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TeMPOraL on Sept 18, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? (1982)

> Try gifting her a piece of coal and watch.

That's the whole point. Coal is a hyperbole here, but her special attitude towards diamonds is something manufactured artificially around 50-60 years ago.

vidarh on Sept 18, 2012 [–]

The point is that the vehicle for conveying status doesn't matter. All that matters is that it conveys status. Everything else about it is veneer.

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