At this point I’d marry someone if they gave me a regular rock with a particularly cool pattern.
On a serious note I don’t get why the one with no colour ended up being the “best” like give me something cooler like Saphire or Jade.
NotAKansenCommander on
botswana bankruptcy in 2032 🥀
diobreads on
Their only argument left for natural diamond is: “The suffering makes it special”.
EliteCheddarCommando on
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Rabid-Wendigo on
Millennials are too broke for luxury. Even the ones of us doing well for ourselves are too practical to pay extra for a real diamond that’s been dug up and instead are getting lab grown ones
MinimumCustomer8117 on
Anglos poisoned the entire world with their consumerist bullshit
Interesting-Dream863 on
Temu has fake ones for cheap.
Yeah, if you don’t have money spending a salary’s worth in a ring for a special ocation is wasteful.
Also, it is a highly controlled market. They are only expensive because they hoard them to keep the price high.
SnorriGrisomson on
It’s more because lab diamonds are becoming very affordable.
Diamonds are nice stones to work with for goldsmiths. But they are pretty boring to look at.
Dix9-69 on
I got my wife an emerald with two sapphires set next to it, her favorite color is green and it looks way cooler than any diamond ring I’ve seen.
orange-flying-rabbit on
Real diamonds: expensive, controlled by corporations, choice between African child labour or wrecking havok on Canada’s arctic ecosystems.
Lab Diamonds/Moissanite: big af and affordable, flawless with colour customization, science!
Some_Majestic_Pasta on
Doing everyone a favor by turning them onto moissanite. Looks practically identical to diamond, near chemically identical, a fraction of the price, found naturally only in meteorites (which is badass), *and* is sparklier than diamonds
PaperMoongazer on
Only diamonds I’ve bought in my awful long life were for my pistol sights, lab-grown beauties.
Suspected_Magic_User on
I’d honestly rather buy an artificial diamond, because it’s cheaper. Both are just carbon
XNumb98 on
Tbh if they have made all that money for so long and haven’t diversified yet, they can’t really complain.
polnikes on
As a millennial this meme makes me feel really old….I know 9/11 was 25 years ago, Iraq 2 Electric Boogaloo was 23 years, and we’re getting close to 20 years since the great recession…but the diamond thing still feels like a news item.
Also, glad to see the overhyped clear carbon fall.
SLAYERone1 on
Lab grown is king and the diamond industry deserves to collapse.
Ethically sourced
A fraction of the price
Fewer imperfections and more durable
Less impurities
More visually striking
You can have a great big beautiful stone without so much as a whisper on your conscience for a fraction of the cost of something “natural” thats smaller, doesnt look as good, and was brought to you by the death and suffering of children.
sw337 on
Da Beers is in the process of being bought by the government of Botswana.
Diamonds are a scam and hold no value. They only have insane markup at the store (when being sold to a customer), nowhere else in the supply chain. You can get yourself and HEIRLOOM quality sapphire for the price of a decent diamond. The gemstone market is far less ridiculous when you cut out diamonds.
Ordinary_Mechanic_ on
My wife likes pearls, she’s had atleast a thousand necklaces in the last 12 years.
Beginning_Key2167 on
Diamonds have to be one of the biggest scams in modern history.
How many young men, includling myself in the early 90’s. Felt that you needed as big of a diamond as you can get to ask your partner to marry you?
I went into debt to get her a ring, then we ended up breaking it off. She did give me the ring back. Thankfully my aunt bought it off me and put the diamond into something else.
Ecthelion-O-Fountain on
Pretty sure debeers will be ok
Slipsndslops on
Colored gemstones are much prettier anyway.Â
As a woman I don’t want any of my rings to be more than $300. Spend that money on something better.Â
Bresdin on
Used a family members diamond instead, it’s more meaningful, and my wife appreciates that more than the pricetag.
Hot-Job-6281 on
They had a crazy run tbh. Used social shaming to make one of the most boring ass gems a bare basic for a respectable marriage proposal.
Curious3724 on
39F. Been married 10 years. Insisted on no rings and no wedding. Went to courthouse. Spent that money on a down-payment for a house and nice vacation.
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Diamonds make excellent drill bits.
At this point I’d marry someone if they gave me a regular rock with a particularly cool pattern.
On a serious note I don’t get why the one with no colour ended up being the “best” like give me something cooler like Saphire or Jade.
botswana bankruptcy in 2032 🥀
Their only argument left for natural diamond is: “The suffering makes it special”.
Good.gif
Millennials are too broke for luxury. Even the ones of us doing well for ourselves are too practical to pay extra for a real diamond that’s been dug up and instead are getting lab grown ones
Anglos poisoned the entire world with their consumerist bullshit
Temu has fake ones for cheap.
Yeah, if you don’t have money spending a salary’s worth in a ring for a special ocation is wasteful.
Also, it is a highly controlled market. They are only expensive because they hoard them to keep the price high.
It’s more because lab diamonds are becoming very affordable.
Diamonds are nice stones to work with for goldsmiths. But they are pretty boring to look at.
I got my wife an emerald with two sapphires set next to it, her favorite color is green and it looks way cooler than any diamond ring I’ve seen.
Real diamonds: expensive, controlled by corporations, choice between African child labour or wrecking havok on Canada’s arctic ecosystems.
Lab Diamonds/Moissanite: big af and affordable, flawless with colour customization, science!
Doing everyone a favor by turning them onto moissanite. Looks practically identical to diamond, near chemically identical, a fraction of the price, found naturally only in meteorites (which is badass), *and* is sparklier than diamonds
Only diamonds I’ve bought in my awful long life were for my pistol sights, lab-grown beauties.
I’d honestly rather buy an artificial diamond, because it’s cheaper. Both are just carbon
Tbh if they have made all that money for so long and haven’t diversified yet, they can’t really complain.
As a millennial this meme makes me feel really old….I know 9/11 was 25 years ago, Iraq 2 Electric Boogaloo was 23 years, and we’re getting close to 20 years since the great recession…but the diamond thing still feels like a news item.
Also, glad to see the overhyped clear carbon fall.
Lab grown is king and the diamond industry deserves to collapse.
Ethically sourced
A fraction of the price
Fewer imperfections and more durable
Less impurities
More visually striking
You can have a great big beautiful stone without so much as a whisper on your conscience for a fraction of the cost of something “natural” thats smaller, doesnt look as good, and was brought to you by the death and suffering of children.
Da Beers is in the process of being bought by the government of Botswana.
[https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/botswana-taking-steps-acquire-majority-stake-de-beers-president-says-2025-11-10/](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/botswana-taking-steps-acquire-majority-stake-de-beers-president-says-2025-11-10/)
Diamonds are a scam and hold no value. They only have insane markup at the store (when being sold to a customer), nowhere else in the supply chain. You can get yourself and HEIRLOOM quality sapphire for the price of a decent diamond. The gemstone market is far less ridiculous when you cut out diamonds.
My wife likes pearls, she’s had atleast a thousand necklaces in the last 12 years.
Diamonds have to be one of the biggest scams in modern history.
How many young men, includling myself in the early 90’s. Felt that you needed as big of a diamond as you can get to ask your partner to marry you?
I went into debt to get her a ring, then we ended up breaking it off. She did give me the ring back. Thankfully my aunt bought it off me and put the diamond into something else.
Pretty sure debeers will be ok
Colored gemstones are much prettier anyway.Â
As a woman I don’t want any of my rings to be more than $300. Spend that money on something better.Â
Used a family members diamond instead, it’s more meaningful, and my wife appreciates that more than the pricetag.
They had a crazy run tbh. Used social shaming to make one of the most boring ass gems a bare basic for a respectable marriage proposal.
39F. Been married 10 years. Insisted on no rings and no wedding. Went to courthouse. Spent that money on a down-payment for a house and nice vacation.
No regrets there.