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Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper by smegger001 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @01:14AM (#21533196)
Paper was valuable enough at one point it was considered the traditional gift for first anniversaries in the U.S.
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Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper by dan-robertson on Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:37AM (#21534365)
I think the reason that it is the first anniversary gift is that it was not considered valuable (unlike eg silver/gold/ruby/diamond/...)
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Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper by ncmncm on Thursday November 14, 2019 @09:14AM (#21535465)
We used to joke that the 19th anniversary gift theme was packing peanuts.
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