoved wherever it can go. He stores his toys exactly the way a child would. So his toys are probably not worth much, if anything. He certainly won't get anywhere NEAR what he spent for said toys
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I can't see Chris selling very many of his toys, unless it is a "do this or you won't make rent and end up homeless scenario".

People sell that sort of thing for a couple reasons if their value on the open market exceeds their value to them. Chris doesn't have a great sense of what things are worth on the open market, as shown by a lot of his eBay sales. He also really values his toys. He doesn't seem to get to the point where he says "I had my fun with that, but I probably won't use it again".

The one occasion where he seems to try to sell toys is to raise funds for other toys. I think there are a few examples of that on the CWCki, but they are few and far between.
 
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I can't see Chris selling very many of his toys, unless it is a "do this or you won't make rent and end up homeless scenario".

People sell that sort of thing for a couple reasons if their value on the open market exceeds their value to them. Chris doesn't have a great sense of what things are worth on the open market, as shown by a lot of his eBay sales. He also really values his toys. He doesn't seem to get to the point where he says "I had my fun with that, but I probably won't use it again".

The one occasion where he seems to try to sell toys is to raise funds for other toys. I think there are a few examples of that on the CWCki, but they are few and far between.
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Exactly. Chris is never so broke that it means more than a few weeks of financial discomfort. He gets a guaranteed tugboat each month, which he's pretty much never gonna lose, no matter what he does with his life. When Chris needs money, it's because he went on spending sprees buying toys and vidya. So the only thing Chris would need money for is more toys/vidya. It doesn't make sense to sell the things you want to get more of the same thing. It's much easier to just beg and leech off your fanbase hoping for a donation or a sale. Or wait til the first of the month when your tugboat comes in again.
 
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This isn't a "What will Chris do when Barb dies?" thread, because the obvious answer is "He doesn't know/He wants to ignore the inevitable". This thread is for the armchair Doctors to determine what condition she's currently in.

We've read that Barb has a case of "holey buttocks" and our last known visual of her was seen walking with Chris from a court date last year looking quite frail & slow. My own "little birds" have informed me that she's recently developed a nasty eye infection as well. Aside from living in squalor with infestations and filth, what sort of diagnoses do we have on what's plaguing her? How likely is it that she could develop a case of MRSA or SARS from her environment?
 
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