# Do you float in water?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-float-in-water/461442>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 27, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-float-in-water/461442 "2008-08-27T17:50:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![xkit0katx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/50afbb/32.png) [@xkit0katx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xkit0katx)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-float-in-water/461442/61 "2008-08-29T01:35:13Z")

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Skinny little college chick here, add me to the “can fall asleep floating” pool. 😉  
…in any position, too. In addition to the “face up” and “dead man”, I can susain a watery “armchair” lean for forever.  
Insane boyancy has been my enemy in retesting for lifeguarding summer job, though.

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**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-float-in-water/461442/62 "2008-08-29T02:28:27Z")

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[QUOTE=Rosalind]  
Aren’t all human beings denser than water? I don’t mean just those who have fewer brain cells than a bottle of Perrier.  
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Check out the densities for fat and muscle that **Santo Rugger** gives in this [GQ thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=481131). Bone is also denser than water, of course.

So it’s mostly just a question of whether you have more muscle+bone than fat. Lungsfull of air can also alter your overall body density.

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