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(NPR)   Why not let a combat veteran design your engagement ring? I mean, they probably know a lot about getting all that blood off diamonds   (npr.org) divider line
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Sabreace22 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 9:13:23 PM  
Hey look! Some guy's cousin works for NPR and got a free ad for his business! Do you really want the enduring symbol of your marriage to be designed by guys who were stuck in a no-win quagmire for 20 years?
 
SeraphicSorcerer
2023-01-31 9:13:53 PM  
Hey, we know all about getting blood off ALOT of things, Subby.
 
austerity101
2023-01-31 9:14:54 PM  
We're still doing diamond engagement rings? Seriously? That tradition is less than a century old and it was deliberately begun as an advertising campaign. Use an heirloom or some other antique if it's that important to you, though I don't understand why it would be. It's just a hard sparkly rock, one that's likely controlled by a global near-monopoly. Everything about that seems distasteful and unpleasant to me.
 
Karma Chameleon
2023-01-31 9:15:40 PM  
"A bunch of Rangers in my platoon were at that point in their life where they wanted to get engaged,

Ah, to be 18 again
 
LiberalConservative [OhFark]
2023-01-31 9:16:26 PM  

austerity101: We're still doing diamond engagement rings? Seriously? That tradition is less than a century old and it was deliberately begun as an advertising campaign. Use an heirloom or some other antique if it's that important to you, though I don't understand why it would be. It's just a hard sparkly rock, one that's likely controlled by a global near-monopoly. Everything about that seems distasteful and unpleasant to me.


Stop liking what I don't like?
Boring.
 
LiberalConservative [OhFark]
2023-01-31 9:17:38 PM  
Subby, you think all veterans are body pillagers?
 
waxbeans [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 9:18:20 PM  

Sabreace22: Hey look! Some guy's cousin works for NPR and got a free ad for his business! Do you really want the enduring symbol of your marriage to be designed by guys who were stuck in a no-win quagmire for 20 years?


Wait. That sounds like half of all marriages. 😆 🤣 😂
 
Miss_Dorothy_Kilgallen [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 9:21:03 PM  
These combat vets want to help you design the perfect engagement ring

Who didn't see this coming when they repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"?
 
JungleBoogie
2023-01-31 9:21:35 PM  
"He told Elliot he wanted to become the "Warby Parker of engagement rings." Warby Parker is the eyeglasses company that lets you order several pairs, try them on at home and then decide which you want.

They call their company Wove. They can't send multiple diamond rings in the mail - the insurance bill would be crippling. But with 3D printing, they make inexpensive models people can see, and feel, and then revise, before buying the real thing."


That is very clever.
 
morg
2023-01-31 9:22:36 PM  
That's money you could be spending on a new camaro. At least the camaro might still be there after your first deployment.
 
johnny_vegas [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 9:22:55 PM  

austerity101: We're still doing diamond engagement rings? Seriously? That tradition is less than a century old and it was deliberately begun as an advertising campaign. Use an heirloom or some other antique if it's that important to you, though I don't understand why it would be. It's just a hard sparkly rock, one that's likely controlled by a global near-monopoly. Everything about that seems distasteful and unpleasant to me.


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Conservative Evangelical Millennial Cyclist
2023-01-31 9:25:37 PM  

austerity101: We're still doing diamond engagement rings? Seriously? That tradition is less than a century old and it was deliberately begun as an advertising campaign. Use an heirloom or some other antique if it's that important to you, though I don't understand why it would be. It's just a hard sparkly rock, one that's likely controlled by a global near-monopoly. Everything about that seems distasteful and unpleasant to me.


I gave my my wife a ring pop. Seriously.

/she loved it
 
foo monkey
2023-01-31 9:30:11 PM  
I thought all the veterans were teaching AP History and Government in Florida.
 
InfoFreako
2023-01-31 9:36:21 PM  
"A bunch of Rangers in my platoon were at that point in their life where they wanted to get engaged,

That point being their first drunken hookup with a townie after Ranger school.
 
slantsix
2023-01-31 9:37:53 PM  
I gave my wife the bright blue wax blank as a symbol that she could design it however she wanted (we're both designers).

Her response? "I'm never going to see another weiner, ever again!"

/12 years later, stronger and more in love than ever
 
Subtonic
2023-01-31 9:40:27 PM  

slantsix: I gave my wife the bright blue wax blank as a symbol that she could design it however she wanted (we're both designers).

Her response? "I'm never going to see another weiner, ever again!"

/12 years later, stronger and more in love than ever


Phrasing seems off on that. Just saying.
 
ShavedOrangutan
2023-01-31 9:42:53 PM  

Conservative Evangelical Millennial Cyclist: austerity101: We're still doing diamond engagement rings? Seriously? That tradition is less than a century old and it was deliberately begun as an advertising campaign. Use an heirloom or some other antique if it's that important to you, though I don't understand why it would be. It's just a hard sparkly rock, one that's likely controlled by a global near-monopoly. Everything about that seems distasteful and unpleasant to me.

I gave my my wife a ring pop. Seriously.

/she loved it


CSB: Decided a while ago that if I ever get married I'm going with a cheap engagement ring.  However, I do plan to spend a pretty penny to get her a custom engagement sword.
 
Lawbrkr
2023-01-31 9:44:02 PM  
Got married after serving, Been married 27 years. 2 kids 1 grandkid. Not a ranger but served in Desert Storm. Some of you need to widen your viewpoints of veterans.
 
MBooda [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 9:45:43 PM  
Depends on where he keeps it, I guess.
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slantsix
2023-01-31 9:50:51 PM  

Subtonic: slantsix: I gave my wife the bright blue wax blank as a symbol that she could design it however she wanted (we're both designers).

Her response? "I'm never going to see another weiner, ever again!"

/12 years later, stronger and more in love than ever

Phrasing seems off on that. Just saying.


Nope. Fully intentional. She even cried a little bit. I didn't ask if it was happiness about marrying me, or sadness about not seeing another weiner.

Lighten up, Francis
 
atomic-age
2023-01-31 9:57:46 PM  

Lawbrkr: Got married after serving, Been married 27 years. 2 kids 1 grandkid. Not a ranger but served in Desert Storm. Some of you need to widen your viewpoints of veterans.


QFT
 
Begoggle
2023-01-31 10:01:14 PM  

Lawbrkr: Got married after serving, Been married 27 years. 2 kids 1 grandkid. Not a ranger but served in Desert Storm. Some of you need to widen your viewpoints of veterans.


What is supposed to be surprising about what you're saying, exactly?
 
The Dog Ate My Homework
2023-01-31 10:01:16 PM  

Conservative Evangelical Millennial Cyclist: austerity101: We're still doing diamond engagement rings? Seriously? That tradition is less than a century old and it was deliberately begun as an advertising campaign. Use an heirloom or some other antique if it's that important to you, though I don't understand why it would be. It's just a hard sparkly rock, one that's likely controlled by a global near-monopoly. Everything about that seems distasteful and unpleasant to me.

I gave my my wife a ring pop. Seriously.

/she loved it


That's nothing compared to what I gave your wife.
 
Begoggle
2023-01-31 10:02:43 PM  

atomic-age: Lawbrkr: Got married after serving, Been married 27 years. 2 kids 1 grandkid. Not a ranger but served in Desert Storm. Some of you need to widen your viewpoints of veterans.

QFT


???
Lots of people get married and have kids.
Very mundane quote there.
 
jim32rr [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 10:08:02 PM  

The Dog Ate My Homework: Conservative Evangelical Millennial Cyclist: austerity101: We're still doing diamond engagement rings? Seriously? That tradition is less than a century old and it was deliberately begun as an advertising campaign. Use an heirloom or some other antique if it's that important to you, though I don't understand why it would be. It's just a hard sparkly rock, one that's likely controlled by a global near-monopoly. Everything about that seems distasteful and unpleasant to me.

I gave my my wife a ring pop. Seriously.

/she loved it

That's nothing compared to what I gave your wife.


You told that bartender you cleaned that up with meds, you lying?
 
winedrinkingman
2023-01-31 10:08:51 PM  

Sabreace22: Hey look! Some guy's cousin works for NPR and got a free ad for his business! Do you really want the enduring symbol of your marriage to be designed by guys who were stuck in a no-win quagmire for 20 years?


You just described most of the marriages at my old church.
 
Pointy Tail of Satan
2023-01-31 10:12:20 PM  
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winedrinkingman
2023-01-31 10:13:46 PM  

Conservative Evangelical Millennial Cyclist: austerity101: We're still doing diamond engagement rings? Seriously? That tradition is less than a century old and it was deliberately begun as an advertising campaign. Use an heirloom or some other antique if it's that important to you, though I don't understand why it would be. It's just a hard sparkly rock, one that's likely controlled by a global near-monopoly. Everything about that seems distasteful and unpleasant to me.

I gave my my wife a ring pop. Seriously.

/she loved it


You know with all the stereotypes about conservative evangelicals liking to marry girls who are still children, you probably shouldn't be admitting that your wife liked ring pops when you got engaged to her.
 
BretMavrik [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 10:18:47 PM  
"They want this idea of, they're fresh off a combat deployment, and all of the wives, girlfriends, family members are standing there with signs and they get to walk up, drop to a knee and propose."

"Honey, my time away and experiences have made me realize what really matters to me going forward. Also, battalion S1 keeps bugging the shiat out of me to designate a SGLI beneficiary."
 
Chemlight Battery
2023-01-31 10:24:56 PM  

austerity101: Everything about that seems distasteful and unpleasant to me.


Well, there's a shocker.
 
trappedspirit
2023-01-31 10:45:15 PM  
Forget blood diamonds.  The new craze is blood batteries.  As in, blood cobalt, blood lithium and blood nickel being mined to make your green rechargeable batteries for your self driving sex bots.  Now who's with me in taking your sex bot to the local dump, maybe one last good time before slicing her main torso cables and hydraulic pump lines, and throwing it on the pile of refuse?  Or is that your kink to start with?
 
Shryke
2023-01-31 10:59:32 PM  

Conservative Evangelical Millennial Cyclist: austerity101: We're still doing diamond engagement rings? Seriously? That tradition is less than a century old and it was deliberately begun as an advertising campaign. Use an heirloom or some other antique if it's that important to you, though I don't understand why it would be. It's just a hard sparkly rock, one that's likely controlled by a global near-monopoly. Everything about that seems distasteful and unpleasant to me.

I gave my my wife a ring pop. Seriously.

/she loved it


Is that your bride in your avatar, perchance?
 
stringbad [BareFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:29:37 PM  

Conservative Evangelical Millennial Cyclist: austerity101: We're still doing diamond engagement rings? Seriously? That tradition is less than a century old and it was deliberately begun as an advertising campaign. Use an heirloom or some other antique if it's that important to you, though I don't understand why it would be. It's just a hard sparkly rock, one that's likely controlled by a global near-monopoly. Everything about that seems distasteful and unpleasant to me.

I gave my my wife a ring pop. Seriously.

/she loved it


Good lord English is a loose language. Not like things that pop. ;)
 
MSkow
2023-01-31 11:29:38 PM  
In order to entice more young military men, each ring comes with a $1400 monthly payment on a Dodge Charger you'll wrap around a telephone pole driving back to the base drunk.
 
stringbad [BareFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:34:01 PM  
Here's a thought. If the wedding is about one and not both, a master slave relationship will have to change if the the slave wants equality or it will fall apart. Only speaking for myself of course :) your master may vary.
 
Ganon D. Mire
2023-02-01 12:07:35 AM  
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Tom Marvolo Bombadil
2023-02-01 4:00:25 AM  

austerity101: We're still doing diamond engagement rings? Seriously? That tradition is less than a century old and it was deliberately begun as an advertising campaign. Use an heirloom or some other antique if it's that important to you, though I don't understand why it would be. It's just a hard sparkly rock, one that's likely controlled by a global near-monopoly. Everything about that seems distasteful and unpleasant to me.


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MBooda [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 8:29:50 AM  
Blood on the ring? I'd just toss it.
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CCNP
2023-02-01 12:41:00 PM  
The whole "blood diamond" manufactured outrage campaign was a ploy by DeBeers corporation to exclude their competitors from the market.

DeBeers has ruthlessly controlled the global diamond market for 100 years. Part of their strategy has been artificial scarcity, which was accomplished by buying up the world's supply of diamonds. Then they allow these diamonds to trickle to the market at a rate they controlled.

So-called blood diamonds were entering the supply chain outside of DeBeers control, and driving down the price of diamonds.

To protect their quasi monopoly, DeBeers devised the Kimberly certification system to exclude those diamonds from the market.
 
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