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Take on a second job to fulfill your civic duty to De Beers.
The worst part is it's a grub hub ad, but it doesn't say grub hub anywhere on the screen except for the logo. They're hoping to get na extra click out of you, which won't meaningfully affect their throughput, but it's the metric that some poor software dev needs to optimize for a promotion.
Skip is the Canadian Grub Hub
Also known as Just Eat in the UK.
"But diamonds are forever, don't you want to show your partner how your love for them is forever too?"
No they fucking aren't, heat one and hit it with a jet of oxygen and it'll burn like any other chunk of carbon.
I mean, I'm thinking about buying one, but.... Not a diamond. The SO doesn't care for them and bluntly, neither of us enjoy the thought of thousands of dollars spent on a ring that serves no purpose other than to advertise that you have an agreement for affection with another person.
I've even been thinking of picking up some side work (and skip has been one that I've considered) to afford it. Though my cost would be significantly less than the debeers version.
Stupid ad all around.
When we got engaged my wife and I agreed to get a cheaper ring with a synthetic stone in it, which in our opinion was much more sparkly than the diamonds in the case next to it and cost a damn sight less. We decided it was much more important to spend what money we had on actual things that matter, like a house.
A rock is just a rock. An object. It's the sentiment that counts, and if you're involved with somebody who places more value on the monetary cost of the rock versus the sentiment behind it, what you have for yourself there is a problem. Fuck all that noise.
As for me, I got one those tungsten carbide bands. It is likely -- nay, inevitable -- that I would destroy a silver/gold/platinum/whatever ring in short order.
And then I bought that bitch a motorcycle. Bitches love motorcycles.
Recomend moissainite. It really is more beautiful than a diamond.
She doesn't even like the diamond look. So anything clear/uncolored is pretty much a non starter for her.
We've discussed it.
Not getting one. And even if I did, would buy man-made. They are a fraction of the cost and no normie or person off the street can or will be able to tell the difference. And, you do not support the ridiculous players in the industry.
Got lucky that significant other could quite easily care less for diamonds.
Fun fact: Israel is the world's Mecca for diamond Jewellers and must diamond cutting is done there or off there via business partnerships. It is not a stretch to say that if you want to support the Palestinian cause, then do not buy diamonds the usual way. Go figure how these things work.
I’ve never ever heard that Israel was the diamond capital of the world. Pretty sure it’s Antwerp.
Source: https://www.beldiamond.com/blogs/news/why-is-antwerp-the-diamond-capital-of-the-world
That, and the fact that diamond "rarity" itself is a scam deliberately perpetuated by the players in the market to keep prices high. The stuff is just carbon, and even in its diamond form the Earth's crust is just chock-a-block full of it.
Yeah, nah.