tedious is the point! i love that by trying to make it quick and “catchy” he made it really long, cumbersome, and made it a meme that the rebranding will never work because we’re still referring to it as twitter but worse
Well it says that many companies are spending extremely low amounts, like $10 on ads. So I assume musk has just been giving away ad space to try to keep those accounts open for as long as possible.
Guys what if… guuyyyss… what if… what if we made all the apps in your phone into one app and used it to spy on you all the time and to control your life after we push out all the other app developers. guys! it’s just competition! Free marketplace of ideas. Besides, how else could we setup our own social credit system?! guyyyysss?!
Yeah but also cut hardness shine fire brilliance etc etc. moissonite is objectively superior in every way.
This site is about two very simple truths: (1) diamonds are an incredible rip-off, and (2) a little known naturally-occuring gemstone called moissanite is superior to diamonds in every essential way: cut, color, clarity, durability, fire, brilliance, and cost.
When I proposed to my wife, I gave her the choice. Sure could have a diamond, or she could have a moissonite (which is sparklier) and we could pay off her car loan. She made the right choice.
The engagement ring I gave to my wife had natural diamonds, but it belonged to my great-grandmother, so I felt it was ethical enough. I certainly wouldn’t have bought a new one that wasn’t synthetic.
I saw that as well, but I think cut hardness must be jewelers terminology. As far as actual hardness diamonds are a 10 on the mohs scale, moissanite is a 9.25, and tungsten carbide is usually around 9-9.5.
Depends on the tooling you’re going for. Synthetic diamonds are great for creating abrasives, which makes up the majority of industrial diamond tools.
But for a lot of machining where you need a large cutting head, industrial diamonds are a little too small. I think most synthetic diamonds are less than a millimeter in diameter. They can be made larger, but they take a long time and aren’t very cost effective.
The vast majority of diamonds mined are industrial grade, especially the larger ones. So you end up using a bit of both depending on your application.
I mean, this is still all true, but damn. Why is boingboing reporting on a nearly 20-year-old site in response to news about the diamond industry? One could argue the existence of that site and people’s knowledge of all that being true is part of why diamond sales were in the crapper anyway…
boingboing has really gone downhill since most of the original team left and it became an ad-infested mess.
I’ve been getting podcast ads lately for “natural diamonds” which is badmouthing man made diamonds and a it give a couple very true facts about how 80% of the diamond’s value stays in the community and it’s all legal and above board and definitely no one dies for these diamonds.
I heard that you won’t be able to tell the difference because you’re not a jeweler.
Personally, I think it’s good people value ‘natural’ diamonds more so they can get ripped off by being sold synthetic diamonds and told they’re natural.
They won’t be able to tell the difference, and they have enough money to fund their stupidity.
I have a feeling that you're implying negative critique on me.
Just telling what I heard, mate. I don't know is it a fact or not. I don't use or buy diamonds and I don't know much about them.
Cheating people is not cool.
One thing you could do would be to get the diamond checked to find out its authenticity.
“Rules for thee but not for me” works both ways you know. Attempting to justify your shitty actions to get ahead is just declaring your selfishness. You should be rich, you’re already in the mindset.
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