# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 195
**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 9, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445/195 "2025-10-09T20:27:00Z")
OTOH: Late 1970s you: These 8-tracks will be worth something someday when us kids get old and nostalgic for our youth. I’ll save all of them to sell to collectors. 2025 you: Those 6 crates of 8 tracks have been through 10 household moves now and are full of spiderwebs. Should I finally get rid of them before this next move? Naah, the next generation of kids will totally want to collect them. Just like LPs. For every ordinary sort of consumer item that becomes a collectible, there are a dozen or a hundred contemporary items that don’t. This recently revived thread from 2023 reminds us of all the things that used to be widely underfoot and hence potential surprise latter day collectibles that instead today’s yute have no idea about. LPs could easily have been another such. > [@Ubiquitous items from relatively recently youngsters may not recognise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubiquitous-items-from-relatively-recently-youngsters-may-not-recognise/981362): > > I was watching a video on youtube, and one of the key points was the VHS tape one of the characters was holding. The top comment was “about a third of your viewers won’t recognise the object you’re holding” I don’t think VHS has gone that far down, it’s not used but still very recognisable, but it’s an interesting comment. What else might be better example of something that was truly ubiquitous 30-40 years ago that may genuinely not be recognised at all? The best example I can think of is chequ… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445)._