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BrianVan
04/22/09

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Who do I blame for this? If not everyone? Ok, target acquired. Fuck you in the dick with a spikey garden hose, Jon Fine!
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MisterHippity
04/22/09

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I only read The New Yorker for the centerfolds.
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BadUncle
04/22/09

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And Home Depot will stop selling nails?
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Silverbackne
04/22/09

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This is a terrible idea, but let's focus on a more important matter: does that chick have hairy pits?
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DennyCrane
04/22/09

@Silverbackne: I'm going to go out on a limb and say no. Or at least not hairy to the point that it's disgusting. But then again I'm okay with a little leg stubble too, so I may not be the best person to comment.
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Kari's Favorite Mark
04/22/09

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Spinning off the pics into a pay-per site? Do they really think people pay for porn on the internet?
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City_Dater
04/22/09

@Kari's Favorite Mark:

Especially sad hipster porn...it's harder to find pictures of creepy oversharing 20-somethings clothed for pete's sake.
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Aaron Altman
04/22/09

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And tomorrow, Dov Charney also will announce less nekkid venture, "American A-Prude-Well".
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Smitros
04/22/09

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A failure of Nerve?
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BookishLookish
04/22/09

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YouGetonMyLastGoodNerve.com
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TableNine
04/22/09

@BookishLookish: That site was amazing in the early days. Cheap and edgy. Just like it's demographic.
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
03/24/09

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Does this mean that a briefcase full of diamonds is no longer a good way to carry your life's work to another country for tax purposes?
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miss_msry
03/23/09

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De Beers, if no one is buying, owning 80% of the diamonds in the world, means you own 80% of nothing.
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jjason82
03/23/09

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I've never understood why people think that diamonds are a good investment. They aren't. Have you ever tried to resell your old diamond jewlry? You'll only get a fraction of what you paid originally. They plummet in value. The fact that they are not only a good investment but rare and valuable is a giant lie concocted by the diamond industry in the first place.
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Tart of Darkness
03/23/09

@jjason82: They think that because jewelers tell them that. And once they understand those 4C's and have the pamphlet all memorized and have taken out more credit than they can imagine to buy them, they have to believe that they are a good investment or they would feel like fools.
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miss_msry
03/23/09

@jjason82:

They might be a good investment if you have to flee the Nazis.
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Schm
03/24/09

@Tart of Darkness: THANK YOU. I made an offhand comment in front of my married friend, without thinking, about how I don't like diamonds and would never want one if I got married. She immediately got offended and went into a smug diatribe about how it represents their future because it's such a big responsible investment, blablahblah. You know, something a loser single who drinks juice out of a bowl like myself would never understand.

Anyway, I tried asking her how exactly this is a smart investment and she basically just quoted whatever bullshit the diamond company told them. Sigh.
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Stan Scott
03/23/09

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Diamonds have little RESALE value, which makes them a very bad investment.

Sooner or later, people are going to realize that synthetic diamonds are quickly becoming indistinguishable from natural diamonds, and then the game will really be up. You can't wear your "Certificate of Authenticity" around town, now can you?
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krismry
03/23/09

@Stan Scott: yep if you try to sell one you soon find out you just spent a thousand dollars on a hundred dollar rock, XD
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logicalnoise
03/23/09

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maybe if de beers would price appropiately then people might be interested. instead diamonds are among the most overvalued mined subatances on earth. a ruuby is far more rare than a diamond and yet diamonds are more treaured because de beers locks up 80% of their stock for decades before selling.
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krismry
03/23/09

@logicalnoise: yep it was just advertising and marketing that convinced anyone they needed a diamond for anything.
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
03/24/09

@logicalnoise:

Yes! Someone else who gets the scam.
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pleppy
03/23/09

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dude, they totally lock up the deodorant in my local CVS, no lie. that and razors. condoms are unlocked, but you have to turn this big weird dial that makes a long, loud cranking noise, so that everyone within 3 aisles knows you've chosen the extra sensitive lubricateds or whatever.

viva la recession!
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Tart of Darkness
03/23/09

@pleppy: You would think just to be socially responsible they would give condoms away, you know?
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enriquez the water bottle
03/23/09

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Working in the internet jewelry business, our sales increased quite a bit over last year. HOWEVER, we are also selling at low margins, which many jewelry stores do not.

Lesson, diamonds, like anything, will sell, but you can't price them to the high heavens.
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sample032
03/23/09

@enriquez the water bottle: I was driving around a friend who was car shopping. I told one salesman something like "Even I [who wasn't in the market for a new car] would buy it at some price. $10k for a new Porsche? Show me where to sign."
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Tart of Darkness
03/23/09

@sample032: Car companies say they are desperate to sell and yet I suspect you did not come home with a new Porsche. Am I right?
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enriquez the water bottle
03/23/09

@sample032: @Tart of Darkness: Well, there's always costs you need to cover before you make money, so maybe a $10K Porsche ain't happening.

But, I do hear from customers that go into jewelry stores with our costs, and are told that "there's NO way [we] can sell diamonds at that price." But we do. This is why diamond stores can have "70% OFF!!" sales. Their margins are huge.
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Tart of Darkness
03/23/09

@enriquez the water bottle: But something that offsets your overhead is better than nothing that offsets your overhead, right? Or was my econ prof lying to me?
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