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Like, if you were specifically looking for one, and wanted to be absolutely sure it was dug up by a child slave in a war-torn African nation.
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go straight to the source and start a fight about it
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they all are 
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Xaris posted:they all are
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Volcott posted:Like, if you were specifically looking for one, and wanted to be absolutely sure it was dug up by a child slave in a war-torn African nation. i'd gently caress your mom OP
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Don't worry OP, even if you buy a "conflict free" diamond, you are still perpetuating a market for shiny rocks only made valuable by a dumb custom started by an advertising campaign, keeping the prices high on all diamonds and the children in the mines.
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Universe Master posted:Don't worry OP, even if you buy a "conflict free" diamond, you are still perpetuating a market for shiny rocks only made valuable by a dumb custom started by an advertising campaign, keeping the prices high on all diamonds and the children in the mines. you act as if you have a solution lol
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Volcott posted:Like, if you were specifically looking for one, and wanted to be absolutely sure it was dug up by a child slave in a war-torn African nation. Step 1: Go to Zanzibar with 3 pairs fitted suits, one black, one brown, one silver Step 2: Go see Tong, be sure to have USD or cocaine. Don't cheat, he'll know Step 3: Enjoy your conflict diamonds
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Jan 21, 2015 10:35
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de_dust posted:you act as if you have a solution lol just add water
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Depends on your definition of "conflict". If you share the diamond-industries definition, it means a diamond harvested with blood or through warlords and the like. If you follow the more general definition of poor people living in squalor, as virtual slaves working for nothing or pennies, and exploited until they die early, well then all diamonds are conflict diamonds. So head on down to your local jewelry store and pick up a conflict diamond! Every kiss begins with Kay(and ethnics slaving in a suicidal hell, but we gave them a biscuit and six cents, so it's all above board).
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Universe Master posted:Don't worry OP, even if you buy a "conflict free" diamond, you are still perpetuating a market for shiny rocks only made valuable by a dumb custom started by an advertising campaign, keeping the prices high on all diamonds and the children in the mines. lol
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Jan 21, 2015 10:48
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Do they put the blood into the diamond? Does the value increase with the source of the blood? Like if Michael Jackson blood filled diamonds cost more than, say, Denzel Washington blood.
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Jan 21, 2015 10:50
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de_dust posted:you act as if you have a solution lol I think we should get women interested in the same expensive things that only wreck the environment, like sports cars or big trucks, that men are.
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Jan 21, 2015 10:53
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Xaris posted:they all are Pretty sure the ones mined out of Canada in the Arctic aren't conflict diamonds.
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Universe Master posted:I think we should get women interested in the same expensive things that only wreck the environment, like sports cars or big trucks, that men are. cellphones
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Jan 21, 2015 11:43
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Go to the gulf and find a guy who speaks afrikaans then ask him if he sells diamonds.
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Jan 21, 2015 11:55
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Use the game Far Cry 2 as your guide. Find those diamonds in random suitcases while clearing outposts of mercs that will back in 20 seconds, while some guy with the most annoying South African accent calls you "china" a bunch.
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Jan 21, 2015 11:58
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Sell the liberian president some guns
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Universe Master posted:Use the game Far Cry 2 as your guide. Find those diamonds in random suitcases while clearing outposts of mercs that will back in 20 seconds, while some guy with the most annoying South African accent calls you "china" a bunch. Multiplayer far cry 2 was great "find their dia-monds!" "someone has taken our dia-monds!"
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Jan 21, 2015 12:01
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Give Charles Taylor a boner and they'll show up right to your hotel room for free.
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i'd go to the mall
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very carefully
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i'd go to jared's because i don't actually care about that bitch
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For the record, it's bullshit that Big Diamond torpedoed those artificially created diamonds that were perfectly clear and were as big as you wanted them to be. "Nope can't sell those it would sully the dignity of our shiny rocks. Also, you actually want some imperfections, that makes them better."
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Go to Africa and buy one, it's cheap and pretty safe.
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Volcott posted:For the record, it's bullshit that Big Diamond torpedoed those artificially created diamonds that were perfectly clear and were as big as you wanted them to be. "Nope can't sell those it would sully the dignity of our shiny rocks. Also, you actually want some imperfections, that makes them better." Don't worry, those man made diamonds are going to revolutionize cheap electronics.
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id be conflicted
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Just pay for your diamond with boxes of AK-47s and it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
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Sprawl posted:Pretty sure the ones mined out of Canada in the Arctic aren't conflict diamonds. well you can't be sure any given purchase you make is not a conflict diamond. conflict diamonds are given fake certificates from conflict-free mines. there are a lot of ways they're sold legally, mostly involving bribing government officials. honestly, if you're worried about whether your diamond purchase is ethical, you probably just shouldn't buy them at all. blood diamonds are so lucrative the entire market for diamonds is tainted. even if you know your diamond is ethical, your purchase just fuels demand for even more diamonds which will inevitably include a lot of conflict diamonds.
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the ones from canada are conflict free if you don't think about the indians that used to live where the mine was that were probably forcibly relocated and had their children taken away to be indoctrinated so their culture would die with their parents
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lol if you buy anything, but lmao if you spend thousands of dollars on a rock because of an ad campaign devised by capitalists bring back lf
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Go into a Jewelry store and ask for Mr. Feinstein, then get into a haggling war over one of the pieces, pull out your pistol and shoot him. Make sure his blood trickles over the surface of the stones before fleeing the scene. This part is essential.
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This is why I bought my wife a moissanite ring. Sure, I'm still spending cashola on a shiny rock, but THIS shiny rock is made in a science lab and not mined up by poor people. Take that, DeBeers!!! Also, at least it's cheaper than diamonds, too...
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i hear jacob might have some
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Universe Master posted:Don't worry OP, even if you buy a "conflict free" diamond, you are still perpetuating a market for shiny rocks only made valuable by a dumb custom started by an advertising campaign, keeping the prices high on all diamonds and the children in the mines. it's hip and cool to think that but you're also paying for craftsmanship, i know it's a hard concept that jewelry can be art
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Ramsus posted:it's hip and cool to think that but you're also paying for craftsmanship, i know it's a hard concept that jewelry can be art Isn't it supposed to be art?
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Sammus posted:Isn't it supposed to be art? woah
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Make it from your comrades ashes OP, that's what all the cool dogs are doing these days.
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save some money and buy conflict zinc instead
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