# What Hobbies Are Going to Experience a Demographic Crunch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445 "2025-09-28T01:07:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445/241 "2025-10-21T21:00:38Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > people getting exerted (like a gym) No they don’t. There is only a very minor amount of exertion bowling. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445/242 "2025-10-21T21:28:16Z")
Whole lotta 12 oz curlin’ goin’ on. At least traditionally. Along w all the Winstons & Camels. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445/243 "2025-10-21T21:34:29Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > No they don’t. There is only a very minor amount of exertion bowling. IIRC, no one has ever died in a bowling accident. (A few people die of heart attacks at bowling alleys every year, but they just happened to be bowling at the time.) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445/244 "2025-10-21T23:37:53Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > No they don’t. There is only a very minor amount of exertion bowling. But I think the point that @ **hajario** was making is that many bowlers, some of whom were not in the greatest physical shape anyway, physically exerted themselves **enough** to generate a significant, um, olfactory impact on the atmosphere of the locale. Combine that with the ubiquity of indoor smoking back in the day, and you can see why bowling alleys would rate their own section in municipal regulations for ventilation and air quality. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445/245 "2025-10-21T23:41:56Z")
Exactly ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445/246 "2025-10-22T02:05:04Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > IIRC, no one has ever died in a bowling accident. Maybe not recreational bowlers, but bowling alley workers/employees have been [killed](https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/article219351715.html) by [pinsetting machines](http://wsaz.com/2024/07/08/bar-owner-killed-by-bowling-pinsetter-machine-freak-accident/). Also see Stephen King’s macabre story “The Pinsetter”.\* \*OK, so it was a mangler… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445/247 "2025-10-24T19:56:34Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > IIRC, no one has ever died in a bowling accident. (A few people die of heart attacks at bowling alleys every year… Or just outside. [Rest in peace, Donny.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAJcs57fRug) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445.md?page=12)