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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Von Ether" data-source="post: 8028934" data-attributes="member: 15582">Living out on a farm in the 1980s that got sold off soon after I left for college? I assumed the arts could not be less stable. And being a journalist in the 90s wasn't great, but it wasn't bad. This was just the beginning of the pensions being closed down for 401ks because the good days were going to last forever. (This was also the nail in the coffin for the facade of company loyalty to employees.)Before then, many households in Oklahoma believed you could work a good wage at a foundry or the airlines (never mind those fancy insurance or planner jobs) and get a medical plan and pension and that was it. Hindsight is 20/20 and I don't think anyone was planning on getting rich, but they also didn't think it was paycheck to paycheck either. It's not like a binary choice, there's a middle ground. And for this to be such open knowledge, Owen's words seems to be opening a lot of eyes. So I am pretty sure there's a good chunk of people who are unaware how the TTRPG, Video Games, and Comic Book industries work.</blockquote>