Gosh, I wonder why that was? /s
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HUH?
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Itās not like I never made a typoā¦but I do try to proof before posting.
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Iām a little sick of people not reading their historyā¦ but then again, historians are constantly treated like shit, soā¦
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Itās nice when the people who set up sites like that donāt understand whatās available with whois information. Though, it looks like Redditās been removing the whois evidence (due to the anti-doxxing policies) and the person registering the sites has cleaned their whois up.
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FWIW, this is his side of itā¦
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Iām considering deleting my post due to this, although there are apparently some oddities with his story as well. Of course, he also says he was trying to block some other small group that was originally setting these up, so thereās that.
Could be a variant on Poeās Lawā¦
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If I was more pessimistic, I might wonder if he was ājust hoping to recoup his costs and get them to the people that could use themā in the same way as the guy who bought 17000 bottles of hand sanitizer and said the same once he was found out.
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He said the protesters were āpatriotsā for defending individual freedoms.
As well as demanding an end to the lockdown, some of those attending the rally also held up signs calling for Brazilās Congress and the Supreme Court to be closed down.
Others said they wanted the military to take over the handling of the coronavirus crisis.
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I wrote this, then read it over, and itās just a rant. Feel free to skip my wall of text.
Iām a freelancer / very small business. I have one client who is consistently 80% of my business. Which, Iāve been told that this means I have a ājobā not a business, but I think that person was already looking down on me. Thatās whatever at this point. I pay my own taxes (both employee and employer portions) so I donāt have a ājobā.
I send monthly invoices, which are typically paid in 15-20 days, so my income is somewhere around 30-45 days in arrears. This has been fine, for nearly 10 years.
This year to date Iām off by 30%, which is crummy but survivable. This quarter to date, Iām off by 54%. So far. Still, this is survivable.
But, Iām thinking that I ought to apply for unemployment, which I cannot typically do in my state because Iām not an employee. Itās not because Iām in a bad situation now, but if this goes on for a long time, I will be. It feels kind of crummy to get myself in line, potentially ahead of someone who needs the money nowFUCKINGnow. You know, like Ruths Criss getting so much of the loan money intended for small businesses. Thatās shitty. I donāt want to do that.
BUT, the unemployment money is likely to be the only kind of help I can get from the government. In theory Iāll get that $1200, but Iāll believe it when I deposit the check.
BUT, our pantry is stocked, and others have less. I have a savings account, and others donāt. I have a partner, while others are on their own. We donāt have kids, and others do. I can grow a garden, but others donāt have a way to do that.
A true capitalist will say āget what you can, screw the restā but that feels wrong. Boil all this down, and all I get is a syrup of āhow to be ethical in a system devoid of ethicsā. Itās a bitter thing.
If I was an economist, maybe I could talk myself out of this dead end, but Iām a philosopher (I once even got paid for it) so I just want to get drunk and smoke all the cigarettes (which I quit in 2014).
BUT, I canāt get drunk, because if my big client needs something, I definitely want to be able to do it and earn something. Plus I want to be just where I am, when they are able start up their marketing efforts again. And, I donāt really want to smoke, because the point of quitting was my health, and now is not the time to put oneās lungs in a more precarious circumstance.
Maybe this is
anxiety
{multiplied by} depression
in the time of coronavirus.
And, if that is all it was, then Iād just keep on trucking like I usually do, but itās really
anxiety
{multiplied by} depression
{multiplied by} coronavirus
{multiplied by} racism
{multiplied by} the number of people who donāt care how many people die as long as they are never inconvenienced and they get to stay rich.
The racism isnāt even directed at me, but it makes the world immeasurably worse at every turn.
Fuckity-fuck-fucking-fuck. Sob.
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You are talking about unemployment benefits as if they were charity. They are not and they shouldnāt be.
Donāt lie. Donāt cheat. If you qualify fair and square, then that money is your right and you are meant to have it.
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In addition to the excellent answers youāve already been given, Iād add that there is a very real possibility that (like the coronavirus) things can go from slightly bad to absolutely critical very quickly, and at that time, waiting for the process to complete could put you very much into the OMG-I-need-it-yesterday camp.
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I have also had bouts of depression and anxiety thatās much worse since the pandemic started, despite being in a relatively good place. So youāre not alone. Take care of yourself, whatever you decide you have to do. And ditto what others have said.
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I suggest you have a conversation with your client.
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