Talk:2244: Thumbtacks And String
Per the title text: I've overheard various people mention, usually in arguments, tattooing information to prevent it being forgotten. 172.69.68.147 22:06, 20 December 2019 (UTC) M.Striker
Reminds me of this rug (sold by IKEA), which looks like a giant receipt of the very same rug. 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 ... -- 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. 162.158.234.140 16:31, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- Above ikea rug link shows generic models only. I assume it's no longer available. Better provide generic image search, as it actually returns the relevant item:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ikea+receipt+rug&iax=images&ia=images
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. 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." 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. --162.158.34.222 10:39, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
A quick search provided a real world example of the title text "A tatoo if a tatoo parlour receipt". The exercise of string and tacks is left for readers of Pinerest Iggynelix (talk) 15:09, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
- This example should be added to the Explanation!
- ProphetZarquon (talk) 16:15, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
- If only that bit of the Explanation could also serve as an example... 162.158.158.93 20:24, 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. 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. 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. 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)