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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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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.

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[somaticdreamer.livejournal.com]

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