more TGE, courtesy of the only defense I had against a grisly death by extreme boredom today: the discovery of a pencil and a discarded envelope at the bottom of my bag
An overview of the major economic sectors in Fanfic vs the US.
A breakdown of employment in the education sector in Fanfic vs the US.
A breakdown of the arts and entertainment sector in Fanfic vs the US.
A breakdown of the various food outlets found in Fanfic.
A breakdown of the various Retail outlets found in Fanfic.
The nation of Fanfiction has a unique economic footprint. As areas of employment, agriculture and manufacture are nearly non-existent, suggesting that even processed goods are readily available in the natural environment. This resource generation seems linked to the placement of naturally occurring dwellings, as little construction exists, and transport jobs are minimal. With so much readily available, social progress is a low priority; computing, engineering and science are all far less active than the rates seen in America, and law and social work are similarly diminished.
The prosperity of the environment creates a surplus of leisure time, which many fill with additional education and training. Nearly a third of the population are employed in colleges as professors or full-time academics, while another quarter work as high-school teachers. Entertainment and the arts are prospering, and food retailers – predominantly small, locally owned artisanal coffeeshops – are commonplace. Non-food retail is largely focussed on luxuries such as flowers, books and pets. However, crime rates have risen in line with increased leisure; while criminal activities are not directly measured in this survey, law enforcement employs around 2.5 times as many people per head of the population as the police force in the United States.
Inspired by this post, I completed a survey of AO3 tags, measuring all non-fandom-specific AU tags that implied the existence of real, modern, legal jobs. Click the graphs to see larger versions.
The Brain Scoop: Paleoart: Painting the land before time
Maybe you’ve heard of the famous paleoartist Charles R. Knight– but what about John Conrad Hansen, or Maidi Wiebe? The latter two created numerous works of art for scientific publications, exhibits and children’s books for the Field Museum in the early- mid 1900′s.
I spent the last eight months digging up any information about them I could find for this video. I hope you enjoy!
the worst thing about tiny fandoms is that making art still takes just as much time and investment as always but the return is vastly diminished bc almost no one TAGS THEIR THOUGHTS WHEN REBLOGGING and with a very small number of reblogs per post that fact becomes p a i n f u l l y clear
it’s like… okay imagine you gave a TED talk. an 18 minute lecture that you spent let’s say 5 hours prepping for- getting your slides just so, writing the talk, rehearsing, etc. So you give the talk to a roomful of people who are very interested in your topic- let’s say the auditorium holds 100. You finish, and instead of applause, you get:
45 people sit in silence, staring into the abyss
55 people briefly applaud- maybe for five seconds or so
maybe 25 stand up and applaud a bit harder
however of those 25, most sit down again quickly, faces totally unreadable- you can’t be sure they even enjoyed it, despite them having taken the trouble to stand
three yell out ‘you made a great point!’ or ‘wow I like your ideas!’ or ‘bravo!’
a further five yell out the topic of your talk and nothing else
one person, bafflingly, yells out some random hashtags totally unrelated to your topic, and then their own url
the worst thing about tiny fandoms is that making art still takes just as much time and investment as always but the return is vastly diminished bc almost no one TAGS THEIR THOUGHTS WHEN REBLOGGING and with a very small number of reblogs per post that fact becomes p a i n f u l l y clear
A Pretty Taste for Paradox 