Feel like there's a fundamental difference between types of golem with material that don't involve such waste/harsh labor for extraction and making friends over the internet because I'm socially retarded
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There's no waste unless you think we don't need abrasives, gem diamonds are mined alongside the industrial ones
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it's still a shiny rock. opportunity cost or whatever means that money could have been spent in something valuable. why do we value shiny rocks and not one of the other trillion things that are used in industry
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Replying to @sonyasupposedly @sonyaellenmann and
the rarity is fake, there's more diamonds that it is usually let on, easier to produce also, most use is industrial, and diamonds for marriage is one of the most glaring examples of capitalism creating consumerist need were none was necessaryhttps://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/diamond-de-beers-marketing-campaign#sm.0001wbpc7cfsweunskn2apsohjrkw …
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Replying to @SilverVVulpes @sonyaellenmann and
Misses the economic value of engagement rings probably When engagement was often the point when ladies put out for the first time, a broken engagement --> lower SMV Expensive ring was collateral and a credible commitment mechanism
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Replying to @eigenrobot @sonyaellenmann and
again, why rings with shiny rocks out of all thiiiiiiiings do you want me to just say I prefer to go back to dowries and stuff????
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Replying to @SilverVVulpes @sonyaellenmann and
dowries worked in the opposite direction you're thinking of brideprice :) also why not? except that rings are a good ritual and I support those
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Replying to @eigenrobot @SilverVVulpes and
Eigen did you pay the iron price?
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