Comment on All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat

• Lucky_777@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Too bad they already wear the mark, in the form of an ugly red hat

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• tamal3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Mark of the beast? Isn’t that something about the devil? I’m not sure what you mean

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, in the book of Revelation in the Bible as a sign of the end times followers of Satan will have a visible mark on them. Many evangelical Christian conspiracy theorists believe that in a literal sense. Paired with many conservatives also not wanting the government to be able to track them, a national ID system (as opposed to state IDs) has never really gain traction.

    You can read more about this here if you’re interested. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_beast#Mark_of…

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    • RattlerSix@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Christians should show they’re not the antichrist by getting “Nero,” which is Greek for “not the beast” tattooed on their forehead

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• UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The mark of the beast is fiat currency.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We should get ahead of the curve by making Markcoin then. Let’s do halfsies on an ICO.

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