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    Genuine leather is not a lie.
    It’s leather that’s so low quality, the only positive thing you can say about it is that it’s actually leather.

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      Genuine leather is leather in the same way that an egg taped to a box of Betty Crocker cake mix doused in a cup of oil is a cake.

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      “genuine leather” is often reconstituted leather, that is leather scraps ground up and bound together with a binder, like MDF.

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      We live in an age where something actually being what it is is a surprise.

      • Chocolate (often brown sugar paste)
      • Ice cream (often frozen oil)
      • Social media (often antisocial or parasocial)
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        I’ve seen recycling labels that indicate the only part that’s recyclable is the recycling label itself.