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re: Lab grown diamonds
Posted on 12/12/25 at 12:33 pm to OweO
Posted on 12/12/25 at 12:33 pm to OweO
To the 3 people who downvoted this. I truly don't care, but at least tell me you did it just because its me who posted it and not that you think Diamonds are not a scam.
Diamonds have value because of how hard they are and is used to cut shite, but it was.. What is their name? De Beers family? They are the reason the tradition of buying diamond engagement rings are a tradition and that they are a girls best friend, etc.
Diamonds have value because of how hard they are and is used to cut shite, but it was.. What is their name? De Beers family? They are the reason the tradition of buying diamond engagement rings are a tradition and that they are a girls best friend, etc.
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Posted on 12/12/25 at 12:38 pm to OweO
You’re talking logically but this is a woman’s wedding/engagement rings we are talking about.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 12:40 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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You’re talking logically
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Posted by UptownJoeBrown12/12/25 at 12:38 pm to OweO
Posted on 12/12/25 at 12:42 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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his gf won’t accept a lab grown engagement ring, she ain’t the one.
lol
My wife is one of the most practical, cheapest motherfrickers that ever lived. Doesn’t care about jewelry much or designer stuff at all.
If I got her a lab grown she would have been PISSED.
Edit: She has specifically told me that she doesn't give a frick, she wants a BLOOD DIAMOND
This post was edited on 12/12/25 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:01 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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you're going to get fricked and write the check. Good practice for being married.
need to specify to the newlywed the difference here.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:28 pm to Fun Bunch
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My wife is one of the most practical, cheapest motherfrickers that ever lived. Doesn’t care about jewelry much or designer stuff at all. If I got her a lab grown she would have been PISSED. Edit: She has specifically told me that she doesn't give a frick, she wants a BLOOD DIAMOND
Damn that’s crazy
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:31 pm to Fun Bunch
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My wife is one of the most practical, cheapest motherfrickers that ever lived. Doesn’t care about jewelry much or designer stuff at all.
If I got her a lab grown she would have been PISSED.
Same. My wife shops at thrift stores, never pays full-price for anything, and repurposes any furniture she finds on the side of the road despite it's condition. She's an elementary school teachers and cares more for kids than anyone I know, but when I brought up a lab-grown diamond for her ring, I got laughed out of the room. It's insane how much women are programmed that the real thing is the only thing.
For me, it wasn't about the money. I wasn't excited to pay more, but the mining violence and artificial supply thing was what really bothered me. I looked into the whole conflict-free thing, but that just seems like a bunch of BS and hard to actually prove. I said "frick it," handed the man my cash, and tried not to think about it too much.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:32 pm to tigger4ever
She will be pissed in five years after they divorce and she takes it to a pawn shop.
Girl this shite is fake
Girl this shite is fake
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:32 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Damn that’s crazy
What's crazy about it.
Also: she IS a woman last time I checked
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:33 pm to LootieandtheBlowfish
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always trade in a natural diamond for at least what you paid for it.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:33 pm to BottomlandBrew
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It's insane how much women are programmed that the real thing is the only thing.
I mean they are right though.
A lab grown diamond was not under pressure for billions of years and then pulled out of cave by a 3rd world 11 year old
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:37 pm to Fun Bunch
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What's crazy about it.
To care that much about the source of the diamond. Valuing diamonds mined by african child slaves above american made superior diamonds is objectively nuts.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:38 pm to Fun Bunch
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I mean they are right though.
Tell her mined diamonds are just the site of an old ancient lab that blew up and theyre all mined.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:43 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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There are some benefits of having a natural one as it will have a long term value compared to the lab grown one, but it is also much more expensive. The lab grown ones are a fraction of the cost, but they look great.
This has probably been covered, but this is a very overstated non-benefit.
You could spend $20k on a 2 carat mined diamond, and you’d be lucky to get half of that if you wanted to sell it.
A 2 carat lab diamond is easily under $1000 at the high end, unless you’re getting ripped off by Zales or whatever. Even if it’s worth $0 down the road, you’re still ahead by nearly $10k.
My ring is a sapphire, but I’d go lab if I were getting another today. Unless a gemologist is using specialized equipment or the stone has laser inscription and they check the cert, it’s not possible to look at a diamond and tell if it’s lab grown or mined.
This post was edited on 12/12/25 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:43 pm to Fun Bunch
I appreciate your comments about 11 year olds and respect your opinion..
I am typing this on an Apple iPhone most probably made in China … sorta ironic and sad on my part I guess…
I use to travel China for business.. I saw some people working very very hard and I asked my in country coworker .. why don’t they just load all that stuff on a golf cart instead of that old man’s back .. to take it up the mountain..
He looked at me and said …. Then the old man would not have a job and money for his family… and it probably would cost more to run and maintain the golf cart…
Life is complicated.
I am typing this on an Apple iPhone most probably made in China … sorta ironic and sad on my part I guess…
I use to travel China for business.. I saw some people working very very hard and I asked my in country coworker .. why don’t they just load all that stuff on a golf cart instead of that old man’s back .. to take it up the mountain..
He looked at me and said …. Then the old man would not have a job and money for his family… and it probably would cost more to run and maintain the golf cart…
Life is complicated.
This post was edited on 12/12/25 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:44 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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To care that much about the source of the diamond.
There's only once source of a diamond, the earth
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made superior diamonds is objectively nuts.
One of my best friends could not wrap his head around a rolex costing more than his casio. His had a calculator on it
This post was edited on 12/12/25 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:46 pm to tigger4ever
My wife's rings are lab grown. She did not care (she actually made the whole design herself) and they are much cheaper.
People literally don't know the difference unless you tell them and even they wouldn't have noticed.
People literally don't know the difference unless you tell them and even they wouldn't have noticed.
This post was edited on 12/12/25 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:46 pm to LootieandtheBlowfish
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The major difference between lab and natural is that you can always trade in a natural diamond for at least what you paid for it.
Or you can get 20 more lab diamonds for the price of one mined diamond, no trade in required.
They’re certainly not going to give you cash in exchange. It’s artificial value if they’re only going to exchange it for another one of their products.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 1:54 pm to Fun Bunch
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There's only once source of a diamond, the earth
You can make them in labs too.
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One of my best friends could not wrap his head around a rolex costing more than his casio. His had a calculator on it
This is not even remotely comparable to what this thread is about.
We're all nuts about certain things. Your wife is nuts about slavery derived diamonds. It's ok.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 2:02 pm to Evil Little Thing
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This has probably been covered, but this is a very overstated non-benefit.
I mean, I did only say "some benefits". I would hardly say I'm overstating it. It does have long term value as an asset though, that as of now, the lab one does not. So, that is a benefit of a natural one. At no point did I say that means one should choose natural over lab. Until people completely stop caring about natural diamonds and put value in it being natural, that value won't go away altogether.
It would be silly to not at least mention that as a point of consideration when looking at purchasing something like this though.
This post was edited on 12/12/25 at 2:04 pm
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