Its a map I pulled from somewhere
― anvil, Thursday, 21 March 2024 04:47 (two months ago) link
from your ass?
― pplains, Thursday, 21 March 2024 13:07 (two months ago) link
“Countries in which it is legal to pay a trapeze artist less than standard minimum wage”
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 21 March 2024 13:10 (two months ago) link
“Countries with samovars or samovar-type tea brewing”
“Countries where cats are more popular than dogs, as pets”
“Countries where ‘Peter’ is more common than ‘John’”
Anvil the real answer had better be good I puzzled and googled this for over an hour last night
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 21 March 2024 13:14 (two months ago) link
ILX: come for the zings, stay for the comparison of legal systems between Aruba and Curacao...
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Thursday, 21 March 2024 13:18 (two months ago) link
Is it amount of inward investment by China in these countries?
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:00 (two months ago) link
How old is this map? South Sudan isn't marked, though it may be covered up by that yellow blob.
― pplains, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:09 (two months ago) link
I think the map is from 2020, but its accurate for today.
South Sudan is on the map isn't it? I assume the map is just a base template map
― anvil, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:27 (two months ago) link
wait, I have it! Is it Earth?
― StanM, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:43 (two months ago) link
Surely for a 'Guess the..' thread, this has to follow the "Guess the City" thread where you post an image of the inside of someone's shoe then disappear for a month?
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 21 March 2024 16:57 (two months ago) link
Ok, let me think of a suitable hint on the way home. I'll post one in a couple of hours unless anyone wants a bit more time
― anvil, Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:03 (two months ago) link
Has anyone been in the right ballpark?
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:30 (two months ago) link
I think all of the answers so far have been in the same ballpark as each other, but none of them in the same ballpark as the answer
― anvil, Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:47 (two months ago) link
IIRC, Perú's biggest exports are copper, gold, oil and fish-related products (fertilizer, animal pellets).
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 21 March 2024 20:06 (two months ago) link
Countries that don't have Starbucks yet
jk I know that's wrong
― Josefa, Thursday, 21 March 2024 20:54 (two months ago) link
I really thought Dominican Republic would give me some big clues but it didn't.
― I blinked and it was a new decade (aldo), Thursday, 21 March 2024 21:05 (two months ago) link
If it’s like all countries with nickel deposits or something I’m going to hurl the computer through the window
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 March 2024 21:15 (two months ago) link
Countries that have an even number of McDonald's restaurants
― StanM, Thursday, 21 March 2024 21:24 (two months ago) link
The DR and anvil's hint makes me think it's baseball or Olympic related.
― felicity, Thursday, 21 March 2024 22:26 (two months ago) link
If that is a reference to the ballpark reference, that isn't a hint. Dan Worsley introduced that reference and I was just replying in kind
― anvil, Friday, 22 March 2024 05:58 (two months ago) link
Although neither answer is close, Josefa and StanM have been the closest with their suggestions
― anvil, Friday, 22 March 2024 06:00 (two months ago) link
'incidences of certain businesses' would be quite a letdown
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 March 2024 06:18 (two months ago) link
Is it countries Amazon don’t operate in?
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 22 March 2024 12:50 (two months ago) link
No, because Germany is there
― I blinked and it was a new decade (aldo), Friday, 22 March 2024 16:50 (two months ago) link
(Germany is purple fwiw)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 22 March 2024 16:55 (two months ago) link
Countries that perpetrate(d) genocide?
― Slorg is not on the Slerf Team, you idiot, you moron (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 22 March 2024 17:30 (two months ago) link
oh wait, you said green is what matters.
been trying to focus on the Ghana presence but getting nothing.
― Ste, Friday, 22 March 2024 18:28 (two months ago) link
Google maps / satellite / streetview coverage? even though I've already disproved this myself.
― gene besserit (ledge), Friday, 22 March 2024 18:28 (two months ago) link
I forgot about this after trying to think how to do a clue
It might be considered as a letdown
― anvil, Friday, 29 March 2024 09:09 (two months ago) link
It really is a strange subset of countries. I can't decide if "green" means "has" or "has not". What could Western Sahara, Russia, Bonaire and Mauritius have in common? But if it is a "has not", then what the hell is going on in CAR and Chad and Niger, but not Ghana?
If there is a boat for those of us who are saying "I give up, tell us the answer already" I'm on that boat
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 29 March 2024 14:22 (two months ago) link
Green means the country has it
― anvil, Friday, 29 March 2024 15:55 (two months ago) link
*removes bookmark*
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 March 2024 16:05 (two months ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LC_Waikiki
― anvil, Friday, 29 March 2024 16:36 (two months ago) link
LOL ok I’m mad haha
I’ve never even heard of that thing
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 29 March 2024 16:50 (two months ago) link
*re-removes bookmark, throw laptop out window*
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 March 2024 16:53 (two months ago) link
With approx 54,000 employees worldwide, LC WAIKIKI directly employs nearly 0.000007% of the world's population!
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 29 March 2024 17:23 (two months ago) link
Ok, my turn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LC_Waikiki#/media/File:Lcw_magazalar_turkiye.svg
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 March 2024 17:43 (two months ago) link
I'll come back in a few months if anyone needs any hints.
It is a great thread idea anvil tbqph
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 29 March 2024 18:11 (two months ago) link
but but
what do the colours mean?
― StanM, Friday, 29 March 2024 18:18 (two months ago) link
blue = yes, blue = no, grey = yes no
― Ste, Friday, 29 March 2024 22:18 (two months ago) link
oh, that makes perfect sense - thank you :-)
― StanM, Saturday, 30 March 2024 11:43 (two months ago) link
https://thumbor.bigedition.com/heat-map/F9R3hm2lWqVzDdyoWqrseR-4AVQ=/800x504/filters:format(webp):quality(80)/granite-web-prod/80/67/80679f12a6eb4d3ebf279c64676a13fb.jpeg
― Ste, Thursday, 11 April 2024 19:56 (one month ago) link
ignore the markers i think, all about the heat map
― Ste, Thursday, 11 April 2024 19:57 (one month ago) link
Number of lights on at a certain point of the day.
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 April 2024 19:57 (one month ago) link
no :)
― Ste, Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:01 (one month ago) link
it looks very city/ population related - could be so many things
― StanM, Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:25 (one month ago) link
guessing McDonald's restaurants again?
― StanM, Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:27 (one month ago) link
availability of bratwurst
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:29 (one month ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/FQQnZWE.png
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Friday, 31 May 2024 11:47 (two days ago) link
Light pollution is too obvious probably?
― StanM, Friday, 31 May 2024 13:14 (two days ago) link
hmm. europe, japan, south korea all lit up. usa and mexico around the same. cuba and north korea completely dark. i'm thinking it's some cultural thing like soccer players.
― adam t. (abanana), Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:19 (yesterday) link
honestly the only thing that makes sense is population density
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:40 (yesterday) link
adam t. is on the right track
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:42 (yesterday) link
Is it misleading that it looks like a map of might lights, then, if it's a cultural thing?
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:48 (yesterday) link
Dhaka isn't lit up, though it might be covered by the country label
The Canary Islands are lit up
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:51 (yesterday) link
South Korea, Java, New Zealand are a couple of locations that seem more lit up than expected imho
― StanM, Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:51 (yesterday) link
Mauritius & Réunion, east of Madagaskar, too
― StanM, Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:53 (yesterday) link
South Korea is a hotspot, is it something like mobile phone use?
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:53 (yesterday) link
now pondering what south korea and southeast england have in common
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:54 (yesterday) link
does south korea have Nando's? I know Mauritus has like the most per capita in the world (don't ask how I know)
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:55 (yesterday) link
afaik continental Europe is Nando-less?
― StanM, Saturday, 1 June 2024 19:28 (yesterday) link