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Hello all! Do you recommend any eco friendly loofah alternatives, or anything really to scrub your body in the shower with. The fact that most loofahs are made from unrecyclable plastic concerns me.

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[–] francisco 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you made simple mistake on your original comment?

That source is about the use of dried luffa, a cucumber like vegetable.

You commented about

dried sea cucumbers

From the Wikipedia article on sea cucumbers, "they are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body ... found on the sea floor worldwide."

Thus me having asked for a source.

[–] fraksken@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh. that's crazy. yeah. seems like I did make a mistake. not even a simple one. I need to double check my sources better.

Please accept my appologies.

So please use the dried luffa, not the poor dried sea cucumber. they didn't harm anybody (did not verify source, it's again what I'm assuming).

[–] francisco 3 points 1 year ago

No apologies needed. Great that we got here. Cheers