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[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 91 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

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

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 59 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Jesus Christ. Two months' income is so insane. I'd be pissed if my boyfriend bought me a ring that expensive.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 62 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

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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[–] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Underwire@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

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

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Like a memorable trip for two somewhere nice

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

[–] NRay7882@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Current net worth you mean?

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Raisin network on average.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I want to learn how to increase my net raisin.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 39 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Earned on the backs of working class.

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

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

For the prosperity of Bezos.

That sounded like a legit chant.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago

Sorry, warehouse is closed.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 7 points 2 months ago

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

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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...

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago

Luigi... Luigi what? Does anybody remember that name?

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The system as it is cannot continue this way. Something must break.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Can I suggest the necks of all billionaires?

[–] gurnu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nothing will change until the rich and rightwingers are all killed

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hey. They dont all need to be killed.

Lots of them are old as fuck or prone to doing stupid shit. They could just die passively. Heart attacks from too much old. Contaminated blood boy. Unforseeable accident while sunning his balls in the bed of his cybertruck while it's in full self driving. Bad (drunken) load on the gun he has literally never cleaned because cleaning is gay.

Fingers crossed, but im not optimistic that will be the first thing.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

It will. But it will disproportionately affect the poor.

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[–] officermike@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

He's actually three zeros off.

It's 0.0021%

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[–] freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The actual number is 0.000021, or 0.0021%. If you make $50,000 a year, 0.000021 is just $1.05. Bezos spending $5 million on a ring has the same effect on his net wealth as our 50k per year guy spending $1.05 on a wedding ring.

Cheap fucker didn't even come close to spending two months salary on his big love.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

TCP/IP? IPX? Arcnet? Token ring?

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Dam that's an expensive doorbell

[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Quickest, simplest fix would be to treat borrowing against unrealized capital gains as income for tax purposes.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dang thanks! Spell correct bitting me hard

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When I got married I spent like $700

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait, you guys are getting married?

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

You guys are spending money not to survive?

[–] CPMSP@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago
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