Do Chris and Barb ever talk? -

[Springblossom]

I've been wondering about life in the hoard today. Do you think Chris and Barb talk to each other?

I don't mean Barb telling Chris to go out for some more q-sands and a bag of junk from Goodwill, I mean actual conversation. Do you think the room is full of lively (for a certain definition of lively, anyway) conversations, or is it just with his vidya and with her TV? Have they both completely run out of things to talk about?

 

[Stuff and Things]

Re: Do Chris and Barb talk?

I don't think they talk a lot, for what we have seen on the video in which barb and chris are eating and chris calls her "pretty" we can see how barb just shuts him up with "enjoy yer food".

 

[tobacky_vapor]

Chris: you're always pretty *gives creepy stare....
: get off my hoard, get off.... before I go off....

 

[Francine StripeCheer]

They have developed the ability to communicate via scent alone.

 

[tobacky_vapor]

They have developed the ability to communicate via scent alone.

A common mistake for mistaking them for the Elcore in mass effect, but their scents are so foul, even if they knew how to communicate like an Elcore, they couldn't.

 

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Re: Do Chris and Barb talk?

I don't think they talk a lot, for what we have seen on the video in which barb and chris are eating and chris calls her "pretty" we can see how barb just shuts him up with "enjoy yer food".

To be fair though, I wonder if Chris is just acting for the camera. I mean, have you ever noticed how some kids might act differently towards their environment when they know they're being filmed? I honestly think that's just him playing for the camera, to show how good-hearted he is.

OT, I think if they are talking, I think it's mostly a one-sided conversation. I've been listening to the Kacey call collection, and one call in particular, #15, Chris puts down the phone for a solid 15 minutes and you just hear Barb whine and moan about everything under the sun, all the while Chris sits there mostly silent, just letting her go on and on. What's most bizarre, he doesn't try to make a move edgewise or anything like he has done with pretty much anyone else he's talked to- he just lets her prattle on. It's honestly kind of bizarre to experience.

 

[sparklemilhouse]

I know it's cliché, but it's probably just "get me q sand and lottery tickets" conversations.

 

[Charon]

If anything, arguing about money, the TV, where to obtain q-sands, driving into Charlottesville to get Barb's meds versus ban evasion at the Ruckersville Wal-Mart, talking about getting frozen and deli food at Food Lion versus Kroger, and arguing about whether to take the Cadillac or the van. Possibly complaining about trolls, Snyder, Megan, unfriendings and bann.

 

[Stuff and Things]

Re: Do Chris and Barb talk?

I don't think they talk a lot, for what we have seen on the video in which barb and chris are eating and chris calls her "pretty" we can see how barb just shuts him up with "enjoy yer food".

To be fair though, I wonder if Chris is just acting for the camera. I mean, have you ever noticed how some kids might act differently towards their environment when they know they're being filmed? I honestly think that's just him playing for the camera, to show how good-hearted he is.

OT, I think if they are talking, I think it's mostly a one-sided conversation. I've been listening to the Kacey call collection, and one call in particular, #15, Chris puts down the phone for a solid 15 minutes and you just hear Barb whine and moan about everything under the sun, all the while Chris sits there mostly silent, just letting her go on and on. What's most bizarre, he doesn't try to make a move edgewise or anything like he has done with pretty much anyone else he's talked to- he just lets her prattle on. It's honestly kind of bizarre to experience.

Yeah, i also believe that chris was just acting for the camera... but barb wasn't, and the kacey call makes me think that barb either ignores chris when he bitches, or she just whines to him while he keeps silence and ignores her... or maybe both of them... but i still don't think that they engage in casual and normal conversations...

 

[Kosher Dill]

In the "scabies" post he complains about how Barb berates him about how life in 14BC sucks, talks down to him, and so on. It causes him STRESS. How much Chris tries to reply beyond "Yes, Mommy" or "I'm WORKIN' on it", who knows.

 

[Coldgrip]

With how badly Chris' ability to speak has deteriorated I'd imagine conversations with his mother would sound something like this:

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[Some JERK]

If I was forced to basically live in the same room right on top of someone, I would speak to them as little as possible.

 

[pickleniggo]

IF Barb talks to Chris, it's not to entertain him. It's probably a lot of depressing speeches about how life used to be, how Chris doesn't do as much as he should around the house (lol fail parenting), etc. Other than that they probably only speak about getting McDonald's vs Sheetz q-sands as they swat bugs away from them.
It's really no wonder that Chris is getting crazier by the second.

 

[MrTroll]

If I was forced to basically live in the same room right on top of someone, I would speak to them as little as possible.

This. I'd be willing to bet that the level of communication between them is at an all-time low. Even if he wasn't forced to spend almost every waking minute around her, they still have no real common interests to talk about. They're roommates, not friends.

 

[BALLZ-BROKEN]

Hey Ma, tell me about your high school days!

I was a cheerleader, you know. And Jimmy the quarterback had a nice Mercury. It was the finest auto...

Ma?

Shut up, I'm talking. Jimmy played that Negro music on that radio, some of us had a problem with it, like that bitch Opal and that slut Gretchen. But most of us had a wild time bebopin' and swinging.

Mmm yeah

Then we went to the malt shop. Ever had a malt? That old fuck Gundersen would give us the stink eye whenever we showed up. He thought I was buying those cigarettes for myself! Can you imagine that! He musta been pissed when when Mrs. Gundersen was arrested for licking the bicycle seats at the elementary school. She lost her baby to the Spanish Influenza. She..

Do you want sumthin from Sheetz?

Yes

 

[EzioCanLeapofFaith]

No, I don't think they have a very healthy relationship to talk to each other like two adults.
Also take a look at Chris, he's very childish and naïve. He always talks about pokemons, legos, my little ponies, the PS triple. Even if Barb tried I don't think she could be able to hold a conversation with him for very long.

 

[MysticMisty]

Probably just a lot of one-sided bitching from both of them. Barb lays around bitching about everyone who has ever wronged her (including Cole) as far as she's concerned, Chris just tunes her out. Barb finally shuts up for now. Chris sits around bitching about Megan and Snyder, and whatever/whoever else he can think of that's wronged him, Barb just tunes him out. Chris finally shuts up for now. Insert some warmed up Hungry Mans, trips to McDonald's, video games, Legos, soap operas, and/or errands at Wal-Mart and that's probably the daily routine.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

Why would either of them talk when neither has anything to say?

 

[caffeinated_wench]

They have developed the ability to communicate via scent alone.

A common mistake for mistaking them for the Elcore in mass effect, but their scents are so foul, even if they knew how to communicate like an Elcore, they couldn't.

They'd overload each other's sensors if they could. I doubt even an Elcor would survive any correspondence with as foul a scent as that.

(Though speaking of Elcor, can you imagine Chris talking like one? Might be a step-up from exaggerated expressions...)

 

[Foulmouth]

I'd say they probably talk AT each other but neither listens. blahblablah blablaablah