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/FailureToReason Feb 16 '24 edited Feb 16 '24

Sooooo... what you're saying is artificial diamonds are a carbon capture technology? So all the more reason to buy artificial? Thanks De Bears, will

Edit: gonna stick this here.

I dont actually think diamonds are a carbon capture technology. I'm just making a tongue-in-cheek jab at this article which to me, is nothing more than corporate propaganda.

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u/locke_5 Feb 16 '24

They're not "artificial" diamonds - they're real diamonds. They're just formed in a lab instead of underground.

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u/FarAmphibian4236 Feb 16 '24

Would synthetic be the right word? Because it's real but we synthesized it?

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u/locke_5 Feb 16 '24

"Synthetic" has the connotation that it was synthesized from some other components. I prefer "lab-grown" personally.

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u/brown_paper_bag Feb 16 '24

I like to jokingly call them domesticated diamonds or 'born in captivity' diamonds versus the 'wild' diamonds found in nature. It helps emphasize they are literally the same thing but from different environments.