Markarth has a 1.2% unemployment rate

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  • @any_austin
    @any_austin  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2683

    Hi everyone. This was by far the largest survey we’ve done and I spent a lot of time editing it down to make it digestible for you. Unlike past surveys, this one had lots of stuff consolidated or edited out to make it as entertaining as possible, including some small parts of the town. The Bureau just wants to ensure you that we did in fact survey the entire town, even if it wasn’t included in the video.

    • @yungjoemighty879
      @yungjoemighty879 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

      This series is excellent. Will you do Oblivion next?

    • @samuellawrencesbookclub8250
      @samuellawrencesbookclub8250 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +205

      Honestly, I wouldn't have minded a longer video with less editing

    • @stranger7131
      @stranger7131 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      why do you not use detect life spell? it helps a lot in locating the local populace!

    • @louisep.9499
      @louisep.9499 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Thank you for your hard work, it is an important job! I salute you and the entire bureau.

    • @neehaa
      @neehaa 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      and we thank the bureau for their service o7

  • @matrixodlum4969
    @matrixodlum4969 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2999

    austin accidentally reverse-engineering his way into cidhna mine is SO fucking funny…… no one escapes but you can sneak in the back door just fine

    • @Drnonstop
      @Drnonstop 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +304

      It's called a direct survey, not a "maybe later" survey. The truth is out there!

    • @alexread6767
      @alexread6767 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +231

      ​@@Drnonstopcharacter writing prompt - person with a rather modest job who is super determined to do it well and ends up fighting monsters and breaking into prisons just to do it

    • @Drnonstop
      @Drnonstop 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      @@alexread6767this is just the plot of my diary

    • @artur668-9
      @artur668-9 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      ​@@alexread6767 that is exactly the main premise of a manga called "the dragon ,the hero and the courier"

    • @noahfuc7131
      @noahfuc7131 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      @alexread6767
      Fallout: New Vegas

  • @neehaa
    @neehaa 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4773

    i can’t believe you’ve made me so excited for a series about bureaucracy and unemployment

    • @rkr9861
      @rkr9861 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +162

      I tell my friends that my favorite youtube shows are about employment statistics, procurement economics, and cryogenic plumbing, and they look at me like I've lost my mind.

    • @salemfae
      @salemfae 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I KNOW RIGHT

    • @iamcyber
      @iamcyber 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      literally i gasped

    • @Emymagdalena
      @Emymagdalena 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      👍 same

    • @laqu.
      @laqu. 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Politicians should just tell statistics but frame it as if from Skyrim

  • @Shenorai
    @Shenorai 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1456

    "Why is everyone so upset?"
    "Because they have to work in a mine."

    • @zadarasimoleons1019
      @zadarasimoleons1019 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Asking "Why is everyone so upset?" In Skyrim during the 5th era is like asking "Why is everyone so upset?" In the US in 2024.

    • @rayinailham9842
      @rayinailham9842 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@zadarasimoleons1019 to be fair, people is upset in every era

    • @Article_170
      @Article_170 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@zadarasimoleons1019Uhhhh… not even close. Unless you’re making a point about America’s entitlement, which is true

  • @Dryadic_Aud
    @Dryadic_Aud 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1837

    Survey conducted over nine days. Three of which were watching the singular unemployed person drink at the bar non stop

    • @Vifnis
      @Vifnis 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      *singular unemployed person drink at the bar non stop*
      Has he done the Ghost guy in Karthwasten yet?? He's a ghost, drinks all day... does he even have a job... Does he scare people? Is he an entertaining (he's a ghost lmfao)

    • @jamesbhollingsworth5452
      @jamesbhollingsworth5452 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      @@Vifnis
      That’s Old Hraldan. The Inn. The Ghost is formerly employed in the army of Talos Stormcrown. He has been laid off (dead) for hundreds of years, though he doesn’t know it yet.

    • @coyoteseattle
      @coyoteseattle หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Vifnis Post-vital citizens do not traditionally participate in economic activity, and as such are not counted in direct surveys by the bureau, unless they became post-vital as a result of the enumerator's actions in administering the survey.

  • @tobiasthehawk4028
    @tobiasthehawk4028 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +576

    13:50 "it's a dog" (not applicable)
    It's the dedication to little details and intellectual prowess like this that make you such an asset to the Bureau.

  • @theringwoodbros
    @theringwoodbros 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2234

    Wake up babe, new unemployment report just dropped

  • @Princess_Mayb
    @Princess_Mayb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +387

    "You there! Are you another imperial puppet?" He says, wearing the Imperial crest.

    • @LostSnowdrift
      @LostSnowdrift 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      he's lookign for kinsmen

    • @oddbirdMusic
      @oddbirdMusic 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      To someone working for a governmental department. I'm shocked Austin didn't say yes

    • @noahkarpinski1824
      @noahkarpinski1824 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@oddbirdMusiche's not a puppet, he's a stooge

  • @chameleonfoot
    @chameleonfoot 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +433

    5:40 The comedy in this series is so unique. The meta jokes like identifying someone as not applicable because you just killed him never cease to crack me up.

    • @Drnonstop
      @Drnonstop 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      I'd say it's up for debate if they really *died* and if he really was "killed" or was the BLS just making more jobs and sustaining the need for working people? When was the last time you helped the morgue / graveyard industry?

    • @Paul-pq1ey
      @Paul-pq1ey 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      *intentionally averting his eyes from the molag bal altar* "ok, so it doesn't seem like there's anyone else here..."

    • @Drnonstop
      @Drnonstop 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@Paul-pq1eyone time at the office when BLS did a direct-survey of how many were employed there our fax machibe started to shoot ink , levitate and sending us loud mountain sundering echoes of torment and imprisonment.
      the BLS dude just said non-applicable and moved on. (he didnt make it - fax machine sent out an origami dagger, RIP)

    • @gordn_ramsi
      @gordn_ramsi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      If you watched the video it's actually because he's not from Markarth, not because he's dead ☝🤓

    • @Wub-rv9xx
      @Wub-rv9xx หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      “there’s a real risk that one cantankerous troublemaker could mean a quick revolution”
      _looks at camera_

  • @Atomhaz
    @Atomhaz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2427

    ✨D I R E C T S U R V E Y ✨

    • @plihal203
      @plihal203 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

      I always say it out loud like a Dora the Explorer episode, brightens the day always

    • @Halosty45
      @Halosty45 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@plihal203 Right? I feel like it's required

    • @KT-Kaboom
      @KT-Kaboom 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@plihal203EXACTLY

    • @AncientSlugThrower
      @AncientSlugThrower 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Five out of five, would directly survey again.

    • @BeeBoi24
      @BeeBoi24 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Love answering the question like a school kid lmao

  • @yungjoemighty879
    @yungjoemighty879 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +457

    Its so funny hearing you approach the NPCs, they say their line, and you say you're from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

  • @Pbairsoftman
    @Pbairsoftman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +655

    Not every day your direct survey leads to justifying child labor and slavery, Markarth is a hell of a place

    • @formlessone8246
      @formlessone8246 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Also, I know the Enumerator was forced into a Pokemon battle in Celadon City, but is this the first time in Skyrim he's had to give someone the old stabbity stab? 😂

    • @Slayerlord13
      @Slayerlord13 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@formlessone8246I feel like he got into a fight in Morthal but he may have managed to escape that one?

    • @Drnonstop
      @Drnonstop 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@formlessone8246That's just what big stabbing wants you to think

    • @kacperolak6859
      @kacperolak6859 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      only 2 children and one of them is an apprentice and the other one is a famous case of a "minor in the mines"

    • @Dogman262
      @Dogman262 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      An apprenticeship through a parental figure is child labor as much as going to public school is

  • @godusoppisepic6250
    @godusoppisepic6250 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1079

    There are tunnels near the bottom a Markarth Which hold homeless people which weren't counted in the survey. These people are unemployed.

    • @Drnonstop
      @Drnonstop 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      In that case, are they really people? cmon just saying it like it is. I didn't get hired by my uncle after not studying a day into the BLS to interact with the unemployed. Their uncle should have forced them to work here like mine did.

    • @cryoriku
      @cryoriku 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +167

      he mentions that he cut out a lot from the video because it was too long but he did count everybody so i think it's safe (ish) to assume he did account for them

    • @astrophysicsperson528
      @astrophysicsperson528 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +199

      @@cryorikuBased on the percentages, he seems to only count 1 unemployed person, so I think he missed them.

    • @4nem0ne
      @4nem0ne 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Aswell as the museum

    • @Drnonstop
      @Drnonstop 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      @@4nem0nethe people in museum are seen as part of the collection, owned objects and not work force.

  • @roboticauthor9533
    @roboticauthor9533 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1695

    Shoulda Marked Molag Bhaal as Unemployed, the dude is just squatting in the basement of that place!

    • @broudwauy
      @broudwauy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +179

      But is he even *seeking* employment

    • @renaigh
      @renaigh 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +123

      Squatters are not necessarily unemployed.

    • @BierBart12
      @BierBart12 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +237

      Technically, Molag Bal is the biggest slave owner in the town. He fits right in

    • @Necrom6
      @Necrom6 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Molag Bal doesn't live down there though.

    • @ProtomanButCallMeBlues
      @ProtomanButCallMeBlues 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

      He's a property owner, not a resident

  • @officiallycoolth3006
    @officiallycoolth3006 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +640

    Lynea is a weird character, since she only exists for the Creation Club fishing add-on so the player can go teach her how to fish in exchange for her amulet of Dibella. Her having an amulet of Dibella could imply she's either a member of the local temple or-given that she literally spent all of her time in the bar wearing low-cut clothing-a lady of the night. The former wouldn't make as much sense as I'm assuming priestesses aren't allowed to trade their amulets away for things and remain in the temple. If she's a lady of the night, she could be trying to either get out of the trade or supplement her income with fishing.
    If either of those are true, she could be considered as employed, but given the fact that the only thing she does is barter her only apparently valuable piece of property in exchange for fishing lessons I'm going to assume she's very much not employed. Her constant presence in a bar does not help her case.

    • @EarnestVictory
      @EarnestVictory 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      Ah, *that's* why I don't recognise her.

    • @Drnonstop
      @Drnonstop 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      That's just what big employment wants you to think. #justiceforUndercoverAgentLyneaInMarkarth #Markarth

    • @stevemattero1471
      @stevemattero1471 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Priestesses of Dibella are essentially temple prostitutes. Like the real-life priestesses of Aphrodite, and other temples of ancient Greece, sex is a worship of the goddess. "Patrons" of the temple know exactly what they're "donations" are for

    • @JJCaustic
      @JJCaustic 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Then again, how does she afford to maintain her keep at the bar if it isnt in attracting company

    • @Drnonstop
      @Drnonstop 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@@JJCausticone time i helped out a lovely old woman in her garden and i got free lemonade. (and $50 raw cash, black money!!!)

  • @salemfae
    @salemfae 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +666

    Absolutely lost it at "more blood is better! Thats what we say at the bureau"

    • @Drnonstop
      @Drnonstop 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Yes, it can be interpreted in two ways, blood donations for the hospital workers, or more employed blood bags.

  • @montanarose4622
    @montanarose4622 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +257

    You’ve done it. You’ve Pavlov’d me into getting excited when I hear the phrase “direct survey”.
    I’m gonna have to find myself a nice civil servant to settle down with.

  • @beck-nightengale
    @beck-nightengale 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +602

    "Hands is a job, right? Mr. Hands, he had a job... Wait, that's something else."
    I NEARLY SPAT OUT MY DRINK.

    • @Zowayix93
      @Zowayix93 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      Yeah I was NOT expecting *that* reference on *this* channel.

    • @beck-nightengale
      @beck-nightengale 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@Zowayix93 It definitely caught me by surprise, lmao. I wonder how many people got it without having to Google... and I pity those who did.

    • @Zowayix93
      @Zowayix93 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@beck-nightengaleBy the time I became aware of that specific horror of the internet, I'd already seen some of what continues to be the worst shit I've ever seen. Part of me is thankful for that. The other part is dead, and the internet killed it.

    • @prodbyANT
      @prodbyANT 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      He's referencing Mr. Hands from Cyberpunk 2077, right? Right?!

    • @beck-nightengale
      @beck-nightengale 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@prodbyANT If only.

  • @mantalex4969
    @mantalex4969 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +251

    I cannot wait to experience bureaucracy in such a -new and exciting- standard and permitted manner. Such direct statistical information is a privilege to experience.

    • @Materialist39
      @Materialist39 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Good benefits, travel, stable work, avoiding conscription into an ongoing civil war or ethnic secession movement or anti colonial struggle within a tenuous occupation or dragons or having to live in dawnstar.
      I am here to chew Saltrice and count people, and brother…I’m all out of shipments from my supplier in continental Morrowind.

  • @twistedpear18
    @twistedpear18 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +207

    The Bureau forgot to go into the local homeless shelter.

    • @Drnonstop
      @Drnonstop 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ewww unemployed hangout as a BLS worker that's a no from me dawg!

    • @adamsalt9423
      @adamsalt9423 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      And the museum

    • @aminulhussain2277
      @aminulhussain2277 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Those are employed.

  • @jamessaunders3237
    @jamessaunders3237 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +290

    I can't believe markarth has less than 2 percent unemployment since somebody literally gets stabbed as you enter the city

    • @Khronogi
      @Khronogi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      Both people are not applicable. The stabber is a reachman from out of town and the stabbed is from out of town as well. Though did he count the guy who meets you in the shrine of talos.

    • @Fuzzycuffsqt
      @Fuzzycuffsqt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      ​@@Khronogi You're half right. Margret is not from Markarth, but Weylin is. He lives in Markarth's Warrens, and wears the same outfit as every laborer who works the smelter in that area.

    • @Electric999999
      @Electric999999 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh that's just terrorism not ecnomically driven crime.

  • @LvK138
    @LvK138 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +433

    jeez, I literally just searched for these videos for the first time and got "uploaded 48 seconds ago," very strange feeling.

    • @Hell_O7
      @Hell_O7 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      You are watched

    • @vince-zm8ds
      @vince-zm8ds 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      As a member of a bureau of statistics austin knows your next most probable move

    • @megans.1504
      @megans.1504 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      would you call it... unremarkable and odd?

    • @AcmeMonkeyCompany
      @AcmeMonkeyCompany 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      The universe whispered it into your mind

  • @anonopossum
    @anonopossum 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +214

    markarth must be the most densely populated city in the game, and i can think of multiple areas you either missed or just didnt include as well, you missed the tribe of cannibals and the guards in the museum, and im not sure but i think you missed that one slum building as well

    • @wallacemoura3333
      @wallacemoura3333 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      I think he added on the final count because most living there have a job

    • @YourWaywardDestiny
      @YourWaywardDestiny 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      The tribe of cannibals are outside the city of Markarth, as well as most of them being counted. The slum and the museum guards being missed is a legit concern, though.

    • @Saphfire05
      @Saphfire05 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      @@YourWaywardDestiny His pinned comment mentions that he had to edit some things out to keep the run time of the video down. So he likely counted those areas but didn't include them in the video

    • @jakavious1611
      @jakavious1611 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      wouldn't be a governmental survey without a bunch of missing data!

    • @anonopossum
      @anonopossum 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@YourWaywardDestiny i just misremembered then, i havent done that quest since like the legacy edition was still current tbh

  • @lokuendog
    @lokuendog 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    His noise at 15:53 killed me omg. It's like it came out sassier than he was expecting and had to apologize to her

  • @regrettablemuffin9186
    @regrettablemuffin9186 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    I don’t know how someone comes up with the idea to make videos about things like labour surveys and restaurant critiques in Skyrim but I’m so glad they’re here

  • @AlexThomson1000
    @AlexThomson1000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    This is exactly how Skyrim is meant to be played and I won't hear otherwise

  • @eleanorrimmer9611
    @eleanorrimmer9611 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +133

    prison labour is legal in the us, and does count as slave labour (the 13th amendment explicitly states slave labour is forbidden EXCEPT as punishment for a crime). don't know whether it counts statistics-wise tho.

    • @lucyferos205
      @lucyferos205 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They're not applicable because their citizenship has been revoked

    • @dr.blockcraft6633
      @dr.blockcraft6633 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

      "Historically, prisoners Are deemed "Not applicable" In counting Towards employment status.
      This has Been justified As they Cannot leave To go Look for A job, And they Aren't directly Involved in the economy."
      Source: Prism reports, "For accurate unemployment numbers, incarcerated individuals should be counted", Ammara Ansari, Written 2019/10/02
      Also, prisoners, Even when They are Employed in Work programs, Don't count, Because they Aren't competing With other Job seekers. - The outline

  • @thebanana4263
    @thebanana4263 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +349

    I love my home city of Markart. But that being said we have a major domestic terrorist problem.

    • @caseyb1346
      @caseyb1346 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      The Reach belongs to the Reachmen!

    • @maxherman3884
      @maxherman3884 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@caseyb1346 Ulfric may have won the last battle against us when he was still an Imperial Lapdog, but now that he has rebelled, and the empire is rent with war, we can rise up! For the Reach! For the Old Gods! The Reach Belongs to the Reachmen!

    • @mrziiz6893
      @mrziiz6893 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fuckin’ bretons

    • @glasses7190
      @glasses7190 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      reach belong to the forsworn!

    • @clorby22
      @clorby22 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Domestic what? I have no idea what you’re talking about. I can assure you that Markarth is a perfectly normal and unremarkable city 👍🏻

  • @xlr20ice
    @xlr20ice 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    This video in particular has some great extra editing effects/sound design. Loved the notes when the checks and Xs were being put on the map.

  • @furiousThunderbird
    @furiousThunderbird 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    It takes a very special person to make census taking one of my favorite series on this whole site

  • @rittj.1303
    @rittj.1303 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    His hair clip numbers grow with his enumeration power
    Great video!! I love this series

  • @anthonymartire2036
    @anthonymartire2036 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I love the whole concept that you are like a normal unremarkable pencil-pusher type of guy and you get teleported to this foreign fantasy world and you just kinda go with it and do your job the best you can anyway.

  • @allisongross2946
    @allisongross2946 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    15:53 i LOVE that little yelp ive repeated it like five times

  • @fee6362
    @fee6362 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Markarth did it. Even the usually cold and calculated, almost robotic Austin/ bureau became very clear and almost emotional over the brutality and slavery in Markarth. The situation in Markarth is so dire that he became somewhat emotional.

  • @poky4669
    @poky4669 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    Wow, the production value on these videos was already insane but you keep pushing the bar higher! I love the editing on this one.

  • @applefis
    @applefis 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I'll be honest, I'd let the camera run as long as you have stuff to say. But I appreciate that longer videos take longer and longer to edit together. More Austin is better, so I'm glad either way

  • @eldoblixtlo1058
    @eldoblixtlo1058 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    It's like an analyst suddenly traveled back in time but trying to proceed his job of collecting unemployment rate data from that era and get shocked how normalized and common child labor is!

  • @davidford5575
    @davidford5575 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    the editing on this is insane, hell yeah

  • @expensivecrayon
    @expensivecrayon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    the "callously intellectualizing prison labor" bit really got me

  • @plihal203
    @plihal203 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Just going above and beyond with the editing, simple in the eyes, but reeeally elevates the video

  • @elliotgandersen
    @elliotgandersen 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The editing and the cuts are a fun step up in this video, makes it feel lively and that Austin is actually a survey agent.

  • @xellella4221
    @xellella4221 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    austin, you're my favorite "cantankerous troublemaker". also an editing king.

  • @hugoalvord2779
    @hugoalvord2779 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    This makes me want to become an enumerator….. a job where I don’t have to be happy all the time, I can be bored because it’s boring…. But it’s important to know what’s going on in the economic situation

  • @jeynarl
    @jeynarl 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Our favorite enumerator in tamriel was _this_ close to discovering the butcher shop at the front entrance in markarth has some, umm, _curious_ meat cuts...

  • @VolatileFortune
    @VolatileFortune 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    the editing of this one is so good?? this has to be a new favourite of mine in this series

  • @JaxontheOkay
    @JaxontheOkay 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    i'm glad i've stuck around this channel since i first found it. your editing, humor and wit has only gotten better each video. great stuff man

  • @hoodiegal
    @hoodiegal 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    You actually missed something that is crucially important to getting an accurate picture of the employment situation in Markarth - the place called "The Warrens". It's a downtrodden set of halls in the belly of Markarth where the sick, poor, and unemployed are housed.
    Enumerating this section as well will bring up the unemployment numbers of the city, and also point to some concerning trends in the city - the poor, sick, and unemployed being shunted away out of sight suggests a very grim view on "undesirables" in the city, and in combination with the use of slavery in Cidhna Mine, it seems that while there is enough work for a larger portion of the populace to be employed, the use of slave labor takes jobs aways from those who need them, increasing the rift between the working class and the land owners of Markarth. It also suggests a critical lack of social security systems, despite Markarth being a seemingly very wealthy city.

    • @o.o-vt1rc
      @o.o-vt1rc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So their scheme worked? Keeping the downtrodden out of sight gave them a much lower observed unemployment rate than one would expect, given the condition of their neighbors.

  • @T-5seconds
    @T-5seconds 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    here before the typo in the title is fixed

    • @T-5seconds
      @T-5seconds 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      (for anyone seeing this later, the title on upload says "Markarth as a 1.2% unemployment rate", which i assume will be updated to Markarth has a 1.2% unemployment rate" later

  • @Sweet_Pup_g
    @Sweet_Pup_g 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    That's right, we're doing a Direct Survey.

  • @matt-thorn
    @matt-thorn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    The Warrens should probably have been at least mentioned, as it's the slums of the city. While I don't intend to generalize, that's probably where most jobless people would gather.

  • @robnew272
    @robnew272 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is one of the most important series on youtube. Excellent (and important!) work.

  • @brinmoon4255
    @brinmoon4255 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    i don't usually get excited about youtube content anymore, but every time you post i get borderline giddy

  • @jabelsjabels
    @jabelsjabels 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    man that door transition at 5:26 is CHOICE

  • @QueenViolet5
    @QueenViolet5 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Nice work! I noticed you had some extra effects with the editing which I thought was fun! Personally I'd watch an hour of this so the length of it doesn't bother me. As always I would love to see even more Skyrim content! I wish you could do something with all the guilds. It would be fun to see you surveying income or quality of something in the Dark Brother hood.

    • @karenkelly2290
      @karenkelly2290 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I totally agree! these can be as long as they need to be, I love them!

  • @fire3082
    @fire3082 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    It would be very cool if you did this with Morrowind and Oblivion. Maybe Fallout New Vegas also. Great video as always!

    • @TsengFayt
      @TsengFayt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      While we are at it, it would be nice to see the bar reviews there as well!

    • @rkr9861
      @rkr9861 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      "Kvatch has a remarkable unemployment number of 0%. It also has a population of 0, making the unemployment situation unsustainable."

  • @declanhealy9971
    @declanhealy9971 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +118

    Markarth as a 1.2% unemployment rate

    • @benutzername5328
      @benutzername5328 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Markarth as a 1.2% unemployment rate

    • @sddahl91
      @sddahl91 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Markarth as a 1.2% unemployment rate

    • @Dallakir
      @Dallakir 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Markarth as a 1.2% unemployment rate

    • @elis7081
      @elis7081 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Mark Arthur as a 1.2% employment rate

    • @ABirdInTheTrees
      @ABirdInTheTrees 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Markarth as a 1.2% unemployment rate.

  • @WHALEBOY777
    @WHALEBOY777 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I had no idea about that potions shop in Markarth, it's been 13 years since it came out and I'm still learning new things about it.

    • @Khronogi
      @Khronogi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You didn't do the dark brotherhood? Muiri is a weddable character.

    • @azzor4134
      @azzor4134 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You should explore the game just a tiny little bit more.

  • @TehCoasca
    @TehCoasca 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I'm glad this channel delivers the real data we were all asking for.

  • @bauz5565
    @bauz5565 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The production quality of this survey beautifully charming

  • @RaminousPolacious
    @RaminousPolacious 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The original employment survey was the Paranoia mission in Oblivion

    • @akechijubeimitsuhide
      @akechijubeimitsuhide 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh, I hope we'll get these videos for Oblivion too! So many places.

  • @RaggedVentures
    @RaggedVentures 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    2:51 "Mulush will beat me if I stop working."
    "That's not good."
    🎵_doo-doo-doo-doot!_ 🎵😃

  • @bwdufferco
    @bwdufferco 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Somehow your editing gets noticeably better with each video, I don't understand how you do it. Thanks as always man!

  • @fidget0227
    @fidget0227 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Stellar editing comedic timing to make a man not applicable for the survey directly after murdering him.

  • @guacamoleman3253
    @guacamoleman3253 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    finally i can sleep now that i know the unemployment rate of markarth

  • @StrawbsIsAway
    @StrawbsIsAway 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    10:35 I don't believe this specific kind of prison labor would be considered employment since they are not paid, whereas the US Prison Industrial Complex DOES pay their workers a completely unacceptable few cents per hour separating it from "slave labor" (but not really. destroy the prison industrial complex)

  • @assmandelta4693
    @assmandelta4693 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is, and always has been some GOOD STUFF. Keep 'em coming!

  • @mitwhitgaming7722
    @mitwhitgaming7722 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    That's the thing with dwarves, bigger is better because they are always compensating for one thing or another.

    • @betin731
      @betin731 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      In the Elder Scrolls universe, Dwarves were actually quite tall - in fact they were technically just a subspecies of elf. They were only named "Dwarves" because they were first encountered by Giants.

    • @mitwhitgaming7722
      @mitwhitgaming7722 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@betin731 oh.... so no Rock n Stone?

    • @MeIoTheYellow
      @MeIoTheYellow 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mitwhitgaming7722Nah, instead they were like "Fuck your gods, we will shape our own god. Oh what in the goddamn I'm a figment of someone's imagi" and then poof, no more Dwemer race, only their constructs and some ghosts left behind.

    • @arifhossain9751
      @arifhossain9751 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@mitwhitgaming7722
      well... YES Rock and Stone. They DID mostly live underground. Once you enter the lost city of Blackreach, you'll know exactly how Rock and Stone these Dwarves were.

    • @mitwhitgaming7722
      @mitwhitgaming7722 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@arifhossain9751 Rock n Stone!

  • @PaulFisher
    @PaulFisher 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    11:35 “communing with dibella” is what I call getting a sub sandwich

  • @Vyctor__
    @Vyctor__ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    When the housecarl asks you what you are doing in the throne room and you can respond "I'm looking for work", I thought there would be a comment because that is technically why you are there.
    Also, you forgot to visit the Warrens, aka the place where all the unemployed people live.

  • @catherinedufresne3543
    @catherinedufresne3543 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is your best yet, thank you

  • @fraser7530
    @fraser7530 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Fuck yeah. Employment survey.

  • @birdiefu
    @birdiefu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Vorstag is definitely not a lady, he was one of my first Skyrim husbands. Wait till he goes down to his skivvies for a swim - hubba hubba! And for the census - I snagged him by employing him first. He does have a weird thing for Dwemer places, we just moved away so I don't have to hear him talk about that all the time.
    I also note you mention there isn't as much civil conflict in Markarth as in Dawnstar. However, the Forswarn issue (did that nice lady die or was she saved when you first arrived) may play a role.
    BTW, love the hair clips :D

  • @BloodyCompassion
    @BloodyCompassion 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Your monotone dead voice always makes the process so entertainining. Please continue your important job of figuring out unemployment rate

  • @cookies23z
    @cookies23z 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    such a fun series, thank you for the presentation and style, and for your wonderful voice, and for the effort of keeping track of a bunch of npcs wandering into walls and buildings you didnt know exist when doing a normal playthrough.

  • @cmrdjn464
    @cmrdjn464 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You don't have to worry about the run time, I wish this was twice as long
    Really looking forward to this series in other games

  • @SpryMahiMahi
    @SpryMahiMahi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    love the extra editing you did (hopefully it was fun)! the windmill at the end was my favorite

  • @damarziman
    @damarziman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    The bit at 10:04 was top notch

  • @ttuesdayy1
    @ttuesdayy1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    seeing the hair clips edited onto your skyrim character was *chef's kiss* phenomenal

  • @taliats
    @taliats 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You said you only have one more city to do which I assume is Windhelm.
    But
    Don't forget about Raven Rock

  • @justme0910
    @justme0910 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favorite part of these is the analysis at the end, because it always ends up being an actual exploration of the lore and a critical look into the worldbuilding. Good stuff.

  • @FenixFang
    @FenixFang 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The new editing style is impressive, but i do prefer the longer less editing more intimate edits

  • @drivernephi-s1l
    @drivernephi-s1l 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    didnt think id have a mr hands reference in a markarth unemployment rate video on my bingo card

  • @Daedalus-Inc
    @Daedalus-Inc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The money counter could be an accountant.

  • @fortwas
    @fortwas 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The editing on this one is really popping off. I love all the little details you included!

  • @ileutur6863
    @ileutur6863 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Am I the only one who always avoided Markarth because it always felt like I was hated there? Even without the ridiculous murder plot, NPCs are so grumpy and hostile

  • @MissBlue823
    @MissBlue823 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This series of Skyrim reports has been fantastic. This one has been the best so far. Your humor and delivery is so entertaining. Your (seemingly) lack of knowledge of Skyrim is actually refreshing and serves for some hilarious interactions. Commenting for more!

  • @timandericonps2
    @timandericonps2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    you missed the warrens!!

  • @luckymango636
    @luckymango636 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    7:06 subtitling the random guard butting in is so good.

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    In before Austin fixes the title. For future reference, at time of posting it says "Markarth as a 1.2% unemployment rate".

  • @sagacious03
    @sagacious03 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Super excited for this big analysis video! Thanks so much for uploading!

  • @RyanHaney55
    @RyanHaney55 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I clicked within 33 seconds. 😂

    • @Atomhaz
      @Atomhaz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You must be unemployed ❌

    • @RyanHaney55
      @RyanHaney55 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Atomhaz Nope. I am just free to make my own schedule.

  • @Hmrogers97
    @Hmrogers97 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @any_austin I know this isn't related, but I wanted to tell you how much I love your music, I had surgery last week and your music was what got me up and dancing for the first time. Thanks for being such a cool, talented guy!

  • @chloukscolor7905
    @chloukscolor7905 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The extra effort you put into this one is noticeable! Good job! Delightful as always

  • @luciatheorphan
    @luciatheorphan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    big fan of the editing in this one! loved the transitions and the prison labor bit. I still enjoy the old format that's more casual as well but the editing added a lot to this video :)

  • @EliTurp
    @EliTurp 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Production sure has improved. Good job

  • @thunderandreign
    @thunderandreign 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:49 as a metalhead i can confirm this is not a job

  • @Micolash_is_behind_you
    @Micolash_is_behind_you 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:39 LMFAOOOOO!!!!!!!!

  • @keltzy
    @keltzy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    my favorite series on the internet has returned. happy day!

  • @cameronsmith2723
    @cameronsmith2723 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The editing in this video got me so good, especially that windmill one, that had me going WOOOOOOO

  • @OriginCorey
    @OriginCorey 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    5:46 “f***in chop”
    Severed the spinal cord.
    The true Bureau of Labor Statistics way