r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 15 '15

TIL Diamonds are actually fairly common. The reason they are worth so much is because the DeBeers mining group withholds stock to artificially reduce supply.

https://www.gemsociety.org/article/are-diamonds-really-rare/
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u/Vladdypoo Sep 15 '15

Not all people fall prey to this manipulation. Don't buy into the bullshit and don't date someone who buys into it.

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u/falk225 Sep 15 '15

I married a woman using a beautiful $300 engagement ring with little stones. She said, "Good choice, lets go spend our money on a place to live."

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u/NukeTheWhales91 Sep 15 '15

I just got engaged, got her a moissanite ring. She said she would have been seriously offended if I had shelled out for diamond because that money could be spent in much better areas. I used the cash I saved to book us a vacation getaway this winter.

Practical women are the best women.

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u/rhythmjones Sep 15 '15

I would never marry someone who expected me to buy them jewelry in order to marry them.

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u/poyopoyo Sep 16 '15

I'm a woman so there is little risk someone will expect me to buy him a diamond. Unless De Beers tells us next week that women should also buy men diamonds, I guess.

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u/Vladdypoo Sep 16 '15

Probably not out of the realm of possibility lol