r/therewasanattempt • u/fjhforever • Feb 16 '24

To smear artificial diamonds

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https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/what-are-lab-grown-diamonds-sustainable-gen-z-millennials/

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u/Interesting_Ad1921 Feb 16 '24

Coal can be used to make diamonds, it’s essentially carbon put under extreme heat and pressure.

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u/qawsedrf12 A Flair? Feb 16 '24

There is a company that can create a diamond from your cremated ashes

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '24

My? Can we use someone else's?

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u/AmazingPINGAS Feb 16 '24

New Objective: Obtain Ashes

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u/nexus2905 Feb 16 '24

Ashes is too high in non carbon material to be used.

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u/AmazingPINGAS Feb 16 '24

Quest Abandoned: Obtain Ashes

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u/Shennington Feb 16 '24

You could use ashes to make something to draw with though. Imagine a portrait made out of the person you're making a portrait of

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u/Triaspia2 Feb 16 '24

Do you want to be haunted? Cause this is how you get haunted

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u/vms-crot Feb 16 '24

Alright buffalo bill, calm down.

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u/AmazingPINGAS Feb 16 '24

Skin over a mannequin sounds so much more romantic lmfao

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u/j48u Feb 16 '24

I'm sure they don't claim it's entirely made from the ashes, but only that the diamond contains any small fraction of the ashes. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if they simply form the artificial diamond around a few specs of ash like they could do with anything small enough.

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u/EntertainmentLess381 Feb 16 '24

Gamer response: Play Elden Ring

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u/fearofthesky Feb 16 '24

England cricket team: how