Neither of those things seems possible.
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I mean, I could accept their money to stop working, but staying away from my daughter? Maybe, because sheās mad at me anyway right now for being a hypocrite and trying to help her calm her anxiety when I am obviously a notoriously anxious person.
I am not dealing. I honestly donāt know how you do it, Smacky, with all life throws at you. I want to hide under a boulder now.
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Thatās exactly what I think of you, dude. Shall we form a mutual admiration society?
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I miss my family and really want to see them. I know I shouldnāt ā they are in large part caretakers for my grandparents and uncle who are high risk. But I just want to grab all the people I love and buy us a big house and force them all to stay there while we use our good jobs that can be done from home to pay the rent and get food delivered and keep everyone safe. But even if I decided to try to do that, I know most wouldnāt let me do that for them, or would only do so if they lost their jobs and had no options.
Iām an introvert, but I can still miss people and get lonely.
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I am also an introvert and have the same dream 
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Does anyone have links to guidelines for forming a pod or squad or whatever during quarantine? Googleās results were not what I was looking for.
My parents have been working from home since Monday and only live a few miles away so maybe weāll be able to form a pod with them.
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Staying 6 feet from your daughter sounds unreasonable, impossible, unfeasible, and pointless. Unless you are both sterilizing all surfaces immediately after or before using them, staying physically separate is not going to prevent you from giving each other COVID-19.
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I feel super weird because on the whole things have gotten better for me. I know so many people are in a terrible situation right now, but in my life itās like a bunch of barriers have come crashing down. Even my meds! Haha, after years of restrictions on exactly when and how I can start begging and pleading get them, one quick email got me 90 days extra of my medsā¦two months ahead of schedule.
My husband is working from home, which has been our dream for ages. Iāve never heard more from my able friends, now that theyāre stuck inside they are finally making the initiative to have phone dates and stuff, lol. All the stuff that was just under the surface has been exposed, causing me initially rage but now a massive sense of relief and peace.
There are all these incredible resources now for viewing museums and concerts online. Weāre having way better online meetings at work now, Iām no longer left out of the loop which used to happen all. the. time. Even being considered for better work now, since everyone is remote and they canāt use that as an excuse anymore/plus they are realizing actually they need ideas and experience not just asses in seats.
Oh, and my PT is now willing to do email consulting, lol! Heās literally sending me workouts, which Iāve requested before. A lot of times. LOL. And other than climbing/grocery shopping/eating out I can still do all my favorite activities. Iāve even started some new hobbies!
Itās. So. Fucking. Weird.
Iām only reading the news like once a day because I feel likeā¦other than donations and staying away from other humans thereās not a lot I can do! I wish I could help in some way but I donāt know how so Iām going to try and be a comforting and calm presence for others. Iāve listened to a lot of anxiety in the last week or so from family and friends and people always feel better after talking to me, so I guess I can do that?
ETA: Suggestions for how I can help more are welcome! Keeping in mind I am high risk and not physically very strong. I wish I could like, make masks or something.
ETA2: Look what I just found!
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Does it actually seem likely that all Americans will receive a $1200 check to stimulate the economy? Umā¦ how soon would this check be arriving?
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If youāre in a tight spot I know myself (and probably others here) would be happy to help.
ETA: Not that this solves it, I hope that didnāt come across as dismissive.
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Thank you! But no, not necessary. Itās not urgent, I just want free money lol.
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You could try researching the history of the 2008-9 stimulus checks to get an idea
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Iām glad this is doing something good for somebody! 
Hopefully some of the barriers will stay down after the crisis is over, once people realize there is no actual reason for them to be up in the first place.
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I expect since itās tax return season and the printing presses are already busy it wonāt be any time soon. Months at minimum
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I feel weirdly guilty about it, lol, but itās likeā¦
idk. Life be weird, yo.
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Do you guys get actual paper cheques from the government? The government has my direct deposit info and uses it. Wouldnāt giving every person a cheque mean every person makes a trip to the bank all at the same time?
There is a jigsaw puzzle shortage. This was bound to happen. 
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I donāt have the reference in front of me right now but I read that very low-income or no-income people wonāt get anything.
Ah, here it is:
"But the checks will shrink for both low- and high-earners. Americans with little-to-no tax liability (aka, poor folks) will only receive a minimum payment of $600, unless they earned less than $2,500, in which case they get zilch. Low-wage workers who donāt have a federal tax return for 2018 or 2019āadults generally arenāt required to file one they earn less than the standard deductionāalso wonāt qualify for the early rebate. (They could still get it next year if they file taxes for 2020, but by that time it will be a bit late.) "
The potential to be stuck inside (although normally for other reasons) is why I collect $0.50 puzzles from the thrift store when I see ones I like on half-price days 
. Although that does mean āIām short three pieces and damned if I know if I dropped them or if they were never in the box to begin withā will probably start showing up on the Tiny Complaints thread.
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This makes me happy but it also doesnāt? Like youāve said, why couldnāt they get it through their thick skulls before a freakin global pandemic. I hope people donāt forget whenever things go back to normal, whenever that may be.
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