Kepler
Cornell Big Red
I’ve avoided products with palm oil as much as possible for a long time. At least a decade.
It's been a news item for long enough that Chidi made a joke about it early in the run of The Good Place.
I’ve avoided products with palm oil as much as possible for a long time. At least a decade.
Palm oil is like a schedule 1 drug. Up there with petroleum, coal, natural diamonds, and Republicanism.
Fundamentalism. Supply Side.
The irony about diamonds is 99%+ of their price is artificially created scarcity enforced by a cartel. The actual market value of diamonds, allowing for full exploitation and distribution of the global inventory, is a portion of a penny on a dollar.
Anybody who buys a diamond is, quite literally, a fool. They are buying a pet rock.
I also don’t think they’re that attractive.
i have no desire for marriage, but I’ll take a nice emerald or sapphire any day
Whatever, made my wife happy. I've "wasted" 2 grand on dumber things that that over the course of my life.
I went with a lab diamond for the engagement ring. Cheaper, better quality, less baggage. It’s pretty and the ring is gorgeous. I didn’t end up going with a huge rock. Even the saleswoman told me to go smaller. “Spend it on the honeymoon.” She was right.
I have zero regrets with the pet rock.
Mookie took one of his mom’s rings and gave that to girl.
f that many months salary bs
Some - the ones with color -- are beautiful. I saw the Hope at the Smithsonian and holy crap it's stunning. The setting is pure trash.
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Fig. 1 The Hope
There are red diamonds that are breathtaking, too. Diamond facets are undoubtedly impressive and when they have color and contrast you can actually see them to advantage.
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Fig 2. The Hancock Red. Essentially, the Pink Panther.
But every diamond under $1M is either boring or outright stupid looking. They're like watermelon and hookers -- the top of the line are worth it but everything affordable stay away.
The settings make or break all jewelry. I remember shopping for the ring. First store I went into (national chain) and said i wanted something simple and not fancy. Saleswoman proceeded to show me some gaudy shiat with over the top settings.
Went to the local store across the mall next. Proceeded to show me several things that actually matched what I wanted, basically a solitaire jewel. At that point was just a matter of picking the diamond; went with a 1/2 carat Russian diamond.
Eh. In purely economic terms, it’s only a “foolish” investment if something in the market changes so that the scarcity perceived by consumers becomes significantly less. It’s probably not a “great” investment vs. say, a no-load index fund, but you won’t lose your shirt unless DeBeers does something foolish. Buying a diamond is a bet that DeBeers can continue to maintain its monopoly and therefore control the effective supply upon which the market operates.Fundamentalism. Supply Side.
The irony about diamonds is 99%+ of their price is artificially created scarcity enforced by a cartel. The actual market value of diamonds, allowing for full exploitation and distribution of the global inventory, is a portion of a penny on a dollar.
Anybody who buys a diamond is, quite literally, a fool. They are buying a pet rock.
it should require payback and then a fine on top of it. That’s pure shit.Why aren’t they required to pay this back?
https://mobile.twitter.com/RBReich/status/1344305377614196736
Hey now...Rover and SJHovey told us PPP was awesome! How dare you bring facts in (again and again) that say otherwise!
So diamonds are little different from Magic: The Gathering cards, basically relying upon one company to not f- up the market?Eh. In purely economic terms, it’s only a “foolish” investment if something in the market changes so that the scarcity perceived by consumers becomes significantly less. It’s probably not a “great” investment vs. say, a no-load index fund, but you won’t lose your shirt unless DeBeers does something foolish. Buying a diamond is a bet that DeBeers can continue to maintain its monopoly and therefore control the effective supply upon which the market operates.
Of course, if you’re thinking about the resale value when you’re buying (retail) diamonds, you should put more effort into picking a different girl first!