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Now that Bob is gone, I dont think theres much holding Chris back for splerging on things. I would think he has a Wii-u, and he is probobly going to be one of the first in line to get a PS4 when its announced. Also, Eating Mcdonalds every day is something that would easily lighten ones wallet.
The Chandlers have always comfortably rested in the (lower) middle-class, even with the hoard and Chris's bottomless greed. But I'd imagine money's been an increasingly frequent and increasingly heated topic of conversation at 14 Branchland, considering all the purse-filching and couple grand's worth of debt Chris has managed to rack up over the years.
Also take into account that Barb is in a very tight spot: not only does she have to keep Chris from violating his probation (lest anyone think she's a terrible parent for letting her son go to jail); and not only does she have her own probation to serve (twice as long as his); but that she also had to cover Michael Snyder's medical expenses, a pretty penny in and of itself (that must have been a fun day in Bell's office). Thus, she has more than ample grounds to keep a tight grip on the purse. She's capable of common sense; you just have to directly affect her (or how she intends others to perceive her) in order to rev it up.
Also take into account that Barb is in a very tight spot: not only does she have to keep Chris from violating his probation (lest anyone think she's a terrible parent for letting her son go to jail); and not only does she have her own probation to serve (twice as long as his); but that she also had to cover Michael Snyder's medical expenses, a pretty penny in and of itself (that must have been a fun day in Bell's office). Thus, she has more than ample grounds to keep a tight grip on the purse. She's capable of common sense; you just have to directly affect her (or how she intends others to perceive her) in order to rev it up.
Cwckifan said:
Ever heard the phrase "Bailing out a rowboat with a thimble"?
Even after The Great Lumberjack spent months getting the credit card balance back to zero, it would only take weeks for Chris'tard to get the cards back up to the credit limit.
DevilDog said:
Cyan and Indigo's court transcript said:
Why U No Pay Bills!?
Ohhhhh, I'm sure he's past that point now.
That is probably why he had no real reaction to Buttaface Jetfighter Lopez's complaint about being that deep in debt.
To him negative $16,000.00 in the hole is chicken feed.
His debt hole is so deep he can hear Christorians heckling in Chinese.
He probably thinks that having a net worth of -$75,000.00 is typical of a grown adult in modern 21st century America.
Maybe he even thinks that credit card debt somehow stimulates the economy or something; and being a voracious consumer is him "doing his part".
Cwckifan said:
Ohhhhh, I'm sure he's past that point now.
That is probably why he had no real reaction to Buttaface Jetfighter Lopez's complaint about being that deep in debt.
To him negative $16,000.00 in the hole is chicken feed.
His debt hole is so deep he can hear Christorians heckling in Chinese.
He probably thinks that having a net worth of -$75,000.00 is typical of a grown adult in modern 21st century America.
Maybe he even thinks that credit card debt somehow stimulates the economy or something; and being a voracious consumer is him "doing his part".
If Chris's half siblings don't appear to pick the bones of his parents' estate when Barb dies he'll probably lose the lot to debt. If he does it serves him right because most of us have to work hard to for our homes and mortgages.
Oh, continuing with my previous line-of-thought....
Can Our Pet Lolcow even grasp what "Living Beneath Your Means" is?
I suspect he doesn't even know what his "means" are.
Fuck the idea of "not spending more than you take in"....I suspect he neither knows nor cares how much he takes in.
Can Our Pet Lolcow even grasp what "Living Beneath Your Means" is?
I suspect he doesn't even know what his "means" are.
Fuck the idea of "not spending more than you take in"....I suspect he neither knows nor cares how much he takes in.
LordCustos3 said:
He very well knows what his means are; in one of his e-mails to Nintendo, begging them to pay for his trip to Redmond, he knows that he and his family aren't any higher than middle-class.
Not enough to stop his spending, though.
Henry Bemis said:
I think that he was begging because it made him seem more like a charity case to be pitied (because sometimes whining and begging got him what he wanted)
Or because underneath his profligate hoarding/out-of-control over-spending is a strange, counter-intuitive streak of miserliness (any money spent on actually paying for a plane ticket is money he can't spend on vidya, McD's and sex toys to fuck.)
Or because just because he needed an excuse to actually not go to Redmond. (because travelling takes him away from his comfort zone and interferes with his autistic schedule of playin' vidya, eatin' McD's and fuckin' sex toys.)
Or because "LOL U famous, rich video game people have to come to me, so I can feel like I'm a big shot in a position of power and authority who you need to seek an audience with, rather than an irrelevant nobody who has to come to you with his hat in his hand begging to be taken seriously."
Or something like that.
LordCustos3 said:
The thing is, that the Chandlers aren't wealthy was a very matter-of-fact parenthetical remark in the e-mail, which usually indicates a degree of truth from Chris.
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If nintendo actually WAS intrested in Sonichu, asking them to reimburse the chandlers for the trip isnt that bad of a request. I would think part of it is that he needs just a little more confirmation that he is who he says he is.
I heard that his tugboat was increased to something like 1100 a month since Bob died. You can inherit social security checks from dead relatives, so that's why it increased allegedly. Chris could live relatively comfortable with his tugboat, plus barabara's tugboat. If he actually knew how to manage money well.
Re: Why U No Pay Bills!?
See, that song existing is proof that Chris doesn't have to care about his finances. Because the popular song says debt is normal, you see. Just like having all the video games he could ever want is okay, because kids in video game advertisements on the TV have them, so that's normal too.
Haven't you ever heard that song? It goes like, "16 tons, what do you get, another day older and deeper in debt"?LordCustos3 said:
See, that song existing is proof that Chris doesn't have to care about his finances. Because the popular song says debt is normal, you see. Just like having all the video games he could ever want is okay, because kids in video game advertisements on the TV have them, so that's normal too.
He doesn't think in terms of "means", he thinks more in terms of "deserves". As in, Chris believes he deserves to have all the fancy toys and extravagant lifestyle he wants, so that's what governs his priorities. The only time he thinks of "means" is probably when he resents the lack of money in his bank account that he can't do anything about.LordCustos3 said:
He knows the three digit number that is the amount of money he gets each month, and he understands how to keep his bank account from going into the red. When it comes to credit cards, I suspect he just knows what the maximum limit is, and thinks its okay to spend right up to that point with no plan for how to deal with it.LordCustos3 said:
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