While both sides of the arguments have merits, I think Chris is improving slightly. He isn't turning into a respectable person by any standards.
He is just:
-Getting less easy to bait.
-Goes out more and has fun.
-Makes money off his Sonichu.
He is still:
-Autistic.
-Can't do financially savvy.
-Still has Barb's influence and that stained his soul forever as much as his shit stained his underwear permantently brown.
A lot of people requests things like Chris getting a job or a tight financial plan. While these are good things for the normal person...
... you all forget that Chris is stupid.

He can't hold down a job and is better off with the tugboat and his craft shop.
He can't do a financial plan because he is so special he could fill a short yellow bus with his speciality alone.
While what you expect would be totally sensible to expect from me, you, or from Marvin, from Chris, its too much to expect, he is not running the software equipped to handle such complicated concepts.