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EvaK_de

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EvaK_de··on Diamonds Are Bullshit
I tried to get an impression of how (American) women think about this, so I went ahead and posted this article in a wedding-related forum. The forum's population is about 99% female (including me). Usually the tone there is very civil and opinions are well-balanced. Members treat each other with resepct.

But his time it's completely different: the reactions are crushing! I was bashed and put down like never before on the web, although I never even suggested that I agree with the author's opinion. They even went so far as to scan my older threads. They found one from half a year ago, where I pointed out another article with a similar topic, and then began to bach me in this dead topic, too.

Meanwhile it seams that the mods have closed the old thread, and I have deleted the new one myself since the bashing was getting me down.

What is it that makes american women so aggressive, when it comes to criticizing diamonds? I don't get it.

Living in Germany, I never quite understood how you can restrict a whole culture to believe so fiercely that a piece of compressed carbon is so very meaningful.

Link to the closed thread: http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/mens-view-on-engagement-r...

EvaK_de··on Show HN: I made a site that calculates the market price of items on ebay
Ah, that comes very handy! Thanks.

Would it be possible to show the full link when hovering over a truncated link ("lin...")?

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