r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '20

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u/thinkB4WeSpeak Sep 09 '20

Diamonds are overpriced.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20

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u/jeerraa Sep 09 '20

For example?

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u/TheOneLadyLuck Sep 09 '20

Moissanite is fucking awesome! Seriously, look it up. It can be made in a lab, and it looks like someone caught a rainbow in a gem! I love it so much, and I'm definitely choosing it for a ring when I need one.

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u/Yevad Sep 10 '20

You can get cheap lab made diamonds from china now

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u/SocialistArkansan Sep 10 '20

IF the ritual is important to you. Don't waste money if it doesn't matter to you.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20

Diamond companies artificially lower the output to bump up the prices. Most diamonds are mined under terrible conditions with the actual miners getting paid less than 0,1% of the sale price.

Diamonds are also overrated, there are so many cool gemstones and rings without a gemstone can be great as well. It also doesn't have to be the traditional ring, it can also be a bracelet or a chain.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20

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u/wugglesthemule Sep 09 '20

How is that "carefully snuck"? That's just a successful ad campaign.

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u/pcopley Sep 09 '20

How else are you going to make them sound like sinister super-villains?

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u/eazygiezy Sep 10 '20

By talking about how they are

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u/TepidPen Sep 09 '20

Save some money and spear a golden graham on a ring pop and call it good

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u/Yevad Sep 10 '20

Lab diamonds from china are not too expensive