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ekianjo 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: AI code and software craft

Not really. Polymers in clothes are everywhere and they have very désirable properties compared to pure cotton. Untreated cotton had many problems.

trollbridge 6 months ago [–]

Materials other than cotton (like wool and leather) existed.

ekianjo 6 months ago | [–]

yup, but polymers are much, much cheaper to produce. And some have properties that no natural fabric can offer.

anhner 6 months ago | | [–]

> properties that no natural fabric can offer

like polluting every inch of the Earth with microplastics!

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