Ah, yeah. For me that's ridiculous, but you both sounded reasonable in that situation; you offered and it sounds like he refused politely enough.

Oh yeah, he was very polite about it, it was just an "I'd rather not" situation, so I was like "ok, suit yourself". No drama as such.

I would bet that most people would actually get in that car - assuming the "skin" is leather and not rotting dry skin, of course.

If they knew what it was? I would find it very surprising if anyone was OK with that.

Why? How is that different than sitting on lamb or rabbit leather? Those are also very cute animals. You wouldn't be able to tell if you looked at it. My mum used to have a blanket made out of cat fur for a while.....it's just leather - It's only weird if you make it weird :-P

Also, in general it's a very weird comparison, but I'm not even making fun out of the guy for refusing a ride - I just think it's a weird moral stance to take, I can understand refusing to buy some leather seats, but riding in them? Especially as a favour? What does that change in the world? Literally nothing.

Who says it's a moral stance? You can just be grossed out by the thought of sitting on the skin of a dead animal.

Well, he did, explicitly, for one.

I dont think the spesific animal makes a difference, that would be rather hypocritical.

The only exception would be ivirt or like some threatened or near-extinct animal that you went out of your way to aquire, I know people who do that for handbags, and that is something i find appauling

> I dont think the spesific animal makes a difference, that would be rather hypocritical.

You say that like people aren't often hypocritical. If I raised and slaughtered dogs for food you'd better believe I'd be hearing about it from people who eat meat with every meal!

But the specific animal does make a difference, if you ask nearly anyone. And yes, that is massively hypocritical. That is my entire point.

Can't wait for the day when this people finally realize that they are filling the car three times a week with a distilled juice of dead corpses called gasoline.

Cars are basically sacrificial altar machines requiring a daily offer of blood and flesh from prehistoric animals to keep moving... and they are worried by the leather in other's cars while driving home, pfff.

Well, of course you wouldn't get in, because someone with a car upholstered in dog skin would probably be a fucking serial killer.

Well, yes, that is the impression you'd get if it were dog skin. But if it's cow skin, you are expected to be absolutely fine with it and if you find it distasteful you get mocked.

I don't know, I actually find it very good that we use all parts of the animal, and the skin is used for something as practical as a seat/chair. Skinning and tanning is one of those skills that we as humans have developed over millenia and it helped us become who we are as a species - to now behave as if it's distatesful....it's just a bit fake to me, a bit dishonest. You are of course welcome to feel this way, I just think it's a weird thing to be weird about.

There are plenty of places dogs and cats are accepted as food animals. Surely those places use the leather too? Some of those places are net exporters, so it seems reasonable some of our leather goods are dog or cat but labeled otherwise.

Did he try to convince you that you should too be a vegan?

I want this story to end with him pulling out a small paper cocktail umbrella, holding it over his head, and singing "Give me a home where the buffalo roam," before disappearing into the rain... never to be seen at the office again.