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What's the biggest misconception you think many people have? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Ideally the answers aren't just political soapboxing.

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[–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Plastic leather also wears out so quickly. Real leather is much stronger and easier to repair/restore.

As the person highlighted (and you have expanded on), there are a lot of ethical and sustainability problems with the leather industry as it is, but I think it'd be far better to improve the problems with natural leather than to expect much from the plastic leather

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    You've got to keep in mind that everyone doesn't feel the same. I personally feel gross having anything to do with leather because I can't shake the feeling it's a corpse's skin. It would be the same to me if it was a dead human's skin.

    I'm not asking for understanding on how I feel, but more just understanding that maybe natural leather is the best option for most people right now in terms of environmental impact - but it's important we develop other solutions too and try to make them more environmentally over time, because not everyone is the same.

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