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Re:Diamonds Are Bullshit by astrodust on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @02:01PM (#5408986)
That point was made, then completely dismissed when stating that the "majority" of women demand a man that can provide a diamond.
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Re:Diamonds Are Bullshit by learc83 on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @11:30PM (#5412674)
I said this,

>That doesn't mean that every woman here absolutely requires a man who can buy her a diamond, but the majority do.

right after talking about the US--meaning I was discussing women here in the US, where it is demonstrably true that the majority of women demand diamonds.

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Re:Diamonds Are Bullshit by transitionality on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @10:04PM (#5412298)
This is mostly thanks to De Beers expanding the scope of their advertising campaign internationally.
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