Diamond market

[jake_farm@sopuli.xyz]

They arguably refract better and don't have a history of slavery and death.

[dharmacurious@slrpnk.net]

My (former) best friend got married young, and her and her husband had rings they got at the flea market that cost about 20 bucks a piece. I always respected the hell out of her for that. Her sisters tried to make it out like it was some kind of bad omen, or like it meant they didn't love each other. She had a lot of pressure to cave into and act like a snotty brat about the cost of the rings. She never did, and loved her cheap ass flea market ring.

She turned out to be a terrible person in a multitude of other ways, but on that note, good for her.

[infynis@midwest.social]

So the answer is just to buy a lab-grown diamond, and then tell everyone it's real, because once the poors have it, it won't be cool anymore

[davidgro@lemmy.world]

Before I proposed, my (now)wife and I discussed this and we did some research, then went with Moissanite.

She has a ring with a huge very shiny stone that doesn't break when it hits something, and we both also still have some money left.

It's awesome that all these other options exist as well!

(Similarly, we got married at home with a friend as an officiant* and only close family present. It was great.

*He had earlier gotten himself ordained by mail so he could officiate the wedding of his own daughter.)

[davidgro@lemmy.world]

For April Fools, Cards Against Humanity was literally selling diamond studded potatoes for $69.99 (USD) - and claimed a $1000 value, which I'm sure they would be at retail prices.

The FAQ said they had thousands of them, but I didn't get there in time.

[wrenfeathers@lemmy.world]

The suffering has absolutely nothing to do with their value. It’s shit like this dilutes the water of topical debate. But why does that matter when you can hitch your agenda to a sting of words that sound deep and impactful.

Here is a simple and easy to understand unbiased explanation of why diamonds are valuable.

[hawlsera@lemm.ee]

The fact that the human race sees scarcity as a good thing....

Is everything I need to justify misanthropy in its most literal form (Hatred of humanity)

[contingencyfork@lemmy.world]

Not the ending I was expecting.

[inhale_vegetables@aussie.zone]

360 nopost

[inhale_vegetables@aussie.zone]

Hmm...

[ramenshaman@lemmy.world]

I was, just moments ago, watching a video on the jerryrigeverything youtube channel about how industrial diamonds are made.

[lime@feddit.nu]

"the suffering is what makes it special" is a simplified way of saying "the de Beers company ran hundreds of advertising campaigns with the express purpose of convincing people that lab diamonds, which can be made perfect in every way, are inferior to the products of their blood diamond monopoly, and since the resulting stone is the exact same the only thing we can assume they mean makes it better is the slave-labor used in their extraction"

[dharmacurious@slrpnk.net]

I... Do not know what that means lol

[dharmacurious@slrpnk.net]

I thought "(former)" was enough foreshadowing. Sorrys lol

[reversalhatchery@beehaw.org]

they must have inhaled too much vegetables

[finitebanjo@lemmy.world]

Shit like that is why I think neuro-atypical people might actually be the correct psychological state and everyone else is just a "normal" animal.

[underpantsweevil@lemmy.world]

The issue is he cartel. Telling people "I overpaid for a blood diamond" and flashing them your big rock does nothing to undermine the cartel in the long run.

[saleh@feddit.org]

Scarcity of what? Food, water, sanitary infrastructure, shelter, healthcare? Yeah that is bad.

Scarcity of pretty rocks, some people want to wear as accessoires? Fine whatever. Also i wouldn't mind the mining of scarce and pretty rocks, if it wouldn't go with the destruction of the environment and human rights abuses.

[saleh@feddit.org]

@[email protected] has a great point. If you, the pleb, wears an artificial diamond and ruin the mood for the people who overpay for the blood diamonds, does devalue the status symbol.

It is the same reason why clothing brands fight so eagerly against cheap knockoffs, even if the knockoffs can be identified easily.

[whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world]

An AuDHD perspective: Neurotypicals tend to lack curiosity and passion for interests. They're less in-touch with their senses, sometimes needing mind-altering substances in order to appreciate basic sensory stimuli. Not only that, but they are overly-invested in "following the group" and "blending in," even if it ends up harming them.

So yeah, you might be onto something.