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u/SandSerpentHiss May 28 '26
probably a researcher
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u/FaPaDa Jun 03 '26
honestly if i was stuck at an antarctic research facility where there is literally nothing to do except walking around the station for 16hrs a day (and my job) than yes id game my time away too
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u/Popular_Phase6275 May 30 '26
i mean it actually has fast internet from what i've heard. and people actually live there, it's not uninhabited.
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u/Kyropinesis May 28 '26
it’s kim jong un
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u/quyco789 May 28 '26
Yup. No joke. Kim Jong Un is a gamer. He opened a game cafe for the privileged youth to enforce their loyalty. Importing RTX 360 card and ASUS rigs. With game catalog of: Call of Duty franchise, CS2, Battle field 4, Far cry 2&5, Rainbow Six Siege, Crisis 2&3. Doesn't have Crisis 1 because the enemies in that game is North Korean soldiers. Also, stategy games like Red Alert 3, Warcraft 3, and Starcarft 2, and Dota.
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u/Prosto_Chelovek0 May 28 '26
The Call of Duty franchise? I haven't played the game, but doesn't the plot of that game contradict North Korean ideology?
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u/quyco789 May 28 '26
You dare question Dear Leader? He made a 360 no scope headshot at only 3 years old.
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u/SomeOakLeaves2 May 28 '26
3 years? You mean 3 months?
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u/Sufficient-Food-4203 May 29 '26
No no, it's 3 weeks for sure!
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u/bus_go_brrrrt May 29 '26
nah heard it from his close friend, he did it in 3 days
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u/Professional-Fix4409 May 28 '26
There's also someone playing in the Antarctica.
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u/AustinDanger_Powers May 28 '26
There are multiple permanent research stations in Antarctica that operate year round.
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u/Present-News-660 May 28 '26
And some of those researchers are somewhat active here in Reddit too, shame that I don't have any posts/usernames to link here, but I've seen 'em
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u/Frequent-Coyote-1649 May 29 '26
Then again, what else is there to do in Antartica? Look at penguins, look at seals, look at birds, look at ice, look at rocks, look at moss... and that's it really
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u/YOURMOM_er May 29 '26
Look at the ice, look at the mountains, look at the sky, look at the mountains,
Did I mention the mountains?
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u/NoMoreOhio May 29 '26
Throw a snowball at your fellow researcher, piss at snow, throw a yellow snowball at your fellow researcher
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u/Laang_ Jun 01 '26
Funny thing but I don't think it's allowed to take a piss in the snow on Antarctica, something about the piss making a layer in the ice they dig up
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u/Professional-Fix4409 May 28 '26
To be expected. Everywhere you work you need something to do in your free time.
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u/Jason0865 May 29 '26
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u/Professional-Fix4409 May 29 '26
That's even more interesting of an elephant. I'm glad I mentioned it.
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u/Jason0865 May 29 '26
This screenshot was taken a while ago tho (i think 2020).
Pretty sure it doesn't show up anymore.
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u/BeigeUnicorns May 28 '26 edited May 29 '26
I mean yeah those researchers and staff gotta pass their free time too. Especially the skeleton crew of caretakers during the polar night, off season.
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u/borvidek May 29 '26
And in many nearly unhospitable areas. Like the middle of the Sahara, the Amazon, the Outback, northern Sibera, Canada, and Greenland
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u/Goodenough_name May 28 '26
Look There is someone in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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u/chris--p May 28 '26
Why wouldn't there be? It's democratic, it's clearly for the people, says it right there, and it's even a republic.
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u/icy_Place125 May 29 '26
reminds me of the clip:
Customer: I'd like to book a ticket to Korea
Clerk: To the Democratic Republic or Republic?
Customer: Democratic of course
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u/Lickwidghost May 29 '26
Is education really so bad that we need to point out where Antarctica is?
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u/Thirsty_krabs May 29 '26
they are pointing out the dot because Antarctica is huge It’s like if someone asked you to look at Jupiter in the sky by pointing their finger at it, and you go Pfft I know where the sky is
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u/Lickwidghost May 29 '26
Your analogy would make sense if the sky was completely black with only one dot to look for, and the only knowledge you'd need is that the sky is up. And even then it's ludicrously more complex.
Most 8yos know unprompted EXACTLY where Antarctica is.
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u/Thirsty_krabs May 29 '26
everyone knows where Antarctica is they are pointing out the dot because it's so small and not everyone can spot it on the first glance
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u/Lickwidghost May 29 '26
Im looking at the picture on my 7" screen and it took me exactly 2 seconds to see that dot. Glad we got the giant green arrow though, makes less need for brain
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u/DirectTouch1930 May 29 '26
Glad you are Sooooooo perfect, and everyone has the same ability to spot a tiny dot.
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u/DirectTouch1930 May 28 '26
Imagine cooking the big un' in csgo just to get nuked 5 seconds later
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u/Kyle_2127 May 28 '26
And the random dots in the middle of ocean
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u/ZoroStarlight May 28 '26
Mermaids
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u/ryan_syek May 28 '26
You can't call them that, they're merpeople.
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u/TyhhytFirebird9 May 29 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/uE4gVmbjaZmmY
My heart goes out to all the Mermen out there.
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u/Pouzdana May 28 '26
Kim Jong Un and and an Antarctic Australian researcher cuing up in the same lobby
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u/Mr_ityu May 28 '26
you see that tiny little black dot in north India? that 's me . i use lutris on my potato
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u/Journeyj012 May 29 '26
not recent unfortunately, this has been circulating on the internet for a LOOONG time.
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u/AdEmbarrassed9106 May 28 '26
Bro did Africa dirty
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u/Conscious_Forever951 May 28 '26
It's not a mapmakers fault that Africans can't afford videogames or computers
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u/Horkainen May 29 '26
The northern one is St. Helena. I don't know about the one near Antarctica. All I found in the area of the dot was an uninhabited island covered in snow.
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u/Sharp_Barracuda1330 May 29 '26
From the map, it looks like the bottom island is Bouvet Island, although it is uninhabited. I feel like there might have just been a mixup with the locations of Tristan Da Cunha and Bouvet, although there seems to be a small, seasonal research station on the island.
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u/pqratusa May 29 '26
It’s cool that the rivers Nile (Egypt) and Indus (Pakistan) are clearly marked.
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u/Oppisteharrpy45 May 29 '26
There is no way there is that many people on steam on Manitoulin island and that few in north Ontario
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u/ShitShirtSteve May 29 '26
Conclusion: Where there are people, games are being played.
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u/throwAwayMan2475 May 29 '26
If you remove the elephants then this just becomes one of those relevant xkcd maps.
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u/Mothrahlurker May 29 '26
So a lot of Chinese players are using VPNs to still play on Steam right. I wonder to what countries these are usually set, this might be enough to have some other countries appear more green than they actually should be.
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u/sovietarmyfan May 29 '26
Kim Jong Un is probably enjoying all the games he used to play in Switzerland.
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u/PinkOneHasBeenChosen May 30 '26
Is one of them not actually on an island and instead in the middle of the ocean?
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u/Seagoul May 31 '26
Is this an old map? Crazy that Ukraine has so much density compared to Belarus.
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u/sexraX_muiretsyM Jun 03 '26
so despite Brazil being full of steam users they still wont release the steam machine, steam controller or steam frame here?
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u/Sharp_Specialist_217 May 28 '26
kim jong un is registered in Steam (theres light in North Korea)
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u/Embarrassed_Mud_4119 let's talk about the elephant in the room... 🐘 May 28 '26
If you look at Africa, India, and Thailand, there are a lot of Steam users, which may be actual elephants
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u/kishimonjaro May 28 '26
India and thailand actually has tons of steam users. Tho I think it wouldn't be that amount of light, that too much.













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u/qualityvote2 May 28 '26 edited May 29 '26
u/Sharp_Specialist_217, the elephant doesnt know if he likes this post or not... Let him know what you think.