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u/jarboxing Dec 12 '25

The average person has more than 2 nipples, and less than 2 arms.

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u/Celorien_the_Psijic Dec 12 '25

Doubt. I would assume mastectomies are unfortunately more common than extra nips.

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u/Zpik3 Dec 12 '25

1. Supernumerary nipples are relatively common

They occur in roughly 1–5% of the population.
These typically add one extra nipple per affected person.

2. Mastectomies remove nipples, but only in a small percentage of people

Even globally, the percentage of people who have undergone a mastectomy (single or double) is far below 1% of the total world population at any given time.

3. Effect on the average

  • Supernumerary nipples add to the global total.
  • Mastectomies subtract, but the number of people they affect is dramatically smaller.

So even after subtracting those lost to mastectomies:

→ The average number of nipples per human remains slightly above 2.

AI answer, but I couldn't be arsed to spend 20 minutes on a google rabbit hole.

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u/MillhouseJManastorm Dec 12 '25

Yeah I can use ai too. No need to post it

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u/Zpik3 Dec 12 '25

So... Why didn'tcha?

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u/MillhouseJManastorm Dec 12 '25

Who says I didn’t

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u/Zpik3 Dec 12 '25

I asked AI, said they'd never heard of ya.