Why do you buy diamonds?

[Orrex]

Poll question: Why do you buy diamonds?

[REP]

1. I Don't Buy Them - Someone Buys Them For Me

[Orrex]

3. Well then, get *that* person to answer the poll!

:evilgrin:

[AggieGal]

8. My husband bought mine.

It was from a pawn shop so technically it was the previous owner who supported DeBeers.

[NaturalHigh]

2. You should have put an "other" option.

I bought my wife a diamond bracelet for valentine's day a few years ago after her best friend told me that was what she wanted. When I gave it to my wife, she was utterly shocked. Her best friend had pulled on over on me, as she gleefully admitted. Of course, my wife still loves the bracelet.

[Orrex]

4. Corrected!

[NaturalHigh]

12. Thank you.

Although, to be fair, I also considered the carbon option. You just don't see that much carbon these days.

[TommyO]

5. I don't buy diamonds

[Orrex]

9. Your loss. All the rest of us can look at carbon, but you're out of luck.

No carbon for you!

[TommyO]

31. What can I say, i don't want my hard-earned money

going to companies that are:

a: destroying lives to get sparklies out of the ground
b: keeping prices artificially high by keeping a lock on the supply

[EFerrari]

24. Me, either. And I once freaked out my husband by asking him to return

a pair of earrings he sweated to buy for me because we were boycotting apartheid.

The poor man couldn't win but he took it well and got me a stuffed animal instead. (A stuffed nylon animal, okay?)

I've never understood why people like diamonds because I'm a color addict. :shrug:

[buddhamama]

6. i don't.

i won't, and i wouldn't want anyone to buy them for me, either.

[Orrex]

7. Shame on you! Aren't you worried about De Beers?

How will they maintain themselves in the manner to which they've become accustomed?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. What, me worry?

De Beers are safely in De Fridge. One or two of them may be in danger a little later.

:rofl:

[wildhorses]

10. i don't. don't want any given to me, either. n/t

[Orrex]

13. Well, there goes your birthday present!

[wildhorses]

17. buy me an acre of land and we will both be happy, thanks!!

:bounce:

[bertha katzenengel]

11. I don't. I loathe diamonds. n/t

[Orrex]

14. I hear that a kiss on the hand can be quite continental

If that's your idea of a good time...

[nini]

15. I refuse... too much evil in them

My wedding ring has an emerald instead which I prefer anyway.

[mnhtnbb]

18. Mostly gemstones for me. I'm a sucker for all things ruby.

[Left Is Write]

19. Because I like them.

How about a simple "because I like them" option?

[Orrex]

20. Because that lacks snark

Hey, start your own poll, you gem-o-phile!

[Left Is Write]

21. Yes, I realize it's a non-snarky, straightforward answer.

Is snark necessary?

(I'm not going to start my own poll, 'cause I really don't care why other people buy diamonds. :P )

[Orrex]

22. In this poll, snark is indespensible!

In other polls, maybe not so much. :shrug:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

23. I used to sell "fish gravel" in a mall store.

You don't want to buy diamonds. The cubic carbon isn't worth that much, because of the DeBeers cartel. Crummy diamonds have black spots in them and flaws. The crap they sell as rings is sparkly, but put it under a 10 power loupe and you got a world o'trash. It should die and come back as part of a grinding wheel.

I'd much rather have a nice emerald or tanzanite.

The most expensive gem substance, if high quality, is nephrite, or true jade.

(I have GIA certificates in Diamond Grading and Colored Stone Grading).

[Orrex]

25. I thought that "nephrites" were kidney stones

:rofl:

nyuk nyuk nyuk

I got a million of 'em!

(hysterical bon mots, that is; not kidney stones.)

[Magrittes Pipe]

26. Because I like to piss off hypocrites.

Unless you grow everything you eat yourself, and unless you built your house with your own hands, and unless you walk to work (where you are self-employed), and unless you are a tax evader....

EVERYTHING YOU DO HAS BLOOD ON IT.

There's no getting around it. Every dollar you spend pays for death. Either get ENTIRELY off the grid, or deal with it.

[Orrex]

28. At last, someone who grasps the spirit of the poll

A trifle nihilistic perhaps, but okay...

:hi:

[Magrittes Pipe]

29. I voted for shiny things!

:bounce:

[Midlodemocrat]

30. *smooch*

I love you.

:rofl:

And, I totally agree. And, I buy them and get them from Mr. Midlo because I like them.

[NMDemDist2]

27. I own a dimond my husband proposed with but the rest of my clear sparklies

are CZs :bounce: