Chris's Memory -

[Pascal]

How good is Chris's memory?

I ask because I remember in one of the tomgirl-era calling out vids (the one where he yells "Julaaaay! Julaaay! It's Ian Brandon Anderson!"), he complained about people trolling him over the phone, and I started wondering if he still remembered what he was being trolled for, or if he only knows the words because trolls keep saying it to him.

Most of his problems were obviously due more to him being naive and unwilling to change rather than simply forgetful, but I do sometimes wonder how much of his life he remembers, both the internet sagas and of his pre-internet existence. I'm guessing that most of his days blend together into a murky blur of vidya and Mcdonalds, with only the rare breaks in routine standing out. Are his high-school and game place days just a vague feeling of contentment at this point? What about the trolling sagas? Does he clearly remember things like Liquid and Kacey, or breaking his PS Tripple, or did that all blur into an expanse of frustration with only his obsessions like Megan and Snyder remaining clear?

 

[Tubular Monkey]

I don't think it's as much a matter of memory as it is the blurry, hazy fog that is Chris's reality. Events for him are probably nebulous and confusing. He's never fully aware of what's happening to him. Hindsight is probably even more confusing. Even though he is a creature of routine, I don't think Chris's life has much continuity. If you don't understand what's happening to you in life, how good is your memory going to be?

 

[ChurchOfGodBear]

I don't think it's as much a matter of memory as it is the blurry, hazy fog that is Chris's reality. Events for him are probably nebulous and confusing. He's never fully aware of what's happening to him. Hindsight is probably even more confusing. Even though he is a creature of routine, I don't think Chris's life has much continuity. If you don't understand what's happening to you in life, how good is your memory going to be?

There's a lot of this. However, Chris's memory is known to be pretty bad on most topics, which is noticable to us because we'd really like to have concrete, reliable memories of major events, tragedies, etc. For Chris, a lot of it really is a blur. It's hard to tell if he's forgotten stuff, or didn't really realize it in the first place. Those In The Know have said that Chris has likely forgotten the details of his own sagas. At the same time, Chris maintains a VERY reliable memory of PSTriple facts and Family Guy episodes. His memory isn't useless, it just doesn't store information the rest of us would consider valuable.

 

[Henry Bemis]

His memory is as good as anyone who has lived with a selective memory for years and years.

 

[CatParty]

his mammaries are bigger than his memory

 

[BigAltheGreat921]

his mammaries are bigger than his memory

YES! Line of the day, please!!!!!

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

I'd say that Chris's memory isn't that great. This is a man who still hasn't gotten tired of McDonald's even after eating it practically every day for years.

 

[murdoc]

was going to say he only remembers stuff that deeply pained him but even that fades
he doesn't seem to remember anything about megan except that she one day mysteriously stopped being his friend and it was somehow the ED page's fault
now he thinks she was part of the greene county/game place/homosexual conspiracy

 

[DrChristianTroy]

Chris' memory comes down to "What about this will make me happy/make me to be the victim." Names and specifics be damned.

 

[Marvin]

I'd say that Chris's memory isn't that great. This is a man who still hasn't gotten tired of McDonald's even after eating it practically every day for years.

Again, people really overestimate this. He doesn't eat well, but he doesn't eat mcdonalds every day (or close to every day). I mean, maybe in the past he did? But I would guess part of the time, he and Bob went to burger king together instead anyway.

Anyway, his memory is probably mostly shitty about the trolling, except for certain highlights of various sagas. So I'm sure his memory about Panda, for example, would be something like "first dere was panda and then she was raped by clyde and had the baby and then died in some bushfires but not really."

 

[Anchuent Christory]

I think it's more that he just fixates on a few, select things that make him happy (vidya, Sonichu, high school) and then just plain, doesn't pay attention the rest of the time. His interests are incredibly narrow, so anything else just goes in one ear and out the other.

 

[BALLZ-BROKEN]

Again, people really overestimate this. He doesn't eat well, but he doesn't eat mcdonalds every day (or close to every day). I mean, maybe in the past he did? But I would guess part of the time, he and Bob went to burger king together instead anyway.

Then what does he eat? The only thing that is (possibly) working in 14BC is the microwave, but Bob nuked his TV dinners at the store.

 

[Chrus Chundlur]

I ask because I remember in one of the tomgirl-era calling out vids (the one where he yells "Julaaaay! Julaaay! It's Ian Brandon Anderson!"), he complained about people trolling him over the phone, and I started wondering if he still remembered what he was being trolled for, or if he only knows the words because trolls keep saying it to him.

Maybe Im wrong, but I get the feeling that Chris being Chris, he may never had conected the typical troll scream to his infamous video or even July herhimself to begin with, just assuming it was random-access trolling...

 

[Marvin]

Again, people really overestimate this. He doesn't eat well, but he doesn't eat mcdonalds every day (or close to every day). I mean, maybe in the past he did? But I would guess part of the time, he and Bob went to burger king together instead anyway.

Then what does he eat? The only thing that is (possibly) working in 14BC is the microwave, but Bob nuked his TV dinners at the store.

There are other fast food restaurants, carryout places, convenience stores and grocery stores he could get food from.

 

[CatParty]

Again, people really overestimate this. He doesn't eat well, but he doesn't eat mcdonalds every day (or close to every day). I mean, maybe in the past he did? But I would guess part of the time, he and Bob went to burger king together instead anyway.

Then what does he eat? The only thing that is (possibly) working in 14BC is the microwave, but Bob nuked his TV dinners at the store.

There are other fast food restaurants, carryout places, convenience stores and grocery stores he could get food from.

It doesn't matter where he gets it from, the guy is going to eat garbage. McDonald's is pretty much just a blanket word to describe crap that isn't good for you. He's no longer as "fit as a fiddle" as he was in "future message", that doesn't come from living a healthy lifestyle.

 

[Marvin]

Then what does he eat? The only thing that is (possibly) working in 14BC is the microwave, but Bob nuked his TV dinners at the store.

There are other fast food restaurants, carryout places, convenience stores and grocery stores he could get food from.

It doesn't matter where he gets it from, the guy is going to eat garbage. McDonald's is pretty much just a blanket word to describe crap that isn't good for you. He's no longer as "fit as a fiddle" as he was in "future message", that doesn't come from living a healthy lifestyle.

To a lot of people, it seems to matter. Usually when I point out that he doesn't eat mcdonalds every day, I prefix it with "he doesn't eat well, but..." in case the distinction doesn't matter to some people. But it usually starts a discussion anyway.

Now, I know from the perspective of energy, it's impossible to gain weight if you burn more calories than you consume. So I'm wondering (I don't know anything about nutrition), if you're losing weight, maybe through exercise, how that affects your cholesterol and other aspects of your health. Like, what if you're living off of mcdonalds, but still exercising and losing or at least maintaining weight, how is your health in general? I'm curious.

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

Now, I know from the perspective of energy, it's impossible to gain weight if you burn more calories than you consume. So I'm wondering (I don't know anything about nutrition), if you're losing weight, maybe through exercise, how that affects your cholesterol and other aspects of your health. Like, what if you're living off of mcdonalds, but still exercising and losing or at least maintaining weight, how is your health in general? I'm curious.

Brother, one would still be ok if exercising and eating McDonalds if the total calories consumed were less than, or even a small bit more than, the calories burned. Nothing is inherently bad about McDonalds other than the calories and sodium.

Although the lack of fiber and essential vitamins may cause a problem.

 

[Niachu]

To a lot of people, it seems to matter. Usually when I point out that he doesn't eat mcdonalds every day, I prefix it with "he doesn't eat well, but..." in case the distinction doesn't matter to some people. But it usually starts a discussion anyway.

Now, I know from the perspective of energy, it's impossible to gain weight if you burn more calories than you consume. So I'm wondering (I don't know anything about nutrition), if you're losing weight, maybe through exercise, how that affects your cholesterol and other aspects of your health. Like, what if you're living off of mcdonalds, but still exercising and losing or at least maintaining weight, how is your health in general? I'm curious.

Uuuuuh think about it this way: you can mash your left hand with a hammer and be really good to the right one, but that doesn't cancel out what you did to leftie.

You can lose weight eating nothing but McDonalds as long as you burn more calories than what you put in, of course. But then you'd have the side effects that come with putting nothing but chemically treated slush, grease, and piles of sugar into your body (assuming you consume nothing but the burgers, nuggets, fries, soda, etc.) Acne and brittle hair are two effects I can think of, and it'd reflect your internal health. You're not getting the nutrients to maintain a healthy body. Down the road you'd be dealing with clogged arteries. high blood pressure, cholesterol, potentially diabetes...And I can't imagine your bowels would be too happy with you, either.

Nothing is inherently bad about McDonalds other than the calories and sodium.

Brother, there are a lot of things inherently bad about McDonalds. But that's a topic for another day.

 

[MysticMisty]

His memory is probably average, it's just that Chris doesn't use it properly. He modifies past events to make him the victim (or to make everything glorious), and possibly forgets things he doesn't care about on purpose, but if you asked him about something he cares about he could probably tell you every stupid detail.

 

[Marvin]

To a lot of people, it seems to matter. Usually when I point out that he doesn't eat mcdonalds every day, I prefix it with "he doesn't eat well, but..." in case the distinction doesn't matter to some people. But it usually starts a discussion anyway.

Now, I know from the perspective of energy, it's impossible to gain weight if you burn more calories than you consume. So I'm wondering (I don't know anything about nutrition), if you're losing weight, maybe through exercise, how that affects your cholesterol and other aspects of your health. Like, what if you're living off of mcdonalds, but still exercising and losing or at least maintaining weight, how is your health in general? I'm curious.

Uuuuuh think about it this way: you can mash your left hand with a hammer and be really good to the right one, but that doesn't cancel out what you did to leftie.

You can lose weight eating nothing but McDonalds as long as you burn more calories than what you put in, of course. But then you'd have the side effects that come with putting nothing but chemically treated slush, grease, and piles of sugar into your body (assuming you consume nothing but the burgers, nuggets, fries, soda, etc.) Acne and brittle hair are two effects I can think of, and it'd reflect your internal health. You're not getting the nutrients to maintain a healthy body. Down the road you'd be dealing with clogged arteries. high blood pressure, cholesterol, potentially diabetes...And I can't imagine your bowels would be too happy with you, either.

That's really what I'm asking about. Clogged arteries come from, what, cholesterol? Hogan's mention of sodium would cause high blood pressure and that's something I forgot about. Isn't sugar just processed as mostly energy? Like, as far as sugar goes, it'd really mostly just have an effect on the quantity of calories you're taking in. And yeah, you mentioned the impact of the grease on your bowels, that's a good point.

As far as I understand, your diet doesn't have much of an impact on acne. Like, there have always been rumors about sugar or chocolate, but I don't think there's any good evidence to support things like that.

I know mcdonalds isn't good for you, but probably mostly because people don't exercise enough and get fat. And weight complicates a whole bunch of other problems. But I'm curious about what if you worked your ass off. I'm thinking, as far as serious health problems go, it'd come down to cholesterol. So I'm wondering how exercise affects cholesterol. Like, not all dietary cholesterol becomes body cholesterol.

And yeah, missing some nutrients would be bad, but you could eat food that's a lot less shitty than mcdonalds and have the exact same problem.