Out of all the contacts in your phone, how many numbers can you remember by heart?

[DizzyDesii]

I AM NOT asking you to list these folks names and numbers 🚫😂 I only know 3-4. And thats bad. I miss remembering numbers. #FeelFreeToList

5 or less

10 or less

20 or less

30 or less

I remember 40+

I remember them all

I don’t know any by heart

Updates

10 mo

Alrighty looks like options A and G are going to be the main picks tonight 🤣 And please do not count your own phone number haha

[zeitgeist057]

I know let's see...

NN, ET, EB, LB... that's my sister and three close friends. There might be one or two more that I'm forgetting that I know (ironically).

I still also remember two numbers I was made to memorize when I was a kid: my grandma's number and my home phone number. I haven't had them in years and when I was around 18-19 I called my old home phone number just to say hi to whoever it was and tell them it was my number when I was a kid and that I'd never forget it. I have no idea what the person on the other end thought of that, I don't think they really knew what to say but they were nice enough.

What would you say if someone called you and said your number was their old phone number from when they were a kid 10+ years ago?

[DizzyDesii]

Lmao you called it to say Hi 🤣 I’d find it funny and adorable. Better than a prank call

[ChiTown33]

Just the ones I knew pre-cell phone days. There was a time when you had to punch in people's number everytime you wanted to call them. Shocking I know.😂 so after a few dozen times it just got stuck in you head.

My brother in law actually still has a rotary phone that he would always let his kid's friends use like whenever they needed to call thier parents or something. Just to see if they could figure it out.😂

[DizzyDesii]

I had to use the house phone throughout high school if my phone got taken away so i got used to it 🤣

[ChiTown33]

I guess we're just old school😂

[horatiohornblower]

Does the rotary even still work on modern phone systems or does he use a pulse to tone converter?

[ChiTown33]

@horatiohornblower well it worked when he told me this which was a few years. back.

[Leapfrog00]

Nada one. I use to remember people's phone numbers all the time, but nowadays people change them every time they get a new phone, which is often. I had one friend a while back that had a different number 14 times in one year, according to my phone, since I always forget to delete them.

I don't even bother anymore because of that! lol

[DizzyDesii]

Usually you have to switch companies to switch numbers UNLESS they’re doing like me where i paid $7 to keep changing my number due to stalkers lol

[Leapfrog00]

yeah, I know when I had Verizon, they were supposed to charge me $10 I think, but most people I knew used that straight talk service or had government phones, and they kept losing them, lol

[DizzyDesii]

Lmao

[DJB72]

I struggle to remember my own.

Stupid thing is I remember numbers from when I was a kid before mobile phones were a thing.

I even remember the number of the girl I'd have given my left nut to go out with but never got the courage to call when I was 17.

But my wife's number? "Speed-dial 1" 🤦

[DizzyDesii]

Lmao

[LovingLoverReturned]

Due to lack of regular use... i only know my parents, lover, house phone number, my # which doesn't count lol... I should learn my brothers number sad... thank God they haven't changed since I was a child. That's why... bro's own recently changed.

[Paul_in_Indy]

All of the contacts in my phone are vendors and businesses and people I don’t really know. I probably remember at least partial numbers for most of them, but I don’t trust myself to remember them. All of my friends and family numbers never get typed into the contacts app; because I know their numbers.

[Lynx122]

I don't know any by heart that's why I have them saved ^^ I'd rather use the space in my brain for something else there's already enough stuff I remember that I don't really need :P

[DizzyDesii]

If you ever are in an emergency and 911 is asking silly shit, you want to be able to call fam or someone

[Hal2002]

I know only 3 numbers from my contact list, my Doctors Office number. My job number, and my Supervisors job phone number.

[DizzyDesii]

Dang no fam?

[Pinay_ako]

I have very good memory… I remember most of my family, friends and co workers phone numbers even companies.

[DizzyDesii]

Dang thats really good

[sirderpsalot123]

My mom, my sister, my girlfriend, and two of my closest friends. For the longest time I didn't have their number saved. It was how i forced myself to memorize their numbers. I still don't have my girlfriend's number saved, lol.

[sirderpsalot123]

Five

[DizzyDesii]

Ahhh i never thought about not saving em

[Simslover92]

Damn maybe just one and that's my bestie. I can't even remember my boyfriend's number by heart. That's so bad lol

[DizzyDesii]

That is bad haha

[Gramkabir]

It's showing that we are heavily dependent on tech rather than our brains. We shouldn't heavily depend on tech rather we should increase our own skills.

[Nikki1989]

I only have three contacts on my phone, and I can't remember any of them.

If people need to contact me, they can do it in other ways.

[DizzyDesii]

Lmao 😂

[WindAtMyBack]

I don't have any contacts in my phone. I either have the number memorized or written down somewhere. Actually I use the callback feature most of the time. Even if they haven't called recently I still use callback most of the time.

[DaisyM23]

just my mum, sister and landline, all i need for emergencies really lol

[DizzyDesii]

So true

[MysticDevice]

I used to know like 20 numbers by heart. But smartphones made me dumber.

[DizzyDesii]

Lol love the play on words

[AviatorTom]

I only know two by heart... mine and my SO's

[DizzyDesii]

Yours shouldn't count 🤣

[nawtee_me]

5 or less but that is including my own number too lol I remember a phone number we used to have at the house on the land line. We don't have it anymore and I can not forget it... lol

[DizzyDesii]

I shouldve said not to include your own

[Potteplante]

I remember ONE phone number and that's the phone number of the landline we had growing up.

most my phone book is work related, 2 institution, my leader - and the 3 below her.

[ariadneR]

Shit, I still remember my home phone number from when I was born till like 8 years old

[DizzyDesii]

I remember my childhood street but thats it lmao

[JustinTheGreat]

Only one 😭

I know my moms number cause she’s had the same one for forever.

[DizzyDesii]

Thats what i said, they be having these numbers for like a decade or so

[JustinTheGreat]

Yup, it’s probably been like 15 years since she had it

[najekim]

Only ones I remember is my cell, wife's cell, my work phone, our home phone, and the Zoom. Gov toll-free number.

[DizzyDesii]

Zoom? Wow you must have to use it often

[najekim]

Unfortunately, yes. Call-in meetings that could be handle by memos.

[RobT312]

I used to be good with numbers, it’s so easy not to bother remembering them now…. less than 5 for me