I mean you can do this irl. You have infinate dialogue options just pick the one that says " so what do you do for a living" Do this next time you go on a date as a conversation starter.
I love how this feels like someone "official" from the government, completely out of touch with the real world and unfamiliar with everything going on, came in and tried to run some kind of demographics audit of the town. There's a lot of things I never expected Skyrim to need but this one is up there. We need a whole lot more of these.
CORRECTIONS: Note: one-dimensional, flimsy characters are very common in Skyrim, so it’s hard to see, along with medieval fantasy being literally the exact opposite of where we are today. I know this was meant to be funny, and I laughed pretty dang hard too. 1:50 mercenary work side, n/a 2:34 works selling food in market, n/a 2:50 Clan Battle-Born is a Nordic family, not a clan. Their farm is operated by relatives, but Olfr is officially retired. 3:15 possibly a maid at the castle 4:02 Jenassa owns a house, chooses to be at the bar, and does mercenary work, either n/a or yes 5:35 YSOLDA IS A GENERAL GOODS TRADER 6:32 lucky enough, he works at the farm. But they are NOT mercenaries 6:46 She secretly owns part of the Battle-born farm, like Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. She also cleans. 8:15 she owns a house. Every mercenary goes to the local tavern for work. 12:25 possibly another maid. The rest was a little weird, but 100% correct. Nice job! Sorry for spamming
I love the idea of an actual government worker muttering “now I hate having to do this, but I need to know if he’s employed” as they just break in to someone’s house.
And he is looking through the sewers for homeless people, and he's ambushed. After murdering that guy, he looks through his stuff and decides that, even though he's dead, he counts as unemployed. I would watch a TV series or a movie about this.
Having worked a season as a census enumerator this series feels so spot on to my experience with sometimes having to make increasingly esoteric calls on how to report. Especially for hostile or uncooperative people or locations. I’d love to see more of these. Given how the unemployment in Ul’dah in FFXIV is a major plot point in the story I’d get a huge kick out of knowing the real number.
Do it. The sooner we put this guy through an MMO capital city with this the better- even if I went with dear old Limsa. Ishgard could be fun too, as could the spoiler-heavy Crystarium. -Or hell, post Stormblood Ala Mhigo.-
if he counted the refugee camp right outside the walls that number could easily be in the 20% range. Austin should be a lalafell working on behalf of Her Grace.
"The list? I thought you were here in my hands? Captain what should we do he's a list" "Forget the list he goes to the block!" *By your order captain, I'm sorry we'll make sure your remains are returned to the library"
I appreciate being able to hear you rustle papers as you make notes and check boxes, it really adds to the effect of being a disinterested video game bureaucrat .
I believe there may be a misunderstanding by the auditor that has skewed the results - the Battle-Borns and Grey-Manes are not mercenary clans, they’re just regular clans. Local rich families feuding over politics. Some of them have jobs but a lot of them are just prancing around in armor as a hobby.
The battle-borne clan own a farm. So technically they’re just business owners as well as imperial informants who were paid well while working as soldiers for the Imperial army as well. As for the grey-manes obviously the richest of the clan is the blacksmith who is quite literally skyrim renowned (spoken about by blacksmiths all over skyrim) if not cyrodil known too meaning people pay some real good money toward him also getting paid by the companions for all their custom weaponry. Edit: He also makes all the jewelry his wife sells as an added business. Counting the preacher as unemployed is also skewed. As heimskr makes quite a bit of money ‘street preaching’ as he owns his own home and in fact is often a target in thieves guild missions.
@@zacharypendragon49 mind you the definition of employed required being employed by someone. Idk if you can argue a religious donation collector is employed
It reminded me of an old video called Corndog “I gotta get up at five-thirty in the ****ing morning, go to a smelly-a** gas station and work with a ****in’ terrorist!”
"Clan" means "family" in this context. The Battle-Borns and Greymanes aren't mercenaries, they're just the local old-blood nobility. Their income is therefore likely derived from land ownership, as is almost always the case with aristocrats.
I love that you could have just used the wiki to make sure you find every NPC, and get an official count of the guards; but instead you run around meeting people that you have already meet. It gives it a really realistic vibe
I don't know why, but the sound of coughing/clearing your throat combined with the sound of paper being moved/worked with is about as "government hearing" as it gets. Really sets the atmosphere. If you can call government hearings an atmosphere.
I did use Magelight, not as a light, but this Angler Fish to lure enemies away from doors and hallways. (With the Illusion Quiet Spellcasting Perk.) Shooting arrows are good, too, but for Mages, Magelight is also good.
They don't though, not in the unemployment numbers anyway... kinda sad to think how the government changes the definition to push the unemployment numbers lower and lower. It's kind of the only thing that broke the gag for me, a _real_ bureaucrat doing an audit for the unemployment rate would be doing everything in his power to add to the "employed" numbers whenever possible, and removing people from the "unemployed" numbers even when they shouldn't.
The examples being the children, saying that the unemployed kids are "unemployable" but turning around and ticking off employed for the girl that works with her mother.
@@SherrifOfNottingham Yeah, idk if this works for every country but in mine unemployed means people that are aviable for work but are not working, meaning it's a very arbitrary statistic.
@@SherrifOfNottingham Yeah or like saying the guy looking for his grandfather’s sword is employed because he is a freelance adventurer. He might not be, but it works.
A way you could count the guards effectively is to get pickpocketing to 100 and get the perfect touch perk, then take off their helmets to know you've counted them. Also these videos are great
God this is stupid. I love it so much and need more. The little “employed” pop up is so satisfying. Edit: The Imperial City would be really funny as every NPC feels the need to share their name, age, occupation, mothers maiden name and social security number upon first contact
While the dead certainly wouldn't count, there are multiple places where the deceased don't just sit around decomposing. We have zombies and ghosts who practically guard graves, which could be considered unpaid labor and honorary work. After all, they prevent intruders from desecrating and robbing graves.
If you wanted to keep track of the guards, take the pickpocketing perk that lets you steal equiped items. Then, when you count a guard, take off all their clothes.
The problem is the game does not actually consider them "individuals" since they are "mob" entities, they respawn and despawn as the game determines how many should be there. While a lot of these methods could work, they may "fail" during the count as the guards get replaced with new ones in a manor that cannot be tracked.
This is just a channel with the most useless non remarkable information that could never be used in a practical way in any situation... and I love it! Keep it up 👍
First off, you _can_ keep track of guards; plant a unique arrow on them, going up one for each new guard you encounter (tell them apart by checking their inventory). Secondly, the districts have names: Plains, Wind, and Cloud.
Yep and he forgot that Rorikstead and Riverwood are considered as a part of Whiterun. I will add he forgot the Western Watchtower and that other guard post near the Loreius farm.
Perhaps the funniest part of this whole thing was actually being able to download the report. I read it out to my girlfriend and we both were howling. Amazing video!
This video is so good. I work in an escrow office and this soothes me in the strangest way. You earned a new follower. Thank you for the ideal content.
I want to mention Avulstein Grey-Mane should count as unemployed as he is in hiding from the Empire. Which controls Whiterun at the time you are in the game. As such he never leaves the house he's in. Which of course means, that he is unemployed.
8:37 But Uthgerd does have a home in Whiterun! If you recruit her as a companion you can take the key from her inventory and sleep there and take some things. It's a rather obscure feature in Skyrim, (being able to by all means, live in the home of one of your companions) despite the fact that it's hinted at in the loading screens where it says that you can take the belongings of people that like you enough. Her house is to the left of the front gate near the Gray Mane and Battle Born houses.
Doesnt mean shes employed lol. Honestly it makes no sense she owns a home considering she only uses it during the civil war battle, and she doesn’t work. Unless it was passed down to her i suppose.
@@dutchvanderlinde248 id assume thats just a gameplay thing. She doesnt have an obvious job or income so they didnt think that was important for her character. It seems shes just meant as a surface level sad warrior who hangs out at bar all day after her failures character, waiting to brawl and join the player. We’re obviously looking too deep into this lol.
I'd argue that she is employed, but self employed. She was trying to get into the companions and was denied due to the accidental death thing, but she's still a warrior for hire. And a warrior for hire, or "Mercenary" if you will, is still a job. Maybe not stable, but a job.
I love the idea of this interdimensional census taker traveling to different game worlds to assess unemployment. "Yes, yes, I know the moon is about to fall but would you say you're legally employed?" "Hello literal child, who is your mother and is your employment with her illegal?" "I'm sorry you killed a man while trying to get a job. You're still unemployed. Have a good day."
@@alfsleftnut9224 could work in the game, but definitely not lorewise. Too much guesswork. What should the density of Tamriel be? Its tech level depending on each province differs from dark age to late midieval, and that’s assuming magic doesn’t prevent child mortality and also they have potatoes. By all means Tamriel should be very dense, but maybe they only have 2-3 kids.
It'd be interesting to see how 7 years and potential Doomsday events changed the unemployment rate in Kakariko Village. As always, well conducted survey.
@jzillacon Except she isn't. Carolatta is that mother the girl talks about. You can even see radiant dialouge between the two about food, and they even have the same last name.
@@learnerman7772 Redguards are basically African nomads. Medieval society was actually pretty respectful of them, especially because of the amount of gold they owned. Look at his farm, for example
I believe there is a console command that allows you to rename stuff, to keep track of the nameless guards you can easily give them a number so you don't risk to count them twice
I believe the Grey-mane lady with the dirty rag and dagger works at the bannered mare. Also some people in the companions just hang out there, some are retired. Same goes with some Battle-born, they arent all mercenaries. Theres one Battle-born that claims to be a warrior poet, but thats just a fancy name for whatever Amir and the open carry guy at the bar do, which is nothing
I KNOW! there were a lot of mistakes… I just made a list, but look at the other comments if you would like to see anything else Note: one-dimensional, flimsy characters are everywhere in Skyrim, so it’s hard to find JOBS anywhere. Medieval fantasy is ALSO literally the exact opposite of today; and I know, it’s absolutely hilarious. 1:50 mercenary work side, n/a 2:34 works selling food in market, n/a 2:50 Clan Battle-Born is a Nordic family, not a clan. Their farm is operated by relatives, but Olfr is officially retired. 3:15 possibly a maid at the castle 4:02 Jenassa owns a house, chooses to be at the bar, and does mercenary work, either n/a or yes 5:35 YSOLDA IS A GENERAL GOODS TRADER 6:32 lucky enough, he works at the farm. But they are NOT mercenaries 6:46 She secretly owns part of the Battle-born farm, like Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. She also cleans. 8:15 she owns a house. Every mercenary goes to the local tavern for work. 12:25 possibly another maid. The rest was a little weird, but 100% correct. Nice job!
What gets me the most about this vid is that the first time I played Skyrim I got so immersed in doing mercenary work to feed my kid I adopted off the streets it made me think how my character is technically an employed citizen of whiterun.
There are a few issues with this. First, Battle-Born and Grey-Mane clans are not mercenaries, they're just families. Idolaf Battle-Born just wanders the city - unemployed Olfrid Battle-Born is too old to work - N/A Avulstein Grey-Mane never leaves the house - unemployed. Vignar Grey-Mane acts as a consultant for the Companions, at best retired. The man that follows him around all day, Brill, is unemployed. I also believe that Amren, Ysolda, Jenassa, and Uthgerd should be classified as self-employed. Amren provides training for a fee. Ysolda is an independent merchant. Uthgerd owns a house in the city and does independent mercenary work. And if Nazeem and Ahlam count as citizens while living in the Drunken Huntsman Inn, then Jenassa should count too. Lilith Maiden-Loom owns the stables, not retired. Ahlam and Jenssen both work at the temple. Just because they are not priests doesn't mean it's not work. And I believe you missed Gloth, who works at Pelagia farm. Assuming you correctly counted the number of guards, the unemployment rate with my information would be 7.8% (rounded up from 7.777 repeating)
Gotta ask... Does the jarl count as employed? I'm assuming so. If so, then they also need to be taken into consideration for the calculation, therefore changing the total unemployment percent.
@@theArab__ not at all he was just wrong about characters like ysolda, beind wrong about that doesent have a point and isnt detached from the reality of skyrim at all what are you on about. Nobody is mad at him that he made 1 tiny mistake in a video its fine
usually someone who is very unfamiliar with the game and its lore gets me quite frustrated, but i think it actually really helps the role in this scenario. a random census officer wouldn't really know anything about the town or care. this is very entertaining. i enjoyed it a lot also i'm glad you didn't end up counting loreius farm bc it's on the border between whiterun and the pale BUT technically part of the pale
Based on the context clues of pen clicks over multiple videos and you dropping your pen in this one, I can confirm you are writing an entire book or filling out surveys on individual pages. I love how committed you are to this for us, more than just check marks and a short synopsys for each town.
I absolutely love this omg Also! Ahlam is technically a priestess at the temple, she has dialogue with Danica who mentions "The work you do here, with me, is invaluable"
Sorry, Ma'am/Sir, She doesn't seem to be an official member of the Temple, not wearing "required by the Temple law" uniform, nether working full time in the Temple, She is likely fall into the category of Volunteered Housewife.
"BLS defines volunteers as follows: “Volunteers are defined as persons who do/did unpaid work (except for expenses) through or for an organization.” Thus, BLS recognizes volunteering as a type of work, but it does not include volunteers as part of the labor force." Source: The official Bureau of Labor Statistics site No pay = Not employed.
Just for you if I ever make a game every NPC will have a dialogue option where you ask if they're employed. Also it'll be a real time game like animal crossing with changing employment status
Please someone make this man a mod to put a glow on every person he checks. Green for employed, red for unemployed. He's working way too hard and deserves some help. It must be crazy annoying to have people constantly move around and lose track of who you already checked. I want you to be able to mark them and have it stay between loadscreens. This would help alot with situations like counting the guards. None of them have unique names and there always moving. I would get so lost lol. Modders make it happen for this man. He's far to marvelous.
“Those people count. I know you want to ignore them and build benches with spikes on them but they count those are people. Human beings.” INCREDIBLY BASED
I have no idea what this is in reference to. The only spikes I can think of are on the subway vents and they're necessary because sleeping on those will clog them and start fires.
@@Thedarkbunnyrabbit Look up hostile/anti-homeless architecture. They put bars on benches and spikes on most raise flat surfaces, some even have 45° angle surfaces, so people can't lay down.
Heimskr is clearly a homeowner. It may be a shack, but it's still in the Wind District which is prime real estate, directly in front of the famed Jorrvaskr. It's a single-person shack, so it's unlikely to be a family home he simply inherited. It's also next to the shrine of Talos, which indicates to me that this would be the residence of the local priest to Talos. The White-Gold Concordant was a recent treaty that banned the worship of Talos, which not all holds in Skyrim have fully been caught up to speed on yet. The status of his religion is thus up in the air concerning Whiterun's bylaws, but this is an Imperial census. It's clear that he either has enough money to continue paying taxes on his land in the expensive Wind District whilst doing preaching in his free time as someone who can afford to live there (seeing as there's no evidence that he runs his ministry off charitable donations), or is receiving state funding from Whiterun for his services. However, the Empire does not recognize those services. Therefore, I would classify him as non-applicable in either case, as he is either retired or a state employee whose job should technically be illegal, but isn't yet due to slow adoption of new Imperial legislation.
As he clearly doesn't take donations, it could neither count as begging, nor as community funded service. His income must come from a different place. My assumption is that he is still employed by the local government, as there is unwillingness to adopt the new legislation in certain regions. The fact that the shrine is still on open display, despite the official ban of the religion lets me suspect that the local Jarl indeed refuses to ban the belief and might be considered the employer.
It should be noted that his house seems to double as a temple/public place of worship. While it seems to have been closed to the public in recent times, it does contain a few pews as well as a small stage for him to preach/teach his religion to others. So there's also the possibility that his house was (and possibly still is) considered non-taxable due to its doubling as a place of religious worship.
@@ghost_eevee if he hasn't been arrested by Thalmor officials, nor the very prominent statue and shrine to Talos been decomissioned, they're either very inefficient in aplying new legislation, or they're allowed some more freedom in Whiterun, as elsewhere in Skyrim, the mere suspicion you follow Talos will get you persecuted by Thalmor agents, let alone openly preaching in front of a major monument to Talos.
with Mila , her "working with her mother " could actually just be her hanging around the shop. we never see her do any real work, and her mother is a single parent and may very well just be watching her daughter while she works.
She seems a bit young to start doing actual smithing, but at her age she should be able enough to help out cleaning the workplace. As it is common in pre-industrial societies for children to take over the business from their parents, she might as well be in some form of internship or school-based field placement. I guess most of her apprenticeship at this point is focused on theory and obervational study, with mechanical labor added in a few years.
@@HappyBeezerStudios you're describing Alvor's daughter in Riverwood, who is indeed an apprentice smith under her father, Mila however is the daughter if Carlotta, the owner of the fruit stand
Uthgerd the Unbroken does live in Whiterun meaning she should be counted as unemployed not an out of towner. Even though she spends all her time at the inn, she actually owns a house in Whiterun (it's connected to Amren's house which forms like a duplex which is probably why you missed it). Also I would argue that Jenassa the mercenary who is always at the drunken huntsman should count as a whiterun citizen seeing as she never leaves. Also Olfina Gray-Mane works at The Bannered Mare and thus should be considered employed as well.
From UESP, the foremost resource on the people of Skyrim (and all of Tamriel, for that matter): Lillith Maiden-Loom is the owner of Whiterun Stables, and is Employed. Olfina works evenings at The Bannered Mare, and is Employed. Ahlam, however ineffective she may be, is a healer at the Temple of Kynareth, and is Employed. Not sure if Tilma the Haggard (Companions maid) was counted. (Employed) Uthgerd the Unbroken does live in Whiterun, and is Unemployed. (Thanks to Black Juice for the tip.)
Thanks. According to me, longtime Skyrim player since the 2016 Special edition (when I was 8), multiple mistakes are counted here. I have a list to copypaste everywhere I see. Note: one-dimensional, flimsy characters are everywhere in Skyrim, so it’s hard to find JOBS anywhere. Medieval fantasy is ALSO literally the exact opposite of today; and I know, it’s absolutely hilarious. 1:50 mercenary work side, n/a 2:34 works selling food in market, n/a 2:50 Clan Battle-Born is a Nordic family, not a clan. Their farm is operated by relatives, but Olfr is officially retired. 3:15 possibly a maid at the castle 4:02 Jenassa owns a house, chooses to be at the bar, and does mercenary work, either n/a or yes 5:35 YSOLDA IS A GENERAL GOODS TRADER 6:32 lucky enough, he works at the farm. But they are NOT mercenaries 6:46 She secretly owns part of the Battle-born farm, like Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. She also cleans. 8:15 she owns a house. Every mercenary goes to the local tavern for work. 12:25 possibly another maid. The rest was a little weird, but 100% correct. Nice job!
Some of them change or take occupation depending on how the game progresses: - Sinmir will become head of the guards, if Whiterun is taken by the Stormcloaks. - Ysolda will take over the Bannered Mare (which she plans to buy anyway) if Hulda dies (dark brotherhood quests anyone) - Uthgerd has a house in town, and after a short quest (which involves a fist fight) can be employed as follower/bodyguard. - While Heimskr is preaching, he neither gets a wage nor takes donations, so he isn't employed per se, but it is common for him to take on the occupation of "dead" (usually with help from the Dragonborn)
Ysolda will take over almost all the shops if the person dies, she has all the merchant knowledge :) Also the last one cracked me up. I don't care about Nazeem, I would just really love to kill Heimskr and Mila Valentia
"Lotta old people in Bergritte- I mean..." *slow zoom in* Had me rolling. You are hilarious, I'm so glad NakeyJakey said to come check you out! And your video game character drowning series is incredible.
Oh my god the "Who are you?? 'Hamelyn'?" *battling* "Are you employed?" *stabbing* "Are you employed? Sir?" *casting spells* "Are you employed?" *cinematic camera* "I'm not saying you're not skilled, but I need to know if you're emPLOYED!" *deathblow* "That's what you get when you don't participate in the census." This video is amazing. I can't stop laughing. So excited to see the other videos in this series.
Love these lol, I was having an awful day and awful migraine and these were exactly on my wavelength. Cheered me up big time. Please keep making these!
I absolutely love this video idea! I don't see how Gray-mane and Battle Born are mercenaries. Battle-Born owns a farm, on of the sons is a bard; Grey-mane works a jewelry stall, the young lady works at the Inn, one is a blacksmith.
Yeah, I think he's not very familiar with Skyrim so he doesn't pick up on a lot of the things that come from random interactions, like John being an unemployed aspiring bard and Olfina working at the Bannered Mare. Also, Uthgurd lives in a home in Whiterun which he missed, and that old Maiden-Loom lady owns the stables.
@@Mr-tu4cj sounds just like an out-of-touch Imperial surveyor that just got there from Cyrodiil and wants to be done with it as soon as possible, fits perfectly
He liked the comment, so he saw it! We got ‘em, boys! I have an entire list for general copy pasting of what’s wrong Note: one-dimensional, flimsy characters are everywhere in Skyrim, so it’s hard to find JOBS anywhere. Medieval fantasy is ALSO literally the exact opposite of today; and I know, it’s absolutely hilarious. 1:50 mercenary work side, n/a 2:34 works selling food in market, n/a 2:50 Clan Battle-Born is a Nordic family, not a clan. Their farm is operated by relatives, but Olfr is officially retired. 3:15 possibly a maid at the castle 4:02 Jenassa owns a house, chooses to be at the bar, and does mercenary work, either n/a or yes 5:35 YSOLDA IS A GENERAL GOODS TRADER 6:32 lucky enough, he works at the farm. But they are NOT mercenaries 6:46 She secretly owns part of the Battle-born farm, like Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. She also cleans. 8:15 she owns a house. Every mercenary goes to the local tavern for work. 12:25 possibly another maid. The rest was a little weird, but 100% correct. Nice job!
I found a way to tell guards apart but it involves enchantment and the pickpocket perk "Perfect Touch". You have to enchant weapons, name those weapons. Pickpocket all of the guard's current weapons, and place your named weapons into their inventory. They will use the new weapons you give them
Glad to see someone taking the time to check in on the people of whiterun. Though it comes with some sighs I can tell you really care for the community here. Thank you Austin and keep up the good work.
This is an absolutely fantastic video! Now you did tell us to voice any issues with the survey in the comments so: Uthgerd the Unbroken is not from out of town, she has a house in Whiterun. So she should be counted as unemployed. But yes, great video!
Small correction: Uthgerd the Unbroken is indeed a resident of Whiterun. Her house is right next to Amren's. She doesn't seem to have a job though, so she should be counted as unemployed.
17:30 the timing of him walking up out of nowhere with that smug look, you acknowledging it, and him immediatley saying "I've got my eyes on you" was perfect comedic timing lmao
The information presented in this video allowed me to finalize my investment decision in the Whiterun Hold. I would like to thank the bureau for it's continued service to local communities and look forward to its report on the economic status of Rattay in the Sasau Region. I've been eyeing it for some future entrepreneurial opportunities, but despite words of ensurement from authorities in the region, I would prefer to wait for a non-biased report. Thank you again.
I think Ysolda was employed, at least I could swear one of the stalls in front of the inn was hers 🤔 she simply wants something bigger for herself, so she talks about wanting to learn from the khajiit caravans about trading and needing the mammoth tusk for that, she also is considering buying the inn if she can get enough gold for it
people should really uninstall their "whiterun anti-homeless architecture" mods, it is very troubling and giving the beggars a gold coin does not change that
Thanks again-part of the reason that I love RUclips content is because of the extent to which people go to provide me with answers to questions that nobody ever asked. Great job
I'm from Vegas and love when it's represented in games and I can look around to see its attention to detail (GTA SA might be the best) it would be cool to see you walk through the New Orleans of video games. L4D2, mafia 3,Tony Hawk, etc. Very happy to have found your videos!
I like the New Orleans idea having been there. I don’t have anything against the town but my visit was nothing like I expected lol. The streets smell like a dumpster and I know it smells like one having been a groundskeeper at an amusement park. I step outside a nice restaurant for a cigarette break and I had a literal crackhead stumble all over me ( He admitted he was on crack. At least he was honest.) but funnily enough he noticed I had a Skyrim tattoo and we had a full conversation about him owning the mask of Clavicus Vile that he had with him (it was a guy fawks mask) and debated which daedric item gave the best advantages in the game. I gotta give it to him, he knew his shit. Then he awarded me his mask of Clavicus Vile and went away. Then there was another homeless guy who sat in the French corner with his bulldog sitting on a towel with a bowl of water and a hat sat infront of them for people to give money. Now that’s a good tactic cause who can say no to a dog? Anyways, very memorable visit. Then a hurricane struck the area a week later and I didn’t even know that is was coming lol. It was cool seeing the crowded airport I went through on the news where when I flew back the airport was empty. I hope all those homeless guys were ok.
I think Amren counts as (self-)employed. He's sort of a freelance mercenary, and spends a lot of time away from home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter. Ysolda's employment status is something of a grey area. She's not officially a merchant yet (unless she takes over for Hulda or Belethor), but she does do some trading ... and some smuggling/drug dealing, which is arguably a job (more honest work than being a landlord in any case!).
I agree. He marks a lot of self employed people as unemployed for some reason. Amren feeds his family through mercenary work, he says as much. It's why he wants his father's sword back, since to him it's a symbol for taking care of your family since him and his father do the same job with the same goal.
I think the 'ignorant government worker' persona gives him a lot of wiggle room for stuff like this. On the books, Amren and Ydolda probably count as unemployed.
I do like this content! I like how seriously you're taking it, and for the final documents I *love* how you're taking local politics and in-world events into consideration. That's amazing to me and makes this all feel really fulfilling! Nicely done, man! I couldn't ask for more from each report. I'd like to see more of these reports!~
Love this video and the Riften unemployment video. Would love to see a video on Windhelm and Solitude. These are the capital cities of the holds run by the two Jarls competing for the position of High King of Skyrim. As the Dragonborn, a man who is a soul gem that holds Dragon souls and spends those souls on learning dragon shouts, I can side with one of these Jarls and decide the outcome of the civil war. I'd like a full report on the unemployment and viability of these cities to determine who I think would do a better job leading all of Skyrim.
The frame at which the guard was sleeping in the bad in the guard barracks and seeing “EMPLOYED ✅” is hilarious The Companions are turning Whiterun into a company town
I love how the npc dialogue makes this so possible because everyone immediately tells you what they do for a living
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its just like meeting someone from the US
I mean you can do this irl.
You have infinate dialogue options just pick the one that says " so what do you do for a living"
Do this next time you go on a date as a conversation starter.
Could do it even faster with one google search 😂
I wOrK fOr BeLaThOr, At ThE gEnErAl GoOdS sToRe!
“He lives in the jurisdiction, he’s able-bodied, and he’s a terrorist” killed me
Yea, be probably would seeing he was a terrorist
Must’ve killed him rtoo
He _was_ able-bodied.
Lmao best part of the video. "Are you employed?? Thats what happens when you dont participate in the census" 😂😂🤦🏽
that's interesting, I was unaware that terrorists were unemployed
Hearing the pen click every time he makes a determination is just the icing on the cake lmao
The ruffling of paper as he flips through his clipboard too. Just really nice little details that add up to the overall immersion.
I love how this feels like someone "official" from the government, completely out of touch with the real world and unfamiliar with everything going on, came in and tried to run some kind of demographics audit of the town.
There's a lot of things I never expected Skyrim to need but this one is up there. We need a whole lot more of these.
Well, Skyrim characters can’t tell you their profession…
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Note: one-dimensional, flimsy characters are very common in Skyrim, so it’s hard to see, along with medieval fantasy being literally the exact opposite of where we are today. I know this was meant to be funny, and I laughed pretty dang hard too.
1:50 mercenary work side, n/a
2:34 works selling food in market, n/a
2:50 Clan Battle-Born is a Nordic family, not a clan. Their farm is operated by relatives, but Olfr is officially retired.
3:15 possibly a maid at the castle
4:02 Jenassa owns a house, chooses to be at the bar, and does mercenary work, either n/a or yes
5:35 YSOLDA IS A GENERAL GOODS TRADER
6:32 lucky enough, he works at the farm. But they are NOT mercenaries
6:46 She secretly owns part of the Battle-born farm, like Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. She also cleans.
8:15 she owns a house. Every mercenary goes to the local tavern for work.
12:25 possibly another maid.
The rest was a little weird, but 100% correct. Nice job!
Sorry for spamming
@@incognitoman3656 shut, nerd lmao lmao
Imperial Economy Surveyor who has no idea what the real problems are
@@agooddaytorespawn57 I love that he also doesn't know the administrative status of Skyrim within the Empire.
I love the idea of an actual government worker muttering “now I hate having to do this, but I need to know if he’s employed” as they just break in to someone’s house.
"Im not looking forward to the paperwork, but I need to do this for an accurate census." *kicks down the door
Ottawan government workers be like
I started reading that quote like a second before it popped up in the video 😂
And he is looking through the sewers for homeless people, and he's ambushed. After murdering that guy, he looks through his stuff and decides that, even though he's dead, he counts as unemployed.
I would watch a TV series or a movie about this.
@@aguyontheinternet8436 Reminds me of the time people in Umbrella Academy
Having worked a season as a census enumerator this series feels so spot on to my experience with sometimes having to make increasingly esoteric calls on how to report. Especially for hostile or uncooperative people or locations.
I’d love to see more of these. Given how the unemployment in Ul’dah in FFXIV is a major plot point in the story I’d get a huge kick out of knowing the real number.
This comment makes this series even better
Do it. The sooner we put this guy through an MMO capital city with this the better- even if I went with dear old Limsa. Ishgard could be fun too, as could the spoiler-heavy Crystarium. -Or hell, post Stormblood Ala Mhigo.-
Doing this for a FFXIV town like Ul'dah would take a wild amount of time
if he counted the refugee camp right outside the walls that number could easily be in the 20% range.
Austin should be a lalafell working on behalf of Her Grace.
sounds swagchi, got any COOL stories about that silly job? %)
The fact you’re playing as an imperial is like the icing on the cake for immersion lmao
They do like their lists
@@Sheepy19801 empire loves their damned lists
"The list? I thought you were here in my hands?
Captain what should we do he's a list"
"Forget the list he goes to the block!"
*By your order captain, I'm sorry we'll make sure your remains are returned to the library"
Skyrim belongs to the nords smh
@@kingt0295 the Nord PR department really should of thought of a different line, given how the Nords arent native lol
I appreciate being able to hear you rustle papers as you make notes and check boxes, it really adds to the effect of being a disinterested video game bureaucrat .
The pen clicking makes me laugh everytime
Any Austin has a way of being hilarious while doing and talking about the most mundane stuff haha
i can't tell if he's played this game 300 times or just downloaded it for the first time
If he did play this game a lot he would know Ysolda owns a stand and isn’t unemployed lol
@@Fetidaf counterpoint I have 1000 combined hours in Skyrim and I don't even know who that is
@@Occultist_Anonymous really? She’s one of the first people anyone meets in white run and her mammoth tusk quest was a pretty big meme back in the day
he didn't know who the companions were so I think hes newish
@@Fetidaf see had you said mammoth tusk lady
I believe there may be a misunderstanding by the auditor that has skewed the results - the Battle-Borns and Grey-Manes are not mercenary clans, they’re just regular clans. Local rich families feuding over politics. Some of them have jobs but a lot of them are just prancing around in armor as a hobby.
Sir and/or ma’am. If you have an issue with the bureau, then I’m going to have to ask you to submit a formal complaint through the QI-7 document.
They are likely lobbyist.
The battle-borne clan own a farm. So technically they’re just business owners as well as imperial informants who were paid well while working as soldiers for the Imperial army as well. As for the grey-manes obviously the richest of the clan is the blacksmith who is quite literally skyrim renowned (spoken about by blacksmiths all over skyrim) if not cyrodil known too meaning people pay some real good money toward him also getting paid by the companions for all their custom weaponry.
Edit: He also makes all the jewelry his wife sells as an added business.
Counting the preacher as unemployed is also skewed. As heimskr makes quite a bit of money ‘street preaching’ as he owns his own home and in fact is often a target in thieves guild missions.
@@squidlytv Or just beneficiaries of nepotism
@@zacharypendragon49 mind you the definition of employed required being employed by someone. Idk if you can argue a religious donation collector is employed
“He’s lives in the jurisdiction, he’s able-bodied, and he’s a terrorist.”
Why did I laugh so hard at that lmaooo
It reminded me of an old video called Corndog
“I gotta get up at five-thirty in the ****ing morning, go to a smelly-a** gas station and work with a ****in’ terrorist!”
"Clan" means "family" in this context. The Battle-Borns and Greymanes aren't mercenaries, they're just the local old-blood nobility. Their income is therefore likely derived from land ownership, as is almost always the case with aristocrats.
They own a farm outside Whiterun.
@@v1rtualnish
Do both families own farms? I thought it was just the Battle-Borns
I'm pretty sure the guy is just roleplaying as a person living in this world who isn't aware of how things work
Eorlund the Patriarch of the Gray-Manes works as blacksmith for the Companions, not very typical for someone of his status.
The Battle-Borns also work as mercenaries and informants for the empire; so I understand where the confusion may come from to an imperial auditor.
I love that you could have just used the wiki to make sure you find every NPC, and get an official count of the guards; but instead you run around meeting people that you have already meet. It gives it a really realistic vibe
I dont think its an act, I think this is his first time in whiterun lmao
To keep track of the guards, I would’ve stolen their clothes.
@@sorrellion1414 no it’s an act lol
@@sorrellion1414he knew not to go to the sky forge because he already met eorlund, it’s an act lol
I don't know why, but the sound of coughing/clearing your throat combined with the sound of paper being moved/worked with is about as "government hearing" as it gets. Really sets the atmosphere. If you can call government hearings an atmosphere.
The looking for a pen bit was golden
I can imagine him readjusting his hard hat as he calls someone unemployed
I was thinking the same thing. I wonder if he did it on purpose.
“I’m not a man, I’m a weapon in human form”
“I respect your pronouns, don’t worry”
took me out 💀
Hrongar unironically identifies as an attack helicopter
“I’m a god in human clothes! Lightning bolts shoot from my fingertips!” - Saul
Dawg that absolutely KILLED me
I identify as a Staff of Magelight, collecting dust as we speak.
I did use Magelight, not as a light, but this Angler Fish to lure enemies away from doors and hallways. (With the Illusion Quiet Spellcasting Perk.)
Shooting arrows are good, too, but for Mages, Magelight is also good.
"Does being a terrorist count as being employed" is a question I can firmly say I would never have considered were it not for this channel.
It does if you get paid.
@@Amadeus8484 Technically yes; but as it is an illicit occupation, I doubt that it would be counted by a census as employment.
@@GaggleOfHams True.
@@Amadeus8484 Imagine submitting your taxes to the IRS.
Occupation: "Domestic terrorist."
IRS: "WTF???"
@@jamesgravil9162 They might ask which branch of America's government you work for lol
"I know you wanna ignore em and build benches with spikes on em but they count. Those are people, human beings." Damn
They don't though, not in the unemployment numbers anyway... kinda sad to think how the government changes the definition to push the unemployment numbers lower and lower.
It's kind of the only thing that broke the gag for me, a _real_ bureaucrat doing an audit for the unemployment rate would be doing everything in his power to add to the "employed" numbers whenever possible, and removing people from the "unemployed" numbers even when they shouldn't.
The examples being the children, saying that the unemployed kids are "unemployable" but turning around and ticking off employed for the girl that works with her mother.
@@SherrifOfNottingham so true
@@SherrifOfNottingham Yeah, idk if this works for every country but in mine unemployed means people that are aviable for work but are not working, meaning it's a very arbitrary statistic.
@@SherrifOfNottingham Yeah or like saying the guy looking for his grandfather’s sword is employed because he is a freelance adventurer. He might not be, but it works.
A way you could count the guards effectively is to get pickpocketing to 100 and get the perfect touch perk, then take off their helmets to know you've counted them. Also these videos are great
I was gonna say just their pants lol
God this is stupid. I love it so much and need more. The little “employed” pop up is so satisfying.
Edit: The Imperial City would be really funny as every NPC feels the need to share their name, age, occupation, mothers maiden name and social security number upon first contact
*takes notes* Imperial City perfect for census and committing fraud✍️✍️
Oh my god a wild Joov, who let him out of region locked Skyrim.
Holy shit the imperial city (and honestly any city in oblivion) would be perfect. It would drive this guy crazy
Joov :D
This is the kind of elder scrolls content we need in 2022
"I'm not a man, I'm a weapon in human form"
"dont worry, I respect your pronouns" lmao I lost my shit there, your delivery is so dry, I love it
Literally read this as it was happening lol
Literally just watched that part and that was amazing deadpan right there 😂
Attack helicopter: boring, overused, intended as an insult
Weapon in human form: unique, imposing, keeps in touch with your humanity
@Daruki Neo swords can be people, whilst some of us non humans don't identify with person, most of us are happy to be legally placed in the category.
@@lred1383 ok commie
The audible click of the ballpoint pen emphasizes the clinical efficiency of the auditor. Soothing, like the gentle inevitability of death and taxes.
i laughed way too hard at the dead prisoner getting labeled "UNEMPLOYED"
While the dead certainly wouldn't count, there are multiple places where the deceased don't just sit around decomposing. We have zombies and ghosts who practically guard graves, which could be considered unpaid labor and honorary work. After all, they prevent intruders from desecrating and robbing graves.
Wait, if they're dead, they're not able-bodied! That means they should not count for the unemployed demographic!
“Oh..”
UNEMPLOYED
Yeah me too
You’ve think you’ve seen it all until you watch a half hour video of someone role playing in Skyrim as a census bureau employee
13:46 The “employed” notification being skewed to match their positions was hilarious
If you wanted to keep track of the guards, take the pickpocketing perk that lets you steal equiped items. Then, when you count a guard, take off all their clothes.
Seeing as he's level 2, he probably just made a new character and made a beeline toward Whiterun.
I mean, I chose to give them better weapons to tell them apart, but to each their own I guess. lmao
u just wanna see near naked beefy men.. u aint slick.. 😂
The problem is the game does not actually consider them "individuals" since they are "mob" entities, they respawn and despawn as the game determines how many should be there. While a lot of these methods could work, they may "fail" during the count as the guards get replaced with new ones in a manor that cannot be tracked.
Or good ol' fortify alchemy loop, create a paralysis potion with a stupidly long duration and count tve surprisingly realistic sculptures around town
This is just a channel with the most useless non remarkable information that could never be used in a practical way in any situation... and I love it! Keep it up 👍
best type of content tbh
@@sierranicholes6712 thats what I'm here for lol
I subscribed because of this comment
Orange is the only colour named after a fruit it's also the only fruit named after a colour lol
@@ridanann That's a paradox, not non-remarkable info.
This video made me realize there’s WAY more NPCs in whiterun than I thought
First off, you _can_ keep track of guards; plant a unique arrow on them, going up one for each new guard you encounter (tell them apart by checking their inventory). Secondly, the districts have names: Plains, Wind, and Cloud.
Oh, my thought was just kill the guards, then count the bodies
Yep and he forgot that Rorikstead and Riverwood are considered as a part of Whiterun. I will add he forgot the Western Watchtower and that other guard post near the Loreius farm.
I think it adds to the illusion though of him being a census worker
@@patrickweber3954 They're a part of Whiterun Hold but not the city of Whiterun
@@yaoiboi60 Yeah, the parts he went to are part of the metropolitan area.
Perhaps the funniest part of this whole thing was actually being able to download the report. I read it out to my girlfriend and we both were howling. Amazing video!
I didn't notice it lol
furry moment
furry
This doc is my new party trick
@Kenehi Millar its a broom leaning on a wall.
This video is so good. I work in an escrow office and this soothes me in the strangest way. You earned a new follower. Thank you for the ideal content.
As an unemployed person I like to watch these videos while I get drunk in the morning on a weekday.
That sounds amazjng
@@emilya8947 You should try it! If you have a job, just do it before work.
as an unemployed person i’m wearing the same clothes as yesterday eating beans, drinking cola, and reading your comment at noon on a tuesday
As an unemployed person, does anyone have 20 bucks I could borrow?
Hey there brother
I want to mention Avulstein Grey-Mane should count as unemployed as he is in hiding from the Empire. Which controls Whiterun at the time you are in the game. As such he never leaves the house he's in. Which of course means, that he is unemployed.
It’s also worth mentioning that Hrongar is also likely unemployed as he is living off his brother the Jarl.
youre only unemployed if youre seeking occupation but you cant get it
Avulstein is 1) unemployable as a fugitive and 2) not looking for work, so he doesn't contribute to employment statistics.
@@doc_eh2747 i think he is employed as a guard for the jarl
That's okay, because eurlonds wife is employed, so it evens out
This was randomly recommended to me and whoo boy it's perfect--the delivery, the edits, the premise, it's GREAT. I need more.
8:37 But Uthgerd does have a home in Whiterun! If you recruit her as a companion you can take the key from her inventory and sleep there and take some things. It's a rather obscure feature in Skyrim, (being able to by all means, live in the home of one of your companions) despite the fact that it's hinted at in the loading screens where it says that you can take the belongings of people that like you enough. Her house is to the left of the front gate near the Gray Mane and Battle Born houses.
Noticed that too
Doesnt mean shes employed lol. Honestly it makes no sense she owns a home considering she only uses it during the civil war battle, and she doesn’t work. Unless it was passed down to her i suppose.
@@SGTMasterBean Does hunting and such count? She clearly has a source of income as she has money to pay you when you win her fist fight bet.
@@dutchvanderlinde248 id assume thats just a gameplay thing. She doesnt have an obvious job or income so they didnt think that was important for her character. It seems shes just meant as a surface level sad warrior who hangs out at bar all day after her failures character, waiting to brawl and join the player. We’re obviously looking too deep into this lol.
I'd argue that she is employed, but self employed. She was trying to get into the companions and was denied due to the accidental death thing, but she's still a warrior for hire. And a warrior for hire, or "Mercenary" if you will, is still a job. Maybe not stable, but a job.
I love the idea of this interdimensional census taker traveling to different game worlds to assess unemployment.
"Yes, yes, I know the moon is about to fall but would you say you're legally employed?"
"Hello literal child, who is your mother and is your employment with her illegal?"
"I'm sorry you killed a man while trying to get a job. You're still unemployed. Have a good day."
Reminds me of the book "This Census-taker" even though that's more serious xD
I know right, I'd love to see a whole series on this where plays differnt games and calculates the total population and unemployment rate.
"You're dead in a jail cell. Unemployed."
Sounds sort of like the follower Recorder.
@@alfsleftnut9224 could work in the game, but definitely not lorewise. Too much guesswork. What should the density of Tamriel be? Its tech level depending on each province differs from dark age to late midieval, and that’s assuming magic doesn’t prevent child mortality and also they have potatoes. By all means Tamriel should be very dense, but maybe they only have 2-3 kids.
This is both a funny idea and a good illustration of why it's hard to pin down a hard unemployment rate.
There's something weirdly soothing and comfy about these census videos, please PLEASE make more of them.
It'd be interesting to see how 7 years and potential Doomsday events changed the unemployment rate in Kakariko Village. As always, well conducted survey.
I wonder if the Redeads in Hyrule Market and beneath the well are considered "employed." Does working for Ganondorf count as employment?
how will this effect the kakariko economy?
The math might run into a div/0 error.
Nice
A big thankey to Nankey Jankey for sending me your way, this rocks, my dude
what video did jakey talk about austin in ? :0
"I'm counting her as unemployed. my evidence is: 🤷🏻♂️"
Sometimes you gotta go with your gut
You really think woman work in that society? Even the black folks is a mystery to me 💀
@jzillacon Except she isn't. Carolatta is that mother the girl talks about. You can even see radiant dialouge between the two about food, and they even have the same last name.
@@learnerman7772 Redguards are basically African nomads. Medieval society was actually pretty respectful of them, especially because of the amount of gold they owned. Look at his farm, for example
@jzillacon yep! Made a list of corrections, keep scrolling for a little and you’ll see it
The way he articulates himself during the official Bureau report is genuinely hilarious to me.
I believe there is a console command that allows you to rename stuff, to keep track of the nameless guards you can easily give them a number so you don't risk to count them twice
Wow. When given the opportunity to rename "stuff" your first thought is to give people numbers. smdh /s
I believe the Grey-mane lady with the dirty rag and dagger works at the bannered mare. Also some people in the companions just hang out there, some are retired. Same goes with some Battle-born, they arent all mercenaries. Theres one Battle-born that claims to be a warrior poet, but thats just a fancy name for whatever Amir and the open carry guy at the bar do, which is nothing
Yea, Olfina has some dialogue with Ysolda that confirms she still works evenings at the Bannered Mare.
I KNOW!
there were a lot of mistakes…
I just made a list, but look at the other comments if you would like to see anything else
Note: one-dimensional, flimsy characters are everywhere in Skyrim, so it’s hard to find JOBS anywhere. Medieval fantasy is ALSO literally the exact opposite of today; and I know, it’s absolutely hilarious.
1:50 mercenary work side, n/a
2:34 works selling food in market, n/a
2:50 Clan Battle-Born is a Nordic family, not a clan. Their farm is operated by relatives, but Olfr is officially retired.
3:15 possibly a maid at the castle
4:02 Jenassa owns a house, chooses to be at the bar, and does mercenary work, either n/a or yes
5:35 YSOLDA IS A GENERAL GOODS TRADER
6:32 lucky enough, he works at the farm. But they are NOT mercenaries
6:46 She secretly owns part of the Battle-born farm, like Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. She also cleans.
8:15 she owns a house. Every mercenary goes to the local tavern for work.
12:25 possibly another maid.
The rest was a little weird, but 100% correct. Nice job!
What gets me the most about this vid is that the first time I played Skyrim I got so immersed in doing mercenary work to feed my kid I adopted off the streets it made me think how my character is technically an employed citizen of whiterun.
What's crazy is the soldier-to-population ratio. So many guards
It's a feudalistic society during wartime.
The biggest problem is so few children. They are doomed.
Not really they are attacked by dragons and are currently going through war
There are a few issues with this.
First, Battle-Born and Grey-Mane clans are not mercenaries, they're just families.
Idolaf Battle-Born just wanders the city - unemployed
Olfrid Battle-Born is too old to work - N/A
Avulstein Grey-Mane never leaves the house - unemployed.
Vignar Grey-Mane acts as a consultant for the Companions, at best retired. The man that follows him around all day, Brill, is unemployed.
I also believe that Amren, Ysolda, Jenassa, and Uthgerd should be classified as self-employed. Amren provides training for a fee. Ysolda is an independent merchant. Uthgerd owns a house in the city and does independent mercenary work. And if Nazeem and Ahlam count as citizens while living in the Drunken Huntsman Inn, then Jenassa should count too.
Lilith Maiden-Loom owns the stables, not retired.
Ahlam and Jenssen both work at the temple. Just because they are not priests doesn't mean it's not work.
And I believe you missed Gloth, who works at Pelagia farm.
Assuming you correctly counted the number of guards, the unemployment rate with my information would be 7.8% (rounded up from 7.777 repeating)
i was thinking that too, glad someone commented it so i don’t have to type it out myself
Gotta ask... Does the jarl count as employed? I'm assuming so. If so, then they also need to be taken into consideration for the calculation, therefore changing the total unemployment percent.
@@EchoAwakens i would say that a jarl is employed, kinda like a government official or president
That’s the point it’s meant to be inaccurate and detached from the actual reality of Skyrim
@@theArab__ not at all he was just wrong about characters like ysolda, beind wrong about that doesent have a point and isnt detached from the reality of skyrim at all what are you on about. Nobody is mad at him that he made 1 tiny mistake in a video its fine
usually someone who is very unfamiliar with the game and its lore gets me quite frustrated, but i think it actually really helps the role in this scenario. a random census officer wouldn't really know anything about the town or care. this is very entertaining. i enjoyed it a lot
also i'm glad you didn't end up counting loreius farm bc it's on the border between whiterun and the pale BUT technically part of the pale
Although he may just be pretending to no know, for the sake of roleplay. I still can't tell which it is.
Based on the context clues of pen clicks over multiple videos and you dropping your pen in this one, I can confirm you are writing an entire book or filling out surveys on individual pages. I love how committed you are to this for us, more than just check marks and a short synopsys for each town.
11:00 "her husband's got a job and it seems like she's content to just walk around and eat all day"
This made me laugh so hard and I don't know why
Her praying and eating at the same time in front of an injured dude was where I lost it.
women ☕️
@@matthewjones39 Amen.
She just like me fr fr
God me but also I seem to have no luck with SOs so for now gotta be my own husband with a job 😭
Love financial independence but at what cost
I absolutely love this omg
Also! Ahlam is technically a priestess at the temple, she has dialogue with Danica who mentions "The work you do here, with me, is invaluable"
Don't forget when he called Ahlam Nazeem's husband
Sorry, Ma'am/Sir, She doesn't seem to be an official member of the Temple, not wearing "required by the Temple law" uniform, nether working full time in the Temple, She is likely fall into the category of Volunteered Housewife.
@@SanarySeggnete part time work or volunteer work is still work.
"BLS defines volunteers as follows: “Volunteers are defined as persons who do/did unpaid work (except for expenses) through or for an organization.” Thus, BLS recognizes volunteering as a type of work, but it does not include volunteers as part of the labor force."
Source: The official Bureau of Labor Statistics site
No pay = Not employed.
"Those people count. I know you want to ignore them and build benches with spikes on them." I absolutely love this guy❤😇
Just for you if I ever make a game every NPC will have a dialogue option where you ask if they're employed. Also it'll be a real time game like animal crossing with changing employment status
If the player finds the census ring/signet it gives them the authority to ask that question and their journal gets filled with the results.
I need that in real life
@@grandsome1 yeeess
Please someone make this man a mod to put a glow on every person he checks. Green for employed, red for unemployed. He's working way too hard and deserves some help. It must be crazy annoying to have people constantly move around and lose track of who you already checked. I want you to be able to mark them and have it stay between loadscreens. This would help alot with situations like counting the guards. None of them have unique names and there always moving. I would get so lost lol. Modders make it happen for this man. He's far to marvelous.
Would actually be trivial to do
Just make copies of Magelight, color them, make duration insane (several hundred years should do)
On pc he could use the command console to see each npc's ID and keep track of them that way.
inb4 the naked jacob invasion
you literally are the invasion
“Those people count. I know you want to ignore them and build benches with spikes on them but they count those are people. Human beings.”
INCREDIBLY BASED
we can count on him to slip those takes in for unsuspecting gamercels
Hoomn beans.
IKR, fuck hostile architecture!
I have no idea what this is in reference to. The only spikes I can think of are on the subway vents and they're necessary because sleeping on those will clog them and start fires.
@@Thedarkbunnyrabbit Look up hostile/anti-homeless architecture. They put bars on benches and spikes on most raise flat surfaces, some even have 45° angle surfaces, so people can't lay down.
Heimskr is clearly a homeowner. It may be a shack, but it's still in the Wind District which is prime real estate, directly in front of the famed Jorrvaskr. It's a single-person shack, so it's unlikely to be a family home he simply inherited. It's also next to the shrine of Talos, which indicates to me that this would be the residence of the local priest to Talos. The White-Gold Concordant was a recent treaty that banned the worship of Talos, which not all holds in Skyrim have fully been caught up to speed on yet. The status of his religion is thus up in the air concerning Whiterun's bylaws, but this is an Imperial census.
It's clear that he either has enough money to continue paying taxes on his land in the expensive Wind District whilst doing preaching in his free time as someone who can afford to live there (seeing as there's no evidence that he runs his ministry off charitable donations), or is receiving state funding from Whiterun for his services. However, the Empire does not recognize those services. Therefore, I would classify him as non-applicable in either case, as he is either retired or a state employee whose job should technically be illegal, but isn't yet due to slow adoption of new Imperial legislation.
As he clearly doesn't take donations, it could neither count as begging, nor as community funded service.
His income must come from a different place. My assumption is that he is still employed by the local government, as there is unwillingness to adopt the new legislation in certain regions.
The fact that the shrine is still on open display, despite the official ban of the religion lets me suspect that the local Jarl indeed refuses to ban the belief and might be considered the employer.
It should be noted that his house seems to double as a temple/public place of worship. While it seems to have been closed to the public in recent times, it does contain a few pews as well as a small stage for him to preach/teach his religion to others. So there's also the possibility that his house was (and possibly still is) considered non-taxable due to its doubling as a place of religious worship.
pssst. the great war ended 26 years before the civil war began, so everyone in skyrim is pretty up to speed on the treaty.
@@ghost_eevee if he hasn't been arrested by Thalmor officials, nor the very prominent statue and shrine to Talos been decomissioned, they're either very inefficient in aplying new legislation, or they're allowed some more freedom in Whiterun, as elsewhere in Skyrim, the mere suspicion you follow Talos will get you persecuted by Thalmor agents, let alone openly preaching in front of a major monument to Talos.
Possible. We have also reason to suspect some shady activities going on in the shack filled with skulls
I didn't notice you count Jarl Balgruuf. He runs the entire hold, though he looks pretty lackadaisical lounging on his throne.
This is beautifully mundane. I'm looking forward to more of these in the future. New Vegas would be fun to see
*kills Hamelyn*
"Well he's certainly not employed anymore"
This is the best sociological endeavor I've ever seen, thank you for your service. The imperials are always right
with Mila , her "working with her mother " could actually just be her hanging around the shop. we never see her do any real work, and her mother is a single parent and may very well just be watching her daughter while she works.
She seems a bit young to start doing actual smithing, but at her age she should be able enough to help out cleaning the workplace. As it is common in pre-industrial societies for children to take over the business from their parents, she might as well be in some form of internship or school-based field placement.
I guess most of her apprenticeship at this point is focused on theory and obervational study, with mechanical labor added in a few years.
@@HappyBeezerStudios smithing? I think the line from her is something like "I work with my mother selling fruits and vegetables "
@@HappyBeezerStudios She also has a strongbox near Dragonsreach.
@@HappyBeezerStudios you're describing Alvor's daughter in Riverwood, who is indeed an apprentice smith under her father, Mila however is the daughter if Carlotta, the owner of the fruit stand
Yeah, she just helps carry stuff
Uthgerd the Unbroken does live in Whiterun meaning she should be counted as unemployed not an out of towner. Even though she spends all her time at the inn, she actually owns a house in Whiterun (it's connected to Amren's house which forms like a duplex which is probably why you missed it). Also I would argue that Jenassa the mercenary who is always at the drunken huntsman should count as a whiterun citizen seeing as she never leaves. Also Olfina Gray-Mane works at The Bannered Mare and thus should be considered employed as well.
Love the "employment" noise cuz it sounds like they won something😂
I worked as a census enumerator for the 2020 US Census, and I can confidently say that basically, this video is more or less 100% accurate
From UESP, the foremost resource on the people of Skyrim (and all of Tamriel, for that matter):
Lillith Maiden-Loom is the owner of Whiterun Stables, and is Employed.
Olfina works evenings at The Bannered Mare, and is Employed.
Ahlam, however ineffective she may be, is a healer at the Temple of Kynareth, and is Employed.
Not sure if Tilma the Haggard (Companions maid) was counted. (Employed)
Uthgerd the Unbroken does live in Whiterun, and is Unemployed. (Thanks to Black Juice for the tip.)
Though, Uthgerd may be employed on a contractual basis by the Player.
Thanks. According to me, longtime Skyrim player since the 2016 Special edition (when I was 8), multiple mistakes are counted here. I have a list to copypaste everywhere I see.
Note: one-dimensional, flimsy characters are everywhere in Skyrim, so it’s hard to find JOBS anywhere. Medieval fantasy is ALSO literally the exact opposite of today; and I know, it’s absolutely hilarious.
1:50 mercenary work side, n/a
2:34 works selling food in market, n/a
2:50 Clan Battle-Born is a Nordic family, not a clan. Their farm is operated by relatives, but Olfr is officially retired.
3:15 possibly a maid at the castle
4:02 Jenassa owns a house, chooses to be at the bar, and does mercenary work, either n/a or yes
5:35 YSOLDA IS A GENERAL GOODS TRADER
6:32 lucky enough, he works at the farm. But they are NOT mercenaries
6:46 She secretly owns part of the Battle-born farm, like Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. She also cleans.
8:15 she owns a house. Every mercenary goes to the local tavern for work.
12:25 possibly another maid.
The rest was a little weird, but 100% correct. Nice job!
@@Kuijano well, more because she lost a bet.
@No noice, will check out
Thanks, this was very informative
"It sounds like you applied for a job with the Companions, are they local?" absolutely killed me. It sounds like you're talking about a trade union 🤣
Some of them change or take occupation depending on how the game progresses:
- Sinmir will become head of the guards, if Whiterun is taken by the Stormcloaks.
- Ysolda will take over the Bannered Mare (which she plans to buy anyway) if Hulda dies (dark brotherhood quests anyone)
- Uthgerd has a house in town, and after a short quest (which involves a fist fight) can be employed as follower/bodyguard.
- While Heimskr is preaching, he neither gets a wage nor takes donations, so he isn't employed per se, but it is common for him to take on the occupation of "dead" (usually with help from the Dragonborn)
Also if you finish the war for the Imperials, Heimskr gets put in jail in the dungeon of Dragonsreach.
Ysolda will take over almost all the shops if the person dies, she has all the merchant knowledge :)
Also the last one cracked me up. I don't care about Nazeem, I would just really love to kill Heimskr and Mila Valentia
@@Robbie_Haruna fr?
@@GHOST5800000 Yep
Hey guys I also made a list somewhere in the comments earlier, i hope someone sees this
"Lotta old people in Bergritte- I mean..." *slow zoom in*
Had me rolling. You are hilarious, I'm so glad NakeyJakey said to come check you out! And your video game character drowning series is incredible.
Oh my god the "Who are you?? 'Hamelyn'?" *battling* "Are you employed?" *stabbing* "Are you employed? Sir?" *casting spells* "Are you employed?" *cinematic camera* "I'm not saying you're not skilled, but I need to know if you're emPLOYED!" *deathblow* "That's what you get when you don't participate in the census." This video is amazing. I can't stop laughing. So excited to see the other videos in this series.
this is way more funny and entertaining than it should be.
i lost it a few times but the sincerity with the pronouns/weapon person really got me
Holy fuck you wrote an actual report, the dedication is incredible. You earned my sub, this looks like it took some time
Love these lol, I was having an awful day and awful migraine and these were exactly on my wavelength. Cheered me up big time. Please keep making these!
Oh my gosh as a statistics nerd AND a Skyrim fan this made me laugh so much and filled me with so much joy
I absolutely love this video idea! I don't see how Gray-mane and Battle Born are mercenaries. Battle-Born owns a farm, on of the sons is a bard; Grey-mane works a jewelry stall, the young lady works at the Inn, one is a blacksmith.
Yeah, I think he's not very familiar with Skyrim so he doesn't pick up on a lot of the things that come from random interactions, like John being an unemployed aspiring bard and Olfina working at the Bannered Mare. Also, Uthgurd lives in a home in Whiterun which he missed, and that old Maiden-Loom lady owns the stables.
@@Mr-tu4cj this is my first video, I assumed he played it before 😅 I just love this video concept
@@Mr-tu4cj sounds just like an out-of-touch Imperial surveyor that just got there from Cyrodiil and wants to be done with it as soon as possible, fits perfectly
@@tinycervid7679 Loll I like that way of looking at it!
He liked the comment, so he saw it! We got ‘em, boys!
I have an entire list for general copy pasting of what’s wrong
Note: one-dimensional, flimsy characters are everywhere in Skyrim, so it’s hard to find JOBS anywhere. Medieval fantasy is ALSO literally the exact opposite of today; and I know, it’s absolutely hilarious.
1:50 mercenary work side, n/a
2:34 works selling food in market, n/a
2:50 Clan Battle-Born is a Nordic family, not a clan. Their farm is operated by relatives, but Olfr is officially retired.
3:15 possibly a maid at the castle
4:02 Jenassa owns a house, chooses to be at the bar, and does mercenary work, either n/a or yes
5:35 YSOLDA IS A GENERAL GOODS TRADER
6:32 lucky enough, he works at the farm. But they are NOT mercenaries
6:46 She secretly owns part of the Battle-born farm, like Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. She also cleans.
8:15 she owns a house. Every mercenary goes to the local tavern for work.
12:25 possibly another maid.
The rest was a little weird, but 100% correct. Nice job!
I found a way to tell guards apart but it involves enchantment and the pickpocket perk "Perfect Touch". You have to enchant weapons, name those weapons. Pickpocket all of the guard's current weapons, and place your named weapons into their inventory. They will use the new weapons you give them
You could accomplish the same thing by giving each guard a unique misc. item like soul gems, gems, or ingots
Glad to see someone taking the time to check in on the people of whiterun. Though it comes with some sighs I can tell you really care for the community here. Thank you Austin and keep up the good work.
This is an absolutely fantastic video!
Now you did tell us to voice any issues with the survey in the comments so:
Uthgerd the Unbroken is not from out of town, she has a house in Whiterun. So she should be counted as unemployed.
But yes, great video!
I'm still rewatching these.
I'm terribly sick in bed, and these bring me comfort. Thank you 🖤
Small correction: Uthgerd the Unbroken is indeed a resident of Whiterun. Her house is right next to Amren's. She doesn't seem to have a job though, so she should be counted as unemployed.
Small corre-ACK!
@@shikyuna ???
Uthgerd the Unemployed lmaoo
she’s a mercenary, no? is that not self-employed?
@@gracieisbored9191 she is a mercenary available for hire, i.e. not currently employed.
It’s crazy how people have combed so much through Skyrim that someone is calculating the unemployment rate of whiterun
Dude I love your videos they're amazing and I love it how people just tell you their jobs in Whiterun
I know I’ve played too much Skyrim when I can mentally attest to when I know when some NPCs are employed even when you say they aren’t 😭
17:30 the timing of him walking up out of nowhere with that smug look, you acknowledging it, and him immediatley saying "I've got my eyes on you" was perfect comedic timing lmao
Here from Nakey Jakey and loving your stuff!
The information presented in this video allowed me to finalize my investment decision in the Whiterun Hold. I would like to thank the bureau for it's continued service to local communities and look forward to its report on the economic status of Rattay in the Sasau Region. I've been eyeing it for some future entrepreneurial opportunities, but despite words of ensurement from authorities in the region, I would prefer to wait for a non-biased report. Thank you again.
I think Ysolda was employed, at least I could swear one of the stalls in front of the inn was hers 🤔 she simply wants something bigger for herself, so she talks about wanting to learn from the khajiit caravans about trading and needing the mammoth tusk for that, she also is considering buying the inn if she can get enough gold for it
She's actually a drug dealer.
I think she takes over certain stores if the owner dies, otherwise she's unemployed
@@lordudahlvonvedhall3909 but..... *who the fuck died and I didn't even notice?!* D:
@@ShieniLicksOnLemons who knows, maybe they got killed in a dragon attack or something
@@lordudahlvonvedhall3909 do any of the venders even leave Whiterun tho?
Strangely informative and humorous. Good video.
people should really uninstall their "whiterun anti-homeless architecture" mods, it is very troubling and giving the beggars a gold coin does not change that
Hostile architecture: The eternally inviting gateway to completely justified -vandalism- community service
@@chompythebeast art is not a crime.
@@dstinnettmusic art is a crime and you should commit it
@@dstinnettmusic And some art is done is done with concrete and crowbars
@@chompythebeast Sculpting when you lack a chisel and mallet :b
Thanks again-part of the reason that I love RUclips content is because of the extent to which people go to provide me with answers to questions that nobody ever asked. Great job
Subscribed for this series :) rly makes me feel like I’m watching a soulless government employee dutifully doing his job at any cost
Man the
"I'm not a man, I'm a weapon-"
"Don't worry I respect your pronouns"
killed me
More unemployment videos please, would love this to be a long running series across many game franchises
21:30 This has “Can I get a waffle?!” energy 😂
I'm from Vegas and love when it's represented in games and I can look around to see its attention to detail (GTA SA might be the best) it would be cool to see you walk through the New Orleans of video games. L4D2, mafia 3,Tony Hawk, etc. Very happy to have found your videos!
RDR2’s New Orleans is great too
@@any_austin The New Orleans in Infamous 2? I think exploring this idea could make for a good video.
I like the New Orleans idea having been there. I don’t have anything against the town but my visit was nothing like I expected lol. The streets smell like a dumpster and I know it smells like one having been a groundskeeper at an amusement park.
I step outside a nice restaurant for a cigarette break and I had a literal crackhead stumble all over me ( He admitted he was on crack. At least he was honest.) but funnily enough he noticed I had a Skyrim tattoo and we had a full conversation about him owning the mask of Clavicus Vile that he had with him (it was a guy fawks mask) and debated which daedric item gave the best advantages in the game. I gotta give it to him, he knew his shit. Then he awarded me his mask of Clavicus Vile and went away.
Then there was another homeless guy who sat in the French corner with his bulldog sitting on a towel with a bowl of water and a hat sat infront of them for people to give money. Now that’s a good tactic cause who can say no to a dog? Anyways, very memorable visit. Then a hurricane struck the area a week later and I didn’t even know that is was coming lol. It was cool seeing the crowded airport I went through on the news where when I flew back the airport was empty. I hope all those homeless guys were ok.
@@l1z4rdon7 this is exactly the point of visiting New Orleans. Amazing story.
Would be interesting to do L4D2 and have a philosophical discussion about the question if zombie is a full-time job.
I think Amren counts as (self-)employed. He's sort of a freelance mercenary, and spends a lot of time away from home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter.
Ysolda's employment status is something of a grey area. She's not officially a merchant yet (unless she takes over for Hulda or Belethor), but she does do some trading ... and some smuggling/drug dealing, which is arguably a job (more honest work than being a landlord in any case!).
I agree. He marks a lot of self employed people as unemployed for some reason. Amren feeds his family through mercenary work, he says as much. It's why he wants his father's sword back, since to him it's a symbol for taking care of your family since him and his father do the same job with the same goal.
I think the 'ignorant government worker' persona gives him a lot of wiggle room for stuff like this. On the books, Amren and Ydolda probably count as unemployed.
It's crazy watching back these early episodes and realizing how much Austin has grown in his assessments (more objective, more compassionate, etc)
You're a real man of the people, with your finger on the pulse.
This is exactly what I was looking for.
I do like this content! I like how seriously you're taking it, and for the final documents I *love* how you're taking local politics and in-world events into consideration. That's amazing to me and makes this all feel really fulfilling! Nicely done, man! I couldn't ask for more from each report. I'd like to see more of these reports!~
Love this video and the Riften unemployment video. Would love to see a video on Windhelm and Solitude. These are the capital cities of the holds run by the two Jarls competing for the position of High King of Skyrim. As the Dragonborn, a man who is a soul gem that holds Dragon souls and spends those souls on learning dragon shouts, I can side with one of these Jarls and decide the outcome of the civil war. I'd like a full report on the unemployment and viability of these cities to determine who I think would do a better job leading all of Skyrim.
The frame at which the guard was sleeping in the bad in the guard barracks and seeing “EMPLOYED ✅” is hilarious
The Companions are turning Whiterun into a company town
Isn't he just working the night shift?
Guarding at night is often even more important, especially with the Thieves Guild getting more active recently.