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Jud

TALLAHASSEE/FL
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 3009

January 2nd, 2008 - 10:30 PM

or are you a gold digger?

answer honestly.

burning_monk

BRONX/NY
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 11423

January 2nd, 2008 - 10:32 PM

if she doesn't like it as a ring you can always say,"then how about as a buttplug?"

Jud

TALLAHASSEE/FL
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Posts: 3009

January 2nd, 2008 - 10:33 PM

I have a fleshly buttplug though.

gnome

WACO/TX
Joined: 11/27/07
Posts: 1528

January 2nd, 2008 - 10:33 PM

HELL YES acceptable.

i would bitchslap somebody that gave me a machete-funding gold/diamond combo.

i don't think i could think of anything better than a ringpop...
and i am totally fucking serious.

burning_monk

BRONX/NY
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 11423

January 2nd, 2008 - 10:45 PM

doubtful i'm ever getting married but were i the girl would not be getting a diamond

horrible limb chopping aside, diamonds are the biggest waste of money ever.

koley_bear

PORTLAND/OR
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 20152

January 2nd, 2008 - 10:47 PM

(1:07:01 AM) Koley: That is..the best thing ever

gnome

WACO/TX
Joined: 11/27/07
Posts: 1528

January 2nd, 2008 - 10:49 PM

seriously.

here, let me buy you a tiffany's ring so you'll feel speshul and then we'll end up mortgaging our new house and fighting over financial problems and get divorced. it's idiocy. and entirely uncreative.

koley_bear

PORTLAND/OR
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 20152

January 2nd, 2008 - 10:53 PM

burning_monk Said:

horrible limb chopping aside, diamonds are the biggest waste of money ever.

hear, hear

SNDNDZ

ATHENS/AL
Joined: 11/09/07
Posts: 325

January 2nd, 2008 - 10:54 PM

is death an acceptable form of proposal?

xleighxcorex

WINCHESTER/VA
Joined: 11/20/07
Posts: 3868

January 2nd, 2008 - 11:05 PM

SNDNDZ Said:

is death an acceptable form of proposal?

no didnt you hear? ringpops are the rage now.

but seriously. if a guy proposed to me with a ringpop, id totally swoon. but i would probably expect some sort of silver band in the future as it wont dissappear if i start licking it.

iamameatpopsicl

Chicago
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 14027

January 2nd, 2008 - 11:06 PM

u people are hella lol

def laughing at you, not with you

symphony

NORWICH/CT
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 7805

January 2nd, 2008 - 11:06 PM

i was engaged before, no ring, just our word

it didn't work out, but i don't think it had anything to do with a lack of diamond on my finger

so i guess my answer is yes to your initial question

DONKEY_PUNCH

Borneo
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 28581

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:29 AM

Maybe if you made the ring pop from scratch dragon fruit flavored. Otherwise a decoder ring would be fantastic.

Acceptable substitutes for diamonds: Panjshir emeralds set in platinum. Bixbite would be lovely as well.

Other fun gems with color shifting qualities:
Zincite
Andalusite
Morganite
Sphalerite
Hackmanite
violet Enstatite

Canadian diamonds are slaughter free.
However, sphalerite has such a high index of refraction it produces more intense fire than a diamond.

Sisterpalli

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Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 653

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:30 AM

No it means youre really "cheap"...

But diamons and necklace and thing of that sort are stupid

elizaelectric

NEW YORK/NY
Joined: 07/05/07
Posts: 3961

January 3rd, 2008 - 4:17 AM

gnome Said:

i don't think i could think of anything better than a ringpop...
and i am totally fucking serious.

As long as its an awesome flavor.

elizaelectric

NEW YORK/NY
Joined: 07/05/07
Posts: 3961

January 3rd, 2008 - 4:17 AM

gnome Said:

i don't think i could think of anything better than a ringpop...
and i am totally fucking serious.

As long as its an awesome flavor.

elizaelectric

NEW YORK/NY
Joined: 07/05/07
Posts: 3961

January 3rd, 2008 - 4:26 AM

burning_monk Said:

horrible limb chopping aside, diamonds are the biggest waste of money ever.

actually, less than 5% of diamonds are conflict diamonds these days. BUT the majority of diamonds come from horrible labor systems anyway.

Imaginary_Grace

CHATSWORTH/CA
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 18116

January 3rd, 2008 - 7:13 AM

HELLLLLLL NO

It has nothing to do with being a gold digger, it's about tradition.

If a dude proposed to me with a ringpop I would seriously ponder his sanity

burning_monk

BRONX/NY
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 11423

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:07 PM

lol@tradition

if we all followed tradition you'd all be IN THE KITCHEN MAKING US CHICKEN POT PIES LIKE YOU SHOULD BE!!!!!!!!111!

jihad_joe

Amman,Baghdad,Beirut,Lagos
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 1903

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:11 PM

Blood Diamonds haha...

elizaelectric Said:

burning_monk Said:

horrible limb chopping aside, diamonds are the biggest waste of money ever.

actually, less than 5% of diamonds are conflict diamonds these days. BUT the majority of diamonds come from horrible labor systems anyway.

Imaginary_Grace

CHATSWORTH/CA
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 18116

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:19 PM

burning_monk Said:

lol@tradition

if we all followed tradition you'd all be IN THE KITCHEN MAKING US CHICKEN POT PIES LIKE YOU SHOULD BE!!!!!!!!111!

I will make chicken pot pie every night for any man lucky enough to wed me

Nolan

SAN FRANCISCO/CA
Joined: 12/04/07
Posts: 2079

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:20 PM

What i'm going to do is grab all the change in my "coin-star" jar and go to Alberto's to find the perfect ring next to the fake lower back tattoo machines (they actually have one) Then i'm going to keep buying rings until i find the perfect one.

burning_monk

BRONX/NY
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 11423

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:31 PM

Q: What is the percentage of conflict diamonds in the world’s diamond supply?
A: Although there is no exact figure, the diamond industry claims that it was previously 4% and is now as low as 1% after the Kimberly Process was put in place. Consumer advocates, however believe that conflict diamonds make up as much 10-15% of the world diamond supply.

I don't trust what the diamond industry says just like i don't trust what the oil industry says.

so yeah BLOOD DIAMONDS HAHA

nintendork

OAK LAWN/IL
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 11764

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:31 PM

I think if someone ACTUALLY did this the whole cute factor would be kind of lost.

But expensive diamonds are also stupid.

I'd just go with a nice, low priced and conservative band myself.

burning_monk

BRONX/NY
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 11423

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:36 PM

most of you won't read this but it's interesting

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond

talks about how the romanticized idea of the diamond was purely an industry thing (gasp!) (tardition!) and how the value of diamonds, in reality, are low

burning_monk

BRONX/NY
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 11423

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:40 PM

what better way to say "our love is eternal" than plastic though?

Imaginary_Grace

CHATSWORTH/CA
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 18116

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:41 PM

billet_doux Said:

well i don't care if it's a diamond or not
if i'm in a real serious relationship with someone, when he proposes to me i want to have a real ring

i'm not 5

billet_doux Said:

well i don't care if it's a diamond or not
if i'm in a real serious relationship with someone, when he proposes to me i want to have a real ring

i'm not 5

billet_doux Said:

well i don't care if it's a diamond or not
if i'm in a real serious relationship with someone, when he proposes to me i want to have a real ring

i'm not 5

nintendork

OAK LAWN/IL
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 11764

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:44 PM

burning_monk Said:

and how the value of diamonds, in reality, are low

What is "real" value though?

The value of a diamond is what you pay for it.

So are all pretty, shiny things. They have no real intrinsic worth backing their value.

Imaginary_Grace

CHATSWORTH/CA
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 18116

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:45 PM

Megan is taking words outta my.....fingers

Imaginary_Grace

CHATSWORTH/CA
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 18116

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:47 PM

It def doesn't have to be expensive, but it needs to be special. And a ring pop is not (imo) special

burning_monk

BRONX/NY
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 11423

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:49 PM

once again nintendork wants to start his own debate now. "about" "what" "words" "mean"

anyway, the value of diamonds are, in reality, low

megan, i was kidding. you deserve more than a small plastic ring made in china with a small piece of rock candy on it.

nintendork

OAK LAWN/IL
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 11764

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:52 PM

What is there to debate?

There are really only two kinds of value.

A. intrinsic worth

B. actual saleability

Diamonds have none of A and a whole lot of B.

LSD

WASHINGTON/DC
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 1884

January 3rd, 2008 - 1:55 PM

I want to figure out how to get this diamond onto a ring:

the article where I found this Said:

The newly discovered cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallized carbon 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus. (A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, or about 6 trillion miles.) It is 2,500 miles across and weighs 5 million trillion trillion pounds, which translates to approximately 10 billion trillion trillion carats, or a one followed by 34 zeros.

burning_monk

BRONX/NY
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 11423

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:02 PM

there is nothing to debate. you were trying to get all "how do i know the color blue to ME is the color blue to YOU" about the idea of value. a diamond's value PLUMMETS like a meteor from the heavens once it is purchased. end of story. no debate.

morta

SAN PEDRO/CA
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 15250

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:07 PM

hell, i got engaged with a real diamond and i still didn't get married.

how about them apples.

girlnamedbrigid

SIERRA VISTA/AZ
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 3019

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:08 PM

i told my boy to get me the biggest gaudiest ring he could find in wal-mart because i did not want him to spend a ton of money right now that we could be paying for stuff like...food. that's what 10 and 20 year anniversaries are for....the nice ring. i'm perfectly content with my 14k gold band with a big ol' fake on it. it makes me smile.

nintendork

OAK LAWN/IL
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 11764

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:09 PM

Then it has low resale value, which is still not considered actual value. No one wants used diamonds, not very romantic I suppose.

Still though, resale value is odd. It's based on a biased perception. For instance, if you purchase a car it instantly drops in resale as well, BUT... if you can get over the fact that you are buying a used car, that is generally considered the best value on the market... recently purchased but now unwanted cars. Near new, costs a whole lot less, often still under warranty. Take advantage of other people's bias and score a great deal...

Eh, I think about value a lot. Money, now there is something completely worthless.

iamameatpopsicl

Chicago
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 14027

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:10 PM

the fact that any of you are even considering a ring at all means that you are adherant to the notion that a material possession of SOME value, whether it be sentimental, monetary or simply a means to mark one's territory, is necessary.

i say it's rubbish

youknow

BROOKLYN/NY
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 2334

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:10 PM

lol.
i want a real fucking diamond and i want it to be real fucking big.

idunnolols

CORONA/CA
Joined: 12/01/07
Posts: 3504

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:13 PM

i always liked my birthstone, but not for monetary reasons. i just think aquamarine is pretty.

-jenn

Imaginary_Grace

CHATSWORTH/CA
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 18116

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:14 PM

That's because you're from Long Island, Asya

(that was a joke, dont get wiley)

emilectrique

WOODBRIDGE/VA
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 4841

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:24 PM

only if it was purple flavor.

koley_bear

PORTLAND/OR
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 20152

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:24 PM

Seeing as how when the time comes for me to wear a ring, I will be breaking engagement "rules" anyway (wrong hand and all) and also the fact that I don't care, a ringpop is just fine.

emilectrique

WOODBRIDGE/VA
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 4841

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:24 PM

also, i would kind of have to require you to dab of the drool between my fingers as i devour your symbol of true love and devotion.

youknow

BROOKLYN/NY
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 2334

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:25 PM

ACTUALLY
i am FROM brooklyn
(you can keep your timbalands on)

iamameatpopsicl

Chicago
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 14027

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:26 PM

billet_doux Said:

iamameatpopsicl Said:

the fact that any of you are even considering a ring at all means that you are adherant to the notion that a material possession of SOME value, whether it be sentimental, monetary or simply a means to mark one's territory, is necessary.

i say it's rubbish

didn't you buy your wife a ring?

i got her an engagement ring because she wanted one

iamameatpopsicl

Chicago
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 14027

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:32 PM

i think the concept is rubbish. i don't wear a ring, i got one for her because she wanted it. she can want it and i'll get it for her and i'll still think it's rubbish

iamameatpopsicl

Chicago
Joined: 04/24/07
Posts: 14027

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:36 PM

i think the idea of a candy wedding ring is at least 10log worse than anything

crumbs

ROCHESTER/NY
Joined: 08/15/07
Posts: 1312

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:51 PM

i would say it's more about the sentiment than the intrinsic or monetary value of the ring. that being said, i'd much rather receive something i actually wanted or could use, like a spinning wheel i've been wanting, or an isamu noguchi table, or a bianchi milano, et cetera. but i also don't get the point of jewelry or engagements, so the whole idea is sorta lost on me anyways.

JoanJettofArc

BROOKLYN/NY
Joined: 04/25/07
Posts: 2890

January 3rd, 2008 - 5:20 PM

my ring is a family heirloom. it was his great-great-grandmother's engagement ring. It means more to me than any cartier ring would be. it carries not only sentiment from my fiance, but also the blessing of his entire family.

added bonus, it is totally amazing and unique.