Wow, look at all that self-pity. I'm kind of surprised that Chris has gotten a lot of good advice this month (Matt, Nofoon) since I figure that by now most people must realize it's kind of pointless. It is nice to see Anna try and explain to Chris why people aren't responding well to his apologies and not just saying that losing his friends was all on the trolls - her Nov. 26th comment is probably a more fair view on Chris than a lot of people are willing to give him. I think she's wrong though in saying that Chris isn't the same person he was at that time - I feel like this is true in the sense that he's become more jaded and bitter and possibly gotten a bit 'smarter' on how to detect trolls (and not to put dirty drawings on the internet), but in terms of his real issues (his selfishness, immaturity, ego, self-pity and sense of entitlement), I don't think there's a lot of evidence that there's been much (or any) personal growth at all, based on the evidence we get.
I can't blame Chris for not responding well to mean-spirited criticism like "How's dressing up as a woman working out for you? Any women biting yet? Oh, that's right, turns out that makes them think you're gay. Sorry, thanks for playing!" - even if he needs to hear things like this, I think the way it's told to him is just going to make him be more introverted and bitter. This type of uncivil remark just comes off as catty to me and reminds me of what people say to each other to try when they have a lot of bitterness/insecurity of their own and feel the need to channel this by being mean to people lower on the social hierarchy than they are. But of course, Chris doesn't seem to respond well to any type of criticism, so it's not like I'm under any delusions that the constructive advice he got is going to help him out either.
