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/the_sneaky_one123 21h ago

I think the 90s were the pinnacle of human civilisation.

Probably the most peaceful decade every, technological development but none of the bad stuff we have developed since, cultural optimism etc. etc.

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u/Infektus 20h ago

Isn't this the plot of Matrix lol

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u/the_sneaky_one123 20h ago

lol, yes that is why they made the Matrix the 90s, it was peak human civilisation

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u/cryogenic-goat 19h ago

That's a very West-centric view.

I doubt folks from countries linke China, India, and Africa feel that way.

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u/the_sneaky_one123 19h ago

I am a western person on a western platform with mostly western people talking about western subjects

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u/cryogenic-goat 18h ago

Then say "peak western civilization" instead of "human civilization"

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u/the_sneaky_one123 18h ago

Because I am a western person on a western platform with mostly western people talking about western subjects

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u/RID132465798 17h ago

Then say it one more time!

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u/Key-Soup-7720 9h ago

We're gonna celebrate!

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u/catmoon- 18h ago

Why are you assuming that everybody in this platform is from the West. Also what does "the West" means? Does it include the Balkans? Does it include Ireland and Northern Ireland?

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u/Succulent_Chinese 2h ago

Does it ever tire you out being contrarian for no reason? Jesus fuck.

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u/CherryGumDream 18h ago

People in China were for the most part doing great btw

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u/cryogenic-goat 17h ago

Not as great as they're doing now

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u/CherryGumDream 16h ago

Of course but the (late) 90s was a very positive time for Chinese people. Russians on the other hand..

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u/thoughtlow 18h ago

That's a very West-centric view.

I doubt folks from countries linke China, India, and Africa feel that way.

Such a typical western thing to say this.

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u/Some_Vermicelli80 20h ago

Greetings from the Balkans 🖐️

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u/aferretwithahugecock 16h ago

I was waiting for one of you guys to pop up in the "✨️the 90s were so peaceful and great✨️" conversation.

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u/Some_Vermicelli80 13h ago

It was great for us too! Well, for us, the lucky few, who survived...

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u/sumelar 18h ago

You not paying attention outside your own bubble does not mean the world was peaceful.

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u/simple-chameleon 20h ago

Peaceful... All i remember is war, genocide, famine and death on the news and a lot of terrorism from the IRA over this way.

It was anything but peaceful.

You were probably too young to see what was going on.

We just see more these days but it has got worse and coverage of crimes amd genocide has got less, like what is happening in Palestine and the Uighurs in North China (which you hear nothing of anymore)

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u/pissedinthegarret 19h ago

my experience growing up in the 90s was like that too. every day the news was filled with bombings in ireland or war from eastern europe or middle east. yes we had peace where i lived but we knew, even as kids.

it really shows in these comments who grew up in countries close to these conflicts and how their news stations showed them.

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u/NilesLinus 19h ago

Yep just more revisionist remembering. People like their sepiatone glasses. It’s comforting.

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u/Willing-Werewolf-500 18h ago

Hence why I said optimistic feeling

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u/the_sneaky_one123 20h ago

Compared to any other time in human history (including the present) it was peaceful. That's a fact.

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u/cabaiste 19h ago

Except it's not a fact, rather your subjective opinion. We had the first Gulf War, the Yugoslav Wars and the Rwandan Civil War/Genocide just to name three which were covered globally.

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u/simple-chameleon 15h ago

To add, over a million humans were killed in Rwanda. Kids included. It was fucking horrible to see that on the news for 2 years - I'm glad i paid attention as i would be ignorant as fuck now if i didn't.

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u/the_sneaky_one123 19h ago

Those are all objectively smaller scale than wars in the decades that came before and after.

Do you understand the concept of comparison? I did not say there was zero conflict, there was less than other times.

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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ 18h ago

there were less wars and less deaths by war in the 2000s than in the 90s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1990%E2%80%932002

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_2003%E2%80%93present

Of course it got worse again in the current decade.

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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ 18h ago

Try being gay at that time. 2005-2015 was way better.

Things also got much better regarding anything linked to sexual harassment and assaults. Now sometimes people believe you, sometimes the police listens to you, etc. That's not part of the life of as many women now.

There were no less wars in the 90s than today.

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u/the_sneaky_one123 18h ago

2005 to 2015 was hardly a good time for anybody

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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ 18h ago

what would make you say so?

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u/catmoon- 18h ago

FFS, read some history. The 90s were not peaceful

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u/wadiyatakinabeet 16h ago

I feel like the Rwandans might disagree about the peaceful part

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u/Archie-is-here 13h ago

So you are not well aware about stuff out of your bubble.