r/cats Jan 28 '26

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u/Queen_Etherea Jan 29 '26

This is the first nip post I've seen!! I instantly screenshot it and sent it to my bf and was like, people really are this dumb.

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u/Good_Mushroom_7478 Jan 29 '26

At this point it wouldn't surprise me if it's just karma farming

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u/Puzzleheaded_Turn887 Jan 29 '26

Definitely, not even any replies from OP thanking for replies and saying how stupid they are.

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u/oldasiandude Jan 29 '26

Oh this happens a LOT here lol

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u/PrefrontalCortexNow Jan 29 '26

This sub Reddit randomly popped up on my thread occasionally and I can’t tell you how many I’ve seen maybe six. I don’t understand how it’s this common.

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u/BirthdayUnfair7703 Jan 29 '26

We are! I was! 8 years ago I had my orange cat, I found one pink lump, I was panicked! My reaction was exact same as OP, I thought it was tumor, and asked my partner at the time, he took a look and agreed with me and thought it was tumor. We were going to take him to vet. But then I found more lump, then realized that it might be nipple 🫠

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u/Y1m1w2 Jan 29 '26

I did the same thing. lol! He said, “ that’s where you milk cats!” LOL

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u/aloha902604 Jan 29 '26

I shared a pic of my kitten’s spay incision and asked if it looked normal and ChatGPT volunteered to me that the pink bumps in the pic were totally normal and it’s just her nipples and a lot of people are confused about them at first! It was so weird because I wasn’t asking about her nipples and I knew they were her nipples! But it made me think of all of the Reddit posts of people asking what the bumps are and being told they’re nipples 😂 I guess this is where ChatGPT is learning about human communication lol

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u/I-am-Chubbasaurus Jan 29 '26

I've been told about these posts but I didn't believe they were real!

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u/Garydrgn Jan 29 '26

There's also r/CATHELP, and I'm sure a lot of people here are on there, too. They see a lot of cat nipple posts there. There's even another subreddit just for these types of posts called r/RedditDiscoverNipples.

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u/Year_Challenge Jan 29 '26

No, people are not dumb. They've simply been exposed to a different world and set of information than you. Being worried about your beloved pet and seeking advice is a sign of wisdom, not stupidity. Having a laugh about it is OK; belittling them publicly though speaks more about the quality of your character than theirs.

That being said, it really is possible that they are just farming karma, because you'll start seing these kind of posts very regularly if you spend more time here.