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2008-12-21, 9:28 PM #1
I think this is my most expensive Christmas ever. :omg:
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2008-12-21, 9:33 PM #2
Did you buy an engagement ring?

2008-12-21, 9:36 PM #3
Originally posted by TheNewKid:
Did you buy an engagement ring?


No, but I have sisters and a mother and Christmas is coming.

Guaranteed delivery by Christmas, btw. :awesome:
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2008-12-21, 9:39 PM #4
I never understood the appeal of diamonds. Is it because they are shiny? :v:
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2008-12-21, 9:45 PM #5
It's because they are expensive and girls love to brag about them.

2008-12-21, 9:46 PM #6
Originally posted by ECHOMAN:
I never understood the appeal of diamonds. Is it because they are shiny? :v:


Mostly not diamonds, btw.
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2008-12-21, 11:47 PM #7
Originally posted by ECHOMAN:
I never understood the appeal of diamonds. Is it because they are shiny? :v:


Most likely. No matter how old girls get, we can't resist anything sparkly.
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2008-12-21, 11:51 PM #8
That's a lie. One time I put glitter on my wangdoodle and it didn't make any difference
2008-12-21, 11:56 PM #9
Okay, so I literally lol'ed. Nice.
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2008-12-22, 6:43 AM #10
After seeing the movie Blood Diamond, I will never make a diamond purchase ever in my life.

If I ever must buy an engagement ring, it will be a ruby or a sapphire.
"Oh my god. That just made me want to start cutting" - Aglar
"Why do people from ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA keep asking about CATS?" - Steven, 4/1/2009
2008-12-22, 7:17 AM #11
Not that their mining conditions are too much better...
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2008-12-22, 8:03 AM #12
The difference being that rubies don't help fund a war that take children as it's soldiers.
"Oh my god. That just made me want to start cutting" - Aglar
"Why do people from ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA keep asking about CATS?" - Steven, 4/1/2009
2008-12-22, 8:19 AM #13
Yeah, whatever. You wear hats made in Bangladesh, shirts made in Indonesia, Nike shoes, all by children. Nearly any Disney or Nike product you can buy was made by a child in a dank factory somewhere.

If I could get a "conflict diamond" for cheaper than a "conflict-free diamond", I'd go that way.
2008-12-22, 8:32 AM #14
Wasn't the origin of the diamond a big marketing scheme? Like some guy made the public realize they were worth more than they were worth. I forget. I read some article about it online.

2008-12-22, 9:02 AM #15
Originally posted by Hombre:
Yeah, whatever. You wear hats made in Bangladesh, shirts made in Indonesia, Nike shoes, all by children. Nearly any Disney or Nike product you can buy was made by a child in a dank factory somewhere.


I wear nothing but fairtrade clothing. I also own many articles of clothing made in the US.

In case you are wondering, fairtrade means that the people who made the product were given a fair price for what they made, and they worked in a comfortable environment that wasn't a sweatshop.

Casting a generalization is a stupid thing to do my friend.
"Oh my god. That just made me want to start cutting" - Aglar
"Why do people from ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA keep asking about CATS?" - Steven, 4/1/2009
2008-12-22, 9:22 AM #16
Generalizations have their place; if you are as humanitarian as you claim (which I doubt), you are in an extremely small percentage of the population, making my generalization quite acceptable.

A stupid generalization is "all Mexican people are brown and fat". Sure, I bet there is a large amount of truth, but it's not extremely accurate.

A generalization that is not stupid would be something like "all cars have engines." Sure, I bet there are a very few cars with no engines, but they are far from commo, and make up a very small percentage of the population of automobiles.

Being an uptight prick is a rude thing to do, my friend.

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2008-12-22, 12:01 PM #17
This thread isn't about "generalizations". It's about diamonds.

The reason I'm not buying diamonds isn't because of the mining conditions, it is because of what the funding goes to. I don't want some rock a malnourished child dug out of the ground and received no profit for on my wife's finger. That's just sick.

And I appreciate the prick comment. When you are ready to act like a real person, come on down from your pedestal.
"Oh my god. That just made me want to start cutting" - Aglar
"Why do people from ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA keep asking about CATS?" - Steven, 4/1/2009
2008-12-22, 12:03 PM #18
Well then you don't want any precious stone, becuase chances are it came from a place where conditions were HORRIBLE.

Especially sapphires.
2008-12-22, 12:04 PM #19
Originally posted by TheNewKid:
Wasn't the origin of the diamond a big marketing scheme? Like some guy made the public realize they were worth more than they were worth. I forget. I read some article about it online.


Yeah, it's a scam. The article's here.
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2008-12-22, 12:19 PM #20
I guess it's just a weird vibe I get when it comes to diamonds. They just make me uncomfortable.
"Oh my god. That just made me want to start cutting" - Aglar
"Why do people from ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA keep asking about CATS?" - Steven, 4/1/2009
2008-12-22, 12:32 PM #21
They make me all tingly inside.
2008-12-22, 12:39 PM #22
you're not supposed to eat them Martyn
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2008-12-22, 12:41 PM #23
But they're shiny and nice!
2008-12-22, 12:54 PM #24
I wish precious stones and metals were used more in every day applications instead of making expensive pretty for stupid shallow people.
2008-12-22, 12:56 PM #25
Hey, our site guys use diamond drills all the time: If you're drilling into reinforced concrete you're likely to hit steel (even if the drawing says there shouldn't be any where you're drilling).

Is that good enough for you? :D
2008-12-22, 1:06 PM #26
No.

I want diamond edged shaving razors, affordable ones!

And electronics filled with Gold!
2008-12-22, 1:09 PM #27
Quote:
And electronics filled with Gold!


Nokia Vertu.



And I just knew as soon as diamonds were brought up someone would come whining about blood diamonds and funding wars and how we need to eat grass and live in the trees, etc etc etc.
"They're everywhere, the little harlots."
-Martyn
2008-12-22, 1:10 PM #28
I don't care who digs up the shiny.

What I care about is how marked up it is so shallow people can get ripped off thereby screwing the rest of us that would enjoy practical applications.
2008-12-22, 1:13 PM #29
Yeah I gathered that, I was referring more towards petmc20.
"They're everywhere, the little harlots."
-Martyn
2008-12-22, 1:33 PM #30
At least I'm not a dick Oni.
"Oh my god. That just made me want to start cutting" - Aglar
"Why do people from ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA keep asking about CATS?" - Steven, 4/1/2009
2008-12-22, 1:50 PM #31
I'd rather be a dick than a self-righteous high moraled pedestal habitating prick nerdo.
2008-12-22, 1:53 PM #32
At least I'm not ugly Rob. Yeah, I've seen the pics. I know.

Yeah, take that....er.....yeah.
"Oh my god. That just made me want to start cutting" - Aglar
"Why do people from ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA keep asking about CATS?" - Steven, 4/1/2009
2008-12-22, 1:56 PM #33
Tsk tsk.

Enviro nerdos never come up with good comebacks!
2008-12-22, 2:00 PM #34
I really am trying to get better with them.

EDIT: Also, I eat meat, drive a Hyundai, and go to Disney World.

In terms of environmentalism, I pick and choose :P
"Oh my god. That just made me want to start cutting" - Aglar
"Why do people from ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA keep asking about CATS?" - Steven, 4/1/2009
2008-12-22, 2:02 PM #35
Quote:
At least I'm not a dick Oni.


Seeing as I'm from Rochester, I blame location for that one.
"They're everywhere, the little harlots."
-Martyn
2008-12-22, 2:05 PM #36
Oni, record a video of you saying "New York" and put it on youtube. I want to hear your accent. :neckbeard:
"Oh my god. That just made me want to start cutting" - Aglar
"Why do people from ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA keep asking about CATS?" - Steven, 4/1/2009
2008-12-22, 4:04 PM #37
Diamonds are overrated. Corundum is rarer, prettier, and stronger. (Diamonds are not strong. They are HARD. There is an immense difference.) So buy ruby and sapphire instead.

Incidentally, for Rob, it's only the colored and pure corundum that is used for gemstones. The vast majority of it (The not so rare at all part) is gray and ugly, and used for all sorts of things. It makes much better sandpaper than sand, for example.
2008-12-23, 1:19 PM #38
Quote:
Oni, record a video of you saying "New York" and put it on youtube. I want to hear your accent.


Although we do have strange and degenerate accents, we say New York normally. Its Long/Statten islanders that say it funny.
"They're everywhere, the little harlots."
-Martyn

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