• K0W4L5K1
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    248 months ago

    Haha thank you I couldn’t figure out what 9/11 had to do with all this

    • @[email protected]
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      48 months ago

      I’ve noticed it being written like 9/11 instead of 911 a lot lately. Is this how it’s supposed to be or what has happened that’s making people add the slash now…

      • @[email protected]
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        128 months ago

        The emergency phone number has always been written as 911. I have no idea why people are writing a phone number as a date suddenly.

      • @[email protected]
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        48 months ago

        No, these are people who are either incredibly dumb or have somehow never seen anyone write “911” down but have heard somone joking about “dialing nine eleven”

      • 520
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        8 months ago

        It has always been 9/11 because it is a date. Some people use 911, but this can be confused for the emergency services phone number (also 911)

          • 520
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            68 months ago

            In the original post? Yeah, they meant 911 (the phone number)

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            8 months ago

            Well…yeah, it’s what they meant, but how many phone numbers do you know of that have forward slashes?

            Might be an autocorrect thing though depending on the phone

            • @[email protected]
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              17 months ago

              You know, that’s a really good point! It probably has something to do with autocorrect.