Anyone who uses Facebook messenger as their only messenging app will need to text or call me. Fuck that. I do, however, use WhatsApp and discord for work and uni group chats. If or when that’s no longer the case, people who only use those will need to text me, too.

They’re a scientist. Science is pretty international and often involves travelling to all sorts of countries for conferences with other researchers in your field.

Not a solution to all your problems of course, but the only way to buy something and preserve your privacy is to pay cash. Everything else will get your info to someone. Lots of good suggestions for lesser evils here for when you have no choice but to shop online.

In my country, you would’nt even be allowed to drive it with a passenger car licence, as it exceeds the max weight for that.