Jewelry is also fucking retarded. Once upon a time some guy was like 'you see this rock? awfully shiny. you want that rock?' and some dumbfuck was like 'yes, I do' and the guy with the rock replied '$$$' and thus, jewelery was invented.

It's a damn shiny rock. It serves no purpose. And people pay thousands of dollars for tiny rocks. Buy vibrators, not rocks. Cheaper 10 fold, actually useful, great gifts.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago

Sure, if you want to get super Vulcan about it. But people have emotions, can appreciate craft, can appreciate nature, and like to express themselves.

Granted, the person that buys a $100k watch is usually trying to express “I have money.” So fuck that person. But on the flip side, you have things like the necklace my wife wears, which contains a coin that reminds her of her mom, and was made by a local skilled craftsperson that makes really interesting stuff.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with rocking something that is sentimental and expresses that you value good craft.