Containment What will happen when Barb dies?

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Chris certainly isn't afraid to wear donated goods and hold up signs begging for de ladies.

And nowadays it's food, money and other provisions.
 
I think it's a 50/50. He might be put in a home and thrive, he might stay right where he is and drown. Either/or, vice versa, etc. Only (a probably very short) time will tell.

Theres always going to be some WK Ween to provide for him and bail him out if things go to complete shit, anyway. Which they will. *sigh*
 
Iam said:
From what we've seen of her in that recent e-begging video, she may not be mentally capable of doing anything. I am not a mental health professional but the unfocused eyes, the slurred, barely coherent speech and creepy staring makes me wonder if she did not have a stroke that impaired her cognitive faculties. Or maybe dementia is setting in. Whatever it is, I think it is safe to say Barbara's mental abilities have declined drastically.
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In one of the Kacey calls, Barb came in and talked to Chris, and Chris for some reason kept the line open. Granted there wasn't video, but she seemed to have a lot of the same issues you mention. She has been a batshit crazy old lady for a while, and Bob's death seemed to be a real blow. She seemed to cling to Chris more, Chris didn't have Bob to share the Barb wrangling duties with, and Chris was probably a lot worse at it anyway. But I am not convinced that there has been an additional downward turn. But she is 75. That is certainly not young.
 
Mariposa Electrique said:
Iam said:
From what we've seen of her in that recent e-begging video, she may not be mentally capable of doing anything. I am not a mental health professional but the unfocused eyes, the slurred, barely coherent speech and creepy staring makes me wonder if she did not have a stroke that impaired her cognitive faculties. Or maybe dementia is setting in. Whatever it is, I think it is safe to say Barbara's mental abilities have declined drastically.
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It's ironic, since the same can be said about Chris.
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The brain is incredible in it's plasticidy and can revover from damage you wouldn't think so. But to make that happen you have to constantely challenge and use it.

And Chris is not a person to do a workout. Neither body nor mind.
 
ISP said:
I grew up in a small town that had a couple "characters" that had fairly severe mental health issues but lived on their own. This leads me to believe that technically Chris could care for himself over the long term. But I think there are a few roadblocks to this outcome.

1.) Housing, if he's not destined to stay where he is now he will need someone to find a place his tugboat can pull. Maybe a social worker or as others have said a church member can do this.

2.) His predilection to law breaking. One or (maybe) two simple missteps are all it would take for things to snowball out control for Chris and if past behavior is any guide it's likely his next crime won't be as simple as trespassing.

3.) Money. He won't be able to manage his money. Hopefully some sort of automated bank transfer can be set up for him by a social worker to pay for housing if need be. Otherwise he will be homeless and likely end up in jail in short order. Luckily for Chris food stamps can't buy toys so as long as someone helps him get his stamps he won't starve.

His entire world hangs on someone setting everything up for him. If that can be done there is hope, others far worse off have gotten by year after year. If that doesn't happen he will be in and out of jail and homeless shelters for the rest of his life.
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He wont be able to live on his own. What will happen is Chris will be forced to move into a group like home. This is where a caretaker is there 24/7 and it makes them feel like they are living on their own but they are not. The caretaker cooks and cleans and pays their bills with their disability check. If they dont do that then basically like you said a social worker will take over the bills and pay them for him and give him whats left of his check. In my opinion he will live on his own for maybe a few months to a year and then the state will finally put him in a group home.Btw once he's in a group home , he will have a pretty decent chunk left because the bills are split, so he can buy all the video games and legos he wants.He just has to deal with living among jerk males!
 
Why are people so ready to believe Barb isn't faking in that video? She's not the greatest con artist in the world, but she's good enough to pretend to be losing it mentally in hopes of reeling in some banana bucks.

There are great posts in the depths of this thread about why Chris won't be sent to a home. This is Murica and the government is only a little more interested in caring for Chris than Barb is.
 
What will Chris do after Barb dies?

The most decent thing he will probably be able to do is to bury her corpse in the garden and then resume his e-begging. That of course if he won't let her rot in the house along with all the hoarded junk.
 
Petronella said:
I have a feeling the chat message is just a trolly thing, but if something really did happen to Barb then hopefully she's okay.
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Barb is a wasted failure of a woman and mother and I for one hope that, if this is real, she does the entire world a favor and dies so that we can start the fucking party. But of course we can't our hopes up just yet, so in the meantime here's hoping that something comes along soon to either prove or disprove this.
 
Didn't someone on here say there was a thread that got deleted a while back because of Barb`s condition?

Since it was said before that Barb got sick, has there been confirmation?
 
Marvin said:
Chris can't be forced into anything. He's a legal adult.
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I really don't get why people think he can be forced into a care facility.

There are two facts that are plainly obvious to anyone who looks: 1) multiple criminal trials have seen the courts treat Chris as a competent adult, and 2) a large chunk of homeless people in the United States have some kind of mental health issue. Do the math.
 
Suicidal Emo Panda said:
Satan would reject Chris. There's no point in making him suffer if he's already doing it to himself.
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Even if Chris did go to Hell, Satan would willingly give him back to God. Satan doesn't want to be hearing that stress sighing for eternity anymore than the rest of us.
 
Alec Benson Leary said:
I really don't get why people think he can be forced into a care facility.

There are two facts that are plainly obvious to anyone who looks: 1) multiple criminal trials have seen the courts treat Chris as a competent adult, and 2) a large chunk of homeless people in the United States have some kind of mental health issue. Do the math.
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The only way this will happen is if some one took the initiative to try and deem him legally incapacitated and unable to care for himself. But that involves time, money and getting an attorney involved. And the closest person who would be willing to do that would be Rocky.
 
I hope Barb's body is dessicated, ground up, and put in vacuum-sealed discs like a Ferengi then sold off to collectors. Only we'll pay Chris in lego blocks instead of gold-pressed latinum.



El Rodrigo said:
83 pages of wondering what would happen when God finally plays the big Poke Flute in the sky.

....seriously?
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Content is content, brah.
 
Alec Benson Leary said:
I really don't get why people think he can be forced into a care facility.

There are two facts that are plainly obvious to anyone who looks: 1) multiple criminal trials have seen the courts treat Chris as a competent adult, and 2) a large chunk of homeless people in the United States have some kind of mental health issue. Do the math.
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I wouldn't suggest putting him in a home, but I would definitely suggest someone managing his money. I think if he had someone just managing his accounts or withholding some sort of money and using it for necessities (much like how Bob dude it), he'd be better off than if he were in a home.

At least, my take on it. I'm sure Chris can take care of himself.
 
Iam said:
I am not a mental health professional but the unfocused eyes, the slurred, barely coherent speech and creepy staring makes me wonder if she did not have a stroke that impaired her cognitive faculties. Or maybe dementia is setting in.
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That could all be caused by something simple like an infection. Hygiene declines with age and old ladies get UTIs. With old people, you may only see symptoms that mimic dementia because their immune systems can't fight the infection.
Buck Mullet said:
Barb turns 75 this year. Despite the hoard and squalor, the living conditions at 14BC are not third world.
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Life expectancy for an American female at 75 is about 13 years. Her health is questionable though. She may not hit the average.
Alec Benson Leary said:
There are two facts that are plainly obvious to anyone who looks: 1) multiple criminal trials have seen the courts treat Chris as a competent adult, and 2) a large chunk of homeless people in the United States have some kind of mental health issue. Do the math.
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Civil commitment laws are broken, but options do exist for disabled adults. Chris would likely need some type of assistance to care for himself, his home, and his finances. This isn't necessarily the loony bin. Chris could have people come in to help him shower, make his meals, pay his bills, and rub his tits with oestrogel. A high functioning autistic like Chris can live amongst normals if he gets a teensy bit of help.
 
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