June 2013
Diamonds Are A Sham And It's Time We Stop Getting Engaged With Them →
businessinsider.com
A modest proposal.
Countless American dudes will attest that the societal obligation to furnish a diamond engagement ring is both stressful and expensive. But here’s the thing - this obligation only exists because the company that stands to profit from it willed it into existence.
So here is a modest proposal: Let’s agree that diamonds are bullshit and reject their role in the marriage process. Let’s admit that as a society we got tricked for about a century into coveting sparkling pieces of carbon, but it’s time to end the nonsense.
This.
I’ve said this before and got stared at like a heathen.
And I get mocked for buying car parts…