What the Heck Happened to Rollerblading? (2017)

reidjs wrote: post #4

Not PC, but I love Bill Burrs take on rollerblading: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VmMAE0za2-w He connects the demise of rollerblading to homophobia

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Re: What the Heck Happened to Rollerblading? (2017)

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Post by futhey » Fri, Sep 03, 2021, 5:08 PM UTC

Finnucane wrote: post #2

It sucked to be cycling on a shared path with rollerbladers. They’d take up the whole lane. I’m glad they’re gone.

It also sucks to be a single rollerblader on a multi-use path with a gang of bikers who can't seem to understand they're taking up both lanes designed to be used to travel in both directions.

Nobody knows how to use anything even resembling a road.

Re: What the Heck Happened to Rollerblading? (2017)

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Post by bobbytit » Fri, Sep 03, 2021, 5:28 PM UTC

reidjs wrote: post #4

Not PC, but I love Bill Burrs take on rollerblading: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VmMAE0za2-w He connects the demise of rollerblading to homophobia

Specifically the one famous joke (that even made it onto The Sopranos)....

What is the hardest thing about roller blading?

Telling your parents you're gay.

I never knew a joke could change the course of history.

Re: What the Heck Happened to Rollerblading? (2017)

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Post by Apocryphon » Fri, Sep 03, 2021, 5:40 PM UTC

> "It's hard to look good on skates. Once you get good, you'll look good, but there's nothing you can buy that will make that easier. It's a balance point that has to be learned and earned."

What about the whole Heelys fad?

Re: What the Heck Happened to Rollerblading? (2017)

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Post by xsmasher » Fri, Sep 03, 2021, 6:30 PM UTC

Apocryphon wrote: post #9

> "It's hard to look good on skates. Once you get good, you'll look good, but there's nothing you can buy that will make that easier. It's a balance point that has to be learned and earned." What about the whole Heelys fad?

The same critique applies to skateboarding, and that seems as popular as ever.