People saying he couldn't profit from Youtube are wrong. He could make a KILLING off of Youtube.
That imgur link only got 4000+ views.
Imgur is used to host the image only, and really the only place the link was posted was on this forum - the people who have stuck with Chris all this time through the dry period.
Youtube is totally different. Let's say I go on Youtube and watch some weird video, it may then suggest I watch one of Chris'. Now imagine I hadn't seen Chris before, I watch a few videos that Youtube has served up, and bam, I'm hooked.
I have friends who don't use the Internet much outside of Facebook who know who Chris is. The only reason he is now off the radar is because of his lack of videos. If he wanted to get back onto Youtube tomorrow and start making videos, any sorts of videos at all, it wouldn't be more than a couple of weeks before he had tens of thousands of people watching his every move again. Also, consider how Youtube ranks its content creators. It no longer ranks based on number of views, it ranks for the time watched and number of videos watched in a single sitting. If Chris uploaded 3 long, crazy, rambling videos a day he'd be skyrocketed through the Youtube channel ranks. If he could get past his ego and mentally make some sort of barrier he could be making an absolute fortune. He could go on to do TV appearances. Imagine if he even wrote a book? He could seriously be capitalising on all of this. But he's just too fucking stupid.