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Movie tiiime
I have a headache... I've been getting them more recently. I don't really know why... BUT the real reason why I posted instead of going to bed:
I finally watched Star Trek. You know, the new movie. I liked it. 8D It was shiny. Yeah, the plot's been done a bajillliiion times, but revenge is revenge is revenge. I liked the shiny. I was more amused than I should have been at the repeated injections to the neck. Scottish accents |D and yay explosions \o
Then I watched Blood Diamond. Which is about... Diamonds that have been mined and sold illegally that -as a biproduct- fund civil wars that kills hundreds of thousands of Africans a year. It talks about how diamonds aren't really that rare [which amuses me, because when you think of all the oil and coal we use every day and how that is made from the same stuff diamonds are made of, it makes sense >_>] and that companies use supply and demand, locking up most of the supply to create more demand. Then about child soldiers. Smuggling. It was a good movie and I enjoyed it... well. In that 'Wow, that was a good ending but only because it's a movie' type of good. Makes me happy I don't give a rat's ass about jewelry, but diamonds are used in all sorts of things now. Who knows.
I still want to see Eastern Promises.
I finally watched Star Trek. You know, the new movie. I liked it. 8D It was shiny. Yeah, the plot's been done a bajillliiion times, but revenge is revenge is revenge. I liked the shiny. I was more amused than I should have been at the repeated injections to the neck. Scottish accents |D and yay explosions \o
Then I watched Blood Diamond. Which is about... Diamonds that have been mined and sold illegally that -as a biproduct- fund civil wars that kills hundreds of thousands of Africans a year. It talks about how diamonds aren't really that rare [which amuses me, because when you think of all the oil and coal we use every day and how that is made from the same stuff diamonds are made of, it makes sense >_>] and that companies use supply and demand, locking up most of the supply to create more demand. Then about child soldiers. Smuggling. It was a good movie and I enjoyed it... well. In that 'Wow, that was a good ending but only because it's a movie' type of good. Makes me happy I don't give a rat's ass about jewelry, but diamonds are used in all sorts of things now. Who knows.
I still want to see Eastern Promises.
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Where have you been *jab* with your missing fingerprint and everything~
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the hype about diamonds was created in like the 1910s, when the dabeers (sp?) were like "we need to sell diamonds and we need to make them expensive." they decided to charge a lot of money for them and got this marketing plan to make people think diamonds were special, and worth two/three month's salary. why the /fuck/ would you pay 2-3 months salary for a little rock you wear on your hand and risk losing. why. whyyyyy.
a diamond is worth no more than any other rock. which is to say, two hundred bucks. tops.
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Aah, well. I wonder if one day people will realize all the stuff they think is so important isn't worth shit in the end. The recession seems to have helped, but 10-20 years after we pull out, I have a feeling our selecive memory will let us forget.
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