• scottywh@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Are they fingerprinting babies these days?

    They didn’t do that or assign SSNs when I was born.

    My dad had to apply to get my SSN at some point when I was like 6-8 years old to continue claiming me as a dependent on his taxes.

    Granted, that was over 40 years ago but I don’t remember any of that happening when my 19 year old was born either (except for the birth certificate).

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      11 months ago

      Must’ve not yet been a tax requirement when I was a young whippersnapper. Didn’t get a SS# until it was needed for my first job at 9, in the coal mines.

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        11 months ago

        I didn’t get my first W2 job until 13… Lol … maybe we’re a few years apart.

        Still feels like I’m from a whole different planet than a lot of the people online these days.