More is More until It's Too Much

Recently, I mentioned that I would examine that many people, particularly those in the US, Europe, Australia, and areas of Asia have too much. The notion of more is better. I actually prefer the term "moreness", meaning pushing it to the next degree of whatever it is - the fastest, smallest, in terms of beauty, wealth, and anything else you can think of.

Right now I'm going Save as Draftto rant about something that is related to this topic. The diamond. Yes, the illustrious, glorious, perfect, forever, immaculate diamond. The more I read about diamonds the more I'm convinced that diamonds are a hoax, fraud, and illusion. Well, the actual diamond is real, but the preciousness of this mineral has been cleverly created by the diamond cartel De Beers. Here's a nice article written in 1982 about the diamond scheme.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond

Some background info about this company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beers

I'm still pondering this one thought. Wouldn't it be better to spend all the money you would on a diamond and put it towards a house, retirement, children's education or something that gives you a true return on your investment. People have enough other costs to deal with than paying some outrageous price on a mineral (salt is a mineral too). The other part that irks me about diamond is the composition of diamonds. They're made out of carbon and the last time I checked there was plenty of that stuff laying around (it's the 4th most abundant element in the Universe). That means you could burn that ugly couch you have from the 1960's or beautiful tree in the backyard and you'll end up with some carbon. Now remember from elementary school, "A diamond is formed by heat, pressure and time." And voila, you could end up with some type of diamond orr you could end up with something that has a similar lattice structure as a diamond- graphite. Oh, yes, graphite the ugly cousin of the precious diamond. Now why isn't graphite worth lots of money?

Where am I going with all this?

If you're a dude and you're planning on buying an engagement ring I think it's perfectly fine to discuss diamond alternatives such as synthetic diamonds with your significant other. I know what you're thinking, "Oh, my gosh, the diamonds are synthetic. They can't be any good." The problem is that these "fake" diamonds are usually a more perfect diamond than a the "natural" one. I won't tell you how much the man-made diamonds are, so you'll have to search for that yourself. I suggest that you put on a pair of Depends because you just might poop your pants. You've been forewarned. If you want to spend some extra cash then purchase a nice platinum setting for the engagement ring and wedding bands. Platinum is a element and no one so far has learned alchemy or learned to control nuclear forces on a whim.

One more thing, Superman created a diamond out of a piece of coal for Lois Lane. Oh, wait, that wasn't real, but the diamond myth is.