Diamonds aren't my best friend

[devilgrrl]

In fact, other than uses in technology, I think they're stupid. Can you believe how many people get killed over those god-damned things? Jesus H. Christ! Who gives a rats ass?

Don't buy any diamonds honey, you don't need to give me over-priced twinkly rocks to prove yourself.

[Pale Blue Dot]

1. I have a pet rock

I named him Herbie.

You can have him, if you want to.

[devilgrrl]

5. Oh! Thank you!

:loveya:

[Cadence]

2. I don't like 'em either. I'd rather get

books as a present.

[knowbody0]

3. no shit.

i see one and immediatly vision little armless children. yuk

[Kire]

4. will you marry me?

I totally agree with you. The DeBeers company is responsible for more slave labor and mining deaths in South Africa than, well, a whole lot. It's been a while since I read that book in Anthropology class.

[Liberal Classic]

6. Don't be fooled by the pet rocks that I got

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html

[shawcomm]

7. But it's eternity...

A commercial told me I don't have to pledge to you my eternal and undying love so long as I foist a chunk of shiny carbon on you.

What gives?

:shrug:

[neuvocat]

9. Its two months salary

and when you figure out how much you have to work it takes to pay it off, it seems like forever.

[Liberal Classic]

10. Give Buckyballs instead!

They're carbon, too! Okay, carbon-60 maybe.

Nothing says "I love you" like Buckminsterfullerenes!

[Cadence]

11. Nobody ever really knows if they're real diamonds

cubic zirconia looks exactly the same. It's kind of a weird little made up thing we do to place so much value on them. I just can't get into it.

[mairceridwen]

8. only one person has to die

http://www.lifegem.com/

I swear, I still can't believe this is real. I still think it's a joke like bonsai kitties

[Runcible Spoon]

12. fuck diamonds..

they're boring anyway...

[GRLMGC]

16. True

I'm not even that much into jewelry but I like more colorful rocks.

[Raster]

13. the price is ARTIFICIALLY elevated and maintained at an ARTIFICIAL...

...level by debeers, who rape the land to mine them and practically enslave native Afrikaners. debeers...corporate fascism is forever.

[McKenzie]

14. agreed...I associate diamonds with shallow glitz

apart from their industrial uses they are nothing more than geological rarities. If society falls apart, and the basic necessities of life become scarce, then all the diamond hoarders will discover how much their little bits of glittering carbon are worth...zilch.

Diamonds belong in the same category as hugely expensive gold jewellery and beauty contests...all of these irrelevancies attract shallow, unintelligent people.

edit: grammar

[Neoma]

15. I think women are getting tired of everyone having diamonds

good news for guys i guess.
I'd rather have emeralds...

[Debbi801]

17. I think they're very pretty, but for ethical reasons, I won't wear them...

I have no problem wearing a CZ though. :-) Same look, a fraction of the cost, and no one got killed or mamed mining it.

Every time I see one of those diamond commercials on TV, especially the one with the woman who gets the diamond and starts whispering "I love this man," I want to gag. Has it occurred to anyone how shallow this is? And what happens if the man can't afford to save 2 months of his salary for a sparkly thing? Does that automatically mean that he should be dumped? I find the whole thing absurd. Another reason why I won't wear one.

Debbi

[Magrittes Pipe]

18. If I ever get engaged again...

...I think I'm gonna give the lucky lady a Dick Tracy decoder ring with a phonograph stylus embedded therein.

[devilgrrl]

20. Really???

:loveya::loveya::loveya:

[Tsiyu]

19. I get so sick of the diamond commercials

as if a woman turns into a drooling zombie upon receiving jewelry. There's a joke about that, but it's a bit raunchy....

Personally I would rather get a gift certificate from the Farmer's Co-op or Ace hardware. Give me a chainsaw, not diamond earings. A decent cordless drill or a nail gun, not a pendant. I refuse to wear diamonds until the industry cleans up its act.

When you're beautiful inside, all the jewelry in the world is a waste ;)