If he was fully committed to the bit, he wouldn’t have hidden his SSN from this picture.
He’s going off the grid! This guy doesn’t have a social security number for Roy!
I declared it!
I dislike anyone who uses ion like that.
ion care
What a charged comment
I’m not being negative!
Are you positive?
You need to unionize
A DMV employee told me they’re made of denim and very hard to tear. Is that not true then?
i know that US currency is actually a textile, not paper-- it’s 25% linen and 75% cotton. not sure about social security cards, but there is precedent for using fabric and other textiles in the creation of government documents, and it’s specifically to make them more durable.
they are actually made to quickly degrade when exposed to the elements so if you drop it in public it will not stay around forever for someone to find
Is that why they tell you not to laminate it?
yes, among other reasons pertaining to security features that are affected by lamination
I just tested it on mine and it was surprisingly easy to tear it to shreds. I don’t think there’s any denim in there.
Mine from 1983 is just paper.
Can someone explain what this is? Do Americans have documents proving you exist?
It’s a soggy piece of cardboard that “they” give you at birth and you have to hold onto it with your tiny baby hand, and then you have to keep it until you’re like 90 years old. If this soggy, easy to lose or destroy card gets lost or destroyed you have to prove to the magically animated statue of Abraham Lincoln himself that you’re American to get a replacement.
This card is explicitly not an ID card, but the only thing it ever gets used for is as an ID card.
Yea we do. Social security number card. You use those, a birth certificate, drivers license, and two pieces of reputable mail (for proof of existence and address) to do most big ticket purchases or verify yourself before cars, houses, clearances, update drivers license. Etc…etc…
Looks like that piece of paper containing an American’s social security number
That looks remarkably fragile for something so important. Isn’t your SSN also on your passport/drivers license?
Not any more.
For the longest time my home state used SSNs as drivers license numbers. I think the federal government finally told them to stop, and years ago now we all got new randomly generated numbers on our licenses instead of SSNs.
