Pandora says laboratory-made diamonds are forever

Re:Pandora says laboratory-made diamonds are forever by willcipriano on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @11:21AM (#27038535)

I don't get disappointed. The best gift you can get me for my birthday is remove the obligation for me to get you one on yours. Saves so much mental energy and time.

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Re:Pandora says laboratory-made diamonds are forever by jokethrowaway on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @11:59AM (#27039017)

Same, even though I've been bit by it.

After rationally agreeing not to get anything (because we were about to move overseas on a couple of luggages and didn't want extra stuff) my SO got me 3 (3!! usually it was one per event) gifts and I was empty handed.

And I had to resell / returns some of the items as we were moving anyway and we could just buy better quality stuff later on, without having to pay for the move.

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Re:Pandora says laboratory-made diamonds are forever by 64StarFox64 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @01:54PM (#27040426)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_(essay)

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Re:Pandora says laboratory-made diamonds are forever by setr on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @07:53PM (#27044359)

I always liked the associated page for Gift Economy -- reading it is when I first realized there are multiple credit systems in play at any given moment, beyond raw currency.

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