# The Hot Tub Probability Contraception

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 3, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hot-tub-probability-contraception/657397 "2013-05-03T08:26:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hot-tub-probability-contraception/657397/21 "2013-05-03T18:41:14Z")

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Climbing into someone else’s used bathwater would be awful enough even without it being all jizzy.

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hot-tub-probability-contraception/657397/22 "2013-05-03T18:45:04Z")

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> [@Muffin](#):
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> If someone in a hot tub starts jacking off, do you  
> A. Leave  
> B. Stay

I can tell you with a high degree of confidence that it’s not always obvious, depending on the size of the hot tub.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hot-tub-probability-contraception/657397/23 "2013-05-03T21:33:06Z")

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> [@svd678](#):
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> IIRC I read of a girl getting pregnant using a bath tub after her brother.

I hope it wasn’t in [The Sun.](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2525921/Teen-pregnant-after-swimming-in-pool.html)

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> Teen pregnant after ‘swimming in pool’

:dubious:

I recall a similar story several decades ago that prompted **Esquire** magazine to give an Australian swimming pool its “Father of the Year” award.😃

A sperm is probably not going to be able to survive more than a very short time in any kind of chlorinated water, certainly not at 107 F. It’s not going to be able to make it even a few inches, let alone the width of a hot tub.

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hot-tub-probability-contraception/657397/24 "2013-05-04T05:23:54Z")

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> [@simster](#):
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> And if you want to be accurate about it - the male fish releases the sperm at/near/ontop of the eggs that the female laid - so - its not from accross the lake and its not in 100+ degree water.

Well, it might be in 100+ degree water, if the fish in question are pupfish. Those critters can thrive in pretty extreme environments.

(Assuming that the 100+ degrees are degrees Fahrenheit, that is. 100+ degrees Celsius? Forget it. 100+ degrees Kelvin? Only if that’s a very very big +.)

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**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hot-tub-probability-contraception/657397/25 "2013-05-04T05:28:26Z")

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> [@tracer](#):
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> 100+ degrees Celsius? Forget it.

If you’re in 100 degree C water, you’re performing a process known as “cooking.” The X-treme Sports Semen Team is the least of your problems.

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