The (likely redundant) Chris and Work thread

[Strelok]

Has Chris even looked into those survey sites that pay in cash or gift cards (not huge amounts)?

I did one of those in high school because I was a stupid kid. The problem is if you aren't the right demographic, the survey will reject you, and I can't see how many surveys the demographic is "30 year old man with no income beyond SSI who lives with his mother"

After getting rejected by a dozen or so in a row, OPL would probably

 

[normankrasner]

I did one of those in high school because I was a stupid kid. The problem is if you aren't the right demographic, the survey will reject you, and I can't see how many surveys the demographic is "30 year old man with no income beyond SSI who lives with his mother"

After getting rejected by a dozen or so in a row, OPL would probably

he could always lie

 

[Strelok]

he could always lie

The question is would he be smart enough to parse together the exact lie needed to land him in the demographic for each particular survey. I doubt OPL knows for instance, the income and age band people looking at the pros and cons of a Hyundai Sonata are.

 

[Sovandie]

I remembered today that in the Muscle Bra emails back in '09, he mentions that he did the rounds in Charlottesville looking for applications:

"I also went to McD, Toys 'R' Us, Sheetz, Food Lion and Target for applications; NO PAPER APPLICATIONS! OMG, it really ground my gears to realize that. Although at Target, I was not totally surprised; I went straight to their computer station and filled in their application online."

Kacey and (IIRC) Ivy have been able to strong-arm him into considering getting a job. It's not for lack of ability, and I think even he knows that, he just has no motivation to get off his ass.

 

[qld]

When people mention a person that is far worse off than Chris physically/mentally yet still work at Wal-Mart or push a broom elsewhere, they fail to take into account that other person likely has a parent(s) that is driving them to and from work, managing their life and are part of a family that overall isn't hard up for money. Those other people are out there working to have a sense of independence or gain some normalcy and possibly learn some skills. Sure, they lost their tugboat in all or part for working, but the parents think the perceived non-monetary gains of the job are worth it.
At a Wal-Mart around here, there is a door greeter that is in an electric wheelchair and can't even raise her arms, and can't speak well enough to even answer a customer's question. She can't even pull carts out of the chute like they do to line up for customers. I'm sure she gains a sense of accomplishment and other feelings from being placed at that door, but she's not able to intimidate a shoplifter when the alarm goes off, provide directions or do anything except look friendly when a customer comes in. She probably would make as much or more sitting at home, but she would likely also be depressed and have no sense of purpose.
On the other side of the line, you have Chris; who is disabled enough to get a tugboat, but not so disabled to lack the normal inclinations to be lazy and shun a structured work environment. What, in his or Barb or Bob's mind, would he gain from being a door greeter and tax deduction for Wal-Mart?

 

[Silver]

Would any blood or sperm bank accept Chris as a donor?

OT but yes, he's donated blood before. (It was before he slept with the hooker, which would mean he couldn't donate anymore, if he was honest on the application which I hope to God he is because I don't want Chris' possibly-STD-tainted blood getting donated because he lied about it.)

I've donated blood several times and from the survey there's really nothing that would disqualify Chris from being able to donate. The questions are mostly about the nature and recency of sexual contact (which would not have mattered to Chris prior to the hooker), recency and nature of any times traveled abroad, recency and type of medications taken, and other things that would affect blood content (taking things like heroin or steroids via syringe, coming into contact with someone else's blood, etc). People always ask this question, but really if you think about the nature of the donation surveys there's absolutely no reason why Chris shouldn't have been able to donate, at least before the hooker.

Sperm bank though is a different story, and I have no idea on that one.

 

[Marvin]

Bloodwise, yeah, they'll take all the gravy they need. Blood's blood.

Sperm bank though is a different story, and I have no idea on that one.

Sperm banks aren't usually ran as places where you donate, necessarily. I think they're frequently ran as businesses, where you sell sperm to them. And in this case, they really get all the information they can about you, to make sure they're getting a good product. So, good genes, no genetic diseases, good IQ, things like that.

 

[Holdek]

When people mention a person that is far worse off than Chris physically/mentally yet still work at Wal-Mart or push a broom elsewhere, they fail to take into account that other person likely has a parent(s) that is driving them to and from work, managing their life and are part of a family that overall isn't hard up for money. Those other people are out there working to have a sense of independence or gain some normalcy and possibly learn some skills. Sure, they lost their tugboat in all or part for working, but the parents think the perceived non-monetary gains of the job are worth it.
At a Wal-Mart around here, there is a door greeter that is in an electric wheelchair and can't even raise her arms, and can't speak well enough to even answer a customer's question. She can't even pull carts out of the chute like they do to line up for customers. I'm sure she gains a sense of accomplishment and other feelings from being placed at that door, but she's not able to intimidate a shoplifter when the alarm goes off, provide directions or do anything except look friendly when a customer comes in. She probably would make as much or more sitting at home, but she would likely also be depressed and have no sense of purpose.
On the other side of the line, you have Chris; who is disabled enough to get a tugboat, but not so disabled to lack the normal inclinations to be lazy and shun a structured work environment. What, in his or Barb or Bob's mind, would he gain from being a door greeter and tax deduction for Wal-Mart?

I had a drug dealer who was a sperg who was no where as bad as Chris, but he was the worst drug dealer ever. He once went 6 months without leaving his apartment becuse he was so god damn lazy. One day he decided to check himself into a mental health facility and told the doctors he wanted to kill a bunch of people because he knew after spending a couple weeks in the loony bin would result in a monthly tugboat and a handful of downers he could peddle every month for extra $$$. He lives with his parents after his girlfriend walked in on him jacking off to pictures of her sister and kicked him out. People like this are never going to seek out a job because they know that, barring a government shutdown, nothing's going to stop that tugboat from coming into harbor every month. Same with my friend who collects partial disability for having a nut removed while in the army.

The thing is, and this has been explained to Chris, you can make more money while working a part time job and still getting . (That doesn't really apply to your drug dealer friend, or to extremely lazy people, or to people who can't work at all, though.)

 

[ChurchOfGodBear]

Deep down he probably feels that he's missing out on something, that he's too old for this lifestyle, that something should change... but changing would require effort, and effort is stressful. So...

This is a neat point. Without being able to cite specific examples, I think Chris is at least dimly aware that he could and should have more in his life by now. In some very trivial way, he might pine for the "office job" he was supposed to have, or his pokeball factory or even his comic book enterprise... But just as he's dimly aware that he should achieve more, he's also dimly aware that achieving more would require lots of work and less time for Legos... So fuck that.

And I realize that being "dimly aware" of something is standard for Chris... But since the guy is clueless when his pants are shitted up, being dimly aware of something is noteworthy.

 

[Francis York Morgan]

I remembered today that in the Muscle Bra emails back in '09, he mentions that he did the rounds in Charlottesville looking for applications:

"I also went to McD, Toys 'R' Us, Sheetz, Food Lion and Target for applications; NO PAPER APPLICATIONS! OMG, it really ground my gears to realize that. Although at Target, I was not totally surprised; I went straight to their computer station and filled in their application online."

Kacey and (IIRC) Ivy have been able to strong-arm him into considering getting a job. It's not for lack of ability, and I think even he knows that, he just has no motivation to get off his ass.

The funny thing is that an online application would only help Chris. He would have a much harder time going super autistic on them than if given a sheet of paper and left to his own devices. But expressing himself wasn't really the concern; he was just looking for an excuse on why he couldn't apply to any of those places.

 

[NavierStoked]

The funny thing is that an online application would only help Chris. He would have a much harder time going super autistic on them than if given a sheet of paper and left to his own devices.

Yeah, have you seen the hard copy application that he filled out? He drew fuckin' Sonichu on it.

Whoever would have to interview him for a job would have a hard time getting coherent answers out of him. It would be like pulling teeth.

 

[Picklechu]

Orly? I have read the accounts of the two agents who tracked him down at court, dont recall a fashion piece. Dafuk did he wear?

I know he apparently wore some blush and some lipstick, and likely would have gone further if Rob Bell hadn't (presumably) told him that that was a bad idea.

Sperm banks aren't usually ran as places where you donate, necessarily. I think they're frequently ran as businesses, where you sell sperm to them. And in this case, they really get all the information they can about you, to make sure they're getting a good product. So, good genes, no genetic diseases, good IQ, things like that.

That's exactly how they're run. (Unless we're talking some back alley "sperm bank" that consists of a creeper with a turkey baster ) Chris is too short, too fat, too dumb, and too autistic to sell sperm, not to mention his likely genetic predispositions to heart disease and (possibly) alcoholism.

 

[Some JERK]

Chris is too short, too fat, too dumb, and too autistic to sell sperm, not to mention his likely genetic predispositions to heart disease and (possibly) alcoholism.

Also, this is the guy who guzzled his own "navy" because he thought that doing otherwise with it was a waste of his potential future children. I doubt he'd sell it to some place that could potentially give it to some woman and allow her JERK husband to raise "his" godbear-promised child.

THAT IS MY DAUGHTER!

 

[Le Bateleur]

Do social security payments for low earners exist in Virginia? Here in the UK, some people are better off "working" as, say, unsuccessful self-employed eBay sellers collecting low income benefits than they would on an unemployment or disability tug...

 

[Pikonic]

Do social security payments for low earners exist in Virginia?

Maybe, in Connecticut you can get a supplemental income. It varies from state to state. In Connecticut you can't collect unemployment if you're going to school instead of looking for a job, but I think you can in Mass.

OT but yes, he's donated blood before. (It was before he slept with the hooker, which would mean he couldn't donate anymore, if he was honest on the application which I hope to God he is because I don't want Chris' possibly-STD-tainted blood getting donated because he lied about it.)

I've donated blood several times and from the survey there's really nothing that would disqualify Chris from being able to donate. The questions are mostly about the nature and recency of sexual contact (which would not have mattered to Chris prior to the hooker), recency and nature of any times traveled abroad, recency and type of medications taken, and other things that would affect blood content (taking things like heroin or steroids via syringe, coming into contact with someone else's blood, etc). People always ask this question, but really if you think about the nature of the donation surveys there's absolutely no reason why Chris shouldn't have been able to donate, at least before the hooker.

ASSUMING he has an STD (not likely) his blood wouldn't go into someone else. Blood is screened before it's processes for use.
The questionare just makes the possibility of having unusable blood much lower.

 

[Holdek]

why don't you make threads for your insightful questions?

Or better yet: http://cwckiforums.com/threads/random-chris-thought-question-thread.661/

But I digress.

Has Chris even looked into those survey sites that pay in cash or gift cards (not huge amounts)?

That requires some foresight. It adds up, but I don't think Chris would do it because any kind of significant reward is not immediate.

 

[theobservdr]

Bloodwise, yeah, they'll take all the gravy they need. Blood's blood.


Sperm banks aren't usually ran as places where you donate, necessarily. I think they're frequently ran as businesses, where you sell sperm to them. And in this case, they really get all the information they can about you, to make sure they're getting a good product. So, good genes, no genetic diseases, good IQ, things like that.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19497_6-terrifying-things-nobody-tells-you-about-donating-sperm.html will have some answers, it is tougher than people think it is, one can't just go in there and hope for the best, they don't want gingers, minorities or short people.

 

[Chikinballs]

The funny thing is that an online application would only help Chris. He would have a much harder time going super autistic on them than if given a sheet of paper and left to his own devices. But expressing himself wasn't really the concern; he was just looking for an excuse on why he couldn't apply to any of those places.

Especially when he is fucking online bitching about it.

 

[Sweet and Savoury]

How can they not want redheads. Freckles are uber cute.

Ps I'm marrying a redhead so I might be a wee bit biased.

 

[Holdek]

This is a neat point. Without being able to cite specific examples, I think Chris is at least dimly aware that he could and should have more in his life by now. In some very trivial way, he might pine for the "office job" he was supposed to have, or his pokeball factory or even his comic book enterprise... But just as he's dimly aware that he should achieve more, he's also dimly aware that achieving more would require lots of work and less time for Legos... So fuck that.

And I realize that being "dimly aware" of something is standard for Chris... But since the guy is clueless when his pants are shitted up, being dimly aware of something is noteworthy.

I think he's very aware that he could have had more by now, and very aware that he should have more: namely, a sweetheart. But it's not Chris' lack of effort that caused him to miss out; it's the DANG DIRTY TROLLS who Ruined his good name and kept him in his gottang autistic shell }>:-(

Do social security payments for low earners exist in Virginia? Here in the UK, some people are better off "working" as, say, unsuccessful self-employed eBay sellers collecting low income benefits than they would on an unemployment or disability tug...

The answer is kind of complicated, but for Chris, yeah, he can get extra for being low-income.

The funny thing is that an online application would only help Chris. He would have a much harder time going super autistic on them than if given a sheet of paper and left to his own devices. But expressing himself wasn't really the concern; he was just looking for an excuse on why he couldn't apply to any of those places.

The computer applications stress him out, just like the computerized class registration system at PVCC stressed him out.