When every full opening is counted consistently, the answer most people settle on is six: four built-in openings plus the two tears.
But the real point of the riddle was never the number.
It was the realization that people often look at the exact same image while operating from completely different assumptions. We move quickly, trust our first interpretation, and rarely stop to question the hidden definitions shaping our answers.
That’s why the puzzle spread so fast.
Not because it was difficult — but because it quietly exposed how differently human minds work.
A simple ripped shirt became a reminder that perception is rarely as objective as we think it is… and sometimes the biggest disagreements come from meanings we never realized we were assuming in the first place.