Irrelevant But Awesome

We need to talk about what Brandon Sanderson just did.  For those who don’t know, Brandon Sanderson is a fantasy author. Primarily a writer of adult fantasy novels, he has also written middle grade and YA novels, as well as dabbled in the realm of graphic novels as well. He is probably best known for completing the Wheel of Time series after the death of author Robert Jordan, writing the last three novels of the series from Jordan’s extensive notes.  The other thing Sanderson is known for is writing a lot. Like, a LOT, a lot. In a genre of fiction where fans joke about the long wait for Game of Thrones books, and the final book in the Kingkiller trilogy, Sanderson is the opposite of that, usually putting out multiple books a year, with at least one of them being several hundred pages long. He schedules out his work far in advance, and keeps his audience well informed of what he’s working on. He posts weekly YouTube videos updating how far along he is in whatever project he’s w...

And no, he's not short on money. Kasher makes it clear in the description of his  GoFundMe campaign  that he's actually making an increase of money these days. In a move that seems completely satirical, Kasher states that he just doesn't want to pay rent for the month of June, especially since he apparently isn't even going to be home for the majority of the month. This comes on the heels of seemingly everybody coming out with some sort of crowd-funding campaign for just about any frivolous purpose one can imagine. How many well-known figures have you seen post a campaign for their new project over the past couple years? Too many to list, right? Some of which have enough of a following where people will gladly support them to help make that individual's movie in hopes of getting rewarded with promised perks that sometimes never happen. However, some times these campaigns give off a vibe that feels like the producer of the content really wants this project to happ...