r/rs_x

honestly if you are under 21, go away. thanks.

I typed in the name of the little town in Ireland my grandfather was born in on a genealogy forum and it returned one result, posted under my dads full name (middle name too lol), one word, all lower case. My Dad was asking if anybody knew anything about his fathers parents.

There was one reply, posted five years later in June 2005. They didn't answer the question, just recommended he check out another genealogy site.

I found this weirdly existential, in the time it took to receive a reply my Dad moved twice and two children.

My parents are split and they don't talk, there's not much left suggesting they were ever married, but for some reason my Dad decided to sign off the post by leaving a signature that included my mums name too, as in "Regards, Jack and Jill Robertson" (not their actual names).

Reading that was honestly a little upsetting, for the longest time it was only the existence of my siblings and I that our parents ever loved eachother. Now it's us and forum post from 2000.

Or worse extremely unfunny ones

i struggled through most of my 20s, at the tail end found a way to monetize being fairly good at school and am now doing well financially, have a stable, well paid job + good long term prospects. It's completely changed how i view the world. Things that used to be so dire and upsetting (shitty health insurance policies, car repairs, landlords etc etc) are just annoying inconveniences. Not having material insecurity has greatly improved my mental health, which has allowed me to perform better, which in turn has made my position more secure.

90% of my colleagues have spent their entire life at this sort of comfortable, stable remove from the harshness of American life. I can't imagine how someone in that position would really care how most of the country has to live (paycheck to paycheck, one car accident away from financial devastation). It just sucks that this type of person, comfortable suburbanites, hold the balance of power in America

One of the best songs by The Fall. Ends the album beautifully. Happy weekend.