For as much as I tell people about how convention demographics / dynamics change, I don't usually get to be on the receiving end of that. Just this last weekend
>Walking around before almost anyone else has shown up. Guy I just met tells me
>"Isn't it weird that they have so many artists vending? I figure these events are mostly men, and they probably won't buy it
>Wait, what? Which cons have you been to before?
>Just the big comic cons
I get nobody's born knowing but it's also why I never take the "It's over, only normalfags go anymore, it's all onlyfans thots, etc" griping seriously. Just means they don't go to smaller events that only locals are interested in