• sorter_plainview@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    I think this meme is about the old story of calling 911 and pretending to order a pizza. This was a viral story almost a decade back and stayed in social media platforms as a real thing. However this widespread social media publicity actually helped a victim. Details are in the previous link. This worked only because the operator was aware about the internet lore and was able to connect it.

    In summary don’t do it. Operators will disregard your call.

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      2 months ago

      If you do have to do it, you can hit 1234 or any other 4 digits after the 911 and you will still be connected to emergency services.

      Source: accidentally called 911 when trying to make an international call and not understanding when the phone system needed the 9 prefix (only for internal extensions).