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TIL that wedding rings are essentially successful ad campaign started by diamond mining companies to sell you diamonds (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] grldaeg@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tell that to my girlfriend …

[–] JonVonBasslake@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Show her the shit the DeBeers have done and she will hopefully abandon hopes for a diamond ring.

Fuck the DeBeers