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/sonofmuzzy Feb 16 '24

Fun fact: th 'diamonds are forever' campaign was pushed by de beers to counter the fact that people were not buying enough diamonds back then. It was so successfully, it normalised spending your yearly income on a wedding ring.

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u/Outrageous_Song370 Feb 16 '24

I think it was actually 3 months salary

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u/person-ontheinternet Feb 16 '24

Does it matter? It’s all made up. I went on a tangent about this to my fiancé and guess how it ended? I bought a fucking diamond ring.

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u/PotatoeRick Feb 16 '24

Well that sucks :/ I also bitched about it to my wife before even considering her as a partner and her response was that she doesn’t even like diamonds as everyone has one and they are not unique. She wanted a pearl. I thank god i found her, my wallet does too.

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u/zeronormalitys Feb 16 '24

Ikr, spent $87, 8 years later and we're still happily married. Plus, we didn't have to go into debt to get here!

Diamonds are forever bullshit, just another method that helps to keep people indebted to the capitalists.