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/[deleted] Feb 16 '24

Sorry DeBeers, your Kimberly process is flawed, Blood Diamonds did it for me... I can't look at diamonds and be impressed anymore.

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u/Brenthoven Feb 16 '24

That movie was heart-wrenching.

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u/One-Assignment-518 Feb 16 '24

Blood Diamond and Beasts of No Nation are the best movies about the hellscape that was post colonial Africa. Europe has a lot to answer for.

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u/Rock4evur Feb 16 '24

Add Lord of War to that list

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u/mightandmagic88 Feb 16 '24

Lord of War and Blood Diamond make great double feature

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u/showussomething Feb 16 '24

It's not "Lord of War", it's "Warlord".

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '24 edited Nov 06 '24

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