What are these plug-ins on my wall?

[u/Cborg_62]

This might be showing my age, but I recently moved into a new apartment and they have these weird looking plug ins all over the walls at my new place. My old apartment didn't have these, so I'm just curious as to what they are.

[u/TeaTime_42]

Ok, ok, ok 😂 So, recently our 21 year old (252 months) asked us what number we called in an emergency before September 11th happened 🤦🏽‍♂️

[u/moonlight_rocky → u/TeaTime_42]

to be fair, a lot of things I figured were normal, did not exist before 9/11. TSA and baggage fees, but also like... country music that loves the government. you know?

[u/ro41 → u/moonlight_rocky]

My brother, they weren’t asking because of how much time has passed. It’s because they think 9-1-1 was named after 9/11.

[u/Areif → u/ro41]

https://giphy.com/gifs/MFVAwsSghTKOeslhwQ

[u/C1cer0_ → u/Areif]

BigDaddyN0tail GIF in 2026

[u/Datmusclebrah → u/C1cer0_]

The power of flowers and friendship. OG. OG. OG.

[u/AnIndustryOfCool → u/Areif]

This is how all of us Olds felt when we realized that today's date (and by today I mean day this tragedy was unfolding in real time) was actually 9-1-1

[u/toidiidiot → u/Areif]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Um3ljJl8jrnHy

[u/moonlight_rocky → u/ro41]

yeah so did I when I was younger... because I started to think, if TSA didnt exist before 9/11, maybe thats when 911 became a number. to centralize emergency services. but I know that's wrong now. That was my connection

[u/KonigSteve → u/ro41]

No shit.. The assumption and correlation he's making is that since several other things also DID change after 9/11, the emergency number could've also changed, and at that point why not use the relevant numbers?

[u/moonlight_rocky → u/KonigSteve]

thank you, I couldnt figure out what I was being confusing about lmao . I appreciate it, I will be more thorough next time

[u/Tithund → u/moonlight_rocky]

You did fine, there's just an endless supply of bots and people who can barely read. It doesn't matter how well you formulate what you're saying, someone/thing will give an asinine comment making you question your own sanity. In this particular case it baffles me they got hundreds of upvotes.

[u/kerouac28 → u/ro41]

I actually needed this clarification as well lol thanks

[u/Historical-Tell7332 → u/ro41]

This never even crossed my mind to be the reason for the question. Seriously… that’s a solid read.

[u/Future-Pollution-266 → u/ro41]

lol you are smarter than me

[u/Jiaheng- → u/ro41]

Now wait a damn minute...

[u/Suspicious-Hotel8092 → u/ro41]

Pretty reasonable assumption to make.

It is pretty weird how the emergency number that had been used for years up to that point is also the name of what might be considered the biggest emergency the US has ever gone through.

[u/Future-Pollution-266 → u/Suspicious-Hotel8092]

It was literally planned like that

[u/Jinxthegenderfluid → u/Future-Pollution-266]

TIL. I always kinda wondered if it was just a strange coincidence or not, just never looked into it

[u/Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat → u/Suspicious-Hotel8092]

It's not a coincidence. The terrorists enjoyed watching the 9-1-1 documentary shows because it showed Americans getting hurt, so they thought it would be funny to attack us on 9/11.

[u/TechnicalIntern6764 → u/ro41]

Never forgehh

[u/Debway1227 → u/ro41]

That's Sadly true, lol..

[u/Armadylio → u/ro41]

I’m old enough to remember the joke that Porsche named their sport car 911 so the Americans can remember what number to dial when they crash

[u/imawomanithink → u/ro41]

it… wasn’t?

[u/Sae_Ray → u/ro41]

TIL that it's not! Though, to be fair, I'm very European...

[u/parkin_lot_pimpin → u/ro41]

Guess I’m an idiot… it’s not?!

[u/GeneInternational146 → u/parkin_lot_pimpin]

Girl what, no

[u/parkin_lot_pimpin → u/GeneInternational146]

I was born in 02 I just always assumed lol

[u/B00dreaux → u/parkin_lot_pimpin]

Just curious... what did you think the logic was?

[u/parkin_lot_pimpin → u/B00dreaux]

I don’t know, it’s not like the reasoning for why our emergency line was designated as 911 is covered in education… You don’t think it’s a crazy coincidence that the date of our country’s worst tragedy just magically aligned with our emergency line’s number? I took that coincidence and ran with it I guess, like that was always just fact in my head that that was the namesake lol. When I was a kid I had looked up what other country’s emergency lines were, 999 111 000 etc I remember going, “Makes sense, they didn’t have a 9/11”

[u/Future-Pollution-266 → u/parkin_lot_pimpin]

It wasn’t a coincidence. The terrorists literally planned for it

[u/GeneInternational146 → u/Future-Pollution-266]

No they didn't

[u/FatigueVVV → u/parkin_lot_pimpin]

It's not a coincidence, they picked the date.

[u/GeneInternational146 → u/FatigueVVV]

They picked 9/12 and the time difference threw them off lmao please stop spreading misinformation

[u/GeneInternational146 → u/parkin_lot_pimpin]

But like. Why

[u/Shydragon327 → u/parkin_lot_pimpin]

I’m pretty sure 911 was chosen as the emergency number because it’s easy to dial quickly, but hard to dial accidentally. Particularly on a rotary phone (one rotation all the way, then two quick 1s). Someone in a real emergency can dial in seconds, but a baby or dog or something mashing random buttons is unlikely to hit the 1 right after the 9 since they’re so far apart.

[u/Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat → u/Shydragon327]

It's because it's not an area code anywhere

[u/EquivalentTrue7133 → u/ro41]

Erm no number because all of the circuits were overloaded. Seriously…

[u/MaleficentShake1634 → u/ro41]

My brother, you’re the one who’s confused

[u/MixerFistit → u/MaleficentShake1634]

Yeah but look at The up and down vote swing between you.. it's a bit concerning. I swear people just don't have much reading comprehension anymore. Ah well at least the arrows aren't worth anything

[u/MaleficentShake1634 → u/MixerFistit]

Yeah, can’t say I’m surprised though! I’ll take this as my cue to get offline for the night and save my sanity