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Feldenak

Lifer
Jan 31, 2003
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Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?

Just shut up and go away already.
 

madeupfacts

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Apr 29, 2006
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers? No, I said dumb american women r the ones who think they "must have" diamonds because they've been so easily brainwashed by advertisements.
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: madeupfacts
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers? No, I said dumb american women r the ones who think they "must have" diamonds because they've been so easily brainwashed by advertisements.
you are a total tool.

 

Feldenak

Lifer
Jan 31, 2003
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers? No, I said dumb american women r the ones who think they "must have" diamonds because they've been so easily brainwashed by advertisements.
you are a complete and total fvcking moron.

Fixed.
 
Jun 4, 2005
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Originally posted by: madeupfacts
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers?.

Yes, you did, idiot.

which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary?

If DaBeers made it so, then you're calling DaBeers a dumb american. :confused:
 

DAGTA

Diamond Member
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers? No, I said dumb american women r the ones who think they "must have" diamonds because they've been so easily brainwashed by advertisements.
you are a complete and total fvcking moron.

Fixed.


I suppose you think, like the majority of geeks here, that if you kiss Mosh's ass and suck up to her you'll have a better chance of getting laid, eh?
 

Lonyo

Lifer
Aug 10, 2002
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Originally posted by: LoKe
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers?.

Yes, you did, idiot.

which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary?

If DaBeers made it so, then you're calling DaBeers a dumb american. :confused:

DeBeers can't decide anything for you, they can just encourage a certain way of thinking.
It takes the dumb Americans to follow this thinking and enact the cunning masterplan.
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers? No, I said dumb american women r the ones who think they "must have" diamonds because they've been so easily brainwashed by advertisements.
you are a complete and total fvcking moron.

Fixed.


I suppose you think, like the majority of geeks here, that if you kiss Mosh's ass and suck up to her you'll have a better chance of getting laid, eh?
yet another tool shows up in this thread. :confused:

 
Jun 4, 2005
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Originally posted by: DAGTA
I suppose you think, like the majority of geeks here, that if you kiss Mosh's ass and suck up to her you'll have a better chance of getting laid, eh?

I would normally look the other way, but in this circumstance they're both right. The OP is all of the above.

Originally posted by: Lonyo
DeBeers can't decide anything for you, they can just encourage a certain way of thinking.
It takes the dumb Americans to follow this thinking and enact the cunning masterplan.

He asked who started it; who came up with the idea, not who follows it.
 

DAGTA

Diamond Member
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers? No, I said dumb american women r the ones who think they "must have" diamonds because they've been so easily brainwashed by advertisements.
you are a complete and total fvcking moron.

Fixed.


I suppose you think, like the majority of geeks here, that if you kiss Mosh's ass and suck up to her you'll have a better chance of getting laid, eh?
yet another tool shows up in this thread. :confused:

I'm in good company with you here.
 

Feldenak

Lifer
Jan 31, 2003
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Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers? No, I said dumb american women r the ones who think they "must have" diamonds because they've been so easily brainwashed by advertisements.
you are a complete and total fvcking moron.

Fixed.


I suppose you think, like the majority of geeks here, that if you kiss Mosh's ass and suck up to her you'll have a better chance of getting laid, eh?

Actually, no. I tend to find most of mosh's posts reeking of arrogance. Doesn't change the fact that the OP is a poster child for the dangers of lead poisoning.

Edit: WTF would I need to suck up to an anonymous internet woman to get laid? My wife is more than enough for me.
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers? No, I said dumb american women r the ones who think they "must have" diamonds because they've been so easily brainwashed by advertisements.
you are a complete and total fvcking moron.

Fixed.


I suppose you think, like the majority of geeks here, that if you kiss Mosh's ass and suck up to her you'll have a better chance of getting laid, eh?
yet another tool shows up in this thread. :confused:

I'm in good company with you here.
stop kissing my ass and sucking up. :laugh:

 

DAGTA

Diamond Member
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers? No, I said dumb american women r the ones who think they "must have" diamonds because they've been so easily brainwashed by advertisements.
you are a complete and total fvcking moron.

Fixed.


I suppose you think, like the majority of geeks here, that if you kiss Mosh's ass and suck up to her you'll have a better chance of getting laid, eh?
yet another tool shows up in this thread. :confused:

I'm in good company with you here.
stop kissing my ass and sucking up. :laugh:

But I want to be like every other dumbass guy that looks up to you!
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers? No, I said dumb american women r the ones who think they "must have" diamonds because they've been so easily brainwashed by advertisements.
you are a complete and total fvcking moron.

Fixed.


I suppose you think, like the majority of geeks here, that if you kiss Mosh's ass and suck up to her you'll have a better chance of getting laid, eh?
yet another tool shows up in this thread. :confused:

I'm in good company with you here.
stop kissing my ass and sucking up. :laugh:

But I want to be like every other dumbass guy that looks up to you!
keep working on it you're almost there.

 

DAGTA

Diamond Member
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: DAGTA
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: madeupfacts
which dumb american decided that men must give women diamond ring worth 1/4 year salary? What does women buy men in return? Nothing! Then men pays for wedding and everything else.

In other countries women familes pay money, sheeps, goat, cows, etc to men for marrying their daughters. How did this country become so backward?
i don't believe any dumb american founded DeBeers, and i believe if anything is "backward" it's this post.

Did I say dumb americans found DeBeers? No, I said dumb american women r the ones who think they "must have" diamonds because they've been so easily brainwashed by advertisements.
you are a complete and total fvcking moron.

Fixed.


I suppose you think, like the majority of geeks here, that if you kiss Mosh's ass and suck up to her you'll have a better chance of getting laid, eh?
yet another tool shows up in this thread. :confused:

I'm in good company with you here.
stop kissing my ass and sucking up. :laugh:

But I want to be like every other dumbass guy that looks up to you!
keep working on it you're almost there.

I'll get there faster if you help me spend my money on you while you vaguely flirt with me and hint at possibilities on an online forum.
 
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How about we all stop quoting the same quote over and over. It's a 1:1 argument now, we know who you're talking to.
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: LoKe
How about we all stop quoting the same quote over and over. It's a 1:1 argument now, we know who you're talking to.
nah, i'm out. he's bored me now.

 

madeupfacts

Senior member
Apr 29, 2006
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good good. Now that the grammer police cadets r out of this thread, perhaps discussion can resume again 2 diamonds r evil!
 

Jeff7

Lifer
Jan 4, 2001
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There was an Outland comic about this, where it was asserted that the diamond industry itself is responsible.

I appreciate diamond because 1) It's sparkly, 2) It's compressed transparent carbon in a crystalline structure, and 3) it's extremely hard and thus useful in industry.

Artificial substances exist which posess those qualities, so they are just as good to me.
A friend of mine got an engagement ring, non-diamond, which she loved. It had to do with her birthstone and some other color or type of stone, so she said it meant more to her than a plain diamond would have.




*cough*
1/4 of a year's salary!????!??? I only just caught that part!!! Let's hope that's a joke and not tradition. If I had any single tiny thing that valuable, I wouldn't wear it anywhere, for fear of damaging or losing it.


I seem to remember having read that before....it just seems familiar.

Originally posted by: madeupfacts
amazes me that people in this country are so easily brain washed by advertisement.
I too am amazed, or maybe that's not quite the right word. I am perhaps amazed, but definitely not surprised.