If you’ve heard of number neighbors recently, you’re not the only one, as the whole thing went viral on social media this past week. But as you’ll see in some examples, not everyone understands what number neighbors are, and can take the whole thing the wrong way. Number neighbor refers to the phone numbers that are one digit away from yours, and people are texting their neighbors so they can post screenshots of the conversations online.
As cool as it might sound at first, the whole thing is also very annoying and might lead to all sorts of unwanted consequences. Texting strangers, after all, might not be the best thing to do. As you’ll see in the screenshot below, some people haven’t been reacting all that well, especially if they’re not aware of the number neighbor meme.
My number neighbors wife was not with the shits pic.twitter.com/RXeEdWBqo9
— lauren (@laurennnmv) August 5, 2019
But other attempts have led to some pretty amazing interactions, like this number neighbor who pretended to be an automated answering service for a hotel:
my number neighbor pranked me and it has to be the best thing to happen all day pic.twitter.com/qr3f3u0F6z
— delanie (@DcairraoD) August 4, 2019
In the best-case scenario, you might end up with a good girl who has no idea what a number neighbor is, but instantly becomes your new best friend.
best decision i ever made was texting my number neighbor! you could make a new friend❤️ pic.twitter.com/uRttjNZuuV
— Nick-Fil-A (@nicksonr_) August 5, 2019
A couple lucky ones might even discover that their neighbor is America’s Ass, if you catch my drift. Even thought the whole thing is fake, someone might actually discover Captain America this way.
GIRL WTFSJJSE I JUST TXTED MY NUMBER NEIGHBOR AND- pic.twitter.com/ef7FRXzMQ3
— niyah (@niyahjimenez) August 7, 2019
That is, if you can find your neighbor:
Welp, who wants to be our neighbor number now?
RT if you want to be, we will introduce ourselves the same way.😉
Valid in U.S only. pic.twitter.com/SN1rusH85P
— Halo Top (@HaloTopCreamery) August 7, 2019
If all else fails, however, you can just up your game and go for the entire number neighborhood, which includes all ten digits. Some will like it, many will hate it, and the results will look something like this:
i texted my number neighbors: a thread pic.twitter.com/OBYmugudjr
— madds (@madisonjcollier) August 3, 2019
You can check out this Twitter search for more number neighbor stories, while this one will show you all sorts of neighborhood stories.
