Normal Society view of Chris' Mannerisms and Behavior -

[sweetbolt6969]

I realized the other day (and couldn't stop laughing once I thought about it) how confused the general population must be with Chris in a normal environment.

Think about how much Chris rambles about trolls in church. I guarantee you anyone not internet savvy (as in anyone not between the ages of 12 - 40) have no idea what he's referring to. They probably think he's referencing the kind of trolls that live under bridges unless they put in effort asking him what he means by slanderous trolls causing him grief. So him hollering about fairytale creatures would be enough to drive away normal people.

I was also thinking about his loitering. To us, we know he just needs to get out of the house and meet people. To everyone else, he's a strange transgendered person who stares intensely at women (while combing through his cloudy autistic thoughts) before coming over and winking or smiling, trying to gauge their attractiveness. To everyone else, this seems like a serial killer in the making or just destroying their business.

And in the court room, we all know he was being his normal stubborn self, but to everyone there he probably seemed truly mentally ill or disabled with his outbursts and grumblings.

Can anyone else think of any specific situations with how we/Chris perceive him versus the general population?

 

[Henry Bemis]

On its most basic surface level, the Love Quest is just the idea of a guy who desperately doesn't want to be alone in the world, which I think anyone can relate to, to a degree.

But looking below that level, you'll find a misandric and misogynistic parasite looking to latch onto a slutty and submissive host for the remainder of their natural lives.

 

[Tubular Monkey]

We've only been able to paint a semi accurate picture of Chris from years of following his behavior. Even so, a lot of the time he'll say something that only makes sense to him, and we have to really look at the context of it to try to understand. Ideally we'd have a Rosetta Stone written in hieroglyphics, Greek, Down Syndrome and then CWCese.

His appearance to anyone who encounters him would immediately be someone who is severely mentally impaired. And while Chris is severely mentally impaired, I don't think he is as impaired as he comes across. He has the ability to think and to express himself, but his lack of ability to see himself as others see him kills it. On a cognitive scale of 1-10, Chris may be a 4, but he present himself as a 2. He's a dumb little boy playing dress up, and that isn't doing him any favors. If he had someone sensible in his life, and he certainly doesn't, they'd get him to dress and groom himself properly. Maybe make him look like a 5 or a 6 instead of a 2. His speech will always betray that he is for all intents retarded, and he'll be like that all of his life, but there are elements that he can control but simply won't.

 

[CatParty]

i think the fact that he keeps getting banned from places means that normal society won't put up with his crap.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

i think the fact that he keeps getting banned from places means that normal society won't put up with his crap.

Yup, but on the other hand the fact that he comes across a somebody with a mental impairment is probably the only thing stopping people from playing kick the autistic for real. He's in some sort of societal limbo, he's neither tolerated nor fully punished for his abrasive behavior, just mostly ignored.

 

[Henry Bemis]

He's in some sort of societal limbo, he's neither tolerated nor fully punished for his abrasive behavior, just mostly ignored.

This is really the only way to effectively punish him.

 

[BigAltheGreat921]

We've only been able to paint a semi accurate picture of Chris from years of following his behavior. Even so, a lot of the time he'll say something that only makes sense to him, and we have to really look at the context of it to try to understand. Ideally we'd have a Rosetta Stone written in hieroglyphics, Greek, Down Syndrome and then CWCese.

His appearance to anyone who encounters him would immediately be someone who is severely mentally impaired. And while Chris is severely mentally impaired, I don't think he is as impaired as he comes across. He has the ability to think and to express himself, but his lack of ability to see himself as others see him kills it. On a cognitive scale of 1-10, Chris may be a 4, but he present himself as a 2. He's a dumb little boy playing dress up, and that isn't doing him any favors. If he had someone sensible in his life, and he certainly doesn't, they'd get him to dress and groom himself properly. Maybe make him look like a 5 or a 6 instead of a 2. His speech will always betray that he is for all intents retarded, and he'll be like that all of his life, but there are elements that he can control but simply won't.

Chris is a high-functioning autistic, so in a psychological sense he's probably not as severely mentally impaired as people paint him to be. His immaturity and life-long coddling is what exacerbates it so much.

So he's probably regressed to "mid-functioning", if anything.

 

[Tubular Monkey]

So he's probably regressed to "mid-functioning", if anything.

He' autistic, but I think he's unintelligent on top of that.

 

[Big Bob Pataki]

well if his "bawww i'm invisible in public" facebook posts are any indication, he doesn't even exist as far as normal society is concerned.

 

[NiggoFiggo]

He is the town retard its not hard to put 2 and 2 together. Parents tell their kids dont stare at him, teenagers laugh at him adults pity him and store managers dread when he come waltzing in. Chris is Boo Radley and he doesnt even know it.

 

[CatParty]

the face of the guy in the pink shirt says it all:

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also watch the mother move her kid away from even glancing at chris chan:

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[snowkitten91]

The fact that Chris Chan has a horrible body odor and that he fails to notice this should be enough to scare away a great deal of decent-smelling people away from him (including potential sweethearts).

 

[Bridechu]

Having worked with a lot of special needs kids and dealing with their outbursts around normal people, at least in Canada people try to politely ignore them. They recognize they're very handicapped and try not to stare even if they're annoyed or amused, even if they might make fun of them later. Eventually, though, anyone's nerves are going to fray, especially when it becomes obvious the person could stop those actions if they chose to.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

Think about how much Chris rambles about trolls in church. I guarantee you anyone not internet savvy (as in anyone not between the ages of 12 - 40) have no idea what he's referring to.

Hell, even a lot of people within that age range have no idea what trolls are. A lot of people I know in their mid-20's don't really have a big social presence on the internet (besides facebook, which doesn't count), I sometimes catch myself using words/terms that get only confused looks from them even though they seem like common knowledge to me because of the internet folk I associate with. To people like that, Chris ranting about "trolls" probably sounds like gibberish. At best, it would probably only elicit one response from them, albeit a great one: "if they're such a problem for you, Chris, stay off the internet."

But looking below that level, you'll find a misandric and misogynistic parasite looking to latch onto a slutty and submissive host for the remainder of their natural lives.

If you combine the two words, you really just get "misanthropic". It really is more accurate to just call Chris a misanthropist.

He's in some sort of societal limbo, he's neither tolerated nor fully punished for his abrasive behavior, just mostly ignored.

This is really the only way to effectively punish him.

I don't know about that. He's been effectively ignored by the world for years, and while he certainly takes notice and hates it - hence all the whining about C-ville residents being snobby and snootishly caring only for their "own lives" - it certainly hasn't effected any positive change in him, as a productive punishment should.

 

[Henry Bemis]

He's in some sort of societal limbo, he's neither tolerated nor fully punished for his abrasive behavior, just mostly ignored.

This is really the only way to effectively punish him.

I don't know about that. He's been effectively ignored by the world for years, and while he certainly takes notice and hates it - hence all the whining about C-ville residents being snobby and snootishly caring only for their "own lives" - it certainly hasn't effected any positive change in him, as a productive punishment should.

I suppose it depends on whether or not one believes Chris is changeable at this point, or whether it is, in fact, better to keep him shut up.

 

[Marvin]

This is really the only way to effectively punish him.

I don't know about that. He's been effectively ignored by the world for years, and while he certainly takes notice and hates it - hence all the whining about C-ville residents being snobby and snootishly caring only for their "own lives" - it certainly hasn't effected any positive change in him, as a productive punishment should.

I suppose it depends on whether or not one believes Chris is changeable at this point, or whether it is, in fact, better to keep him shut up.

Oh, he's changeable, just not by anyone but Barb.

 

[3Yikes]

I suppose it depends on whether or not one believes Chris is changeable at this point, or whether it is, in fact, better to keep him shut up.

Or maybe ignoring him is just the wrong punishment.

 

[ChurchOfGodBear]

i think the fact that he keeps getting banned from places means that normal society won't put up with his crap.

Yup, but on the other hand the fact that he comes across a somebody with a mental impairment is probably the only thing stopping people from playing kick the autistic for real. He's in some sort of societal limbo, he's neither tolerated nor fully punished for his abrasive behavior, just mostly ignored.

I see his bannings as pretty significant, especially at department stores and fast food joints. Most businesses won't ban you (because they don't want bad publicity) unless you're destructive to the property or rude to the staff/patrons. Being merely annoying, weird, or smelly isn't enough. Since Chris isn't destructive, he must have been really rude or irate toward the employees. This would make me think that the public at large sees him as offensive, and possibly even threatening.

 

[Rio]

Oh, he's changeable, just not by anyone but Barb.

And as we all know, Barb's not exactly up for a "mother of the year" award, so I guess best thing is to just assume that he'll never change.

 

[Slaweel Ryam]

I came really close to being banned from a store quite similar to the Game Place when I was a 'spergy teen, but I was let off the hook after I apologized to the owner and assured them that I wouldn't be a problem again (which I wasn't).

Of course, if Chris had apologized to Snyder before he got banned from the store and actually made an effort to regulate his behavior, it would be the same thing as admitting defeat to that DIRTY DANG JEW TROLL trying to keep his FREE BITCH spirit down.