Diamonds vs. HDTV. Gee, really?

[kyrielle]

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=wired_news&itemid=43626

Ah, a news article about how women prefer an HDTV system to a 1-karat diamond ring. Come on people, is that so hard to figure out? Diamond rings are stupid. The diamond is not all that pretty; glass or cubic zirconium can match or better it, at a fraction of the cost. Myths aside, the diamond ring is an awful value, since the market is controlled as it is; it resells for less than most people think.

All the ads that try to sell you diamond rings? Are practically insulting, saying that's what a woman wants. Do I look like I have fuzz for brains? If you want to get me a jewel, get me something with color, or get me cubic zirc. If you want to get an investment, buy me some stock. Don't fiddle with the two.

At least the HDTV is useful. And I don't want one of those, either. Now, a digital video recorder, or a digital voice recorder, or both..... (Actually investigating the latter to figure out which one I want; simply drooling over the former.)

WHY do people assume the inherent worth (monetary and sentimental) of diamonds? Ugh. Expensive marketing campaign makes a nice lead weight for an already-iffy stone, anyway.

And yep, it is before 5 am and I am grumpy. Imagine that.

Comments

[canyoncat.livejournal.com]

LOL! It's sad when a diamond isn't good enough, but it is all about money, and a good HDTV setup is going to cost a lot more than a 1-karat diamond ring. Some people like diamonds and some don't, I think they are rather special myself. You want color? When a diamond sparkles you get all of the colors of the rainbow. Yeah, you can get the same thing from cubic zirconium (at least some people think so) but the diamond was made by mother nature over hundreds of millions of years. I will take natural over man-made any day. Don't get me wrong, I am not a diamond freak. Robin only has two rings, her original engagement ring, and an eternity band that I got for her this year, and I know she is very attached to both of them.

[kyrielle]

And see, I don't think it's sad at all, but that's because I'd rather get a glass prism than a diamond. (I think I'd rather get a glass prism than an HDTV, too, considering I never watch TV.)

I just don't like the stone. It's horribly expensive, and for what purpose I can't see, but I agree, some people think they're pretty. I don't understand, but I acknowledge that it's so. ;)

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[canyoncat.livejournal.com]

To each their own.
That's what makes us all so special, right?
:)