Diamonds are bullshit

hedonist

backseat, for the love of Pete and fuck me with these new quote features! - but I just typed out a whole thing about these little stained-glass candleholders we have, moving one in the sunlight so the colors hit the walls and ceiling - and how our cats go nuts over it. Couldn't get the words out right, backspaced, and then read your post.

Yeah, I kinda dig bling-freeness

backseatLover12

I should carry my quartz in my pocket but am afraid I'll forget about them and they end up getting lost.

backseatLover12

Your candle holders sound really cool, hedonist! Can you post a pic?

chadwick

i would like to say again that i mean no disrespect & that i am not into crushing people's feelings

diamonds & bling... stink like a sasquatch farted under the covers & forced one's head under the quilt & up into his rotten hairy crack area. as many of you all know by now, sasquatch don't bathe all that well. swimming isn't using a natural bar of soap

for sure dudes blinged up gotta go

chadwick

lovely candleholders, hedonist. sounds really nice

bootlegger10

I don't get the fascination with diamonds either. I would rather spend the money on a down payment for the house, car or college loans. I'm a dude though so my opinion don't matter sh*t.

hedonist

Sorta like this, but a bit more blue/green in the mix.

bootlegger, I've heard of some cockamamie standard where a fella is expected to spend several months on a ring.

That's an emergency fund!

jmuscatello

I am liking this thread. You guys are preaching to the choir, honestly.... I am a female but am also totally repulsed by our deep need to impress with bling and by the offensive "guidelines" of 2-3 months salary for a diamond engagement ring. Honestly I hate that stuff, completely. You guys should rebel. And I'm not offended. I wear some, but they are low-key, emerald cut... not big sparkly rocks, though if that's what people like, that's fine too. I'm just saying, blame our self-aggrandizing, endlessly posturing, keep-up-with-the-jones culture, but don't blame the diamonds... they are a mineralogical feat...formed under the most narrow and incredible range of conditions. And although there are many other pretty minerals out there (love rose quartz and labradorite too BackseatLover12), diamonds are just fucking miraculous, geologically. Though I guess maybe that's not why people want them.

know1

If you let yourself be pressured, it's your own fault. Just because a company wants you to buy their product, doesn't mean you have to.

But this can be said about a lot of things. Seems to me that a ton of people out there expect to go on at least 1 or 2 vacations per year. Think of the money spent there. At least you can sell the diamond later if you need to get the money back.

know1

polaris_x said:

it goes well beyond diamonds ... ever wonder why the cuss gold is so valuable? ... i mean when the world's "economy" is in "crisis" ... gold soars ... like what the cuss are you gonna do with gold? ... you know what's really valuable!? ... fresh water and salt ... that's what ... not gold and diamonds ... people are stupid ...

I agree, but it's only so valuable because people are willing to buy it. Gold has no value to me whatsoever. I wouldn't buy it if it were $10 an oz.

rgambs

polaris_x said:

it goes well beyond diamonds ... ever wonder why the cuss gold is so valuable? ... i mean when the world's "economy" is in "crisis" ... gold soars ... like what the cuss are you gonna do with gold? ... you know what's really valuable!? ... fresh water and salt ... that's what ... not gold and diamonds ... people are stupid ...

EXACTLY!!!! why would we want to go back to a gold standard?? oh yeah, cuz the rich can control the supply. a real standard would be a technology standard or an agricultural standard.

know1 said:

If you let yourself be pressured, it's your own fault. Just because a company wants you to buy their product, doesn't mean you have to.

But this can be said about a lot of things. Seems to me that a ton of people out there expect to go on at least 1 or 2 vacations per year. Think of the money spent there. At least you can sell the diamond later if you need to get the money back.

agree with the first one totally but i cant wrap my head around the second part there... comparing a piece of glass to a new experience, to an adventure, to meeting new people and forming memories that will never fade. by that logic there's no reason to spend the money on a PJ concert. the opposite is true in my opinion. every material object (outside of that for sustenance and moderate comfort) you purchase takes from you an experience worth having.
sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a diamond, he's living a day he'll soon forget.

know1

rgambs said:

agree with the first one totally but i cant wrap my head around the second part there... comparing a piece of glass to a new experience, to an adventure, to meeting new people and forming memories that will never fade. by that logic there's no reason to spend the money on a PJ concert. the opposite is true in my opinion. every material object (outside of that for sustenance and moderate comfort) you purchase takes from you an experience worth having.
sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a diamond, he's living a day he'll soon forget.

The point seems to be that people spend a large amount of money when it could be invested. The same could be said for vacations. And like I said, you at least have something tangible with the diamond.

I'm not knocking vacations at all or comparing the two. I'm just saying that the point of the article could be made with a lot of things we spend money on.

rgambs

that's the key to it, what do we spend our money on, and why?
that the greatest and happiest people in history have been much interested in investments (outside of investing in humanity) is a notion that will never sit with me. sorry i'm not trying to argue with you, i just feel the need to spread love of life.

no time to be void,...or save up on life,... you got to spend it all

unsung

Ok, I agree with the whole bit about diamonds being a waste.

Now, put that language into words that I can use to convince the girlfriend. Because if anyone can do that you'll make a fortune selling that script.

rgambs

hahaha maybe a new girlfriend? lol

polaris_x

unsung said:

Ok, I agree with the whole bit about diamonds being a waste.

Now, put that language into words that I can use to convince the girlfriend. Because if anyone can do that you'll make a fortune selling that script.

maybe she ain't the right girlfriend ...

chadwick

unsung said:

Ok, I agree with the whole bit about diamonds being a waste.

Now, put that language into words that I can use to convince the girlfriend. Because if anyone can do that you'll make a fortune selling that script.

two have already responded

that wasn't to difficult a script

chadwick

either you wanna be with someone or you do not
jewels have zero to do with who a person is
women have been sold a hunk of blue gill poop, hook, line & sinker
men have allowed such nonsense as both created it
sad thing is, we have been dealing in jewels & the like for a long time
it's a ancient cluster screw

neanderthal gave jewelery
a pretty stone found in a creek
laced up with deer, elk or beaver hide

sinew - dried tendon from a deer's spine is used to make string
it is used to wrap flints around arrows
sewing clothing, fishing line

hang a burnt diamond from a deer or caribou spine
we were primitive
drumming & blowing reed flutes
grunting in dark forests
we learned fire along the way

then a slick used car saleman rolled up
we bought his line of shit
& followed him into his complex shopping mall

buck502000

My wife and I got engaged when we were young - 22. I spent all the money I had $400 bucks. My wife loves that ring more than anything. It's a good story to tell, Sears had a special that day.

oysterjar

Bentleyspop said:

What costs more?

The diamond for the engagement ring?

Or the....


Lawyer for the divorce?

That's the investment. The stone pays for the divorce.