Talk:2244: Thumbtacks And String - Revision history

82.132.237.127 at 12:27, 26 March 2026

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Nomentz at 09:08, 30 July 2025

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Nomentz: Alas, not a valid example

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Alas, not a valid example

River: /* Transcript */ new section

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‎Transcript: new section

172.68.215.169: ikea dead link comment

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172.69.62.16 at 01:21, 24 December 2019

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Barmar at 00:46, 24 December 2019

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Cosumel at 17:16, 23 December 2019

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

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		+	Shouldn't this, too, be listed in Category: Conspiracy theory?
		+	26 March 2026, BlueChameleon
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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		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

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 :::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)
-:: Actually, this example is not valid. The tattoo on the first arm is the receipt for a restaurant meal, the recept for that tattoo is tattood onto the other arm, so not self-referential. I'll remove the example end of this week. --time passes-- Oh, [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] complained about this over 6 years ago. I'll proceed now. [[User:Nomentz|Nomentz]] ([[User talk:Nomentz|talk]]) 08:53, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
+:: Actually, the example is not valid. The title text does NOT imply that the receipt tattood on the customer is for the same tattoo used for the receipt. [[User:Nomentz|Nomentz]] ([[User talk:Nomentz|talk]]) 09:08, 30 July 2025 (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)

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 :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)

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	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)		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)
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		+	== Transcript ==
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		+	Transcript needs a lot of work:
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		+	- Emojis, as visual elements, should probably be removed
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		+	- 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
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		+	I plan to work on this later, but likely won't complete. River 05:17, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

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 : 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.

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 [[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 Drawf, 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)
+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)

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	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)		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)
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		+	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)