Chris was always quite emotionally developmentally stunted throughout his life. I remember when I first learned about him, I sympathized with some of the things that he did, thinking: "Oh yeah, I thought that way when I was 12 years old, too."
Here are just a few examples of Chris getting into things that he's probably too old for:
- He was 17 when he began playing Pokémon.
- He was 18 when he made his first Sonichu medallion and wore it around everywhere.
- He was 21 when he made his "Christian and the Hedgehog Boys" album.
- He was 22 in the infamous Christmas video where he bought his mom a stuffed animal and his dad a Fraggle Rock VHS.
- He was 23 when he was "The Crazy Pacer"
- He was 25 when he recorded his "Future Message" video recommending boys to play with ponies and girls to play with Transformers. This is also the year he participated in the PaRappa the Rapper contest.
That's why, in the back of my mind, I feel a little bit sorry for Chris. His brain is broken, and he never received the guidance he needed in order to develop into a normal functioning adult (or as close to it as he could be). He's an oversized child with a teenager's libido, and that's just a recipe for disaster as we've seen.