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    Sitting in a hot tub as a kid will make you infertile.

    Totally an old wive’s tale. I looked it up when I was an adult and found out I had been deprived of tons of hours of hot tub time.

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      7 months ago

      That was them actually believing it, right? Or were they in fact using a deliberate lie to limit your bath tub time for some other reason?

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        Unclear, my grandma was a nurse. I thought she should have known better, but then again, maybe back in the day that was considered accurate advice medically.

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      the hot tube temperature lowers the current batch of sperm’s motility and count, alter the DNA and general quality. your balls cannot extend far enough to escape the hot tub. its not permanent. if you want to conceive, stop boiling your nuts.

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        Well you assumed my sex, but regardless, that claim is still disputed. Some research indicates that it does temporarily lower sperm counts.

        None of that is particularly relevant though, because my family was claiming it would permanently cause me to become infertile.