So, apparently they still have roller rinks. I had no idea these things even existed. They'll have one less roller rink, because one is closing in my former state. To the surprise of no one, many people are complaining about it. So many in fact that one is led to believe that if the roller rink had this many customers in the first place, it wouldn't have gone out of business.
Remember Kent Brockman on The Simpsons? That episode where he is shocked and disgusted that a carousel is being torn down to make a store that sells designer mouse pads? Yeah, that's what I'm thinking about right now. People need to get over this. Times change, and that means that your favorite hobbies you partook in 50 years ago won't be the same things as what kids today do. No, there is nothing wrong with that. It's called "life". I'm not sure that you played mumblety-peg with your friends, and perhaps your parents complained about "kids today" and not playing games like that.
You don't have to like it when the world moves on from your favorite things-but you do have to accept it. No one is stopping you from roller skating, they are just stopping you from roller skating here.
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