# What killed "Guess Your Weight" booths?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-killed-guess-your-weight-booths/997076>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 3, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-killed-guess-your-weight-booths/997076 "2024-02-03T21:31:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-killed-guess-your-weight-booths/997076/21 "2024-02-05T01:47:08Z")

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I’m thinking of opening a “Guess Why ‘Guess the Weight’ Booths are Defunct” booth at the carnival fairway.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-killed-guess-your-weight-booths/997076/22 "2024-02-05T02:11:27Z")

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I did see a Guess Your Age booth once at a carnival. It wasn’t attracting a lot of attention.

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