• A Diamond is Forever
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With a little over a month until Christmas, all of the facepunch casanovas will be buying their sweethearts the gift every girl loves, diamonds. rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets; diamonds are the perfect gift for that girl you like. a diamond is a girl's best friend, after all. not only that, but diamonds are also forever, much like love itself. Most diamonds come from a little company based out of south africa called de beers. De beers was founded in 1888 by a group of financiers of a diamond mine. the financiers found a huge amount of diamonds and feared the increase in supply would make diamonds only a semiprecious gem. De beers allowed them to control the supply and the demand of these diamonds. The diamond industry was quickly monopolized. It wasnt until 1937, however, that diamonds had a real market. in 1937 harry oppenheimer, son of the founder of de beers, met with N.W. Ayer and made one up: engagement rings. The next year, 3/4 of diamond sales were engagement rings. With that sales of diamonds increased exponentially to a point where diamonds are still a staple in jewelry more than 70 years later. most of these diamonds come from south africa. the miners of these diamonds have their hands cut off so they cannot steal any. [img]http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/830/blood20diamond203.jpg[/img] [img]http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/3502/blood20diamonds.jpg[/img] although diamonds have no value other than one imposed by a clever slogan in the 1940's, a thousand people die every day to allow a cartel to inflate and sell them you. hope you enjoyed my thread, diamonds are murder, cya
I looooooove diamonds. They're so shiny.
oops, forgot a link, sorry!! [url]http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond[/url] peace
[img]http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/486/alkhdsalfkj.png[/img] ahahahahaha
wow that sucks
I've known this for a while and this is exactly why I will never get my loved one a diamond ring. If I do, I would go mine them myself.
I hate that there are so many diamonds, but because of limited distribution they have such a high value. Otherwise we'd be able to actually make use of them.
I learned about this in 8th grade (Well, basically where Diamonds are mined. From there, I learned about the hard-ships of those who mine for diamonds). It's pretty damn sad to find out that the sparkling rock on some rich bitches finger probably cost the lives of a few thousand people.
[I]Nothing says I love you more than a lump of carbon mined from wage slaves in Angola.[/I]
Thanks for this thread. This is an issue that needs to be brought to attention
if they have no hands...how do they mine...
I'm going to give my enemies diamonds. Hey isn't there a big diamond storage place somewhere?
[QUOTE=Trogdon;18523107]I hate that there are so many diamonds, but because of limited distribution they have such a high value. Otherwise we'd be able to actually make use of them.[/QUOTE] The only diamonds I own are on the tip of a drill. that's because I have no one to buy diamonds for.
[QUOTE=coolrider102;18523152]if they have no hands...how do they mine...[/QUOTE] I guess this happens when someone tries to steal diamonds, because they have such a high value.
[QUOTE=coolrider102;18523152]if they have no hands...how do they mine...[/QUOTE] you beat me to this.
[QUOTE=TAU!;18523172]I guess this happens when someone tries to steal diamonds, because they have such a high value.[/QUOTE] Better handless than sorry. :cop:
No thanks, I'd rather not waste so much money on such a superficial object
[QUOTE=OvB;18523161]The only diamonds I own are on the tip of a drill. that's because I have no one to buy diamonds for.[/QUOTE] What about me?
Now I wonder, would Jade be good to give someone? Or is Jade, you know, mined for by slaves as well?
[QUOTE=OvB;18523138][I]Nothing says I love you more than a lump of carbon mined from slaves in Angola.[/I][/QUOTE] I see you have played GTA:SA.
there's a whole movie about this [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/[/url]
I got to [I]hand [/I]it to you, I never would have [I]fingered [/I]you out as the the kind of person give a [I]thumbs [/I]down to this kind of abuse, but I suppose you're a [I]cut [/I]above the rest. I'm [I]stumped [/I]on what to do. I'm going to go [I]out on a limb[/I] here, maybe if we [I]slice [/I]off some of our unneeded spending, we could [I]lob[/I]by congress to put embargoes on these diamonds.
[QUOTE=Max of S2D;18523186]No thanks, I'd rather not waste so much money on such a superficial object[/QUOTE] what about when you get married
[img]http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/2734/ironycopy.jpg[/img] ahhh, the irony!
[QUOTE=OvB;18523138][I]Nothing says I love you more than a lump of carbon mined from slaves in Angola.[/I][/QUOTE] I think it's "wage slaves."
[QUOTE=lmaoboat;18523250]I got to [I]hand [/I]it to you, I never would have [I]fingered [/I]you out as the the kind of person give a [I]thumbs [/I]down to this kind of abuse, but I suppose you're a [I]cut [/I]above the rest. I'm [I]stumped [/I]on what to do. I'm going to go [I]out on a limb[/I] here, maybe if we [I]slice [/I]off some of our unneeded spending, we could [I]lob[/I]by congress to put embargoes on these diamonds.[/QUOTE] 3 years of irrelevant posting and desperately trying to be funny you have longevity lmaoboat
[QUOTE=bag-face;18523267] ahhh, the irony![/QUOTE] are you telling me that google ads somehow read what's on the page??? and then make the ads relate to those words???
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[QUOTE=coolrider102;18523152]if they have no hands...how do they mine...[/QUOTE] They smash their heads into the rock. Posting the picture of what I am referring to is not necessary guys.
[QUOTE=Asher Roth;18523296]are you telling me that google ads somehow read what's on the page??? and then make the ads relate to those words???[/QUOTE] !!!!
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