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ghaff 5 days ago

Gym membership for many.

ivape 5 days ago | parent [-]

I think Fitness definitely caught on though. You could say it was a constant recurring self-promise some prior generations made, but our current generations are not lacking on a focus on fitness.

Education is not too different. We’re not exactly a society that goes “Going to dig into an interesting course this weekend with the wife”, no, nowhere near that. Takes time, generations.

Andrex 4 days ago | parent [-]

I'm starting to learn human history is people getting bored of something and then it takes a generation or two before it's exciting all over again.

Fashion, I suppose.

ghaff 4 days ago | parent [-]

There's definitely novelty, fashion, and fads. There's no particular reason why rollerblading essentially went away in the US after being a pretty popular activity for a time. In consumer tech, auction sites didn't go away but they certainly declined.

Sometimes, there are reasons--far fewer people shoot pics with dedicated cameras today for obvious reasons. But sometimes, things that were a novelty just get boring for most.