I laminated mine. Staples did not warn me not to and just did it. since the minimum sheet was 8x10 i asked anyone in line if they needed anything laminated, no other soc cards, but a few took me up on it for other things.

Only the DMV ever gave a shit that it was lamindated, and it wasn't a no, it was just a you're not supposed to do that and then they accepted it.

I'm not saying you should laminate it, you should not, but mostly placed DGAF

just leave it in an envelope with your other important documents on file. i dont get why people carry it around

You LAMINATED your Toilet Paper Card? That means you CANT Vote!

-Republicans!

Imagine living in a country that calls itself a first world country but doesn't even issue ID cards to its citizens lol

Lol can you just put it in a hard plastic card collecting container? Like for Pokemon?

it wasn't meant to be a national ID, but states pushed against issuing one, so had to use the closest thing everyone gets

My card stays in my locked fireproof box. How often does one need to provide their Social Security card in public life? A couple of times per year, if that? Such a stupid thing to keep on your person. Why laminate something that should be kept put away for safe keeping?

Kids who played MTG had a huge advantage here.

You can laminate it. It says not to, but you can do it anyway.

I thought I was looking at an unbaked tub of Leberkäs through a browned glass oven door.

I laminated mine back in '92 and now I think I'll make parole next year.

I've never carried mine around. In fact, it's never been removed from the larger perforated card.

I feel like the US is stuck with terrible ID systems because improving them would lead to accusations of "government overreach".

I laminsted mine no one complained. Of course the laminate wears out to. Did you know you are allowed to get 10 replacements period. So if you lose our wear out 10 of those you stuck without getting anymore.

My birth certificate is printed on blue American money paper and says "the Commonwealth of Virginia" on it. Doesn't mention America anywhere.

I moved to Australia when I was 13. When I tried to get my driver's licence it was my only ID, along with a military ID that has a picture of me at 6 years old (passport was expired so they wouldn't accept it). The woman at the department of transport was like "is this real?" and laughed. She had to Google it before they allowed it. Then passed it around to all her co-workers so they could take a look at the weird American birth certificate.

When it was given to me as an adult it had weird oil stain like drops all over it. No idea what my parents did to it lol.

I signed mine back when I was like 6 years old and had just learned my signature. It looks nothing like my signature now some 50 years later. ID my foot…

I just keep it in a sandwich bag

I don't think many people realize what a kick-the-can-down-the-road kind of failure the SSN now is as a concept, since it's also being used as a kind of national ID. It's part of the reason why identity theft against US citizens just gets easier and easier.

Before the 1980s, it was common not to even have a SSN before the age of 15 or so, since it was originally only to be used for financial purposes. It was government action against tax fraud which ultimately made it common to get one assigned effectively from birth: eventually the feds required a SSN for any child over 2 years of age named as a dependent for tax purposes.

But you definitely should never be carrying the card around with you.

When I was in basic training back in the nineties, our mailing address for folks back home had our full social security number in it. For anyone to see.

I laminated mine. I've never had a problem with it.