42:10a lot of post secondary is a joke tbh
42:11Vtuber university or clown college if you will
42:11we think we're big but we're actually super small niche
42:14Like the streamer university? :_dizHUH:
42:18VTubing is seen as a kind of freedom if you can make it. A lot of benefits of things like mobility.
42:31I remember that one study about cults that examined the Starknights, that was pretty wild
42:33wait can I get a Ph,D writing about Dizzy Dokuro? :thinking_face:
42:34tbf I can see why people would want to do content creation with other options being so limited
42:34would it social media? history? art? theater? psychology to become a vtuber or have a tism?
42:37The key is getting a solid audience.
42:38It can be. Its never guaranteed
42:40Film classes in college today might focus on short form video making
42:49Young people want to make content because they grew up watching content, same reason everyone wanted to play sports or be an astronaut
42:55lot of money if you have an audience
42:56Kinda like live service games, you make it or you flop :_dizComfy:
42:58being good at those jobs is tough
43:06They don't see the 98% of people who have like 325 Youtube subs and don't make it
43:18It's rough out there
43:19people want to escape the system not work in it
43:24They aren't wrong, theres a lot of road blocks being thrown in their way by design
43:26it seems like an achievable dream vs regular life roulette
43:29Can't fault them for that :_dizDown:
43:30It's tough starting a work career these days, for sure
43:32The odds are better?
43:43Nobody teaches kids Pareto distributions or the need for a backup plan. It's kind of like wanting to be an actor or a sportsball player
43:44the classic American dream has literally became a nightmare
43:46Stuffs so bad you may as well pursue your dreams
43:49but dizzy what did you wanted to be when you were a kid?
43:50People want to be in charge of their own destiny, that's been a thing for a long time
43:51The relationship between content creation and economic instability from a career choice perspective would make for an interesting study
43:51As long as they don't go all in on it.
43:57You can get a job, but *careers* are way harder to come by now