human beings can now produce cheap, lab-grown diamonds of whatever decorative or industrial application you wish, and capitalism still wants to hang on to slave labour, killing Indigenous people with methylmercury from mine tailings, and price fixing. so much for 'progress'
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if there is any part of you that prizes luxury items based on rarity, please destroy it and get a grip. lab-grown gems are beautiful, useful, and interesting. "but they aren't as special" excuse me excuse ME literal godlike powers of alchemy aren't SPECIAL ENOUGH?? WHAT???
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you can put two different metals together and heat them up and when they cool down you have RUBIES LIKE YOU JUST MADE VERY HOT HALF BITE BROWNIES ARE YOU KIDDING ME HOW IS THAT NOT AMAZING TO YOUpic.twitter.com/gaMavxbluo
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WE HAVE MAGICAL GEM SCIENCE AND DE BEERS DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE A HANDFUL OF DIAMONDS TO USE INSTEAD OF THE BOOT IN FAMILY GAMES OF MONOPOLY
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realtalk: one of the most magical parts of Contact for me was the part where ellie makes rubies for a telescope, and she wears the imperfect ones as jewelry now THAT is meaningful, personal jewelry
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"very well, if that is yer custom"
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I am excited about this now after reading your thread!
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same! i hope they go out of business!
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