Fear Of Turning Out Like...Him

[Riley]

I have developed a new fear: Fear of being anything like Chris-chan.

I stumbled across him and, after a bit of reading on the CWCwiki, I reflected on my own behaviors/interests/imagination/habits. I feared being just as bad as him. Or even being like him. This is both a good thing and a bad thing.

 

[Streetwise]

I can't judge him because I'm a follower of yeshua
But it was strange to see those words on a Wikipedia page Wikipedia always seem so benign

 

[AGXStarseed]

What is it about him that you fear being most like?

 

[tree]

Never heard of him til now.
Chris-Chan / CWC / Christian Weston Chandler | Know Your Meme

 

[xDominiel]

It's interesting how much the worst of the internet (or rather, the people on it) directly influenced his development.

 

[Riley]

What is it about him that you fear being most like?

My lifestyle, my behavior, my family...All that. I feel terrible about having an imaginary universe in my head that crossovers many mediums.

 

[oregano]

I've been poking through the CWCki (sonichu.com) for a while and following the Chris forum on Kiwi Farms, and I have to say that IMO Chris is a perfect storm of how NOT to raise an autistic child.

1) His parents were both narcissistic and handed him over to a babysitter while they went out pub crawling. The babysitter locked Chris in his room and then did god-knows-what. This apparently continued for a while.

2) Chris was kicked out of his mainstream elementary school for behavioral issues. The school district told his folks to send him to a boarding school for special needs students. His parents apparently believed that the school district wanted to permanently institutionalize Chris, since his folks grew up in an era when "feebleminded" children were simply stashed in institutions and left to rot. So, they fought tooth and nail in the courts, and when they lost, they moved to another city so that Chris would be in mainstream schooling. The problem was, Chris couldn't do mainstream level HS work, but apparently the staff at the school was afraid of his folks, since the teachers gave Chris high marks for marginal (at best) work.

3) Chris went to community college, and was so overwhelmed that he eventually had a nervous breakdown. He was then thrown out, only to have his folks ride to the rescue. He eventually graduated with a worthless degree. Chris's school years seem to have taught him that he could get away with anything and his folks would bail him out. In a sense, he was like a lower middle class version of Ethan Couch, always protected from the consequences of his actions. This thread of never having to suffer consequences pops up again and again. He has done stuff so awful, like trying to run over Michael Snyder with a car and spraying mace at the manager of a video game store during an argument, that he has been hauled off to jail on FELONY charges that could have landed him several years in state prison. But his mom always bailed him out, and he never had to suffer any consequences.

4) Once 4chan got a hold of Chris, they found him so easy to troll, and so gullible, that they went hog wild. At one point, they persuaded him to drive from Charlottesville to Cleveland in a rattletrap old Ford Escort to "rescue" a girl who didn't exist. The incessant trolling was likely the final straw that broke Chris, that and the house fire.

So now Chris is 35 and his dad is dead and his mom is getting there. All he does is play video games and post to Facebook and Twitter. He has never had a job or had to truly deal with the outside world. When his mom dies, he will likely die soon after. I am not sure anybody could be as messed up as he is.

 

[Jet Weiss]

Riley, I understand your fear, as I actually see some similarities between myself and this person as well, or at least see some similarities in things that happened during my childhood.
I've actually had a long-running fear that one day I will snap because of all the things that happened to me and I will turn into a person such as this.
Unlikely, probably. But the fear is valid.

 

[Streetwise]

Riley, I understand your fear, as I actually see some similarities between myself and this person as well, or at least see some similarities in things that happened during my childhood.
I've actually had a long-running fear that one day I will snap because of all the things that happened to me and I will turn into a person such as this.
Unlikely, probably. But the fear is valid.

Various therapistssychologist and CPNs have said to me "have you actually done anything,hurt anyone ,if not you probably won't it's probably " it's just panic and the fact that you are thinking about it means you probably won't

 

[Streetwise]

Various therapistssychologist and CPNs have said to me "have you actually done anything,hurt anyone ,if not you probably won't it's probably " it's just panic and the fact that you are thinking about it means you probably won't

Stupid irritating iPad I didn't insert laughing face

 

[WildCat]

If anyone wants a strong case for nature vs. nurture, look no further than Chris. His issues go above and beyond autism, no doubt about it.

I was interested in this...uh, character once I saw him on the internet for the first time. I'd already suspected he was on the spectrum in some form after watching a video of his, but little did I know that he already had a growing fanbase, and when I say that I'm not talking about the positive kind. Talk about flies on a pile of dung...

So many people (subhumans, actually) have harassed, manipulated, and practically beaten him into the ground (I wasn't one of them, don't worry, I was just curious ) over the years, and now he's become quite the complex individual because of all of this. He's gotten sprinkles of genuine advice here and there on how to improve his well-being as well, but I think his refusal to listen, combined with his questionable upbringing from his dysfunctional parents and all the crap he's been put through on the net, has already done enough damage.

If anyone fears he'll be just like him one day, worry not, because you likely aren't and likely never will be. Chris is an exception amongst exceptions and is not a mascot for the autism spectrum. If you fear that you are getting to that state though, just do what Chris didn't do: take that genuine advice from your enemies, steer clear of the internet, learn how the world really works, and improve yourself in small steps.

 

[Riley]

Well, I've been raised by a woman who's pretty darn nice, trusts me, but isn't afraid to be hard on me. I've been working hard to reign in my abusive tendencies (Mainly towards my Aunt). I had teachers I befriended who partially influenced my nicer qualities. When I feel guilt, despite what I say, I do acknowledge things were my fault. Occasionally.