How has Chris genuinely improved your life? -

[iggleton]

I only discovered Chris this year and since doing so I believe that watching Chris' videos and reading about his life on the cwcki have genuinely had a positive impact on my life. I look at his "Love Quest" and realise that I too have had difficulty finding a partner, and am still unfortunately a virgin at 22. I look at the failure of his Love Quest and can see how blindingly obvious the reasons for that failure are (to everyone but Chris). His huge ego and his inability to self-reflect prevent him from being able to see the real explanations: that no woman wants to date an overweight, unemployed 30 year old crossdresser who still lives with his mum, or that sitting beside an "attraction sign" is a massively retarded strategy to attract a woman. Instead of these obvious explanations, Chris' ego has deluded him into thinking up explanations which pin the blame elsewhere- most absurdly that it's not his fault that he can't get a girl- but it's the ENTIRE MALE POPULATIONS fault (infinitely high boyfriend factor explanation).

Witnessing all of this self-delusion in Chris has inspired me to take a deep look inward in search of explanations for my own romantic failures. It enabled me to pinpoint my many faults, and take positive action. I joined a gym to improve my physique and sought medical treatment for my acne. I found some new hobbies to help me develop into a more well-rounded person. I started therapy for my social anxiety. I quit my minimum wage job and enrolled in a masters degree in Sustainability of the Built Environment. In September I'll be moving out of my parents house once and for all and leaving the country to pursue this masters. I also looked at how Chris passively idles around waiting for a sweetheart to fall into his lap and realised that I was doing the exact same fucking thing by going out to a club and standing there on the dancefloor waiting for a girl to approach ME. I'm more pro-active in my approach now and I refuse to blame my past failures on anything external to myself.

Granted, I probably would have done a lot of this anyway without Chris, but Chris provided me with a wake-up-call, a slap in the face to get my act together and stop blaming things outside of myself (like the 'friend-zone' nonsense) for my own failings. I think that Chris' life is a powerful cautionary tale to others.

 

[NIA-DOA]

Can't really say that he has given me the inspiration to better myself. Still, I'm glad that it is a motivator for you.

 

[Hyperion]

He hasn't inspired me to do anything but clean. I also got my oil changed because the article on Son-chu reminded me to go do it.

 

[rocket]

He's just some guy I laugh at on the internet

I suppose he sort of validates my policy of avoiding creepy unkempt dudes who live at home with their mom

but I think that's a universal policy among most well-adjusted girls

 

[Lefty]

I've talked about this alot on the forums but Chris' flaws, at their core, are not unlike the average person's. That really changed my perspective on things because no matter how far down the hole he goes and no matter how good my life goes I can still see some of myself in Chris. That inspires me to work harder. And while I found it annoying before, Chris has inspired me to virtually never complain about things. I hate how much whining Chris does and I realized that theres very little difference between my bitching about things and Chris' whining. Finally, Chris helps me put things in perspective. People's personality flaws always seem a little more tolerable when you know Chris is out there.

 

[Bugaboo]

He made me meet all you guys

 

[CatParty]

can't argue with that.
his antics have brought together some pretty fun and talent people together to laugh at him.

 

[Cute Anime Girl]

He hasn't really 'inspired' me to do anything, but whenever I feel like life sucks I can just re-watch some of his videos or re-read a few wiki pages about him and it makes me realize it could be much, much worse.

 

[DrChristianTroy]

As some has said nothing besides being a funny guy to laugh at. But if he inspired you to improve yourself then great.

 

[GuyMontag21]

I'm not a virgin with rage (moderately experienced with women, actually), but when I discovered him in 2011 I'd only had a few partners. I always thought I deserved a good looking woman and was kind of angry when ugly or fat girls would take an interest in me. (I still have issues taking any criticism.)

My ego was huge, but discovering Chris showed me how damaging an ego could be. I immediately began self-criticism and have been improving myself to this day.

 

[Varis]

I've read stories like this before, and as always, I'm glad that something Chris has done had a positive effect on someone's life. I can't say that I'm one of those people, though. I recognize the flaws I share with Chris, but I was aware of them before I found him.

 

[Enigma]

While I share a number of similarities to Chris, people don't tend to notice my idiosyncrasies unless they've happened to know/live with me for a long time--so I can't really say Chris' faults ever put me into the dire position of, "Man, if I don't turn my life around, I'm gonna be screwed." As one of my roommates put it, I pass off as a completely normal person until you know me over an extended period of time. From the outside, I'm just a passably attractive woman who emanates the 'I'm lazy and don't give a shit' aura of a typical college-aged student.

However, I consider the laughs Classic Chris used to give me as being marginal improvements to my day that, while surely not improving the underlying framework of my life, made me feel better in the moment. So, while I never really followed Chris because I desperately needed an ego boost--for all my shortcomings, I know I will live a life 10,000x more fulfilling than his---I was captivated by how such an anomaly of a person managed to slip through the cracks of society. For me, a large part of my ongoing fascination with Chris is the novelty of seeing someone who inhabits a particularly rare part of the societal spectrum: Chris is a social deviant in the truest sense, but not deviant enough to alienate an audience or be done away with. It's like the internet finally allowed us to see a part of the spectrum whose wavelengths couldn't be seen with the naked eye.

 

[DangDirtyTrolls]

I can't say my life has improved in any way since knowing of him but I suppose he has made me aware of just how far a man can sink.

 

[Fuzzy Wuzzy]

What I learned about Chris is that he takes everything for granted; especially in the subject of money and his rights in America. I'm Vietnamese and we don't really have the rights and money that Chris has for free. Having since live in America, I learned that rights and money aren't supposed to be taken for granted. When you work, you make friends while making money. I like to eat out with my coworkers after work when they feel like it and learn what kinds of food they like or want to try. I sometimes tell them of places I know that are good like local hibachi grill restaurants (those are my favorite places to go because they have great sushi and awesome chefs who perform on the grill while making us food). I'm also a college student too. So compared to Chris, in terms of experience, I am richer than him in terms of experience. What I learned from him is that material things do not always bring happiness nor are they used as a measure of a person's self-worth and wealth (I learned something like this in my philosophy ethics class). I also work out too. As Aristotle has said, being happy involves having friends, intelligence (sic), and some external goods (which includes being healthy and looking attractive as much as possible). Chris only has the happiness of a pig and that he takes everything for granted whereas having friends gives one experience in life and to understand that nothing in life is taken for granted. I remember back in Vietnam, I remember hanging out with village kids who would go out to a pond and feed the fish dried shrimps where the old lady was feeding three turtles food. I was there feeding the fish with the village kids and I had a lot of fun. It was like I was interacting with nature. Chris has been coddled by his mom and only takes everything for granted but when he realizes that most people at his age and younger are doing more things than he does, he often feels depressed hence he often cries for a girlfriend or hanging out with friends in real life. He may have the tugboat money coming to him but they do not buy him the happiness that most "normal" people like me have.

TL;DR: Its nice to have money but having friends and a productive life brings more value and happiness than just large amounts of money alone. Taking care of one's health and appearance leads to more happiness as well. Chris does not have friends, a productive life, nor has good health or appearance and is therefore miserable all the time despite the fact that he has his tugboat money.

 

[Overcast]

I remember back in High School, I sort of acted a bit like Chris.

I didn't really self reflect and I often blamed my attitude on my autism. I also didn't really have a desire to go to college or get a job. Then, when I first found Chris on the internet, I read up on his antics and saw how similar he and I were. It was then I realized, if I didn't get my shit together, I would probably end up like Chris Chan, a lonely unemployed man child who lives with his parents, blames everything but himself, and is pretty much ostracized from normal society.

So, ever since then, I've been improving my attitude, becoming more responsible, searching for a job, going to college. I still have a ways to go before I'm independent from my parents, but I like to think I'm making some progress.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

I thought we already had a thread like this but it's been awhile since anyone posted in it.

I don't mean to steal Fia or Dun's thunder, but some people have found a significant other while following Chris. Like revengeofphil said, I got to meet you people and gained a social outlet online. For being a bunch of people who follow a pants-soiling, crossdressing manbaby you guys are pretty cool.

Like others said, I realized that I need to take a good, hard look at myself and improve myself in areas where I'm too similar to Chris. There are a lot of things I could say, but I'll keep it brief (no, not ) I've started looking and training for jobs so I won't have to be dependent on others for financial reasons. I make sure I'm very careful what I post online to avoid embarrassing myself or my friends and family. I know that I need to watch my temper to avoid a tardraging incident, because most things aren't worth getting worked up over. I'm also trying to think of others and help people whenever I can; it keeps me from being so selfish. There are plenty of other things I could say, but I don't want to belabor the point.

tl;dr - I see a lot of myself in Chris and made it a goal to be as unlike CWC as possible.

 

[Big_Pete_33]

I'm an Aspie and his videos made me not to end up like him

 

[Night Terror]

Chris hasn't really improved my life because I don't see a lot of myself in him. I was already taking steps to 'grow up' when I discovered him. I guess I tried to be more social and outgoing when I first found him, but now that's what he's trying to do (unlikely that he'll succeed, but...)

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

I thought we already had a thread like this but it's been awhile since anyone posted in it.

We keep having duplicate threads like this, the whole "I'm better than Chris because" type.

People keep duplicating their list responses, too.

 

[soIregistered]

He makes me feel genuinely better on a bad day, that's for sure. Reading about Chris is a hobby, he's a fascinating figure. He's so deluded that it's unbelievable, and people love flawed people with Unwarranted Self Importance . It's why America seems to love Kardashians and Snookies and similiar failtards.