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Sergigig@lemmy.world to Today I learned@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

TIL that wedding rings are essentially successful ad campaign started by diamond mining companies to sell you diamonds

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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

Sergigig@lemmy.world to Today I learned@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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We Buy Engagement Rings Because a Diamond Company Wanted Us To
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In the 1930s, few Americans proposed with the precious stone. Then everything changed.
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    Show her the shit the DeBeers have done and she will hopefully abandon hopes for a diamond ring.

    Fuck the DeBeers

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