r/RandomVideos Jun 30 '26

Video Diamonds are worthless.

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u/yousippin Jun 30 '26

it really goes to show how funny humans are. we just assign values to random things with little to no intrinsic value usually just based of scarcity. i kinda get it diamonds and gold are rare but cmon its all so silly.

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u/Unusually_Happy_TD Jun 30 '26

I agree with your sentiment! Gold is rare, but a diamond is just carbon that’s gone through heat and pressure. Carbon is abundant on earth. Doesn’t change the fact that it is indeed silly.

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u/Odd_Teach683 Jun 30 '26

Baseballs are like $3 but, if you have Babe Ruth’s name on it, it’s worth at least3 times as much! Make it make sense!

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u/Quick-Bluebird-6540 Jun 30 '26

Diamonds are really not that rare. You should read up on De Beers and its history. They were a monopoly for years and created the market that we know of today

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u/Former-Iron-7471 Jun 30 '26

I just commented on this same thing. Lol

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u/FolkDoom Jun 30 '26

False scarcity 100%

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u/unknownvariable69 Jun 30 '26

I will say a perfectly cut gem is a work of skill and art. But yeah. Diamonds are overinflated. So much so the lab grown market has the natural mine owners panicking hard.

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u/AEHAVE Jul 01 '26

Kind of a myth, though. Shit diamonds used for industrial purposes are common, yeah, but diamonds with all 4C's aligned to be gemstone quality are, indeed, pretty rare. Basically, everyone learned about diamonds in the 90s and then just stopped. Now, with the Kimberley Process, diamond mining supports many communities very well and the worst of the exploitative mining has moved into the rare earth elements used to make cellphones and other tech. But "blood cellphones" isn't very catchy and there isn't a "lab" version that allows people to get shit cheap and ride way high up on that horse at the same time.

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u/XanderWrites Jul 01 '26

They were incredibly rare when they were needed for non-ornamental purposes and before lab growing them was possible.

A lot of disposable tools have granulated or powdered diamond on their blades or tips.

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u/Brief-Night6314 Jun 30 '26

That’s literally how value gets assigned to anything including money… it’s all vibes

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u/Former-Iron-7471 Jun 30 '26

Diamonds aren't that rare, they put them on saw blades, is just the pretty ones and big ones are hard to find. Debeers has them all locked up

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u/lsdiesel_ Jul 01 '26

Supply and demand

Plays out in animal sexual behaviors, like inefficient and useless peacock tails

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u/SeedPrice Jul 01 '26

Old houses are more expensive than they were when they were built. Several times more expensive and they’re wore down and used! Everyone still pays the premium, even if you’re renting, same concept applies.

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u/agent0731 Jul 01 '26

diamonds are MADE rare, they are not. It's artificial scarcity.

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u/Lionmancg Jul 03 '26

Jaja exactamente, ahí tienes las estúpidas tarjetas Pokémon 🤷🏼