FitzTheRuke
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Huh. I've never thought of "whale" as being derogatory to the whale. I certainly don't think of my customers who I think of as "whales" as being suckers, I think of them as being AWESOME.Am I a "whale? I'm a guy with a small fortune invested in miniatures and terrain, including Dwarven Forge. But I think of whales as folks who are kind of suckered into making bad bets or investments. I don't think hardcore hobbyists are necessarily the same thing, though there can be overlap, for sure.
And it has very little to do with them being rich (or not) - it's just where they choose to spend their money! I have "whales" that have high-paying jobs, but I also have "whales" that clearly just enjoy spending a large part of their leisure money on the sort of things that I sell (Comics and Games).