“Americans will know that, when they buy a diamond, it doesn’t make you an asshole with money, it can make you a person who’s empowering Africans.”
Why, thank you, Russell Simmons. I too find bloodshed, enslavement, and civil war a truly empowering thing for all African nations. I’ll get one today!
Looks like the DeBeers hype machine is gearing up before Blood Diamond gets released.
I can’t wait until blood diamonds are on the public radar. I remember shopping for a relatively traditional diamond ring and trying to get an ethically mined one. That’s a freakin’ needle in a haystack, even with a whole Pandagon thread to guide me. So I went with pearls, then with breaking off the engagement and demoting us back from bethrothed to merely fornicating.
Kyso: estate sales are your friends.
Whatever. My friend Cameron is so uptight, if you stuck a lump of coal up his ass, in two weeks, you’d have a diamond.
And the only thing I’m empowering with that is the truancy of one Ferris Beuler, who seems to believe himself entitled to a 10th Day Off.
Chuck, you’re a riot.
I’ve told my boyfriend that I do not want a diamond or any other jewel unless its synthetic. Also to forget about the pressure to have a platinum band - I think it would be so much nicer to have a titanium band and spend all the ring/band money on our honeymoon. He was very happy to find out the DeBeers marketing machine had not gotten to me. My married younger sister told me if my boyfriend really really really wants to get me a diamond that’s his choice and I shouldn’t try to steamroll him. I kept saying “but he doesn’t want to get me a diamond!” I’m sure my mom, many of my friends and coworkers will think I’m being crazy but too bad.
I’m can’t wait to see Blood Diamond!
Ya know, CZ can look fab if it’s well-cut. My friend has a CZ set in a custom-made gold ring made by a local goldsmith. I know it’s a CZ, but nobody- including her snooty mother-in-law that swears she can tell CZ from diamonds- can tell without a staring match with magnifying loupe.
Get a decent cut synthetic and support your local artists.
Russel Simmons can be a dumbass. Remember? He was married to Kimora “I’m fabulosity” Lee?
You mean it will only cost me two months salary and a few West Africans have to lose their limbs? Hell yeah, I’ll buy some bling!