this is why, among the many many rules I've adopted in life, as an adult with an increasing amount of RL experience: (1) never fill out forms when it's not trul

this is why, among the many many rules I've adopted in life, as an adult with an increasing amount of RL experience: (1) never fill out forms when it's not truly necessary, and (2) always pay in cash (whether USD or Euro or Bitcoin). Oh and use "ad blocking" and decline/disable cookies/js/etc as much as possible. related: we also live in a world increasingly of "wallet-based pricing/acceptance". which means, if someone (a vendor, a thief) might charge you a higher price (or be more likely to attack/steal from you) if they have reason to believe you are upper income, then, you want to minimize how much information they have about you, esp about your identity. For example, if you're a software engineer by profession, you never ever want a vendor to know your profession (or your name, if a google of that can lead to your profession, eg.) before you hear from them the price, or the "availability" of the product. I'd love to think we live in a world where that shouldn't matter. But an increasing amount of the evidence I've seen, with my own eyes/ears (not theory, not second-hand), is consistent with having to take that into account. generally, the less the other party in a transaction (vendor, fellow citizen, etc.) knows about you, as an individual, the more likely you are to receive an objectively fair/neutral price/response. They think you're poor? Decline. They think are minority? Decline. They think you have higher income/wealth? Higher price. They think you have lower income/wealth? Suddenly not available for <reasons>.