Editing Talk:2244: Thumbtacks And String

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Per the title text: I've overheard various people mention, usually in arguments, tattooing information to prevent it being forgotten. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.68.147|172.69.68.147]] 22:06, 20 December 2019 (UTC) M.Striker

Reminds me of [https://www.ikea.com/se/sv/p/markerad-matta-kort-lugg-vit-svart-00434753/ this rug] (sold by IKEA), which looks like a giant receipt of the very same rug. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.187|162.158.111.187]] 23:09, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
: Getting all information on that receipt correct would be quite challenge even with pre-ordering ... -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:13, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
:The explanation suggests the actual receipt is printed on the rug, but it's not custom made. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.234.140|162.158.234.140]] 16:31, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

The tattoo subtext makes me think it's referring to the 2001 film 'Memento', a film noir in which the main character tries to solve a mystery while suffering from amnesia so he carries a bundle of clippings from motel-room to motel-room and has the most important clues tattooed onto his body.
[[User:RimGreaper|RimGreaper]] ([[User talk:RimGreaper|talk]]) 23:55, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Firesign Theater had a scene in their album, "Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers," that has a mural named, "Heroic Struggle of the Little Guy to Finish the Mural." [[User:Cosumel|Cosumel]] ([[User talk:Cosumel|talk]]) 17:16, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

I'm disappointed that the bulletin board itself only counts as one of the generic office supplies. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.222|162.158.34.222]] 10:39, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

A quick search provided a real world example of the title text [https://www.eonline.com/news/528117/teen-tattoos-mcdonald-s-receipt-on-his-arm-a-week-later-tattoos-the-tattoo-receipt-on-his-other-arm "A tatoo if a tatoo parlour receipt"]. The exercise of string and tacks is left for readers of Pinerest [[User:Iggynelix|Iggynelix]] ([[User talk:Iggynelix|talk]]) 15:09, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
:This example should be added to the Explanation! 
:[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 16:15, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
:: If only that bit of the Explanation could also serve as an example... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.93|162.158.158.93]] 20:24, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
:::Added it and other things here above to the explanation. Of course he was from Norway... (Said the Dane, next door neighbor to Norway, with almost the same written language :-). --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 23:08, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
:Note that none of the Norwegian guy's tattoos are actually self-referential. The first tattoo is the receipt for McDonalds, the second tattoo is the receipt for the first tattoo. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 00:46, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

ROTFL  because it reminds me of some program managers at a former company who thought they could organize tasks on a large project by putting them up on a board and sequence-ordering them with colored twine.  Made for a nice piece of modern art and not much more.  [[User:Cellocgw|Cellocgw]] ([[User talk:Cellocgw|talk]]) 15:06, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

I think that its a play on puting the cart before the horse. You can't make a Thumbtacks and string diagram without thumbtacks and string, you can't tattoo a receipt for the tattoo without having got the tattoo. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.63.213|172.69.63.213]] 16:58, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

== Transcript ==

Transcript needs a lot of work:

- Emojis, as visual elements, should probably be removed

- Figure out a way to describe everything on the board and the connections, including:
:- position of each item on the board and in relation to Beret Guy
:- relative size of each item
:- contents of each item - not all of them are clear/specific text or symbols
:- connections between items, some of which are to specific content elements within an item
- Describe Beret Guy's position

I plan to work on this later, but likely won't complete. River 05:17, 13 March 2021 (UTC)