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In common parlance "artificial" means man-made. Moissanite can be naturally occurring so it's a diamond-replacement or a "fake" diamond when used in rings and j

by init 6y ago

In common parlance "artificial" means man-made. Moissanite can be naturally occurring so it's a diamond-replacement or a "fake" diamond when used in rings and jewelry.

billpg 6y ago
Then "artificial" adds nothing. Just call them diamonds.
- neals 6y ago
  There's a certain monopoly that needs this distinction for the brainwashing of a large part of the population to be profitable.
  - astrea 6y ago
    This place has devolved into reddit
sharpneli 6y ago
It depends. In case of Artificial leather it refers clearly not to lab grown animal skin but to a completely different product that just tries to emulate leather. So the word is used in different contexts. And De Beers is more than willing to use the term artificial diamond. They can claim that they're not lying, but they're also very happy that it's also easy for customers to think its artificial in the fake sense, not in the man-made sense.
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- jolmg 6y ago
  > In case of Artificial leather it refers clearly not to lab grown animal skin but to a completely different product that just tries to emulate leather. Because lab-grown animal skin is not on the market (as far as I know), so artificial implies that it's fake. If it were, though, and at least roughly as common as fake leather. I'm sure no-one would try to refer to it as natural. It would still be artificial, and artificial would cease to imply it being fake. If people choose to refer to fake leather as artificial leather, it's because artificial, real leather was hardly in the realm of the imaginable. Many would refer to it as impossible or at least as an act against God. > So the word is used in different contexts. What's being used in different contexts is the word "leather" to refer to both real and fake leather. "Artificial" is always used to refer to the non-natural, the man-made. I can't think of any case where it's used differently.

by init 6y ago

In common parlance "artificial" means man-made. Moissanite can be naturally occurring so it's a diamond-replacement or a "fake" diamond when used in rings and jewelry.

billpg 6y ago

Then "artificial" adds nothing. Just call them diamonds.

neals 6y ago
There's a certain monopoly that needs this distinction for the brainwashing of a large part of the population to be profitable.
- astrea 6y ago
  This place has devolved into reddit

sharpneli 6y ago

It depends. In case of Artificial leather it refers clearly not to lab grown animal skin but to a completely different product that just tries to emulate leather. So the word is used in different contexts. And De Beers is more than willing to use the term artificial diamond. They can claim that they're not lying, but they're also very happy that it's also easy for customers to think its artificial in the fake sense, not in the man-made sense.

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jolmg 6y ago
> In case of Artificial leather it refers clearly not to lab grown animal skin but to a completely different product that just tries to emulate leather. Because lab-grown animal skin is not on the market (as far as I know), so artificial implies that it's fake. If it were, though, and at least roughly as common as fake leather. I'm sure no-one would try to refer to it as natural. It would still be artificial, and artificial would cease to imply it being fake. If people choose to refer to fake leather as artificial leather, it's because artificial, real leather was hardly in the realm of the imaginable. Many would refer to it as impossible or at least as an act against God. > So the word is used in different contexts. What's being used in different contexts is the word "leather" to refer to both real and fake leather. "Artificial" is always used to refer to the non-natural, the man-made. I can't think of any case where it's used differently.