Genuine workplace convo today:

Them: What's your WhatsApp number so we can coordinate better on this project?

Me: You can reach me over Teams (corporate's choice, not mine). I try not to use WhatsApp or other Meta products for privacy reasons. I have a deep philosophical disagreement with their ad-driven, data-harvesting business model.

Them: Oh, I see. We can agree to disagree, then. I'm a capitalist and I like making money. Meta has been the best-performing stock in my portfolio this year.

Me:

PhD in aviation ∩ climate science | Aviator, diver, ETH maxi, nexialist | Host of /diving /ethfinance /eth-staker /geopolitics /science /singapore /thomas

Bias Research Ltd. •
De-di-designer, autodidact. 🗿 UX AI/ML  • Channeling @punk • 
punk.energy 🫧 /punk • /antimeme soon

The amount of midness in the universe is maddening 😓

When asked for my WhatsApp, I often respond (a bit provocatively) with "Sorry, I don't use Facebook" – and you'd be surprised at how many people reveal themselves to have no idea that they are the same company