Times when you have felt genuinely sorry for Chris

[Hogar Grupal]

The only person I feel bad for is Bob. He's the only one who at least tried to set Chris straight. But even then, the Green County Conspiracy and the Matthew Noble call shows that he coddled Chris until the day he died. So the end result was an insane man child left to the care of a mentally unstable hoarder.

Bob was making plans on how to make things in 14 BC financially stable. Chris himself said that he got bob's binders and other paperwork.

And guess what happened.

 

[thismanlies]

Bob was making plans on how to make things in 14 BC financially stable. Chris himself said that he got bob's binders and other paperwork.

And guess what happened.

He was the only person at 14 BLC who had any redeemable qualities. And given how Chris was raised, that’s not saying much.

 

[Argh My Cigar]

He was the only person at 14 BLC who had any redeemable qualities. And given how Chris was raised, that’s not saying much.

eh, he probably stopped giving a shit since he was already old and way past retirement. Chris most certainly wasn’t planned, but Barb definitely wanted to give him a reason to support him by locking him into a marriage since their generation views children out of wedlock as taboo. Since she apparently lived in apartments most of her life, Bob was basically her ticket into a comfortable middle class lifestyle.

bob was probably glad to have a child that didn’t outright hate him; as much of a fuck up Chris turned out to be, Bob seemed pretty happy not having spent his twilight years alone and unloved.

 

[andr0id psycho sho(ker]

Damn, this thread makes me realize just how doomed chris was from the get go. His whole list of screw ups and the things he could have done to avoid them or learn from them are legion. I feel bad for chris because of that but just know he's going to walk right into the line of fire again and still learn nothing from it. He's very consistent in his refusal to improve himself or put effort into things

 

[Stephanie Bustcakes]

Chris most certainly wasn’t planned, but Barb definitely wanted to give him a reason to support him by locking him into a marriage since their generation views children out of wedlock as taboo.

They were married for two years before they had Chris.

 

[Argh My Cigar]

They were married for two years before they had Chris.

That’s what surprises me. I’ve seen plenty of older folk, including some of my own family members, that remarried in their silver years and wisely choose to not have children. If it were even possible, anyway. Menopause hits women at different ages— Chris technically was a little miracle. Sadly he wasn’t spared the genetic lottery of ending up with the tizzum.

Like, why the fuck even bother having a kid at that age? Bob even said in his first letter to a young Chris that he would most likely not live long enough to see his son graduate college (Which Chris did, sorta). I guess he expected Barb to wisely handle the nest egg he left for her. boy was he proven wrong

 

[Chan Fan]

Like, why the fuck even bother having a kid at that age?

Possibilities:

1. Maybe they wanted one (unlikely, but possible)
2. They both believed Barb was post-menopause
3. Failed contraception
4. Barb had an intentional "oops"
5. They just weren't careful enough

 

[Argh My Cigar]

Possibilities:

1. Maybe they wanted one (unlikely, but possible)
2. They both believed Barb was post-menopause
3. Failed contraception
4. Barb had an intentional "oops"
5. They just weren't careful enough

I’m willing to bet on 3, with a bit of 5, and a very believable case of 4. Barb was a notorious manipulator within her own family and she apparently aggressively went after her brother-in-law which seemed to have soured her relationship with her sisters, her only remaining family at the time. I wonder if any of Chris’s aunts or uncles are still alive. I find it kinda funny that we know next to nothing about Bob’s siblings.

 

[Hogar Grupal]

I’m willing to bet on 3, with a bit of 5, and a very believable case of 4. Barb was a notorious manipulator within her own family and she apparently aggressively went after her brother-in-law which seemed to have soured her relationship with her sisters, her only remaining family at the time. I wonder if any of Chris’s aunts or uncles are still alive. I find it kinda funny that we know next to nothing about Bob’s siblings.

According to Chris, he tweeted a while back that he was visiting an aunt (no name given). I don't think any of Bob's siblings are alive, and even if they were, like CWC other family members, they'd want nothing to do with him.

 

[Freya]

Never.
Chris isn't capable of feeling sorry for anyone, so why should I feel sorry for him?

 

[ToroidalBoat]

That fateful day when a drunken Barb chased Bob down a hall.

 

[{o}P II]

Never

Chris is horrible out of his own volitian and has had endless chances to better himself but his ego and genreal laziness get in the way

Chris's problem with socilising is not his autism but with his selfish behaveor and uncaring nature towards others he personally sabatages any chance at human interaction

People with autism do not constantly sexaully harras and assault people while being asked constantly to stop

 

[Alimoaning]

Sometimes I see his “I want everything about my house off the Internet” tantrum video circle around again after X amount of time, and I start to feel a bit bad, until I remember about what he did to Megan and then it all just drains tf away. Poor girl I couldn’t imagine wiping off all that grease after being touched by Chris Chan of all people

 

[Shiversblood]

I never really feel sorry for Chris Chan however I will probably feel sorry for him when he becomes homeless after barb dies. He is just not intelligent enough to not lose that house after Barb is dead.

 

[Hogar Grupal]

I never really feel sorry for Chris Chan however I will probably feel sorry for him when he becomes homeless after barb dies. He is just not intelligent enough to not lose that house after Barb is dead.

CWC was either too stubborn, too lazy (or both?) to learn how to be responsible in regards to keeping a house. I remember someone had asked him the 5 necessary bills to maintain a house; Chris didn't know. Before Bob passed, he left financial planners in case the house needed to stabilized financially; according to Chris he went over them, but obviously didn't learn jack shit. After the fire, I'm pretty sure Barb, with some help of the church, was able to get the insurance people to fix the house and find (and ruin) the temp house. Chris, I believe after college, just wanted to be taken care of. He was just waiting for sonichu to be the next hit franchise so he wouldn't do any work. Most normal people his age find a job, most people who are autistic either have a job or are put in a group home. CWC was just lucky he coasted throughout his entire adult life while getting in trouble and not receiving life adjustment lessons after.

Barb might as well do good on her threat on taking her life just to shock her son into at least stop spending so much and plan to find a place of her own when her time comes.

 

[Law-Talking Guy]

I'm going to go ahead and echo many on this thread and say that I felt bad for Chris when he lost his father. Losing a parent is tough. If we look at the Jackie Emails (31), we can see that he believed he had four more years with his father due to the Grim Reaper promising that to him in a dream. While one can laugh at his naïvety, I think he genuinely believed that he was promised by a higher power. I don't know, maybe I'm cutting him too much slack due to a recent bereavement of my own.

A few years ago, I worked for a legal clinic that did Social Security cases for disabled adults. In essence, people had had their application denied, so we would appeal the case for them to help get them their own tugboats. I saw lots of people there who really needed help, so I think that may have developed my soft-spot for people who are developmentally disabled. At the same time, I saw people who were far more disabled than Chris living far more independent lives. And every time I saw this, it was because there was support from the parents. Chris never got that. He was dealt a bad hand with having Barb and Bob for parents, and then he proceeded to play that hand poorly. Very, very, poorly. So I have a small amount of sympathy for him in that respect.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

grease after being touched by Chris Chan of all people

"Chris" and "Chris Chan"* sound really greasy.

Probably because they sound like Crisco. And because fat.

*("Chan" isn't the Japanese affectionate honorific. Chris meant it to be short for "Chandler" and for a "Jackie Chan feel.")

 

[Floop]

After Chris went on the Ohio trip, his parents threatened to disown him and change all the house locks if he ever did something like that again. That’s fucked up. Imagine having that little faith in your kid, even when they’re an adult.

 

[Mason Verger]

After Chris went on the Ohio trip, his parents threatened to disown him and change all the house locks if he ever did something like that again. That’s fucked up. Imagine having that little faith in your kid, even when they’re an adult.

Shit, given the pretext(and eventual reveal), that was the only example of proper unified parenting I’ve ever seen them do.

 

[Chan Fan]

unified

Pretty much. Seemed they were divided on just about everything else. I've seen this in my own family, a dad trying to make his kid more responsible and the mom constantly siding with the kid against the dad. This creates a lot of instability and unless the parents work together instead of against each other it stays that way. And I'm sure they knew Chris would take that threat seriously (and he did, so it worked.)