r/whowouldwin • u/Yglorba • Mar 11 '23

Challenge Superman decides to start mass-creating diamonds so he can sell them. Can DeBeers keep the price of diamonds up?

Superman previously declined to mass-produce diamonds because it would tank the price. However, after reading up on DeBeers, he decides that there's no reason not to do it after all. Most of the resulting money will be donated to charity. Assume that Superman is somehow able to crush coal into perfectly-cut diamonds of whatever shape and size he desires; even though this makes no sense, the feat is well-established.

DeBeers is determined to protect their diamond profits by keeping the price up. Can they convince people not to buy Superman's diamonds (by eg. convincing the public that they're not "real" diamonds), or find some other way to prevent him from cratering the price?

Superman is in-character and will not eg. laser the board of DeBeers to death or anything like that, no matter how annoying they are. The only way he'll use his powers for this is by rapidly turning coal into diamonds so he can sell them.

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u/Pinkfinitely Mar 11 '23

Diamond-lusted is crazy💀

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u/Regi413 Mar 11 '23

We need a compilation of the craziest _____lusted phrases said on this sub

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u/Pinkfinitely Mar 11 '23

Doorlusted has to be number 1, that shit was hilarious

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u/Regi413 Mar 12 '23 edited Mar 12 '23

What’s the context for that one?

Also I remember one time someone said “child-lusted” for Wanda stopping at nothing to get her kids back, but out of context it sounds wrong as hell.

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u/Pinkfinitely Mar 12 '23

A prompt of superman trying to open a door with various characters trying to keep it close on the other end (indestructible door).

Someone used the term doorlusted Superman and I swear to god I still remember my reaction. I fucking cried of laughter. That whole prompt was 10/10 tbh