Diamonds are worthless.

debanked · 2019-07-10T09:12:28+00:00

Diamonds are expensive because they are an important indicator to women: "Is he willing to put a lot of his hard earned money on something that appears to be pretty but brings no value to his life at all?"

gtowerthrowaway · 2019-07-10T09:13:44+00:00

All value is perceived. The second too many people want a stupid Christmas toy that's out of stock, its value shoots up on Ebay.

That said, diamonds actually are valuable (for their properties) in mining, cutting, etc.

[deleted] · 2019-07-10T10:52:01+00:00

Literally just buy a white lab-grown sapphire, way less expensive but looks just like a diamond

Tonyb33 · 2019-07-10T10:48:56+00:00

The other thing to be wary of is the amount of social conditioning on how much a man is supposed to spend on an engagement ring. When I was young it was one months pay now it is three, or the car rule (if you are prepared to pay 20k for a car you should spend the same on a ring). It makes me think where did all of these articles come from for men to buy a worthless rock. And don’t let me get started on the websites for wedding loans for men with bad credit. It’s like a website of deadly guns for men with suicidal tendencies.

OurHeroXero · 2019-07-10T11:26:52+00:00

My favourite part is how much you have to pay for a diamond ring vs. the amount that same store/business/jeweler/etc...will buy the diamond back for. (Something akin to 60%-80%)

A wedding band is supposed to be symbolic anyways. It used to be a single union, never ending...now that symbolism seems to have shifted to one of debt.

bloody_brains · 2019-07-10T16:27:31+00:00

Diamonds will only remain expensive for a few more years. Proprietary technology for lab scale production of low cost synthetic diamonds, although a somewhat recent development, already exists. Once fabrication techniques become scalable Diamond prices will drop significantly.

Also worth pointing out that diamonds actually aren't completely worthless. They have uses in many industrial applications, especially drilling.

jkarovskaya · 2019-07-10T14:45:37+00:00

There are new companies making synthetic diamonds, but the entire jewelry trade is a racket of rackets

Markup on a lot of it is %500 or more

cryptotim70726 · 2019-07-10T12:21:21+00:00

Diamond tipped cutting tools are very useful but I get your point.

oohhowjumbo · 2019-07-10T15:02:20+00:00

Oh best believe if I ever get married there will be no diamond. Just precious metals and maybe something lab grown and still not thousands of dollars. Guess I'll never be married haha

stupidreddithandle91 · 2019-07-10T15:15:21+00:00

On the bright side, 99% of the women out there can't tell the difference between a $10 diamond and a $10K diamond. And it's pretty hard to confront you about it without admitting she got it appraised.

nowibear · 2019-07-10T18:13:55+00:00

How dare you make such baseless accusations you know what I can build with diamonds I can make armor a sword a pick axe beat a dragon

QuickDrawDinoHunter · 2019-07-10T19:59:41+00:00

Ah yes, a super heated piece of carbon. Readily available. Only $1000 per tiny rock. But 10 tiny rocks, and shes yours.

fun_pop_guy_abe · 2019-07-11T00:04:02+00:00

I lay claim to being red-pilled at age 27 when I proposed marriage to my wife, and got her a .75 carat cubic zircon engagement ring for the princely sum of $75. Not only that, but she said she wanted "white gold", so I asked the jeweler for that.. Turns out the jeweler just took ordinary 14K rings and dipped them in a rhodium plating tank, which came off when she washed her hands using iodine soap. Ooops.... The jeweler replated them for free, and she pretty much stopped wearing the rings some years later. She still gives me shit about that ring 34 years later, but I saved a bundle on that engagement ring. Fuck DeBeers. Diamonds are basically worth nothing on the resale market.

Title	Diamonds are worthless.
Author	legalquestion4545
Upvotes	26
Comments	19
Date	July 10, 2019 8:14 AM UTC (7 years ago)
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