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[nisaa]

Just for the record: I'd really prefer my husband to shout from the top of his lungs how much he loves me in the middle of that famous square in Venice, Italy than give me a diamond ring.

Stupid ass diamond ring commercial.

I only like "Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend" 'coz Marilyn is so damned cute when she performs it.

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[dakotakym.livejournal.com]

For the record, I think diamonds are ugly & silly, too. I *much* prefer other gems (like rubies or sapphires). I also very much appreciate well-written poems, written especially for me (even more than the the rubies or sapphires). Articulate, creative people are exciting & sexy!

[tawny-vixen.livejournal.com]

Oh, I so agree!

Whenever I see that commercial I start screaming, "You %$#*ing whore!" at the television. Stupid TV female.

This is perhaps not an ideal situation as we live in a townhouse aparment with neighbors on both sides. But oh well...You've gotta speak your concience, right? ;)

[katann.livejournal.com]

I agree too. I hate that things are so material. Things given from the heart should really be more personalized, i.e. something made by their own hands or shouts in public.

Diamonds...

[kitune.livejournal.com]

"...She'll pretty much have to."

This was the tag line to a Family Guy Spoof of the popular De Beers ads which featured the shadow of a man putting a solid diamond ring onto the shadow of a woman's hand. Only in the Family Guy version's spoof, after gazing at the ring for a moment the woman's shadow begins kneeling toward's the man's crotch...funny until you consider just how many men (and women) view them that way.

Truly disturbing was an article I read several years ago about how De Beers not only dominates the diamond markets but went out and created markets for its diamonds where none previously existed. For example, in Japan there was no previous tradition of exchanging rings as a symbol of marriage. Through a huge marketing campaign De Beers created a new cultural tradition, positioning diamonds as symbols of status and westernization. Young moga, japanese for "modern girl", came to expect a diamond ring from her fiance upon proposal. They went from almost zero market in Japan to making billions on diamond jewelry sales inside of something like 10 years.

I'm going to stop flooding your lj with long winded posts and actually do some work now...I think its time for another vacation soon.

Re: Diamonds...

[somaticdreamer.livejournal.com]

I know, it's crass, but the best I could find online...

[bythebootstraps.livejournal.com]

that commercial creeps me the fuck OUT. nuff said.

[safirasilv.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to find I'm not alone in having that reaction...

[mykil-4.livejournal.com]

I say kudos to the men and women who resist pressures on all fronts to believe what others say to believe, value what they say to value, etc. I'm not saying that all traditions or influences are bad, just saying that having the strength of character to forming one's own opinions is what people should be promoting.

viva la resistance

[aislingrua.livejournal.com]

i'd love for my future husband to shout from the rooftops as well and i wouldn't be all prissy about it like the woman in the commercial. :p
i think diamonds are overrated and realistically... if you're starting your life together, don't you think the money spent on a diamond could be used so much more wisely on say... a house together or what not?