Poll: Diamonds! Are Worthless Little Chunks Of Worthless Rock...

[Canadamus Prime]

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Asking coworkers out has resulted in my enjoyment of 2 of the most glorious sets of breasts I've ever laid eyes on. Work is a perfectly viable area for this. You also have access to customers. You don't like bars, that's fine. I'd never recommend bars anyway. Dating sites are always an option. Swallow your pride if that's what has kept you from it. There are always options.

I'm just going to ignore your comment about breasts, and say that pretty much all my female coworkers are either too young, spoken for, or old enough to be my mother. And yeah, I already mentioned the problem with customers. Although there has been many an attractive woman that's come through the store.

It's real easy to just keep making excuses for the rest of your life and never make any progress. I can't push because you'll dig in your heels and this will go nowhere.

When you're ready it will happen. You'll see the girl and maybe you'll fight it for awhile but the day will come when those words will spill out with no input on your part. On that day I hope you're sitting down because I wasn't kidding about the knees going to jelly. Standing is still possible but walking won't be easy.

I don't make excuses, I give reasons as to why I fail. Except for my coworkers being too young, too old, or taken. I have no control over that. And I certainly hope you wouldn't suggest I go after teenagers when I'm 30. As gorgeous as they may be there's a morality issue there both societal and personal.

 

[disgruntledgamer]

On the very off chance i get married, i don't want a gold or diamond ring, as I can't wear gold and i hate diamonds (in jewellery). For practical purposes like drill bits and saw blades, diamonds are great, but for rings and stuff, they are well and truly overhyped, i'd much prefer silver and either amethyst, ruby/garnet or sapphires.

Well on the topic of gold I actually don't like it, or I should say I don't like the way it looks on girls. Silver yes maybe white gold, but for some odd reason it's a big turn off for me to see gold jewelry. Maybe I'm weird I don't know.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

On the very off chance i get married, i don't want a gold or diamond ring, as I can't wear gold and i hate diamonds (in jewellery). For practical purposes like drill bits and saw blades, diamonds are great, but for rings and stuff, they are well and truly overhyped, i'd much prefer silver and either amethyst, ruby/garnet or sapphires.

Well on the topic of gold I actually don't like it, or I should say I don't like the way it looks on girls. Silver yes maybe white gold, but for some odd reason it's a big turn off for me to see gold jewelry. Maybe I'm weird I don't know.

I'm with you I hate gold I think it looks tacky. I much prefer silver.

 

[disgruntledgamer]

On the very off chance i get married, i don't want a gold or diamond ring, as I can't wear gold and i hate diamonds (in jewellery). For practical purposes like drill bits and saw blades, diamonds are great, but for rings and stuff, they are well and truly overhyped, i'd much prefer silver and either amethyst, ruby/garnet or sapphires.

Well on the topic of gold I actually don't like it, or I should say I don't like the way it looks on girls. Silver yes maybe white gold, but for some odd reason it's a big turn off for me to see gold jewelry. Maybe I'm weird I don't know.

I'm with you I hate gold I think it looks tacky. I much prefer silver.

+ It kills werewolves

 

[Reginald]

Diamonds are ridiculously abundant, they're not at all difficult to find. Shortages are artificially created. Louis CK talks about it in this video, starting around 3:50.

 

[disgruntledgamer]

Diamonds are ridiculously abundant, they're not at all difficult to find. Shortages are artificially created. Louis CK talks about it in this video, starting around 3:50.

Depends what kind of diamond. For instance blue diamonds are quite rare and expensive.

 

[Piorn]

It's tradition to present your female of choice a valuable stone, I guess.

 

[Giftfromme]

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Asking coworkers out has resulted in my enjoyment of 2 of the most glorious sets of breasts I've ever laid eyes on. Work is a perfectly viable area for this. You also have access to customers. You don't like bars, that's fine. I'd never recommend bars anyway. Dating sites are always an option. Swallow your pride if that's what has kept you from it. There are always options.

I'm just going to ignore your comment about breasts, and say that pretty much all my female coworkers are either too young, spoken for, or old enough to be my mother. And yeah, I already mentioned the problem with customers. Although there has been many an attractive woman that's come through the store.

It's real easy to just keep making excuses for the rest of your life and never make any progress. I can't push because you'll dig in your heels and this will go nowhere.

When you're ready it will happen. You'll see the girl and maybe you'll fight it for awhile but the day will come when those words will spill out with no input on your part. On that day I hope you're sitting down because I wasn't kidding about the knees going to jelly. Standing is still possible but walking won't be easy.

How cute! You're ignoring the discussion at hand! Best way to stay ignorant I guess

But it seems like Canadamus Prime needs more than just a little internet advice lol, he needs someone in real life to show him this

 

[Gergar12_v1legacy]

They are used to create many saws, and other things, but the quality of the diamond is what sets it apart. I hear however graphene is 4 times harder so thats sometime to be looked at for replacing diamonds.

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101007/full/news.2010.525.html

http://www.zdnet.com/the-10-strangest-facts-about-graphene-3040093050/

 

[lunavixen]

On the very off chance i get married, i don't want a gold or diamond ring, as I can't wear gold and i hate diamonds (in jewellery). For practical purposes like drill bits and saw blades, diamonds are great, but for rings and stuff, they are well and truly overhyped, i'd much prefer silver and either amethyst, ruby/garnet or sapphires.

Well on the topic of gold I actually don't like it, or I should say I don't like the way it looks on girls. Silver yes maybe white gold, but for some odd reason it's a big turn off for me to see gold jewelry. Maybe I'm weird I don't know.

I can't actually wear gold for any stretch of time, i can tarnish it really quickly, I don't wear jewellery anyway, other than my usual earrings, i'd rather recieve video games for a gift rather than jewellery

Captcha: Silence is golden... then why is duct tape silver?

 

[Korolev]

Well, Jewelry has no purpose at all. But people like shiny stones and shiny objects. We've killed each other over shiny stuff. We're like Bower birds - we see the shiny, we wants the shiny. Shiny objects were rare back in ye olde times, and there's just something about them that makes them nice to look at.

Rare + Shiny + Nice = desperately wanted. And because they are wanted, those that have such objects have more status than those who do not.

Are diamonds horrendously overpriced? Yes. Is the demand for them an artificial social construct? Absolutely.

But humans loooooooooooove the shiny.

 

[BrassButtons]

The diamond serves absolutely no purpose apart from impressing other people

Sure it does. For instance, someone can wear a diamond because they find it pretty, with zero regard for how other people see it. Same for all forms of jewelry, as well as many other things.

 

[Souplex]

Diamonds are actually fairly common, but the market is tightly controlled, keeping most out of circulation, and the price at an artificial high.
Look up DeBeers if you'd like to look into this.

 

[burningdragoon]

Rejecting common reasons why diamonds have value (shifty marketing and/or symbolism) doesn't make them go away you know.

 

[disgruntledgamer]

On the very off chance i get married, i don't want a gold or diamond ring, as I can't wear gold and i hate diamonds (in jewellery). For practical purposes like drill bits and saw blades, diamonds are great, but for rings and stuff, they are well and truly overhyped, i'd much prefer silver and either amethyst, ruby/garnet or sapphires.

Well on the topic of gold I actually don't like it, or I should say I don't like the way it looks on girls. Silver yes maybe white gold, but for some odd reason it's a big turn off for me to see gold jewelry. Maybe I'm weird I don't know.

I can't actually wear gold for any stretch of time, i can tarnish it really quickly, I don't wear jewellery anyway, other than my usual earrings, i'd rather recieve video games for a gift rather than jewellery

Captcha: Silence is golden... then why is duct tape silver?

Video Games usually my add on gift, if all I did way buy that I'd feel cheap. I actually do think Silver looks really good on girls, but I don't think I have a right to complain if they don't wear any as I refuse to wear anything but a watch and maybe cufflinks.

I never got why some girls are into the whole swag thing, than again I probably don't want those girls anyway. I prefer pants that fit and not looking like a greasy gangster.

Also

 

[Blow_Pop]

Personally if someone is going to give me a rock to wear I'd prefer my birthstone. Garnet is so much prettier than diamond anyway. But that's my own opinion on rocks that people can wear

 

[Strazdas]

Diamond used for non-industrial purpose is a waste of good diamond. stop doing it fools.

 

[darklilac]

I'd much prefer an amethyst or something that's actually pretty. Diamonds are boring and I don't really care about their value or their uses. I don't want to get married the socially acceptable way.

 

[disgruntledgamer]

I'd much prefer an amethyst or something that's actually pretty. Diamonds are boring and I don't really care about their value or their uses. I don't want to get married the socially acceptable way.

I wouldn't say they were boring or dull, especially the expensive ones.

 

[Scow2]

Diamond used for non-industrial purpose is a waste of good diamond. stop doing it fools.

There's plenty of diamond to go around. Especially low-quality diamond that jewelers don't even want want but is perfect for industrial applications.