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Re:Diamonds Are Bullshit by larrys on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @11:56PM (#5405543)
"that is of absolutely zero functional value when you can"

So what's the functional value of entertainment then? It makes you feel good. A diamond makes a woman feel good. It's that simple. Doesn't matter why. It's for her. Not up to a man to judge the value anymore then you want a woman deciding the value of why you might spend you money on whatever makes you feel good.

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Re:Diamonds Are Bullshit by apendleton on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @12:20AM (#5405620)
It doesn't matter why, even if the "why" has been specifically conditioned into the both of you just so that the person selling the diamond makes a profit? That seems a bit... I don't know... tragic.

(To be clear, though, I'm a nerdy gay like the parent commenter, and I can't fathom a situation where either my boyfriend or I would ever want the other one to buy a diamond for any reason, so there's probably some component of the dynamics here that I don't fully grasp.)

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