I’m talking, of course, about transit routes and radio stations.
If you live in a society, you’ll probably end up memorizing the meanings of arbitrary symbol sequences.
I’m talking, of course, about place names, people’s names and … what’cha call’em … words.
(Disclaimer: I’m not in a shower right now.)
But those numbers aren’t arbitrary. There are reasons they are set, and there are reasons you would remember them.
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Mine is 982-34-4478!
I mean you get that even if you don’t live in a city.
Wait 'til you find out about nouns.
The arbitrary fuckers can be character strings as well as numbers.
Farmers wouldn’t do it with highway and township numbers?
I’m not sure you understand what “arbitrary” means.
Those numbers are not random or without reason.
They are not random, but what is the rationale?
Suppose there exists a radio station, “WACD 902 AM, The Sturge”. The number represents the frequency of the radio wave in megahertz. Now why did they choose that specific frequency? Did they have a specific preference for that number? Or more likely, they just chose whatever was available.
0118999…
725… 3
Is that the express bus route to the airport?
No, to the hospital
I wish roads would make up their mind. Some routes have names and numbers. You end up having to memorize both (if you want to give/get directions from other humans).
And phone area codes.
…except transit routes and radio station numbers aren’t arbitrary.
One three hundred thirtysix seven o seven o
gotta say. jesse wells was played on XRT and it was so cool man.
