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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I cheer when these billion dollar scam industries get what they deserve I hope more are coming soon

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Is china to thank?

FTFW

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Fuck the diamond cartel up the ass.

I bought an engagement ring many years back for around $2600 and when we broke up I went to a pawn shop and they offered $60 for the gold, the diamonds weren't worth a thing.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't care who is to blame, I'm just glad the carbon garbage industry is dying.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ok sweaty but it's not a real diamond unless it was made with cruelty

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Some labor abuse can probably be arranged

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Blame? Sounds like it might be a good thing?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago

It absolutely is a good thing, natural diamond industry is largely based on slave labor and it destroys the environment. There is absolutely no reason for it to exist when we can cheaply manufacture diamonds.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

It's the usual framing of whatever China does as bad, regardless of what it is.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ffs they did this same thing with caviar farming didn't they? I swear I remember articles complaining about how farming caviar is bad because it makes it more accessible to the wider public instead of being a special rich person food

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Which is funny because caviar, like lobster, began as a shitty food for us poors until the rich gentrified it

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Diamonds prices are falling. The horror, the dastardly Chinese...

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago

Diamonds are ~~plunging in value~~ cheaper than ever around the world. Is China ~~to blame?~~ the hero?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, okay, good. Diamonds are a scam. Death to the diamond cartel.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

In 5 years:

"Sure diamond is so cheap to make that we can now use it as a building material, but at what cost?"

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wow ok, being a millennial is a thankless job I guess. You're all welcome

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Right? It used to be millennials are ruining the restaurant industry, or the murdering children industry, but no. Now China is to blame... Thanks Obamna