Capital Numbers
Two prisoners of a robot regime, known only by numbers, imagine 'capital numbers' to dignify their names.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-02-27-capital-numbers/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "Hey, there are capital letters — why not capital numbers?"
B: "When would you use them?"
A: "Like at the start of your name! To convey honor and respect."
B: "I dunno, Prisoner 67842."
[Caption] "Some people tried to make the most of being incarcerated by our robot overlords."