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[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 79 points 2 weeks ago

It's Rimworld, so making hats out of guests is kind of mandatory.

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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 67 points 2 weeks ago

Well, the human can consent, so that would make it perfectly ethical if they do.

[-] allo@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 weeks ago

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[-] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 14 points 2 weeks ago

Blindly hits “Agree”.

[-] IMongoose@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

They consented when they tried to raid me.

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

A Buncha muncha cruncha human!

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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 weeks ago

Why let baby foreskins go to waste is what I always say.

[-] pip@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Wait.... Don't tell me you don't know about the baby foreskin facials???????

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Baby foreskin facials are so wasteful. Why smear them on your face once and discard them when you can make a leather thong from them for years of use?

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Why human love infant genital mutilation so much?

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

It’s far from universally loved.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Wow, I'm surprised at how much it skews eastwards in the US.

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[-] NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 28 points 2 weeks ago

I'd donate my body to a Tanner. Cows can't make this choice in a we can understand at least.

[-] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Douglas Adams morally safe meat. Cows breed to be smart enough to agree to be food. To the point they will just pop off and off them selves .... But don't worry it will be in a very humane way.... And don't forget to try my rump it's very juicy...

This is from the restaurant at the end of the universe btw

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

"How about a salad?"

"Oh, I know a few vegetables who'd object to that, Sir!"

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well in all seriousness, humans can consent and cows can't (or if they can, they have no unambiguous way to communicate this consent to humans), so human leather is more ethical.

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[-] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago

Sourcing leather from humans is always morally correct! You will get 50% off for bringing your whole family in!

[-] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 weeks ago
[-] monovergent@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me of a time in biology class

Q: What's a resource everyone has access to?

A: ~~Water~~

Skin.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 weeks ago

From the pov of a human or a cow?

Cow leather is more moral in my pov

Or is it about sourcing it from them after their natural death?
Even then cow leather seems more moral

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[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 12 points 2 weeks ago

We already kill cows to eat them. Wearing their skin is just using more of their material.

[-] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago

Except it's rarely the same cows

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah exactly. People dont realize that leather is a byproduct of the meat industry. Most of the cost is in tanning and preparing it.

So trust me, there is no shortage of skin to make leather

[-] ArieTheFloof@vegantheoryclub.org 11 points 2 weeks ago

It's ethical i would say, since humans are an invasive species

[-] NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 20 points 2 weeks ago

Jokes like this make me uncomfortable :( there's legit eco fash positions like this. Invasive species rhetoric is bad applied to all species imho, because killing children for some sort of inherited sin seems unreasonable to me.

[-] ArieTheFloof@vegantheoryclub.org 12 points 2 weeks ago

i forgot people actually think like this 💀

[-] NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

We do have to ask if Malthusians are really people...

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[-] stinky@redlemmy.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

please build shelves

[-] iii@mander.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Pacrat173@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

I mean that’s a screenshot from Rimworld so ethical leather harvesting is a small thing compared to prisoner organ harvesting (Source I play too much Rimworld)

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Depends if your pawns get rebuffs for wearing human skin clothes.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago

Gotta make it a tenet of your tribe’s religion.

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Ask yourself what a cow ever did to you and compare the two

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Depends on the cow and the human.

If a cow is a dick and harming other cows, moral.

If the human lives a modest life and pursues charitable acts to make themself happy, immoral.

[-] DarthFrodo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like if a child with a similar level of cognition as the cow harms other children, most people will say they have no moral agency yet, and will still see harvesting their leather as immoral.

There are two ways to resolve that inconsistency...

[-] amzd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Finally, humane child slaughter

[-] LapGoat@pawb.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

because of the meat industry, i think its more ethical to use leather than let it go to waste. it lasts a long time and can replace a lot of other textiles that would need to be replaced more.

[-] DarthFrodo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And the good thing is, when demand for (human) leather is higher than supply, people will just breed some more humans, keep them on farms, use their labor and sell their leather. With nothing going to waste, just the beautiful circle of life.

We've gotten quite efficient at doing that so there's plenty opportunity to have more jobs, make a profit and to provide a product at an affordable price point, at the same time, all with human leather farms. Just have to compromise on welfare and sustainability step by step for more profit, but humans are already really great at ignoring such things when it's advantageous to them, so most won't ask any pesky questions anyways. We just have to normalize human leather (from factory farms) and everything will be great.

[-] dukepontus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, just like we should eat more meat. Meat is just a waste product of the leather industry! Eating meat helps stop climate change because then we dont need to eat plants that are mono culture that use up space of trees.

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[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

If people have good tattoos, the skin the tattoo is on should be preserved at death and framed. For family to enjoy.

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[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Cut/tan/stain/stamp the rich!

[-] Vitaly@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ah yes, I always make everything from both

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