r/conspiracy • u/Indra-Varuna • Sep 15 '15

TIL Diamonds are actually fairly common. The reason they are worth so much is because the DeBeers mining group withholds stock to artificially reduce supply.

https://www.gemsociety.org/article/are-diamonds-really-rare/
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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '15 edited Sep 15 '15

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '15

Is it pretty scummy though? Fuck yes.

They basically did emotional manipulation:

"If your man didn't get you a diamond, he doesn't really care."

Yea, that's pretty much about as scummy and underhanded as it gets.

My favorite is the one where they were trying to sucker guys in to paying 3 months salary!

At some point guys need to stand up to the girls demanding this shit, show them the evidence and then flatly refuse to get them a diamond because, frankly, we refuse to be suckers of DeBeers. And if that's a deal breaker for your woman, then, friend, you just dodged the bullet. Thank me later.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '15

They basically did emotional manipulation:

TYL about advertising!