What happens when the US runs out of SSNs? - eviltoast

SSN numbers are good for 999,999,999 people alive or dead. At some point the US will hit that, right? Do we start reusing numbers? Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

  • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Meh, why do today what you can put off until it’s someone else’s problem?

    It’s not even like you leave for future you, that guy hates you already^1 you leave it for someone entirely unknown. They won’t even know who to blame.

    ^1 Shayne Smith banned from karate reference.

    Bummer, superscript doesn’t work in any client, does it work for anybody else? Come to think about it, how stupid am I, I’ve used ^ extensively in this fucking thread smh