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[–] 45 points 11 months ago (18 children)

I love leather, but I don’t love killing, so I just have a bunch of fake leather jackets – and they suck. I would love lab grown leather and lab grown meat.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    If you ride bite the bullet and get the leather Jacket. Nothing comes close for road rash prevention or water proofing.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    I’ve had them before. They are great. Leather is an amazing material for all sorts of stuff. I’ve sat on some amazing other sofas that I did not want to get up from, but that’s a lot of cows

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwuRUcAGIEU

    A short science rich explanation of why it's unbeatable while being dragged behind a motorcycle.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Hahaha, i’m not sure I ever plan on being dragged behind a motorcycle, however… This is good information to have thank you

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    It was an interesting and well made video, except for his insistence that leather’s structure is “intelligent”, when it’s actually evolutionarily refined over millions of years natural selection. He also went on to say that human engineers would have to be gods to mimic it. Granted this article hadn’t been published yet, and ironically the little leather key wrap he’s hawking at the end of the video looks like a great candidate for this lab grown leather.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I like the idea of lab grown leather that's tweaked for desirable properties, thickness, toughness, suppleness...

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Can we call it Fleather? 😅 F(ake)leather

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago*

    Fake leather varies in quality. The stuff made for luxary car upholstery and yachts is wayy better than dead cow skin. Has been for decades

    Lasts way longer, more durable, can be worn every day, no maintenance required

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  • [+] -7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Don't eat meat. Other people will. Enjoy leather.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    No, I cannot enjoy the byproduct of the meat industry.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I can respect that. But the point is that leather, as you said, is a byproduct, not a primary product. It's not like hunters clubbing baby fur seals. People are going to eat cows, might as well use the skins. Or would you have those skins trashed?

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