I would also add:

Living in no-extradition countries, using GrapheneOS on an Android phone, using Jabber/OTR chat for communication.

That's why step 0 if you plan on stepping on the U.S. governments toes is: Move to a country with no extradition treaty with the U.S. and be prepared to spend the rest of your life only traveling between such countries. Make sure to also account for edge cases like countries without an extradition treaty that still enforce it (i.e. Maldives) and countries WITH an extradition treaty that do not enforce it (like Venezuela).

Why is the asterisk (*) symbol often used in the middle of words these days? I didn't get the memo when this trend started.

The asterisk is often used to mince profane words, and I guess wh* te and bl* ck are profane now... Or at least that's what the parent comment is implying. (Personally I disagree.)

People have been spelling brainfuck as brainf*ck, or similar, since at least 2001 (the earliest date my lazy-a$s search yielded)

It's just a censor.

"once you have paid him the Dane-geld, you never get rid of the Dane."

Sounds like Minecraft.

Proof that we're living in a simulation