the hypothesis that tickles my brain the best is that it’s just severe generational trauma from when the sealevel rose and flooded doggerland

Like, imagine if the netherlands gradually started being swallowed by the ocean and all of europe had to adjust to the loss of some of the most productive farmland on the continent. It would suck so hard.
“I remember my great-grandfather talking about buying tomatoes for 4€/kg in the winter, maybe one day you kids will get to know what they taste like..”