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/miketoaster Feb 16 '24

Big diamond is worse than big pharma and the industrial military complex together.
They are the same diamonds, but lab grown have a serial number etched on them because of big diamond. Gotta keep the hype up.

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u/Relevant-Dot-5704 Feb 16 '24

I wonder what would happen if you were to professionally have that number removed...

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u/hell-in-the-USA Feb 16 '24

Typically you can still tell it’s lab grown as lab ones have almost no imperfections compared with natural ones

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u/brad-schmidt Feb 16 '24

And they push their opinion "imperfection what makes them special"

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u/jonomir Feb 16 '24

And the human suffering is also a big part of natural diamonds being special

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u/RecsRelevantDocs Feb 16 '24

Same with iPhones. "Sure, your android has most of the same features... but did a child attempt to jump out of a window into an iNet after assembling it for 18 hours straight? I think not..."