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Diamonds Suck (2006)

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Re: Diamonds Suck (2006)

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Post by swang »

joshkaufman wrote: post #66

I'm the OP - surprised to see this at the top of HN today, but happy to post a quick update: My wife and I have been happily married for ten years now. She loves her ring, and it has held up extremely well. (She just had the band resized, absolutely no issues with the stones.) No one has ever thought it was anything other than a diamond ring, which includes several years of daily scrutiny from crazy New York City bri…

sorry to attach this to the top post, but how do you actually pronounce moissanite? "moist"(sans 't') + "a" + "night"?

Re: Diamonds Suck (2006)

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Post by dasil003 »

atomical wrote: post #336
jakewins wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uhm, well, because I'm having a conversation about cultural differences between the midwest and the north-east. I think it's appropriate to segway into another topic that way. If it's the sarcasm you find inappropriate, I respectfully disagree. If our new president fulfills his promises, friends of mine will be cataloged, deported. My own hopes of US citizenship and the life me and my wife had planned for ourselves i…

What does that have to do with diamonds?

It's going to come up, no point getting your undies in a wad.

Re: Diamonds Suck (2006)

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Post by [deleted] »

swang wrote: post #351
joshkaufman wrote: post #66

I'm the OP - surprised to see this at the top of HN today, but happy to post a quick update: My wife and I have been happily married for ten years now. She loves her ring, and it has held up extremely well. (She just had the band resized, absolutely no issues with the stones.) No one has ever thought it was anything other than a diamond ring, which includes several years of daily scrutiny from crazy New York City bri…

sorry to attach this to the top post, but how do you actually pronounce moissanite? "moist"(sans 't') + "a" + "night"?

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Re: Diamonds Suck (2006)

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Post by mythrwy »

ejcx wrote: post #333
tukelully wrote: post #293

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you were in the right and didn't really assume as much as suggested. I got the same impression particularly because of the language chosen. "non-negotiable" implies that there was a second party to necessitate negotiation. Saying "no alternative" would come closer to describing a personal taste threshold.

Non-negotiable was a bad choice of words. It's been very negotiable. She just really didn't want cubic because of the perception, like someone else had noted. It's just a little ridiculous to read 3 sentences a stranger types and tells them they are going to get a divorce. Bad form as far as unsolicited advice goes.

I think he was trying to help (even if misguided) and besides he apologized. You could be gracious about it.

Re: Diamonds Suck (2006)

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Post by alvarosm »

arieskg wrote: post #349

I never knew moissanite existed, thank you for the unknown. I am skeptical of the post—the argument is diamond sucks, but after reading the post, it appears to be “diamond sucks, buy moisanite instead.” 1). Why is there only one alternative? 2). Why does it matter that people will assume the ring is diamond? 3). Let’s assume all diamonds are subsidizing African warlords. How would I know if my hard-earned money isn’t…

Yeah, quite fishy. He even goes on to say Retail ~$735, Moissanite.net $399. That article is practically an ad.

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Post by salmonet »

arieskg wrote: post #349

I never knew moissanite existed, thank you for the unknown. I am skeptical of the post—the argument is diamond sucks, but after reading the post, it appears to be “diamond sucks, buy moisanite instead.” 1). Why is there only one alternative? 2). Why does it matter that people will assume the ring is diamond? 3). Let’s assume all diamonds are subsidizing African warlords. How would I know if my hard-earned money isn’t…

I would go with CZ. Interestingly there is an inverse correlation between wedding ring cost and likelihood of staying together.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2501480

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Post by PhasmaFelis »

lacampbell wrote: post #218
ejcx wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow. It's very difficult to respond to you civically. We've been together for a long long time. It is amazing what people you don't know on the internet will assume about you. There was no alternative before this article. Cubic is cheap and tacky. Diamonds are overpriced and awful. Lab diamonds not much better. This article has a real alternative. That's a huge contribution to all diamond haters everywhere.

Right, I read that as your SO dictating to you that you must give her a diamond. My apologies.

I still read it that way. It seemed odd to me, too. I don't think you did anything wrong.
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