Universal Basic FriendApr 15, 2025

@jedsetter @dmantis @aj @liamvhogan this is a good point.

I reckon 80% of the financial interactions I have day to day cannot happen purely in cash:

-mortgage
-insurances
-dental/medical (goes through medicare, requires ID)
-medications/prescriptions (goes through pbs)
-vet/veterinary medicines (requires ID because controlled substances)

This essentially just leaves food, petrol and any luxuries. We always buy our food and petrol from the same people and they know our names, so that train has sailed. There's nowhere around here to buy anything that could be considered a luxury.

Plus of course getting paid is a financial interaction. People tend to want to know identity details for the person they are paying, even if they pay cash. It's hard to get paid privately.

Show threadUniversal Basic FriendApr 15, 2025

@dmantis I'm very curious as to how you get around the making money end of things. Your methods could be useful for me.

Do you work for an employer who is comfortable with not knowing who and where you are? Are you a freelancer who is paid anonymously?

@aj @liamvhogan @jedsetter

Show threadDmitry Mantis

@coolandnormal @aj @liamvhogan @jedsetter ofc I don't receive money anonymously. But I withdraw them to cash and spend mostly in cash instead of spending from bank accounts. The state will know your income in most cases anyway. Hiding income is a completely different topic.

Here I'm mostly talking about the spending habits/privacy so other people can't say what you enjoy, spend money on, when and in which amounts.

Apr 16, 2025 at 8:34amWeb
Show threadUniversal Basic FriendApr 16, 2025

@dmantis I'm talking about all aspects of life. Consent doesn't end at your spending habits.

If you are interested in being paid anonymously, I highly recommend sex work.

@aj @liamvhogan @jedsetter

Show threadUniversal Basic FriendApr 16, 2025

@dmantis art modelling and garden maintenance are two more great anonymous cash income streams, if you're looking to move to being paid privately. I assumed you had your own going, given you were so cocky in your opener.

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Show threadUniversal Basic FriendApr 16, 2025

@dmantis being a restaurant fresh produce supplier turns out to be another anonymous cash income steam actually. I didn't really expect it to be when I started, but not one has asked me any questions.

@aj @liamvhogan @jedsetter

Show threadUniversal Basic FriendApr 16, 2025

@dmantis art sales is another great one. No one cares what my legal name is when they buy a painting.

@aj @liamvhogan @jedsetter

Show threadUniversal Basic FriendApr 16, 2025

@dmantis it's pretty wild that you came in to a thread about people being forced to use invasive tech in the workplace with "why do people pretend anonymous cash doesn't exist??" then went on to clarify that you actually weren't talking about anonymous cash as a solution to invasive tech in the workplace, you just wanted to have a chat about using cash to buy things.

Truly bizarre life choice.

@aj @liamvhogan @jedsetter