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Considering almost every one of my ancestors for the last few hundred million years managed to have sex at least once, I'd say it's pretty remarkable how I've managed to avoid it so far
Relevant xkcd.
Classic selection bias. I don't recall the exact numbers, but I remember reading that the majority of men who have ever lived never reproduced. That's unfortunately pretty normal.
Historically, before agriculture it was about two to three women having offspring for every man who did.
During the Agricultural era (12,000 BCE to 2,000 BCE) that ratio hit a high of 9 women reproducing for every man who did so, and stayed around that for most of that time.
From there it slowly declined back down to the current world-wide average of two women reproducing for every man who manages to do so.
Where do I fit in there? I reproduced.
Maybe in the agricultural age
They said "sex", you said "reproduced".