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Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by morgante on Monday November 14, 2016 @06:47AM (#12949166)
Why do you assume I've "bought into" it? I have no intention to marry any time soon, I just think it's unhelpful to completely ignore the reason diamonds are used for engagement rings.
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Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by Nursie on Monday November 14, 2016 @07:09AM (#12949268)
Bought into idealogically speaking.

I think the 'reason' is a rationalisation and not hard and fast, it's also culture-specific so hardly transcendent. That's why I take issue with the idea of replacing one signal with the other - the worth of tge signal is entirely subjective and the signal itself is rather out of place in the modern world.

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