A Gunt Theory - Ralph always seems to choose the dumbest choice in any situation.

[Christorian X]

I have a prediction about Ralph that loosely ties to your theory.

After May leaves Ralph, he will have serious financial problems and meltdowns will occur. One of these will finally prompt AF to disavow, which will result in the loss of half his remaining paypigs. In turn, Ralph will attack AF and adopt an adversarial mindset toward conservatism and christianity at large.

Ralph will move to Las Vegas, still streaming a few days a week to a handful of people. He will quietly find a job at a shitty casino. The need to maintain a normal job will actually be good for his health (as routines are beneficial), and his show quality will increase. His shows will be largely directed toward attacks of AF, christian hypocrisy, and so forth.

At this point he will begin bringing on his show low rent hookers, pimps, and other shady Vegas types. As his show gains popularity as a free-for-all, he will quit his job and begin partying hard, streaming drunk every night. All pretense of politics and values is in the rearview, the only vestige of which will be his rants against hypocritical right wingers. Remember, any movement shameless enough to take on someone like Ralph eventually pays for it. Ralph will get quite popular again with his debaucherous streams, and his audience will reach into the thousands again. However, within a year of his resurgence he will die suddenly from an overdose, organ failure, or an accident.

How does it tie to your theory? I think Ralph will eventually accept and embrace his impulsive and amoral nature and press the gas to the floor with it. Right now, he's sort of sitting on the fence. But he will live out his final year as his fully evolved self, having accepted what he is.

That theory is too optimistic. If you miss more than a few child support payments, fathers can be locked up for up to 12 months and forced into a work release prison where they are given hourly wagey jobs they work during the day and then return to jail after their shifts. If he owes 1- 2k a month in child support between May and Faith, he'll never manage it and will spend the next 18 years in and out of jail doing wagey job and self destructing.

 

[H. H. Lovecraft]

That theory is too optimistic. If you miss more than a few child support payments, fathers can be locked up for up to 12 months and forced into a work release prison where they are given hourly wagey jobs they work during the day and then return to jail after their shifts. If he owes 1- 2k a month in child support between May and Faith, he'll never manage it and will spend the next 18 years in and out of jail doing wagey job and self destructing.

That's fucked up, even for someone like Ralph.

 

[Useless(?) Boomer]

That theory is too optimistic. If you miss more than a few child support payments, fathers can be locked up for up to 12 months and forced into a work release prison where they are given hourly wagey jobs they work during the day and then return to jail after their shifts. If he owes 1- 2k a month in child support between May and Faith, he'll never manage it and will spend the next 18 years in and out of jail doing wagey job and self destructing.

No longer true. It varies from state to state, but in my state there are now precisely zero people locked up for failure to support. I live in a conservative state. Remember, in liberal states they don't even want to lock people up for fairly major crimes anymore. PrISoN RefORM. The new narrative regarding what were previously known as deadbeat dads is that they're downtrodden sad saps and government should step in as daddy anyway. Child support enforcement is still sending wage assignments to employers, levying bank accounts, intercepting tax returns, taking professional and drivers licenses, but I'd be surprised if anyone, anywhere is still going to jail (it's definitely not happening here, and hasn't for 8-10 years, even before prison reform became something that pierced women mention in Bumble profiles).

I suspect when Ralph is no longer able to get May to keep his money in her name, he'll find other methods of subversion and maybe even enlist a diehard paypig or two to help.

 

[Christorian X]

No longer true. It varies from state to state, but in my state there are now precisely zero people locked up for failure to support. I live in a conservative state. Remember, in liberal states they don't even want to lock people up for fairly major crimes anymore. PrISoN RefORM. The new narrative regarding what were previously known as deadbeat dads is that they're downtrodden sad saps and government should step in as daddy anyway. Child support enforcement is still sending wage assignments to employers, levying bank accounts, intercepting tax returns, taking professional and drivers licenses, but I'd be surprised if anyone, anywhere is still going to jail (it's definitely not happening here, and hasn't for 8-10 years, even before prison reform became something that pierced women mention in Bumble profiles).

I suspect when Ralph is no longer able to get May to keep his money in her name, he'll find other methods of subversion and maybe even enlist a diehard paypig or two to help.

A few things on this. You are correct on the state level. Once the debt goes past 10k it moves to a federal level in which the federal courts give you 2 years and work detail. Ralph with 2 kids in states like NY and CA will rack that up in no time.

As for states, let's take CA. They will put liens on everything. Any bank account you own they will keep draining it dry. They can and will also force you to sell property to cover the debt. Someone like Vickers or an aylog with money could reach out to the state and offer a reasonable sum for any domains Ralph owns, IP, trademarks, or businesses he owns. Such as the Killstream IP or his LLC. If its a fair amount the state can force him to sell it.

In VA work release is very much on the table after missing a few months of CS. As this would be an interstate issue, I believe VA can use its rulebook.

 

[Useless(?) Boomer]

A few things on this. You are correct on the state level. Once the debt goes past 10k it moves to a federal level in which the federal courts give you 2 years and work detail. Ralph with 2 kids in states like NY and CA will rack that up in no time.

As for states, let's take CA. They will put liens on everything. Any bank account you own they will keep draining it dry. They can and will also force you to sell property to cover the debt. Someone like Vickers or an aylog with money could reach out to the state and offer a reasonable sum for any domains Ralph owns, IP, trademarks, or businesses he owns. Such as the Killstream IP or his LLC. If its a fair amount the state can force him to sell it.

In VA work release is very much on the table after missing a few months of CS. As this would be an interstate issue, I believe VA can use its rulebook.

I've quite a lot of experience in the area and have never heard of a child support case being prosecuted on the federal level. That might be an option but the courts don't have time to pursue things like that. Courtrooms, jails and prisons are overcrowded. I guarantee you in Virginia alone there are tens of thousands of non-custodial parents behind in child support. They can't and won't all be incarcerated. Few if any will. I'd guess 25-50% of black men over 30 in the US probably owe at least 10K in child support. They're obviously not going to be putting that many MORE people in prison, it would be a PR nightmare. Being behind in child support is just an every day thing, it's no longer prosecuted like that.

Anyway, regardless, i like my little prediction for Ralph Ralphamales can find a way. I also enjoy your contributions to KC.

 

[Christorian X]

I've quite a lot of experience in the area and have never heard of a child support case being prosecuted on the federal level. That might be an option but the courts don't have time to pursue things like that. Courtrooms, jails and prisons are overcrowded. I guarantee you in Virginia alone there are tens of thousands of non-custodial parents behind in child support. They can't and won't all be incarcerated. Few if any will.

Anyway, regardless, i like my little prediction for Ralph Ralphamales can find a way.

I've spent a lifetime in between the VA and PA commonwealths. I can assure you there are tons of work release members there for child support.

 

[Useless(?) Boomer]

I've spent a lifetime in between the VA and PA commonwealths. I can assure you there are tons of work release members there for child support.

I don't want to keep on about this, but is your information recent? I mean, my guess would be that there are literally 30,000 people more than $10,000 behind in child support in my state. They just don't do it anymore...CANT do it. But maybe it's different in Virginia, we can agree to disagree. If they are still on that path in Virginia, it's got to be only the worst of the worst getting locked up.

And by "in the area" I meant i've worked in child support, not been to Virginia.

 

[Chimplord1997]

Gambling:
Best choice: Dont gamble, use your stream earnings to save for retirement or buy real estate or something
Easiest choice: buy a lotto scratchie once a week at the gas station to get your fix
Dumbest choice: online sports betting
Worst choice: Betting 4 figures online for obscure third world sports that you know nothing about, losing that 4 figures, spending another 4 figures to go to las vegas and lose it playing rigged card games and slot machines

 

[ComedyEnjoyer]

You are punched by a troll at your IRL event.

Best: Laugh it off and mock the attacker for having a weak punch to his face.
Easiest: Call the cops
Worst: Commit assault on camera in a way that makes you look weak and pathetic
Dumbest: Commit assault off camera in a way that allows peoples to assume you are weak and pathetic, immediately turn the corner and admit to the crime directly to the camera, hastily and poorly attempt to cover your tracks after.

 

[WhimsicalTrolli]

Scenario: a pro choice rally in Washington

Best: spend time with your newborn.
Easiest: watch tucker Carlson on tequila sunrise.
Worst: going to said event getting called a nigher by a literal cumdumpster.
Dumbest: going to said event and getting arrested.