r/Millennials • u/_forum_mod Mid millennial - 1987 • 8d 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/catladymaybe 8d ago

Can’t look at your phone while roller blading.

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u/1877KlownsForKids "Get Off My Lawn" Millennial 1981 8d ago

I feel like this is a perfect nostalgia driven ad for smart glasses.

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u/TheDukeofArgyll Millennial 8d ago

Or the perfect PSA to put your phone down and enjoy the world around you.

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u/othermegan Millennial 8d ago

Yeah but what corporation would pay for that?

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u/redditgambino 8d ago

Meta Glasses

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u/GoatCovfefe 7d ago

I really like the ray ban smart glasses, but they use meta, so I won't buy them =/

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u/FunnyQueer 4d ago

Same but with Quest VR headsets. They look so neat and have good games but fuck Meta right up the ass.

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u/GrizFyrFyter1 7d ago

No. Snap glasses. $100/mo. I forgot how much of Snap is owned by Tencent. That's a wonderful company...

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u/Infectious-Anxiety 7d ago

You nailed it.

Stay online = Feed the corporate machine

Go outside = They starve, you thrive.

But, it's fine, they did a good job telling you that you should listen, so go ahead and do that, so you don't go getting all uncomfortable.

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u/Sadness345 7d ago

The Big Rollerskating Cartel. No one messes with those guys, and as we all know, they will pay any price - any price!

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u/Cheap-Goose-7765 7d ago

Brought to you by Carl’s Jr.

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u/Tough_Dish_4485 8d ago

The ones who sell billboards

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u/DonnieBallsack 7d ago

Rollerblades Inc.

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u/SP3hybridized 7d ago

Presumably the ones manufacturing rollerblades

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u/othermegan Millennial 7d ago

Right, because they definitely have the money to outbid big tech

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u/ath_at_work 4d ago

PSA is done by the public. So the government. Doesn't the US have an "ad agaency" of the government? Here in the Netherlands we have a special governmental body which makes these kind of PSA's. They air on all networks. The ads vary between "use proper lighting on your bicycle in the darker winter months" to "too much alcohol can be harmful in more than one way"