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It's not a matter of comparison or opinion.
Still, it's very jarring to read statements in the form: US is larger than Europe, [therefore] .
fire with fire
Diamonds Suck (2006)
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Purple from the anger that her boyfriend doesn't love her enough to drop their own personal beliefs, and get that damned rock. For girls, it's not personal, it'd social. If her "friends" are such that they will look down on her if she didn't get a rock, she will insist on one. As a man, you must understand this.
If she wants a diamond why doesn't she just buy a diamond? Is anyone stopping her?
Someone can want a diamond, someone can want to be given a diamond, these are slightly different things.
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But leave the initial off topic and inflammatory political attack there. Very unbiased non-partisan moderation.
I'd appreciate it if people wouldn't rush to the conclusion that we do these things for partisan reasons. It takes self-discipline to suspend your political reflexes and consider other explanations, but that's a necessary habit to get into if we're to have thoughtful discourse here. In the above case, there was no ideal place to prune the off-topic subthread. 12945175 started the political digression for sure, but se…
>You've been violating the site's guidelines by using it primarily to conduct political battles
What? I read what I find interesting, and respond if I have something to say. Your assessment of my use of the site makes it very clear that you are not succeeding in "suspend(ing) your political reflexes and consider(ing) other explanations".
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#615"a.. whatenite?"
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Alot of women think this of men when they see us drop $60k-80k+ on car instead of getting a cheapo Toyota.
Well, they might, but your ring doesn't get you anywhere faster and more comfortable. Also you don't attract men with a ring, but the other way around...* *This is not my way of thinking, but it exists out there.
The ring is bragging rights...
I drive a sports car.... some women love it others wonder why it's not quiet(it's a convertible) or super smooth and assume it's broken.
Have you seen the cars most women buy? Slowest, low mpg, boat like cars on the road. Basically Toyota in a nutshell, no wonder they do so well.
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#617People buy diamonds for a lot of the same 'irrational' reasons they believe in religion. Brainwashing. Girls have it pounded into their head over and over all their lives that this diamond is a MUST so they never think with their own brains about it. 99% of people would never spend $10K on a single piece of jewlery, if it was logic and reason, as opposed to pure brainwashing, that was governing their decisions. So ac…
Wouldn't the idea that it's normal to have those "disorders" make it contrary to the definition of "disorder" in the first place?
No, once a particular disorder goes over 50% of the population, it doesn't magically become healthy, just because it's the norm. The fact that something is a disorder has nothing to do with how many people are afflicted by it. However, like 99% of social media disagreements among people, it comes down to who's definition of a word is right doesn't it.
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#618People buy diamonds for a lot of the same 'irrational' reasons they believe in religion. Brainwashing. Girls have it pounded into their head over and over all their lives that this diamond is a MUST so they never think with their own brains about it. 99% of people would never spend $10K on a single piece of jewlery, if it was logic and reason, as opposed to pure brainwashing, that was governing their decisions. So ac…
Alot of women think this of men when they see us drop $60k-80k+ on car instead of getting a cheapo Toyota.
I think something like expensive weddings and wedding rings, are totally a product of brainwashing of girls, to set their expectations from an early age. It's totally different from when someone buys an expensive car, or house, or even when a man buys guns, boats or other expensive 'man toys'. Girls have it pounded into their heads from childhood that their wedding day is going to be the greatest day of their lives, and the ring is symbolic of that. So they are brainwashed about the whole ordeal. There is no other word in the English language that better describes this phenomenon than brainwashing. It's no coincidence Weddings happen in Churches either. Church is the "House of Brainwashing", and the building and location around which all brainwashing is centered.