Chris Chan vs Elliot Rodger differences:
* both were virgins with rage, though Chris allegedly lost his to a hooker; Elliot considered hiring a hooker as an act beneath him.
* both have mental illnesses; Chris with autism, Elliot with bipolar disorder.
* both wanted a girlfriend for different reasons; Chris wanted a daughter named Crystal to fulfil some prophecy, whereas Elliot wanted to feel normal like the normies he always saw.
* both are obsessed with franchises: Chris loves Sonic the Hedgehog and Elliot loved World of Warcraft.
* both have raged at their beloved franchises: Chris at Sonic the Hedgehog for the blue arms debacle; Elliot at World of Warcraft for being too popular and the Cataclysm expansion.
* Elliot used to dye his hair blonde to fit in; Chris nowadays dyes his hair some unnatural colour to stand out.
* Elliot at least made the effort to better himself with reading and lifting weights; Chris keeps saying he'll better himself but never does.
* Elliot was born into wealth; Chris was into moderate income.
* Elliot's parents were divorced and his life was split between them; Chris' parents were together but slept in separate beds in their cluttered house.
* both used to pace around the mall to attract a girlfriend, but Chris used an attraction sign and Elliot didn't.
* Chris hated all males as they were JERKS; Elliot hated all males and females for both being JERKS.
* in high school most of Chris' friends were females (galpals) whereas most of Elliot's friends were males (fellow losers).
* both had pocket knives to protect themselves, but Elliot actually used to his to ward off some drunken thugs one time.
* both had tantrums over social media; Chris when people block him on Twitter; Elliot when a supposed friend unfriended him on Facebook.
* both had sanctuaries of recreational fun: Chris has The Game Place hobby shop, and Elliot had a local internet cafe.
* Chris pledged brand loyalty to Nintendo and then Sony; Elliot never did so as he had an N64, a PS2, an Xbox, and then was a PC gamer.
* both had fantasy worlds with themselves as the leader of it; Chris had CWCVille with himself as Mayor; Elliot had the world with himself as dictator.
* in these fantasy worlds they both wanted to suppress sexual activity.
* both were narcissistic but for different reasons; Chris got his ego from his many 'talents' (drawing, singing, etc), whereas Elliot saw himself as the supreme gentleman.
* both are mixed raced: Elliot is white-Asian, Chris is white-Cherokee (allegedly).
* both have embarrassing penises; Chris' is bent, and Elliot's is like 4".
* both were told they would never have girlfriends; Chris from the dean Mary Lee Walsh; Elliot from his supposed friend Addison.
* Chris is an only child (not counting half-siblings like Cole); Elliot had a younger sister (not counting his new half-sibling from his step-mother).
* both got poor grades in high school; Chris from being slow-in-the-mind, Elliot from not caring about life anymore.
* after graduating high school Elliot kept some of his friends; Chris did not.
* most of Chris' high school friends only befriended him out of pity; most of Elliot's friends only befriended him because they were fellow losers (and would unfriend Elliot once they got social lives and girlfriends).
* Elliot has travelled to multiple countries; Chris has never left the United States.
* Chris disobeyed his parents to travel to Ohio to see Julie; Elliot disobeyed his parents by trying to run away from home to avoid going on a trip to Morocco.
* both have been trolled online; Chris by Encyclopedia Dramatica, Elliot from the Bodybuilding.com forum.
* Chris has had multiple sweethearts (which were all trolls); Elliot had never had a single sweetheart, troll or otherwise.
* both adopted hobbies to fit in; Chris took up My Little Pony and Sailor Moon to be with Megan, whereas Elliot took up skateboarding to fit in with the 'cool kids'.
* Chris hates tobacky but has tried weed; Elliot was indifferent to tobacco and only smoked a few cigarettes to calm his nerves but never became a habitual smoker.
* Chris hated alcohol but tried it and liked it and could be an alcoholic; Elliot had enjoyed alcohol from the beginning but did not become an alcoholic.
* Elliot documented his life in his memoir, My Twisted World; Chris documented his life with videos.
* both have held only two jobs: Chris had Wendy's and Costco, Elliot had two custodial jobs.
* Elliot actually saved his money, whereas Chris spent most of his money on video games, toys (Lego, My Little Pony, sex toys, etc), and other junk.
* both cried on their graduation day: Chris because he felt he deserved more credit; Elliot because he felt his good times were over.
* both had preferences for their ideal girlfriend; Chris wanted an 18-24 girl (no niggos), and Elliot wanted a tall hot blonde.
* both were combative against their parents: Chris against his father for not washing his hands and his mother for hoarding, and Elliot against his step-mother for being physically and psychologically abusive and his father for siding with her every time.
* both had fantasies of killing people, but Chris only wanted death against certain trolls; Elliot wanted to kill everyone.
* both have attacked people with substances; Chris at the GameStop with pepper spray; Elliot would douse couples in public with coffee or iced tea.
* Elliot would often drop out of classes because he could not deal seeing couples and unavailable hot girls; at least Chris stayed and finished (unless he got suspended).
* Chris dealt with stress by sighing a lot and escaping to his fantasy world and video games; Elliot dealt with stress by crying and sulking a lot.
* Chris has had public freakouts, leading to bans; Elliot contained his anger and only had meltdowns in the car or at home, thus obtaining no bans.
* both were traumatised at a young age; Chris by the alleged abusive babysitter, and Elliot by seeing pornography at a computer cafe.
* Elliot was hypersexual and masturbated frequently; Chris did not fap often due to his bent dick.
* Chris went through a variety of emotions during his twenties; Elliot only experienced sadness and anger.
* both are racist in some way; Chris has used stereotypes of various races in the Sonichu comics, and Elliot thought blacks and Hispanics were beneath him.
* both are sexist in some way; Chris considering stripping to be a form of women's liberation, and Elliot outright hated women, stating their brains were inferior.
* Chris has lived with his parents all his life; Elliot was kicked out both parents' homes at age 18.
* both had a life of privilege; Elliot was born into wealth and Chris has been on his welfare for years.
* both were tormented in school; Elliot through consistent bullying, and Chris from allegedly being pinned down and his screams recorded.
* both have had conflicts with minorities; Chris had an encounter with an old black lady in McDonalds, and Elliot was bullied by his two Latino roommates while at UCSB.
* both believed in conspiracies to keep them virgins forever; Chris believed The Game Place was the headquarters, whereas Elliot believed all girls were in on the conspiracy.
* Chris would get revenge on JERKS by making them in Soul Caliber III and beating them up; Elliot would throw his drinks at couples and/or swearing at them.
* Elliot had gruesome desires to flay men and rape women; all Chris imagined was beating up and strangling his trolls.
* Elliot would buy designer clothes for a confidence boost; Chris wears second-hand clothing because he doesn't know or care about fashion.
* both had just one IRL friend who ended their friendship; Chris had Megan, and Elliot had James.
* both their IRL friends left for different reasons; Megan was tired of Chris inappropriately touching her and creepily adopting her interests; James got concerned by Elliot's increasing misery and psychopathic tendencies.
* both purchased lottery tickets but Elliot was obsessed with winning.
* both have done foolish things thinking they would get money: Chris destroyed his PS3 for some kind of bounty; Elliot drove to Arizona four times to buy lottery tickets he was sure would be jackpot winners.
* both were shut-ins; Elliot couldn't stand seeing couples and felt trapped inside, whereas Chris was too absorbed by toys and video games to want to leave.
== will update if I discover/remember more ==
