i believe that chris would panic and sperg out on the off chance he was in a position to actually get china. like im not talking a fake troll pretending to be a woman online, but something along the lines of chris going on a date with an actual woman and it going well enough for her to want another date for whatever god forsaken reason. chris probably sees it as a big obligation unlike his online sweethearts who required no meet ups, no sex etc - it was a very cozy life for chris, he would get "validation" and "affection" in return for just skyping someone every so often. when it's in real life, it's different, and a situation like that for chris might end up with him having a panic attack, scaring her away, and blaming the "darned trolls"
edit: tl;dr chris had it easy with online "relationships" because, for him, they required little to no maintenance vs something tangible which would involve far more effort, time and even money, of which we know chris has lots of but refuses to dish out any.
I agree and disagree with this.
When Chris is in an online only "relationship", he is not content with it being online only. He clearly wants to meet in person. Also, when we look at the history of offline interactions, he is not reticent to spend time with them. Megan is the classic example of this, but we also see a pattern of him spending a lot of time at social outlets. From the gaming stores to the Gay Club to hanging out in retail places for his love quest. Taken together, these point to the fact that if he were in a real offline relationship, he would be more likely to be way too clingy than way too distant.
On the other hand, I agree that obligations to spend money, effort, and emotional energy on a relationship would rankle him.
You aren't wrong, but that's not quite comparable. There's a difference between verifiable online jobs/transactions/etc. and Chris being overly gullible and trusting people he just met simply because he thought he might get laid.
Chris is often quite suspicious of his "sweethearts" when they first start interacting. He is very aware of the fact that they may well be trolling him.
In a way, it is a calculated risk he is taking, and he seems to be taking it quite consciously. He thinks there is a possibility it is genuine and a possibility it is a troll. So if he chooses to engage, he thinks he might end up with a sweetheart and he might get trolled, and concludes the possibility of the former is worth the risk of the latter.
The main flaw in that logic, from an outsider perspective, is that we think the probability someone is genuinely interested is essentially nil. That does make his calculation flawed, but fixing it would require him to conclude that realistically no woman is going to be interested in him. That is a heavy realization for anyone.
Like when he raged during the Song of Christian about failing english and basically threatening his teachers? Having to pay (or otherwise persuade) other kids to befriend him? writing his assignments in other languages, etc. That was him "passing classes", "making friends", and not having "any big issues"?
I wasn't there. I don't know all the details, but that doesn't sound like progress to me...
And yeah lol. I wonder why he felt so pressured to fit in? Might it be that his parents approach/mainstreaming approach failed and he only became more aware of how different he was and felt alienated as a result? Idk. It's hard to say. But it's certainly possible. I agree with that for sure.
I didn't say "making friends". I don't think Chris had any real friends in high school. But yeah, I think he was doing ok. Not as a typical high school student, because he wasn't one. But as a student with some quite serious special needs learning how to get by in the "real world".
He did badly in a few assignments and classes. True. So do a lot of neurotypical kids. And Chris was clearly a special needs student. In some areas he could come closer to keeping up with the other kids than in others. To be expected, and it was part of the point of the mainstreaming with special classes program he was in.
I am not sure what you mean about basically threatening teachers. He grumbled a bit in the "Song of Christian" video, but I wouldn't call it a threat. We really don't know of any really serious incidents until he got to PVCC.
I do agree that we are missing a lot of details. It may have been a much more problematic situation than we have evidence for. We are both just speculating here, so it may just be case of me doing that with more rose-tinted glasses than you.
