Flimsiplast

Flimsiplast, often shortened to flimsi, flimsy, or sometimes plast, was one of the most popular media for the written word. The hair-thin sheets of acrylic medium were almost transparent and were sometimes collected into hardbound books. Flimsiplast was also used for printing hard-copies of computer files. Flimsi could also be used to make such items as disposable gowns in hospitals.

Flimsiplast was reusable, unlike paper, but dissolved in liquids.

A variety known as change flimsiplast could store multiple writings on the same surface; the reader could cycle through them by touching the surface in a certain manner.

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