$15,000 Genetically Engineered Shoe

[XgenGamer]

Grow your own shoe and post in this thread, show NG what your shoe would be like!

Also, post your opinions on this; whether you think this is humane or not, would you buy them if you had the money, etc.

I personally think this is neat as fuck. I had no idea we were this far along with genetic modification. Shit's crazy.

[Entice]

At 8/26/12 07:51 PM, Protagonist wrote: They're incredibly tacky. I don't know why anyone would wear those.

I think they're snazzy.

Rayskin is a very tough, nice leather.

[Entice]

At 8/26/12 07:52 PM, GuerrilleroHeroico wrote:

At 8/26/12 07:51 PM, Protagonist wrote: They're incredibly tacky. I don't know why anyone would wear those.

I think they're snazzy.

Rayskin is a very tough, nice leather.

Oh, $15,000?

Fuck it.

[Lionelion]

Oh hell no. I dont want to kill a pair of rayfish just for some shoes!
And $15,000? I dont think so

[XgenGamer]

At 8/26/12 08:08 PM, Lionelion wrote: Oh hell no. I dont want to kill a pair of rayfish just for some shoes!
And $15,000? I dont think so

But you will eat that chicken dinner made from a chicken raised in an incredibly cramped mass farm, fed all kinds of unhealthy shit to make it fatter and tastier, then killed (violently) prematurely when it's meat is just right for eating.

These rays are born and raised in captivity, in a very comfortable, large environment, fed a perfect diet to keep them healthy and grow them as large as possible without altering their makeup, then killed by nonviolent means. (so as to not damage their skin)

But yeah, they are expensive, I'll give you that.

[BizzarroPMP]

Umm....these shoes look dope and I want them...

[BizzarroPMP]

At 8/26/12 08:17 PM, Travis wrote: Submit it, you might win or something.

Oh boy! I can win the chance to pay 15k!

[Sheizenhammer]

By "your exact colour and pattern specifications", they actually mean "pick from a list of things we already know how to do". Ergo, they're not doing any actual research here, it's just a matter of hatching a pair of pre-bred egg lines and taking care of a couple of rays for however long it takes rays to grow into adults.

So, there's no more design choice than what you get via a regular shoe shop, it takes a hell of a lot longer, and you can bet that price tag is just them trying to claw back all the money they spent on the initial germ-line generation, not specifically taking care of your particular rays.

I'm failing completely to see the point behind how this is any better than just dying ordinary ray leather. Using pigments that are actually proven to last a lot longer than the ray's natural pigments, by the way.

[Entice]

At 8/26/12 08:21 PM, BizzarroPMP wrote: Oh boy! I can win the chance to pay 15k!

Wut you'd think if it was some big contest they'd be giving away a free pair.

[T3XT]

"For a mere $14,800"

[Cosmic]

I submited this into the contest.... I think it looks really cool and fitting for the whole Stingray feel. I call it Shockwave

[Armour]

At 8/26/12 07:47 PM, XgenGamer wrote: Grow your own shoe and post in this thread, show NG what your shoe would be like!

Also, post your opinions on this; whether you think this is humane or not, would you buy them if you had the money, etc.

I personally think this is neat as fuck. I had no idea we were this far along with genetic modification. Shit's crazy.

Id much rather keep the funky looking Rayfish in my giant aquarium that I would obviously have if I had that much money/

[Armour]

Hahah guys its a Hoax!

I knew this was too retarded to to true.
The hoax is created by the guys at http://www.nextnature.net/

This is so obviously not a clever concept for an actual business.

[XgenGamer]

At 8/26/12 08:21 PM, Sheizenhammer wrote: By "your exact colour and pattern specifications", they actually mean "pick from a list of things we already know how to do". Ergo, they're not doing any actual research here, it's just a matter of hatching a pair of pre-bred egg lines and taking care of a couple of rays for however long it takes rays to grow into adults.

So, there's no more design choice than what you get via a regular shoe shop, it takes a hell of a lot longer, and you can bet that price tag is just them trying to claw back all the money they spent on the initial germ-line generation, not specifically taking care of your particular rays.

There are currently 29 different patterns available. Each of which can be combined with 2 other patterns. If you do the math, thats 29x28x27 possible different combinations. 21,194 different possibilities. Then you get a choice of combining three different foreground colors, and three different background colors. There are 21,194^3 possible different shoes. That is 9520040369384 different pairs of shoes.

No customization my ass...

[MrPercie]

why not just tie live stingrays to your feet and glide across the sea?

[Sheizenhammer]

At 8/26/12 08:43 PM, XgenGamer wrote: There are 21,194^3 possible different shoes. That is 9520040369384 different pairs of shoes.

And... how many different designs can you draw on a piece of paper and hand to an independent shoemaker? What if I want a logo and not just a pattern?

It may be a very long list, but it's still restricted to a list. And when you actually look at it, the majority of variations on the base patterns look very similar to each other too.

[HipnikDragomir]

I'm more of a dolphin leather kind of guy, but whatever.

[AutumnalEquinox]

I'm not gonna spend that much for a pair of shoes...

[Halberd]

At 8/26/12 07:51 PM, Protagonist wrote: They're incredibly tacky. I don't know why anyone would wear those.

You could become the cat king.

[Sensationalism]

Ridiculous price, dumb thing to do.

This could easily be done without killing animals.
Plus if they have cool looking genetically engineered rays, I'd rather keep them in a fish tank and see them than wear them on my feet.

[Master-of-pancakes]

Fuck that man, I got my Adidas, I need that money for booze and hate.

[tox]

i want pussy to chase me, that sounds awesome

[Boomstick]

You have to admit, this is a pretty cool idea.

[T3XT]

At 8/26/12 08:42 PM, Armour wrote: Hahah guys its a Hoax!

I knew this was too retarded to to true.
The hoax is created by the guys at http://www.nextnature.net/

This is so obviously not a clever concept for an actual business.

Well shoot

[Sensationalism]

At 8/27/12 12:44 PM, Otto wrote: I did however submit a pair called Volts, because I hope to one day win an online somethingorother

Wellll.......Tesla!

[OwnageGiy223]

This is probably fake, but if I won the lottery, hell I'd buy a pair. And no, I don't care about a couple of fucking stingrays. Stingrays bread in captivity live long, healthy lives in a comfortable environment. If they were in the wild, they'd be lucky to live half as long than in captivity.

[Tony-DarkGrave]

does the leather by any chance come in crocodile or Baby seal?

[PandaSausage]

This is kind of fucked up, but as long as they use the meat of the fish after they remove the skin, I have no problem with it.

[tahm10]

At 8/27/12 01:43 PM, Boomstick wrote: You have to admit, this is a pretty cool idea.

If that's the shoe, what does the stingray look like? I imagine an exploding star.

[Tony-DarkGrave]

At 8/27/12 08:39 PM, PandaSausage wrote: This is kind of fucked up, but as long as they use the meat of the fish after they remove the skin, I have no problem with it.

they don't skin only they throw away the rest.