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Throwing a hotdog down a hallwayQuote:
Originally Posted by red_war_machine
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Scat. and R.Kelly.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttcheeks
I spent $1200 on my wife's ring - and it pained me greatly. My father was involved in the diamond trade to a small degree and I've seen with my own eyes the suffering it causes. However, I knew that's what she wanted at the time - now she's more aware of how it works and probably wouldn't get another diamond. If you pay more than $1500 for a ring you're an absolute douchebag. Diamonds aren't rare by any stretch of the imagination. It's companies like DeBeers and Kay that keep them stockpiled to keep the prices up - that and, y'know... killing kids.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonas
$1200? Wow, your wife is very understanding/liberal/etc. A lot of girls would not go for that. The standard rule of thumb is two months salary. And I've even seen articles and such that are trying to push for three months salary.
Whether I'm for or against marriage, I don't know. I'm pretty jaded on the subject at the moment. But, if I ever do get married, I'm not at all opposed to a two months salary ring. As painful as that would be. I like having something concrete that says "yes, I'm totally serious"
I'm a big fan of Patton Oswalt's: "Come drop your golf pencil down our mine shafts!"Quote:
Originally Posted by jonas
Which is why marriage in this country is bullshit except among the truly religious and the homosexual.Quote:
Originally Posted by torgo
The idea of "two months salary" was invented by DeBeers for an ad campaign in 99. As you can see it worked sickeningly well.Quote:
Originally Posted by torgo
I may seem like some sort of hippie about this, but diamonds really do cost human lives and it really shouldn't be worth it. And as for supposed "non-Blood diamonds", that's horse-shit too. Companies just put that sticker on the package when they know damn well it came from suffering.
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Originally Posted by jonas
De Beers is one evil fucking company. I will never buy a diamond.
Tell her you are putting it on a down payment for a house or something. If she doesnt go for it call her an idiot to her face and remind her she cant live in a diamond.
Whoah whoah whoah...how did you mix the Dalai Lama up in this? Buddhism deals with the issue by having its monks engaged in serious, rigorous and constant meditative practices that bring on lasting ecstatic/blissful states free from dualistic desire and attachment which make sex feel kind of pointless. I'd imagine being a full-blown five-star bodhisattva like the Dalai Lama on his worst day is better than hourly 5-ways with Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, that hot french news chick and the substitute teacher with the short skirts who made you feel like your dong was going to expode when you were 16.Quote:
Originally Posted by torgo
The difference with Catholicism is that it just says "sexual thoughts are evil, now stop it" without giving you any practical means to do so. It's always been my biggest issue with Christianity; unless God's dealt you a really holy hand in life, repression is often the only mechanism at hand to follow the instructions laid out before you. This, as seen in the case of your molestor priests, only magnifies the issues.
^^ That too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint of Killers