Lab-grown rocks and fewer weddings have put a huge damper on the market. On the bright side, a big dazzler is now affordable for many
  • knexcar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Thank goodness, maybe I’ll finally be able to buy a diamond pickaxe for what few emeralds I have. I’ve been having to use stone tools in this economy and I’d really like some obsidian for a nether portal.

  • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 days ago

    i never understood why a mined diamond has a bigger value than an artificially made one when the only difference is the suffering of the workers. ppl who like diamonds are stupid.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      There is this idea that seems to be really pervasive that natural is always better. And it’s not true so often. A common example I like to give is that natural almond extract contains cyanide and artificial almond extract does not. No, it isn’t enough cyanide to kill you, but I would say no cyanide is better than some cyanide.

      And a lot of those “natural is always better” people would happily take fentanyl over willow bark if they were in agony.

    • TehWorld@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      I disagree. They ARE pretty. Just not as pretty as a rose or a sunset and yeah best used as industrial tooling.

      • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 days ago

        I would rate them above roses personally. Below a good sunset though; nearly nothing manmade beats those

        • TehWorld@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 days ago

          Pedantry because funny: Diamonds and Roses aren’t man made either. On a more serious note, some things aren’t beautiful because they last but because they are fleeting.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            6 days ago

            Any rose you buy at a florist or other store is the product of centuries of selective breeding by horticulturists. So they are, in that sense, man-made. And now they’re getting into genetic modification.

            In fact, if you bought someone a dozen wild roses, they might be disappointed.

            Really, virtually anything plant-related you can buy in a store is a human creation at least in part. We don’t think of flowers we tend to grow and buy as domesticated, but they are.

  • paequ2@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Lab-grown rocks

    When I was getting married a few years ago, I remember thinking fuck real diamonds lab-grown are literally the same thing. I remember getting some push back from some weirdos about how “real” diamonds are some how better or how people will think I’m a cheapskate or how people will feel bad for my wife…

    Well, fast forward a few years and literally nobody cares, thinks about, or has said anything negative about my wife’s ring. We are both 1000000% happy and satisfied with the decision to buy lab grown.