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Sorry to make you memorize this random string of digits. If it helps, it can also double as a mnemonic for remembering your young relatives' birthdays, if they happened to have been born on February 5th, 2018.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My brain: "Ugh I suck at memorizing random numbers! I just know I won't be able to remember that."

Also my brain: "Oh a fire/medical emergency/... - lets call emergency services!" immediately followed by "♪ 0118999881999119725...3 ♪ "

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago

The new emergency services number is so easy to remember :)