- Joined
- Jan 25, 2018
Bob's entire behavior and belief system essentially stems from the fact that he still has his childhood mindset and hasn't been able to move on with his life. He's never been able to actually let go of his childhood traumas like a normal person does.
A normal person does not hold onto their childhood traumas like Bob has. The essential reason why is simple: age and development. As a child grows up, they have to take on different responsibilities and face different obstacles in life that force their childhood mindset to fall apart. Things like developing a career, getting married, having kids and just simply having to take on adult responsibilities does this to a person. They learn to let go of their shitty childhood experiences, things like bullying. They no longer hold onto it and they no longer spend all their time thinking about it. It just pops up every now and then, and when it does they don't get angry about it. It's just a mere memory.
The story of Bob Chipman is the polar opposite of this. Bob's never had to really take on genuine responsibilities in his life. He's always fallen back on his family and has never had to actually take care of himself like a normal person. As such, his childhood mindset is still intact. His lack of a true job and lack of socialization has led to him thinking about all the ways he was a wronged as kid on a daily basis. Bob now wants to punish everyone else because he's still angry about how he was treated as a kid. The only reason he can't is because he doesn't have any real skills to move up in his life. He's just a man child who thinks he's great but is really nothing more then fodder for those to laugh at, which infuriates him even more.
