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Human Skin Laptop Bags

Fell

16:58 / 06.02.06

his expensive ($601 USD), but striking laptop bag is made from synthetic human skin. The “Skinbag” is shock absorbant, has 1 cm padding (fabric lining), and 1 side pocket for all your accessories. It measures approx. 39 x 29 cm or 14 x 11 in. and doubles as a regular carrying bag.

“The bags dedicated to electronic machines are waterproof and proctective jackets and become autonomous organisms. They anticipate the fusion between the digital and the organic.”

There are also a few garments made of skin, link.

Future Perfect

11:44 / 08.02.06

What exactly is synthetic skin? I may be being incredibly dumb but don't seem to be able to make it out from the skinbag website. Could be one of those 'duh' moments, but it's not, like, human leather is it? Or just a plastic that looks like skin?

Jack Fear

13:00 / 08.02.06

Naugahyde. (What have they got against those poor li'l naugas, anyway?)

I'm typing this on a keyboard with keys made of human teeth. Well, synthetic human teeth. That is to say, they're plastic, but I like to pretend they're human teeth.

FEAR ME! I YAM TEH POSTHUMANIST!! im beyond yr petty hu-man notions of good & eval & I SHALL MARCH TO GLORY ON A ROAD OF BONES!!1!

(real ones, too. just see if i don't.)

All Acting Regiment

15:11 / 08.02.06

I can beat that. Instead of speakers, my stereo's tied to two dogs.

Jack Fear

16:19 / 08.02.06

Instead of an ashtray, I use...

...your mom.

All Acting Regiment

17:01 / 08.02.06

Duels (computer game cock-based or otherwise) aside, is there any reason why one would really want one of these laptop bags? It justs seems ridiculously overexpensive for what it is.

Tryphena Absent

23:19 / 17.02.06

Fell, that site is down, do you have any other links or would you like to describe more fully what this material actually is?

Jack Fear

00:58 / 18.02.06

Try this link.

The site is generally pretty cagey about what, exactly, it is of which the fakeskin is made—hazy on the facts, to maintain the mystique. Passing references on this page, though, would seem to indicate that it's latex.

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

05:29 / 18.02.06

Are there any legal methods of actually harvesting human flesh for garment-related activities? Or is it all a little too Ilse Koch for the law?

Funkmonk

16:33 / 18.02.06

If people were to donate their skin after death it may work, but the majority of the skin gathered would be old and not worth the hassle. The only "good" skin would come from people with early deaths and I don't think that would go down to well with potential customers.

Another possibility is skin removal for large amunts of money.

The only real option would be synthetic skin.

Olulabelle

22:04 / 20.02.06

Is synthetic skin laboratory cultured skin?

HCE

16:32 / 22.02.06

They're wrinkly and unattractive.

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