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    ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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    The $5mil ring cost him 0.0000021% of his current networth

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    The $5mil ring cost him 0.0000021% of his current networth

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    • Philharmonic3@lemmy.world
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      The system as it is cannot continue this way. Something must break.

      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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        It will. But it will disproportionately affect the poor.

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        Can I suggest the necks of all billionaires?

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          Nothing will change until the rich and rightwingers are all killed

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      I don’t understand how more people aren’t upset by this. I guess that’s why they installed Trump, to keep us mad about everything else…

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        Some people live under the delusion that they’ll become billionaires someday. They project themselves that far ahead. Oblivious.

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      18 hours ago

      I thought that the rule was supposed to be two months income.

      I guess Jeff doesn’t really love his new wife.

      • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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        Jesus Christ. Two months’ income is so insane. I’d be pissed if my boyfriend bought me a ring that expensive.

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          Two months is what DeBeirs, the assholes who hold a monopoly on diamonds, arbitrarily told people to spend on a diamond.

          Ultimately it should be what makes both parties happy.

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            My partner and i bought our own rings. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.

          • D_C@sh.itjust.works
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            Originally in the they said it was one months’ salary. They then upped it two months. And they then upped it Three months

            You can also see in the article that they hoard about 60% of the world’s diamonds. De Beers is a corrupt company sitting on top of a corrupt system built on blood and death.

            • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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              Some good news

              https://nairametrics.com/2025/05/09/de-beers-exits-lab-grown-diamond-market-as-prices-crash-90-from-china-supply/

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            When I still loved her, I got my ex an engagement that was about two days salary tbh. She had many faults, but that’s about the only thing she never gave me shit for.

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          you might not mind too much if you lived in a time when women didn’t have their own bank accounts or source of income not controlled by their husbands. it was actually a decent rule when it was the only thing of real value you truly owned and could sell if you needed to gtfo of an abusive relationship or give you a bit of breathing room if you were widowed suddenly (and your husband’s family decided not to take care of you once he was gone).

          but yes, now a days is definitely overkill.

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            Like abused wives can easily escape and do their life without repercussions. It isn’t a rule to favor abused wives.

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          My ass was confused there’s a different category for wedding rings that has this generally insane pricing. There are a lot of other ways to show a partner they are special. Like a memorable trip for two somewhere nice can go well under that.

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            Like a memorable trip for two somewhere nice

            This 1,000,000x time more than some expensive piece of metal and rock

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        jeffery is not capable of human emotions like love and empathy

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      11 hours ago

      What does Bernie mean by real tax rate? How is he calculating that 1.1%

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      Earned on the backs of working class.

      Did Amazon ever acknowledge or deign to negotiate with the unions formed by their workers?

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        You must pee in a bottle and process a package in 25 seconds… For the prosperity of Bezos.

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          For the prosperity of Bezos.

          That sounded like a legit chant.

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        Sorry, warehouse is closed.

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        The rich are thieves that steal from us, our kids, our future!

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      Current net worth you mean?

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        Raisin network on average.

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      Dam that’s an expensive doorbell

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      TCP/IP? IPX? Arcnet? Token ring?

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      Luigi… Luigi what? Does anybody remember that name?

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      Damn, her ring is a hundred times less than their ride?

      If I do the math with my five hundred dollar ranger that’s about a ring pop.

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      Only 0.000021%. It seems you accidentally threw in an extra zero.

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        The fact an order of magnitude made functionally no difference is ridiculous.

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        He’s actually three zeros off.

        It’s 0.0021%

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          Damn, you’re right. I forgot to account for the conversion to %.

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        Much better.

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          Order of magnitude better. Three orders of magnitudes better once you also fix the misuse of percentages.

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      Network?

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        I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!

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        Dang thanks! Spell correct bitting me hard

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          Bitting?

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        Net worth*

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          Oh, I get it. Your network is your net worth.

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      Net worth is two words.

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      When I got married I spent like $700

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        Wait, you guys are getting married?

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          You guys are spending money not to survive?

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