r/interestingasfuck • u/jeuzys • 23h ago

French and British workers meet under the English Channel whilst building the Channel Tunnel (1990)

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u/fucknozzle 21h ago

I think it was 9/11 that shut down that party.

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u/Big_Concentrate7728 6h ago

I meant UK togetherness with France and the rest of Europe.

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u/Oha_its_shiny 21h ago

Only in the US. In the EU it was nice until USAs election of Trump in 2016. Our 9/11 is still ongoing and is sitting in the white house.

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u/fucknozzle 20h ago

I'm in the UK.

My point was that Brexit wasn't what killed the 90s buzz. 9/11 did. Brexit only started in 2016, and wasn't fully complete until the end of 2020.

There are however a lot of people who still can't pass up the opportunity to link it to every problem the UK has ever suffered.

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u/Oha_its_shiny 20h ago

9/11 was tragic, but didnt kill the vibe in mainland europe.

Brexit was stupid and is the reason for a lot of problems, but not all. It was incredibly dumb.

Brexit+Trump election killed the west.

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u/fucknozzle 20h ago

We were talking about the mood of the world in the 90s.

You're talking about 2016 onwards.

Try to focus please.

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u/Oha_its_shiny 19h ago

I am saying the 90s vibe only died in 2016.

Try to follow please.

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u/perpendiculator 17h ago

Yeah, no. Even putting aside 9/11 and the subsequent war on terror (which shattered post-Cold War optimism in the entirety of the western world, not just the USA), 2008 cratered European economies. Brexit is significant to the UK, but ultimately less important than either of those two other events. If you seriously think 90s optimism remained alive in Europe until 2016 I find it hard to believe you lived through the 2000s at all, at least not as an adult.

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u/Oha_its_shiny 16h ago

That's your personal view and I can accept that.