Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2021 February 24

= February 24 =

Ava Max' "Torn" music video
Who is the guy starring in the video for Ava Max' 2019 song "Torn"?--Hildeoc (talk) 00:09, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Comments in the YouTube video credit a model named Martin Ferrari. Good luck. Maineartists (talk) 23:55, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's him! Thank you so much! Best wishes--Hildeoc (talk) 12:53, 25 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Isn't it ironic that a Ferrari features in a video that might be considered a Fiat ad? --Lambiam 13:11, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * How true!!! 😂🤣--Hildeoc (talk) 21:29, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

What is the average number of tattoos a person may have
What is the average number of tattoos a person may have? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snowycake (talk • contribs) 23:35, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * If I'm reading your question correctly, "may have" does not mean "allowed" but simply "has": this article More Americans Have Tattoos Today than Seven Years Ago states 2. Maineartists (talk) 23:59, 24 February 2021 (UTC)


 * "Might have" works better. And it could depend on how you count them. Also, which type of "average" are you intending? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:08, 25 February 2021 (UTC)


 * How would you count a sleeve tattoo? They are often comprised of many tattoos that merge into one. Your question is not easily quantifiable. 41.165.67.114 (talk) 05:55, 25 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Here are some interesting statistics drawn from a sample of about 1000 Americans in 2019. Only 30% had any tattoos, so the mode is zero, but of those who have any tattoos the most common figure is 2.  "The average number of tattoos that tattooed Americans report having is four", (my italics).  As Bugs points out the word average is ambiguous, but I suppose they mean "arithmetic mean" here.  In that case the arithmetic mean number of tattoos among all the people sampled must have been 1.2 if my maths is right. --Antiquary (talk) 13:41, 25 February 2021 (UTC)  Damn!  Just realized Maineartists provided the same link. --Antiquary (talk) 13:54, 25 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Along with the previous clarifications... What does "a person" mean? Are you only including humans that are alive? Many dead and buried people have tattoos. Are you only including adults? It is extremely rare for babies to have tattoos. If you were to include all human bodies on Earth, I would expect the mean average to be between zero and one because I strongly suspect that significantly more than half the human bodies have zero tatoos. If you toss out anyone who is dead, toss out anyone under 18, toss out anyone who lives in a place where tattoos are illegal, toss out anyone who cannot have a tattoo for religious reasons, etc..., then you can ask "Of living people who have the option to have a tattoo, what is the likelihood that they have more than one tattoo?" and get a more reasonable answer to the general topic. A similar question, which I've seen answered in other places is, "Of people who have a tattoo, what percent have more than one tattoo?" It is a high number because once people have one, they are very likely to get another. 97.82.165.112 (talk) 14:01, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm a person, and I have an average of zero tattoos. -- Jayron 32 14:15, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * When I was young, I was doing school work on the bus when a bump in the road jostled the bus causing my pen to jab into my lower leg. I have a blue dot in my right calf because of this. Does this count as a tattoo for the question at hand? --Khajidha (talk) 16:32, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Writing-implement tattoos (inadvertent or otherwise) are probably fairly common. For more than 50 years, I've had a dot on my hand where I accidentally stabbed myself with a freshly sharpened pencil, getting graphite dust under the epidermis. Deor (talk) 18:43, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * That de-pen's. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:23, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I have little blue circles around my knee, shoulder, and under my hair on the right side of my head. About 50 years ago, when surgery had to be done in steps, military surgeons would mark spots with little blue dots. Over the years, they've become fuzzy blue circles. So, I could claim to have nine tattoos. 97.82.165.112 (talk) 13:13, 27 February 2021 (UTC)