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Articles like this are bullshit. Not in the sense that they're untrue, but in the sense it won't change a thing. Men buy diamonds because women want them. Women
by fatjokes 14y ago
Articles like this are bullshit. Not in the sense that they're untrue, but in the sense it won't change a thing. Men buy diamonds because women want them. Women want them to show off to other women.
- vijayr 14y agoI disagree. I knew diamonds are annoying before reading the article, but I learned so much more reading it. It is possible that some woman might read this and not insist on a diamond ring with her boyfriend, and take gold or something more valuable instead. If this happens even in one case, it is worth the time the author(s) spent on the article. Even if nothing changes as far as diamonds are concerned, it is still worth writing this article - imagine someone landing on this article and he/she hasn't heard of priceonomics before - they will read through their excellent other posts and learn a thing or two. And lastly, look at the intense discussion at HN on this article. How many articles do that? This is an awesome blog, consistently writing high quality articles. Thanks for writing this guys.
- transitionality 14y agoNothing changes overnight, but there's already informed resistance to De Beers' marketing in a significant fraction Generation Y adults. Things will only get better. In the age of the Internet, you can't maintain a Big Lie in the long term.