2244: Thumbtacks And String - Revision history

Nomentz: /* Explanation */ the title text, as the example from Norway, is not self-referential.

2025-07-30T09:06:28Z

‎Explanation: the title text, as the example from Norway, is not self-referential.

DKMell: link, other fixes

2025-07-29T00:49:45Z

link, other fixes

202.172.96.125: /* Explanation */

2025-07-28T22:54:31Z

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141.101.98.244: /* Explanation */

2024-12-27T13:23:18Z

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B for brain: /* Explanation */ There is no evidence to support the claim that Ikea once sold that rug. Added "Actual citation needed" tag.

2024-12-27T09:55:58Z

‎Explanation: There is no evidence to support the claim that Ikea once sold that rug. Added "Actual citation needed" tag.

Xurkitree10: /* Transcript */

2023-04-24T05:35:41Z

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172.70.174.161: removed emojis

2023-02-24T14:46:12Z

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While False: /* Explanation */

2022-12-08T08:01:20Z

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 Fictional characters (especially conspiracy theorists) tend to obsess over these boards, overanalyzing or staring at every little detail to try to make sense of them. Beret Guy may be so obsessed with these string boards that he has been driven to obsessing further over the details of making ''more'' of these boards.
-The title text continues the self-reference theme: The receipt for the tattoo is tattooed to the person who orders the tattoo, which is the receipt for said tattoo of the receipt. This has happened for real [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 in Norway]. The idea of the receipt being the object you buy has been used in a rug that was once [https://www.ikea.com/rs/sr/files/pdf/1d/23/1d23ace8/01_markerad_pr_kit_rs.pdf sold by the home-furnishings store IKEA].
+The title text continues the self-reference theme: The receipt for a tattoo is tattooed to the person who orders the tattoo. This has happened for real [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 in Norway]. The idea of the receipt being the object you buy has been used in a rug that was once [https://www.ikea.com/rs/sr/files/pdf/1d/23/1d23ace8/01_markerad_pr_kit_rs.pdf sold by the home-furnishings store IKEA].
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 ==Explanation==
-{{tvtropes|StringTheory|In many media}}, crimes and conspiracy theories are solved on bulletin boards. "Leads" are attached to the board using {{w|Drawing pin|thumbtacks}}, and the leads are connected to each other using string (specifically {{w|twine}} is mentioned), in order to sort out connections and possibilities. There are many systems for {{w|information mapping}} that show entities as nodes in a {{w|Graph (discrete mathematics)|graph}}, with relationships represented by connections between nodes.
+{{tvtropes|StringTheory|In many fictional media}}, crimes and conspiracy theories are solved on bulletin boards. "Leads" are attached to the board using {{w|Drawing pin|thumbtacks}}, and the leads are connected to each other using string/twine/yarn in order to sort out connections and possibilities. There are many systems for {{w|information mapping}} that show entities as nodes in a {{w|Graph (discrete mathematics)|graph}}, with relationships represented by connections between nodes.
 [[Beret Guy]], eccentric as always, manipulates this by making just such a setup solely to determine where to buy the thumbtacks and string for use in it. The joke is that the bulletin board is entirely [[:Category:Self-reference|self-referential]] -- without a need for thumbtacks and string to hold and connect things on the bulletin board, there would be no need for the bulletin board itself, but because of the bulletin board's string and thumbtacks, Beret Guy needs the items advertised on it. An additional minor joke may be that the Office Depot store map near the bottom of the bulletin board has markers that are often called [https://www.perkinselearning.org/technology/blog/how-create-digital-pushpin-map "digital pushpins"].
-In media, characters (especially conspiracy theorists) tend to obsess over these boards, overanalyzing or staring at every little detail to try to make sense of them – Beret Guy may be so obsessed with these string boards that he has been driven to obsessing further over the details of making ''more'' of these boards.
+Fictional characters (especially conspiracy theorists) tend to obsess over these boards, overanalyzing or staring at every little detail to try to make sense of them. Beret Guy may be so obsessed with these string boards that he has been driven to obsessing further over the details of making ''more'' of these boards.
-The title text continues the self-reference theme: The receipt for the tattoo is tattooed to the person who orders the tattoo, which is the receipt for said tattoo of the receipt. This has happened for real [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 in Norway].
+The title text continues the self-reference theme: The receipt for the tattoo is tattooed to the person who orders the tattoo, which is the receipt for said tattoo of the receipt. This has happened for real [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 in Norway]. The idea of the receipt being the object you buy has been used in a rug that was once [https://www.ikea.com/rs/sr/files/pdf/1d/23/1d23ace8/01_markerad_pr_kit_rs.pdf sold by the home-furnishings store IKEA].
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 [[Beret Guy]], eccentric as always, manipulates this by making just such a setup solely to determine where to buy the thumbtacks and string for use in it. The joke is that the bulletin board is entirely [[:Category:Self-reference|self-referential]] -- without a need for thumbtacks and string to hold and connect things on the bulletin board, there would be no need for the bulletin board itself, but because of the bulletin board's string and thumbtacks, Beret Guy needs the items advertised on it. An additional minor joke may be that the Office Depot store map near the bottom of the bulletin board has markers that are often called [https://www.perkinselearning.org/technology/blog/how-create-digital-pushpin-map "digital pushpins"].
-In media, characters (especially conspiracy theorists) tend to obsess over these boards, overanalyzing or staring at every little detail to try and make sense of them – Beret Guy may be so obsessed with these string boards that he has been driven to obsessing further over the details of making ''more'' of these boards.
+In media, characters (especially conspiracy theorists) tend to obsess over these boards, overanalyzing or staring at every little detail to try to make sense of them – Beret Guy may be so obsessed with these string boards that he has been driven to obsessing further over the details of making ''more'' of these boards.
 The title text continues the self-reference theme: The receipt for the tattoo is tattooed to the person who orders the tattoo, which is the receipt for said tattoo of the receipt. This has happened for real [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 in Norway].

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 The title text continues the self-reference theme: The receipt for the tattoo is tattooed to the person who orders the tattoo, which is the receipt for said tattoo of the receipt. This has happened for real [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 in Norway].
-The idea of the receipt being the object you buy, has been used in a rug that used to be sold by {{w|IKEA}}{{Actual citation needed}}.
+The idea of the receipt being the object you buy, has been used in a rug that used to be sold by {{w|IKEA}}<!-- {{Actual citation needed}} // don't want to advertise/link an ecommerce site, but "Virgil Abloh Receipt Rug" is what you'd search for here... -->.
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 The title text continues the self-reference theme: The receipt for the tattoo is tattooed to the person who orders the tattoo, which is the receipt for said tattoo of the receipt. This has happened for real [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 in Norway].
-The idea of the receipt being the object you buy, has been used in a rug that used to be sold by {{w|IKEA}}.
+The idea of the receipt being the object you buy, has been used in a rug that used to be sold by {{w|IKEA}}{{Actual citation needed}}.
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 :[Beret Guy is in front of a bulletin board covered in images, connected by thumbtacks and string. The below transcripts of each image are left to right, top to bottom.]
 :<u>Sale</u> String and Twine

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 :[Beret Guy is in front of a bulletin board covered in images, connected by thumbtacks and string. The below transcripts of each image are left to right, top to bottom.]
-:<u>Sale</u> String and Twine 🧵 🧵
+:<u>Sale</u> String and Twine
 :Where to Buy Thumbtacks
 :Scrapbooking Supplies (partially covered:) Call Now
 :Sale
-:📌
 :???
-:Great Deals YARN 🧶
+:Great Deals YARN
-:Office Supplies Thumbtacks Pushpins & More 📌
+:Office Supplies Thumbtacks Pushpins & More
 :Office Depot
 :?
-:Office Supply Liquidation SALE ⭐
+:Office Supply Liquidation SALE
 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]]
 [[Category:Self-reference]]