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So in America phone numbers are a nine digit string, meaning there is at most 1,000,000,000 possible combinations. America's population is 328 million, but when you factor in business phones, especially ones with multiple lines you'll start to see the impending crisis we have on our hands that nobody is talking about. We passed peak phone numbers a long time ago and soon we won't have enough to go around. We MUST solve this crisis!!
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Mar 26, 2021 19:02
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Just print some more numbers? There's like infinity of them.
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Mar 26, 2021 19:03
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Boz0r posted:Just print some more numbers? There's like infinity of them. Serious replies ONLY! Print more numbers, he says...
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Mar 26, 2021 19:04
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Nobody calls each other anymore grandpa
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Mar 26, 2021 19:06
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Just alternate days for who has a phone number.
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Mar 26, 2021 19:15
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When I die distribute my phone number among my descendants
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Mar 26, 2021 19:16
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Honestly I hope so  BLOOD FOR THE APOCALYPSE
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Mar 26, 2021 19:17
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Brotein_Shake posted:Just alternate days for who has a phone number. Rationing is a vital component but ultimately a short-term one. A good start!
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Mar 26, 2021 19:18
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Switch to hex code for phone numbers. All the current phone numbers will still be valid but we'll massively increase the available numbers by including ABCDEF as digits. We'll have 68,719,476,736 numbers
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Mar 26, 2021 19:18
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it's ok, they found another number between 6 and 7, that gives way more options or maybe they'll just add extra area codes idk
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Mar 26, 2021 19:19
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Surely the business numbers are offset by the babies who don't have phone numbers yet. Typical political fearmongering.
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Mar 26, 2021 19:19
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Everyone cool and nice gets a 1 as an area code, everyone else a 2. That will gives us 2 billion numbers and you also always know if you should pick up the phone from the caller id
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Mar 26, 2021 19:20
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Vim Fuego posted:Switch to hex code for phone numbers. All the current phone numbers will still be valid but we'll massively increase the available numbers by including ABCDEF as digits. We'll have 68,719,476,736 numbers This is the most loving goon answer to a problem I’ve ever seen in my life lmfao. Nobody normal is going to go for this idiotic poo poo lol
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Mar 26, 2021 19:22
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:it's ok, they found another number between 6 and 7, that gives way more options The new number is °=÷∆∆
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Mar 26, 2021 19:23
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the corona quid posted:This is the most loving goon answer to a problem I’ve ever seen in my life lmfao. Nobody normal is going to go for this idiotic poo poo lol Rude, very rude. Definitely area code 2 for you
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Mar 26, 2021 19:23
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GABA ghoul posted:Rude, very rude. Definitely area code 2 for you Yeah, that's area code 2 posting if I ever seen it
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Mar 26, 2021 19:25
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Hang on, Ive got just the product https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVtHrgdcvZA
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Mar 26, 2021 19:26
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I can barely remember my own phone number, hope I don't have to call my phone from jail some day.
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Mar 26, 2021 19:27
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Ventral EggSac posted:When I die distribute my phone number among my descendants Tell them I lived as I died, a free man on the dial pad.
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Mar 26, 2021 19:27
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divide the country in half so that all calls to the other half get a new country code, and also we can have some nice sporty wars with each other now and then. win win
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Mar 26, 2021 19:31
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Isn't Canada squatting on country code 1 ? Kick those bums out. Recover at least 38 million numbers.
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Mar 26, 2021 19:33
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frumpykvetchbot posted:Isn't Canada squatting on country code 1 ? lol good luck with that as we are basically owned by Bell and Rogers. If they can hoard media rights, you bet they can hoard exchanges.
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Mar 26, 2021 19:41
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GABA ghoul posted:Everyone cool and nice gets a 1 as an area code, everyone else a 2. That will gives us 2 billion numbers and you also always know if you should pick up the phone from the caller id This is the exact kind of outside the box thinking that's going to save us!
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Mar 26, 2021 19:43
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We need to switch to banana phone technology. Banana Phone Facts: - It grows in bunches. - I've got my hunches. - It's the best, beats the rest. - Cellular, modular, and interactive [unintelligible].
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Mar 26, 2021 20:00
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Ventral EggSac posted:When I die distribute my phone number among my descendants Joke's on you. The estate tax applies to anything above seven figures.
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Mar 26, 2021 20:01
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Bonzo posted:lol good luck with that as we are basically owned by Bell and Rogers. TBH, that sounds like a "you" problem. It seems country codes 693 and maybe 875 are unused. Also 881 which is kind of cool, you'd be neighbors with Bangladesh. Which do you prefer?
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Mar 26, 2021 20:03
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I’m an accelerationist, OP. I have three numbers just to ensure we reach peak phone number faster, the disruption caused by phone number scarcity will finally force boomers to send emails instead of calling three times in a row and never bothering to say what they need in any of their three minute long voicemails.
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Mar 26, 2021 20:05
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Should i start selling time shares but instead of property, its for phone numbers?
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Mar 26, 2021 20:07
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Time_pants posted:Joke's on you. The estate tax applies to anything above seven figures. lmao
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Mar 26, 2021 20:07
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Honestly just drop phone numbers. go completely to VoIP tech using screen names and emails as ways to talk. I will only be using Discord as a means to conduct business cuz I'm a real gamer. to everyone using a 9-key pad: future is now old man.
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Mar 26, 2021 20:11
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Vim Fuego posted:Switch to hex code for phone numbers. All the current phone numbers will still be valid but we'll massively increase the available numbers by including ABCDEF as digits. We'll have 68,719,476,736 numbers this is just kicking the can down the road another 700 years very irresponsible
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Mar 26, 2021 20:33
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In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court has ruled that going forward, rich people get phone numbers and poor people don't. Problem solved!
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Mar 26, 2021 20:34
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if we can have 9 supreme court justices we can have 9 digit phone numbers 
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Mar 26, 2021 20:40
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Just add another digit. I don't know anyone's number in a world of cell phone contact lists anyway. I could still tell you all my childhood friends home numbers though, which are probably long disconnected.
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Mar 26, 2021 20:41
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Free up the 555's. That will get us another decade.
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Mar 26, 2021 20:42
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Have an auction for slots in the coveted 420 and 069 area codes and use the proceeds to develop additional numbers.
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Mar 26, 2021 20:44
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I mean, the whole premise of this thread isn't even accurate cause there aren't just 1 billion possible phone numbers. There is also 911
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Mar 26, 2021 20:50
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Once the final phone number is assigned all the phones will stop working, it's the Y2K principle all over again.
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Mar 26, 2021 20:50
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Add a tenth digit, so it matches the amount of digits on hands and let's us nine digit havers feel superior
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Mar 26, 2021 21:08
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scientists should invent a number that comes after 9
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