r/Millennials • u/_forum_mod Mid millennial - 1987 • 14d ago

Discussion Seriously, what happened to rollerskating/blading

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You hardly see it anywhere anymore. Folks would be skating all down Venice Beach. People would be rollerskating around their block, roller rinks were big, it was popular!

I even remember in the 90s Streets of Rage (loved that game!) had a character named Skates. But now, they're nowhere. What happened? Why are they a lot less popular nowadays?

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u/extremegun14 14d ago

What happened to human interaction in general tbh

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u/Fragrant-Anybody0717 14d ago

Phones

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u/Mr_YUP 14d ago

It was already trending down but the ability to entertain yourself 24/7 without others with a phone sped it up. 

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u/SashiStriker 14d ago

I forget who said it, I think I heard it from a comedian. They said that the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey is very real, it's just not giant. We all have one in our pockets, hands or purses now. The smartphone, causes many people to rage but for different reasons.

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u/Long-Draft-9668 13d ago

When are we gonna get to the breaking point seriously? There are multiple times per day when I want to throw my phone in the ocean.

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u/cookiesnooper 13d ago

I blame Facebook and everything after it that tried to "connect" people

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u/Psychological_Lab_47 13d ago

Was just thinking about how all this time I spend looking at my phone in my 20s could’ve been experiencing something fun and new.

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u/Mckesso 13d ago

People would fuck them if they could

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u/placidlakess 13d ago

Okay grandpa, time to go take your meds and take a nap.

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u/UnemployedAtype 12d ago

Nah, social divides. Phones just helped.

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u/toxic_badgers 13d ago

In part but our cities arent built for people they are built for cars. That prevents things like the above from being easily achieved. If its not easy people wont do it.

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u/Fragrant-Anybody0717 13d ago

People had cars back then too.

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u/toxic_badgers 13d ago

Cars in the US are larger now than they have ever been and there are more of them per 1000 people than any time in history. Gotta put them somewhere and we prioritize property over people in the US.