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Hi.

As you can tell I just registered here but I've been here lurking for quite a while and been following Chris antics for long.
I know Chris isn't the best person ever and is childish and bla bla bla, we all know the drill. But when I heard about what happened to him this time I couldn't help but actually feel bad for him, something like this (a fire) is just way beyond his fault. Some may argue this wouldn't had happened if Barb and he took measures about the hoarding and the general state of their house (checking the electric wiring of the house in this case) so this won't had ever happened in the first place but keep in mind that Barb hoarding is actually a mental illness and Chris well, you know; so you can't really "blame" them for being sick, it's like pointing at someone whose legs just been severed and tell him to go to the hospital and blame him if he dies because you "told him to do it" but he didn't do it.

Anyway, the reason I registered is because I actually want to aid Chris just this once because I really feel what happened is something terrible and I kind of owe him this for bringing me so much laughter (I know, I'm a douche for admitting his antics brings me laughs) and well, after all he's still a human being... maybe not the best one, maybe not a regular one, more like a bad guy but not as bad because most times he's just being just a prick and taking really dumb decisions.

So, about the packages you're planning to deliver:
I have an idea, can someone contact a close friend of Chris and let him see what we're doing here? I mean, his friend is more sane and less paranoid about the world and letting him see that we really just want to help Chris might just gives us the opportunity to give HIM (Chris friend) the packages and everything we want the Chandler family to recieve. So if this close friend comes with all this things and tell Chris that people (maybe it's better if he doesn't says "people from the internet" and refer to us just as "people") have donated this stuff to him, Chris might just take it and use it because he actually trusts the guy.

So yeah, that's all I wanted to say, after this I might just as well stay a lurker but thank you for your attention.

P.S. I'm going to donate $100 if that's cool with you people.
 
Zvantastika said:
(I know, I'm a douche for admitting his antics brings me laughs)

P.S. I'm going to donate $100 if that's cool with you people.
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Brother Chris has brought us all together in laughter, and donating so much is extremely generous of you.

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I salute you.

Zvantastika said:
I have an idea, can someone contact a close friend of Chris and let him see what we're doing here? I mean, his friend is more sane and less paranoid about the world and letting him see that we really just want to help Chris might just gives us the opportunity to give HIM (Chris friend) the packages and everything we want the Chandler family to recieve. So if this close friend comes with all this things and tell Chris that people (maybe it's better if he doesn't says "people from the internet" and refer to us just as "people") have donated this stuff to him, Chris might just take it and use it because he actually trusts the guy.
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The problem is that the only "friends" Chris has are people like Coleslaw and Anna. And both of them are pretty untrustworthy and you wouldn't trust simply giving them a big sum of money and expect them to buy stuff for Chris. The only person who seemingly cares is Rocky and even then she might think it's all a huge scam.
 
Dr. Cuddlebug said:
The problem is that the only "friends" Chris has are people like Coleslaw and Anna. And both of them are pretty untrustworthy and you wouldn't trust simply giving them a big sum of money and expect them to buy stuff for Chris. The only person who seemingly cares is Rocky and even then she might think it's all a huge scam.
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Well, we wouldn't really trust them with the money but with something like care packages I think. Yeah, even I have a hard time believing people would actually be nice to him to begin with so convincing someone else about it would be REALLY hard.

It was just an idea so maybe it's not the best course of action, we really need to think this through.
 
I think we should hire a skywriter to give Chris directions to a P.O. Box to pick the care package up at.
 
Fibonacci said:
I think we should hire a skywriter to give Chris directions to a P.O. Box to pick the care package up at.
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He's going to think that if he goes to the post office we'll knock him out, roll him up in a carpet and throw him off a bridge.

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If you are afraid or hesitant to send via Paypal (or your parents are afraid it is a scam), or if you get error messages, you can also send a money order addressed to Barb Chandler in care of Rev. Rocky Shoemaker. She is probably one of the few friends the Chanlders have. That is what I am doing. I got the money order for $7, and I intend to send it tomorrow.

The Shoemaker address is as follows:
Rev. Rocky Shoemaker
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
1901 Thomson Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22903

It might be a good idea to send this care package to Shoemaker. Perhaps Null could call and inform her that he is sending a care package to the Chandlers via her at the church. I would not send a package to their home address. I would be afraid it would get lost or stolen (mail might be more reliable).

For those who do not know, any grocery store, kmart, walmart, even the post office, can sell you money orders for about 60 cents to a dollar in fees.
 
I'm completely blown away by how much people are donating. We're up to $281 in a matter of hours.
 
Sent a donation of $5 from the UK. That's not much but I am in between jobs at the moment.



I feel terrible for them both and wish there was something more I could do. I never hated Chris, and even if I did nobody deserves this.
 
Dr. Cuddlebug said:
Fibonacci said:
I think we should hire a skywriter to give Chris directions to a P.O. Box to pick the care package up at.
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He's going to think that if he goes to the post office we'll knock him out, roll him up in a carpet and throw him off a bridge.
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Who says we wouldn't? Don't jump to conclusions.

But seriously folks, it doesn't matter if you love Chris, hate Chris, feel something in the middle about Chris, or flat-out don't care. The fact remains that Doofus and/or his weirdboat mother managed to make 14 BC at least a little crispy around the edges, if not actually burn it down. This during a coldish part of mid-winter in Hellholesville, VA., a place I'd go out of my way not to visit if I was in the area on a nice day.

This isn't about what he'd do with anything he receives or what we think of him, this is about occupying the Moral High Ground™ and Doing Good For Your Fellow Man™ (or Tomgirl, or whatever he is this week). What I don't want is for the laffs to stop, and if we can help get the FUNNY back on track in some small way, everybody wins. Those with opposing viewpoints are welcome to avoid donating anything while keeping their opinions to themselves. Personally, I have no desire to meet the boy and am perfectly fine with him knowing nothing of my existence -- given the choice between hitting him with a snowball and shaking his hand, the snowball wins every time -- but for purposes of this care package it makes no difference. The only important thing is that his situation sucks harder than it has to at the moment, and regardless of circumstance, cause, or culpability, the Chandlers could use a hand up, and we're in a position to give them one at no great cost to ourselves. I've read the arguments about "it won't change him!" or "they'll be back to the same old!" (etc.) -- and so what? We do our bit, and what they do with it is their problem. Ain't going to hurt anyone to kick in a buck or two. He is, after all, our pet lolcow. The Internet would be a darker, bleaker, less funny place without him, and we have the chance to rise to the occasion and keep the laffs flowing. Do it for Sonichu!

Aside to Fib: As official chief grammar Nazi of these forums, duty forces me to point out that a preposition is something you should never end a sentence with. A final "at" is almost always superfluous, and is always incorrect. Ferexample, "where is she?" is infinitely preferable to "where's she at?" (Joke -- a small child, dismayed at his mother's choice of bedtime reading material: "Why did you bring that book that I did not want to be read to out of up here for?") You're Welcome.
 
I think aside from the reasons I said and Smokedaddy said, I think we should recognize that if it wasn't for Chris, we all wouldn't be here and that many of us have made friends, dated people, played games, and watched movies together ultimately because we have a shared interest in an autistic manchild despite our wide and diverse interests.

I'd be inclined that it might just be more efficient to give them a gift card to a grocery store, that way they can buy food and toiletries themselves, in case Chris is like "Oh, they bought me the wrong scent of Axe." I think grocery stores might be safer than say Wal Mart, though they could buy stuff there to replace the stuff they lost, but I don't want him to take it as a slight in the event he's still banned from Wal Mart. I don't think he's banned from Food Lion or Kroger, local grocery stores and like I said, he'd mostly be limited to essentials.

I don't think the details are super duper important, I think we have the right spirit of people contributing.
 
I'm going to drop $10 even though honestly... I don't think he really deserves it.

But, also, I'm not sure if Paypal's policy has changed or not but I wanna say be careful. Paypal has a history of freezing charity accounts because they think it's scams, from what I've seen. Though, it seems like this has already happened and you've fixed it? Eh.
 
dogprince said:
I'm going to drop $10 even though honestly... I don't think he really deserves it.

But, also, I'm not sure if Paypal's policy has changed or not but I wanna say be careful. Paypal has a history of freezing charity accounts because they think it's scams, from what I've seen. Though, it seems like this has already happened and you've fixed it? Eh.
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Yeah. I have a reputable account I've used for years for typical business stuff.
 
$10 donated.

I don't pop on here very often these days (due to a lot of STRESS from my job) but following Chris's antics has been something that has been amusing me for years. It was like, no matter how bad things were going in my life, I could always come here when I wanted to get away from it all and have a bit of a laugh at the activities of the uber-tard. I think we all owe him to give something back after the hilarity he has brought into our lives. Also, it's an awful time of year and awful weather to be homeless in. I don't think he'll be grateful or appreciative in any way, but echoing the thoughts of those who have already posted - this is about helping your fellow human beings, not about Chris giving us ass-pats.
 
Can confirm both Ultra and Lors made it through already. There was another $20 donation that nobody has claimed so I've attributed it to Anonymous. Thanks all
 
Well, I guess if there's a time to be a White Knight or to "contact" Chris, then this is the opportunity. Sent my $25.

I was thinking, maybe whoever is the most in charge of running the charity could send a greeting card of sympathy/condolences within the package? It would be a nice change of pace from the usual :julay: or :pickle: spam mail the Chandlers usually get from strangers.
 
Will donate when I awaken from my slumber.
 
I have to get my paypal in order since I haven't used it in years, but I'll see what I can throw in later today. It's not going to be a lot because Chris can be pretty spiteful when it comes to gifts* and this can all blow up in our faces.

*I understand we aren't necessarily gifting him and are doing something really good here, but you know what I mean.
 
I'm still paying off Christmas Debt but i'll put down $10 it's the least I can do for a guy i've been reading about for years.
 
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