The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for February 16, 2019

And copyrights on movies.

Roman numerals are still used in watches and clocks, in the number of chapters of books, to number kings with the same name of a country.

And also for medical emergencies. Nurse, get me an IV! Quickly!

the world would be better off without either of those

and the birth order of children in genealogies (sometimes)

Popes (like St. John XXIII) and monarchs (like Elizabeth II).

Ships on their newer same-named replacements and on some buildings’ cornerstone.

Let us all make our closing commentary on this thread by writing the Roman numeral for zero!

In a related story, by popular demand the word ‘Super’ has been redacted from S̶u̶p̶e̶r̶ Bowl LIII

I still wonder why super bowl 49 was XLIX rather than IL.

Best California license plate number: 5 DLV 555 (I saw 5 PLV 555 once)

If not for Super Bowls very few people could read Roman numerals.

And Cartier watches