WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER

@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
September 20, 2015 8:51pm CST
What is your number, number yes, what is your number? What is your immigration number, what is your roll number, what is your telephone number, what is your zip code? Do you have a Doss number, do you have a prison inmate number, do you have a Henderson number? Are you numbered like the Jews in a concentration camp, in a Nazi comcentration camp? What is your social security number? What is your FBI number, CIA number, house number, post office box number, area code number? Hey you, what is your number. How many times in one day do we deal with numbers? Checking account numbers, area code numbers ,street numbers. When I ask what is your number are you offended as I? Drivers license number, vehicle identification number, burial plot number. Numbers are so Big Brother can keep track of you, can keep you under his thumb with only your hands and your feet sticking out as if pressed against a marble slate, under the thumb. The government gave us numbers in the beginning, not for land, for education, for food stamps, for a blanket, for clothes but to keep track of us. Do we need a number to identify our friends, check it out, take inventory. They say your days are numbered, days are not numbered. You are given a time upon this Earth which is God's time. He creates you and puts you on this Earth as the rest of the creatures of this Earth, the sky, the waters. He does not set his alarm clock as to when to call you to the other side ,it is when he wants you, when he needs you. . Don't you realize numbers make you a prisoner.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
21 Sep 15
I am one of those who is fascinated by numbers and can enter them in spreadsheets any time of the day or night. I also have difficulty remembering them when they have anything to do with identifying me. My National Insurance number or my phone number or my Insurance Policy number are not ME and I have to look them up every single time I'm asked for them! Having read through this discussion, I do find that my brain is number than it was before ... I wonder how your engine feels?
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
My numbers are not me either but they are in our lives and we have to live with them. and your brain is number than before.
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
21 Sep 15
@owlwings your mind is number... ha ha...I like it....
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@GreatMartin (23671)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
21 Sep 15
I never looked at numbers that way and I still don't see it that way! Numbers help me celebrate my 20th birthday Monday, February 29, 2016--all great numbers!
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
21 Sep 15
867-5309! That's the only number you need to boost your day.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
Well let me say Happy Birthday to you on 9-29 but to bad this is not a leap year so you will have to wait til next year.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
@OneOfMany Really guess no one has gotten what I was trying to say.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
21 Sep 15
Yes, you are right that every stage and phase of life, we need to remember our numbers and the areas where we are required to identify ourselves through numbers, are in large numbers. I think, allotting us a number makes a process easier rather than identifying us through any other method. I need to remember my Bank Account Number, Credit Card Number, Voter Identity Card Number and Permanent Account Number (meant for paying Income Tax), mobile numbers of friends/relatives and Employee number, Car Number and bike number etc., the list is endless.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
The numbers to remember are definitely endless and for what purpose.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
@dpk262006 Could very well be true !!!!
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
21 Sep 15
@Marcyaz - I think till we are on this planet we need to remember our numbers for our peaceful survival.
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• China
21 Sep 15
I lose count of how many numbers we deal with in my life.However the number can make or break our lives .You know so many people become victims of swindle for the very number.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
Very true we can become victims of some of these numbers.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
21 Sep 15
I love numbers - some may even think I'm obsessed with them!
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
Obessed with numbers.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
@hereandthere Well then you go right ahead and have your serial numbers.
• Philippines
21 Sep 15
@sishy7 including serial numbers
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@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
21 Sep 15
We are completely surrounded by numbers. Numbers everywhere.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
That is for sure number, numbers for what - Everything.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
22 Sep 15
@fufurinha Very true everything and everyone has a number whether we like it or not.
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@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
21 Sep 15
@Marcyaz everything and everyone has a number
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@celticeagle (168369)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Sep 15
In a lot of ways you are so right. Numbers are a necessary evil now days. I heard it said that this was how it would be and they were sure right.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
22 Sep 15
Yep and all numbers are not so good.
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@celticeagle (168369)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Sep 15
@Marcyaz But they keep them in the know.
@much2say (56122)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Sep 15
Numbers are everywhere - too bad I was never that good in math I guess that's why I'm more of the creative side - numbers just aren't my thing - but they're all over me - I can't escape them!
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
How true you can't escape those numbers as everything is numbered.
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@much2say (56122)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Sep 15
@Marcyaz We even have our numbers on myLot! Numbers of discussions, responses, comments, etc.
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@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
24 Sep 15
Numbers. I guess we do need them to keep track of many things in our life. And the government gives us numbers. Everyone on this planet is a number. That's why people could care less about government anymore. We are just a number to them. Nothing more. If the numbers are not productive they want to eliminate those numbers. The universe does not have an alarm clock. Never did and never will.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
24 Sep 15
How true we are just a number to the government.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
25 Sep 15
@inertia4 Tagged so government can keep its eye on us.
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@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
25 Sep 15
@Marcyaz It is sad when you think about it that way. That's why people these days don't care much at all. and we can't blame them either. It's like we're cattle, and we were tagged or something.
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• United States
22 Sep 15
Realizing is one thing, acting upon it is another. Even so we are labelled with millions of numbers for everything. Paying a hospital bill? You have an account number, waiting on the phone inline of others? Yup you've got a number there too. When did it become such a "Normal" thing is the real question, and why did we let it.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
22 Sep 15
It happened when we were born and why because people just let things go on and on.
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@writerjo (2540)
• India
21 Sep 15
@Marcyaz We all are like a prisoner in this earth who holds the body .. We will be released one day and get liberated by God , as what you said ..
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
You do understand we are prisoners and God will deliver us, yes exactly.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
22 Sep 15
@writerjo Unfortunately not all understand or even want to understand.
@writerjo (2540)
• India
22 Sep 15
@Marcyaz I want all of us in this earth have to understand this truth
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@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
21 Sep 15
So bad, that the government would like you to treat you like a statistic, and not a human being.We seem to be living in a big prison state, profiling has become a norm, rather than an exception.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
Ah someone who knows what i am trying to say. Yes profiling has become the norm, rather than an exception.
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• Aurangabad, India
21 Sep 15
@Marcyaz Yes marcyaz, this type of profiling is done by the scruff of the neck. You are not left with any recourse to avoid it, or get back your details, in case you do not wish to remain part of that process.
@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
21 Sep 15
Never really thought of it that way but you are right. Numbers are a very big important part of our lives.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
Numbers are a very big part of our lives.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
24 Sep 15
@simone10 Everyplace and we never seem to be able to get away from the numbers. We are a numbered society.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
24 Sep 15
@Marcyaz Very true. Everywhere we go, we are associated with numbers, such as doctor's office, credit cards, etc.
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@Shyamalaa (525)
• Udaipur, India
21 Sep 15
Nice analysis! Maybe the mathematicians will not share your aversion to numbers though
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
I am sure they would not but I do not have an aversion to numbers. But think about all the numbers you have to deal with every day and then it all makes sense.
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
@Shyamalaa Yep and now a lot of sites are asking you to have at least one number in the password.
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• Udaipur, India
21 Sep 15
@Marcyaz that is true. And all the passwords on top of that.
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@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
21 Sep 15
So our government wants us to have something like your SSN and the only purpose, as I see it, is to give us a number! They even say (cheerfully) you'll be identified by a number - ah so great, that was my ultimate dream So far I have declined... but they are trying to twist our arms by making it mandatory every-so-where. Unsuccessfully. Reminds me of a novel I never read - 1084 ki Maa ; Mother of (prisoner number) 1084.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
Even in prison you have to have a number, unbelievable.
@savak03 (6684)
• United States
3 Oct 15
In doing some research into social security a while back I found out that our social security numbers were not designed as an identity proof and that we should not be asked or compelled to show our social security card for the purpose of identifying ourselves. Yet all companies, even government agencies require that we show that as one of our proofs of identity. The government won't even obey their own rules.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
3 Oct 15
I don 't think they ever have unless it is their best interests not ours.
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@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
25 Sep 15
yeah, especially math.. all those numbers, equations, puzzles and even the alphabet numbers are everywhere
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
25 Sep 15
Numbers certainly are everywhere.
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
21 Sep 15
Our life is governed by numbers, we start our life at day number 1... this may be the reason why I do not like numbers.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
Only one of the reasons, I have many...
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
21 Sep 15
I've never been a fan of numbers although I can remember them well. But like you said we deal with them all the time. Sometimes I wish there's one special code that serves as a unique identification for each one of us so we don't have to deal with too many. Wishful thinking I know
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Sep 15
It would be easier if we only had one number to deal with.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
21 Sep 15
Like you say ...ssssoooo many numbers.... I don't know if numbers make you a prisoner...but they sure do make you trackable....
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
22 Sep 15
They certainly do make you trackable.