love how every time ao3 does a donation drive we have to explain the concept of operating costs to thousands of people who have apparently never had to manage money
like truly it is so funny that this site full of self-proclaimed communists has a nonzero number of people who bitch about funding what is essentially a public service. it’s like people who piss and moan about paying taxes, vote to cut them, and then act surprised when the public library no longer has convenient hours and the fire department takes twice as long to arrive
Today I saw someone on Twitter claim that AO3 is “the opposite of socialist” because it requires money to run. Literally, that pooling resources to make essential goods and services freely available to everyone was capitalist, because socialism… shouldn’t… require… resources?
I’m starting to think furries are the fastest growing sector of the American economy
From his Twitter:
All I wanted was cool robots. But this is the future we got instead.
this man is leveraging his presence in a niche community to advertise his tax services and you’re sat here with your thumb up your ass thinking this precludes advanced robotics somehow. we should all someday be so lucky as Tax Badger
“My doors are only closed to wall street” Tax Badger just went from cool dude to legend.
[Description: Top image, a profile page for Tax Badger, a self-described “Tax business for furries!” with a drawing of a badger dressed in a suit and looking very professional. Second image, from his twitter, someone in DMs asking “I know you do taxes for furries but do you do taxes for non-furry, furry-friendly NSFW content creators?” Tax Badger replies “Of course! Furries are my target client, but my doors are only closed to wall street.”]
I hope people realize how awesome this is.
NSFW artists are both highly in demand and highly ostracized, sometimes by the very same people who patron their work. They’ll have a few who genuinely support them up, but if hard issues hit, like say, an audit (TAXES), can you imagine a smut or hentai artist taking all of their paperwork and numbers to the local H&R? Sitting down and explaining their business expenses- some of which might include porn conventions, or printing and distributing 18+ adult content on their own dime. That sounds doable, right?
The JUDGEMENT ALONE would be exhausting, constantly defending yourself and your work when it’s actually in high demand, and that’s assuming you can even find someone willing to help. Any bullshit excuse could send you out the door.
Do not, EVER, turn your nose up at a professional offering their services to a niche group of people. Because one day, you may find yourself in a niche, suddenly in need of a pro hookup- for something that the average career person can get out of a quick google search (I totally had to delete the words ‘phone book’), but find nothing but slim pickings for your market.
