You got historical chops? The Timeguessr thread (spoiler alert)

[BigPiney]

I picked Cambodia which wasn't too far off. I can't tell the difference between Cambodian and Thai script.

I can tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese. The general rule is if you see rounded lines (think loops), it has Japanese characters (depending on how "cursive" the writing is).

They all look the same to me.

[Bo Diddley]

They all look the same to me.

Me too.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I just googled a picture of Saigon and this came up. There doesn't seem to be any writing in Vietnamese which is strange. I also like the sign that says "Be a Badass with a Good Ass." Apparently Saigon is supposed to be called Ho Chi Minh City, but does anyone really call it that?

Judging by the way things look in Saigon (not bad at all), the basis for the Vietnam War seems even dumber now. From the sound of it, as China falls back into more Maoist nonsense with Xi and increasingly scares off foreign investment, Vietnam seems more than eager to pick up some of the slack.

I spent a fair amount of time talking to many of the locals throughout Vietnam last year and enjoyed it immensely. Two points were absolutely clear: China is loathed, and Adam Smith would be much more comfortable than Marx would be with the Vietnamese economy.

[Donuthole]

Well... I know you can definitely see Chinese in Thailand, but I am positive you will not see Thai in China, so that was the tipoff...

Yeah, I thought Hong Kong might be the exception, since it was British until recently and is quite the melting pot. I overthought things, I suppose.

[Bo Diddley]

41417--probably my best score so far. There were tons of clues in the pictures.

[Northwestcoug]

Absolutely cruising after the first 3. Nothing farther than 20km or 2 years off for those. The fourth threw me off; there were English signs so I figured somewhere in England. The fourth I got the right location, but then my daughter called me after her night shift and I accidentally clicked submit without changing the year 1962

37,599

[SteelBlue]

37926. Was on pace for my best score so far but absolutely choked the final pic. England never entered my mind, despite all the English signage, I just thought it had to be somewhere in Africa where an openly gay couple showing pda wouldn't get thrown off a roof. So I went with South Africa and that was about as wrong as I could get.

[PaloAltoCougar]

46,379. Had a very lucky day, esp. with the last two. I picked the correct Baltic state with the fourth ((the Ukrainian flag and languages got me there), and was just a year off on each. The first three were pretty easy.

[beefytee]

42,126

Got all the locations within 10.4 km except one. The flag threw me off again. I just wasn't great on the dates. I did get one within one year because of the shoes they were wearing.

[Donuthole]

42k and change. Was cruising on the first 3. Nailed the year on the Beatles pic exactly. On the baltic church, was tempted to guess Ukraine pre war, but then I couldn't wrap my head around why there wouldn't be ukrainan flags on both sides of the entrance. So I went with a neighboring state and a newer date. Not very many visible cell phones, which threw me off. Usually how many people looking at cell phones is a good way to get a date reference.

Last one was clearly London, but couldn't decide how old it was. The guy's non smart phone was a giveaway, but I didn't go back quite far enough.

(Did anyone else notice how the lady in the background with the baby stroller appeared twice in the photo?)

[Jeff Lebowski]

I got 13 meters away on Trevi Fountain. Not that that's much to brag about.

[Commando]

lol not great. 34,538. I guessed Chicago on the first one, against my every instinct bc... they love NYC.

[RC Vikings]

37,510 I did really good on the first three and not even close on the last two.

[beefytee]

lol not great. 34,538. I guessed Chicago on the first one, against my every instinct bc... they love NYC.

The 42nd St sign was what confirmed to me that it was New York.

[old_gregg]

42,591. way off on location of the random latvian church--guessed bucharest. time was off on the trevi fountain one (guessed earlier because of the american gi).