I remember clear as day joining Instagram’s BBS service in 1989 on my 1200 baud dialup connection the day after the wall fell and all of Europe was finally freed from the iron fist of Margaret Thatcher.

The other thing is that the Caribbean, Canada and Mexico you didnt need a passport until 2007. We used to drive across the border just with a driver's license for tennis tournaments (even though had passports ofc).

I actually remember now this colleague from the US having to cancel his trip to the Europe with his family

Because they arrived at the airport and forgot they needed to get a passport for their 1 year old baby

The euro mind cannot comprehend

I refuse to believe the 90s figure. Insane.

The American/Euro mind could never comprehend

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Mainland EU has lower passport numbers due to the schengen area however UK/ireland does have similar numbers.

Do Europeans not have them as often as us? Oh right, they have free movement within the EU, so maybe they don't?

That would mean the slope would have increased after 2012… slope is more or less same pre and post

It's just been linear climb from the 90s (before IG) tho

the global financial crisis def added gas to the fire that fb/twtr/ig helped grow even more

Lol I just got a new passport three days ago

less that and more you didn't need a passport to go to Canada or Mexico before 9/11

Imagine a Farcaster graph showing where we all come from!!