Update for Everyone V: Born Under A Bad Sign

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I got into a screaming match at work with an Emory student about the upper middle class and their politics. Eventually it devolved into her holding her hand in my face and shouting "HILLBILLY" every time I tried to start a sentence. This is the first time I've ever been tempted to take a swing at someone during a political discussion.

[White Trash]

I got into a screaming match at work with an Emory student about the upper middle class and their politics. Eventually it devolved into her holding her hand in my face and shouting "HILLBILLY" every time I tried to start a sentence. This is the first time I've ever been tempted to take a swing at someone during a political discussion.

Woo-wee, go git 'er Jambalaya Jethro. Riches get stitches. Bougies become Ref-ugees.

I'm totally stealing this

[White Trash]

Is it just me or do SJWs/far-left social liberals keep getting more and more irksome?

I think most people are starting to get tired of extreme cultural liberalism.

[White Trash]

Where are you people meeting these classist SJWs?

Emory University

[White Trash]

My best friend, who is a lesbian (or says she is), is now dating a friend of mine (a guy), who apparently broke up with another female friend of mine, because she wanted to be with someone else. Ugh.

What is the problem here?

It's just really strange feeling, she changed her sexuality, etc. and I have to deal with the relationship's consequences.

Yeah, it is her lifestyle choice.

Like being a dork is yours?

Name a single person on this website who isn't guilty of that.

[White Trash]

I've been considering getting guinea pigs. How do they do in smaller houses?

[White Trash]

I've been considering getting guinea pigs. How do they do in smaller houses?

They do just fine, but having a large cage is optimal, especially if you get them in pairs or triplets, which they tend to be happier in as opposed to being alone.

Is the smell an issue?

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Mom said a junkie shot someone outside my old neighborhood in Lafayette. The police weren't called.

[White Trash]

I've been working with my grandma and grandpa on some genealogy stuff, really cool. The earliest American ancestor we can trace came over from Ulster (which means he was likely a Scot), to Virginia around 1740ish. Was an indentured servant working on a plantation outside of what is now Arlington. The rest of his posterity were listed as simply being "servants" or "hands" until one man living in Tennessee who a document listed as "driver".

This confused me a for a good bit, I doubt that cattle herding or truck driving was a big thing in 1830s Tennessee. And then I realized that the document meant he was a slave driver or an overseer on a plantation. After the Civil War all of my ancestors were listed as "servants" again until the 1890s.

Fun fun fun.

[White Trash]

Looked further into the genealogy stuff. My grandpa's family first moved to Louisiana in 1897 and were tenants in a shotgun house that was located in what is now Girard Park. They moved downtown sometime in 1912 and lived there until my grandfather was born. I don't think the building they lived in is still standing, but I might try my hand at finding out.

My grandmother's family is fairly interesting too. From what we can tell, they've been living in Louisiana since at least the 1820s, they show up on marriage and baptism documents in New Orleans dating to then. This has been difficult to collect and read because my French is rusty, but from what I can tell they were largely of English-speaking stock but did intermarry with some Cajuns later on. Their occupations aren't recorded, but judging by where they lived in New Orleans I can guess that they were fishermen of some sort. A single member of the family left New Orleans during the Northern occupation in 1862, and most died during the occupation, their graves are still present at St. Louis Cemetery #1 in the French Quarter. Next time I'm in NOLA I'll stop by. That single family member ended up in unoccupied Lafayette and started a family there.

[White Trash]

From looking into my genealogy, I believe that there is a good chance that I might be related to Andrew Jackson. As I had some ancestors who also went from Carrickfergus in Ireland to the Waxhas region of the Carolinas. That'd be kinda cool.

[White Trash]

I can't really do any more genealogy work. Considering folks in 19th century Appalachia and Louisiana aren't the best at keeping records on the whereabouts of white trash indentured servants. And I can just tell that literacy is a very recent development in my family.

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Ripped off Buttigieg in an e-mail coming out to my parents (even though I've already done it to my mom). I feel like I should probably cut some of it, and also that I'm going to throw up, have a heart attack, and die at the same time.

I sent it, after realizing I don't have much to lose (at least, not from this directly). Best case scenario: The folks let me transition. Worst case scenario: The folks ignore it and I have to pretend to be a dude for the next 2 1/2 years, like I was going to originally, except now I don't have to deal with the awkward coming out thing - I already did it.

Massive kudos for having the courage to come out!

[White Trash]

The lack of documents is driving me freaking insane. I need to know EVERYTHING

[White Trash]

I can't really do any more genealogy work. Considering folks in 19th century Appalachia and Louisiana aren't the best at keeping records on the whereabouts of white trash indentured servants. And I can just tell that literacy is a very recent development in my family.

How far back have you gotten? Have you had any luck with Census records?

I've actually been able to find my earliest American ancestor. I discussed it in a few posts earlier in this thread. I just haven't fleshed it all out as much as I would've liked.

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My Wife got a job offer yesterday starting at $13/Hr + OT options (Mandatory or Voluntary)....   

As a line worker on grave shift for a major retailer in a giant warehouse that supplies product for a 4 Million Pop State.

Although it's not a Union Job, it pays well above Oregon minimum wage, with a fast track to a $2-3/Hr Wage increase after six months.... 

It still has a Seniority based system, but most likely she will be able to move to a regular Day or Swing shift once some of the young folk that can't hack the Grave shift decide to drop out....

Does she have the option to unionize later on?