I do recognise that a lot of it is probably just playing up for the joke, but I assume it has to come from somewhere. I regularly see posts where basically Person A sends an odd image/message, then follows up with “wrong number, sorry” and Person B responds with “wait stay”.

Do Americans, as a rule, not save phone numbers? Or is it purely a bit that has become a trope?

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    In Australia when you register a simcard you have to provide a drivers licence. As I understand it in the US you can just buy a simcard thats valid for X days or X call value whichever comes first. No ID required.

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        Yeah but they still require some form of ID to register the sim before it can be used.

        Its hardly a foolproof system because you just need to key in a drivers licence number, but theres a name or company associated to every number.

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      Oh holy shit this makes so much sense… I’m also Australian and I’ve always wondered how a prepaid sim would help drug dealers in TV shows and movies and such because I just never thought that requiring ID to activate any sim card might not be a thing elsewhere