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3 out of 4 women now prefer a plasma tv to a diamond... THANK YOU GOD

informationweek.com — i think 100 out of 100 men agree with this

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  • WickedDrag0oN, on 10/12/2007, -4/+130I can testify to this, I cought my girlfriend drooling at a 60 inch plasma the other day at fry's.
    • Cytranic, on 10/12/2007, -365/+60She was drooling over my 8 inch the other day. j/k
    • cheztir, on 10/12/2007, -6/+94cytranic thats not needed here.

      i can testify to this as well, i've noticed my girlfriend caring more and more about technology. Such as when i went to go grab a new laptop, she made recomendations.
    • Cytranic, on 10/12/2007, -189/+32You're right, what's needed is a sense of humor and an automatic spell checker for you both.
    • josegutz, on 10/12/2007, -21/+66 I wish my woman was into technology like that... All she ever does is buy new handbags and shoes every time I turn around... I really need to dump her, any takers?
    • ModernTenshi, on 10/12/2007, -8/+84If there was an award for best story title on a story, this would be it.
    • FTLJohnson, on 10/12/2007, -8/+14Personally, I'm a fan of the google ads that are popping up at the mention of God and Women... Now THAT's FUNNY.

      (and of course the obvious ads for Plasma TVs)
    • eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -3/+102I just asked my girlfriend whether she'd prefer a plasma tv or a diamond.
      "What the ***** is a diamond tv?"
      "..."
      "...oh. Damn."
    • palmer, on 10/12/2007, -62/+14Cytranic, you are right. But as we all know, the Internet is a clearinghouse for the maladjusted, and people who pretend to be offended when in fact they're the ones downloading pictures that will eventually get them fired from their jobs at the local elementary school. And jailed.
    • Hydroxyl, on 10/12/2007, -4/+106This changes engagemtns COMPLETELY.

      "Will you marry me?"
      *friend wheelbarrows a Sony HDTV in*
      "YEAS!"
    • zweben, on 10/12/2007, -43/+12@Cytranic

      I thought it was funny. So not *everyone* hates you.
    • skyjis6, on 10/12/2007, -32/+8hahaha... Palmer and Cytranic... You two are RIGHT ON THE MONEY... keep braving the negadiggs.
    • joejoeself, on 10/12/2007, -18/+7oh no, in a few years most women are going to be able to use *gasp* cell phones and cameras!!!!!!

      i have to admit though, its pretty cool that girls would rather have a plasma tv than a diamond, i dont hear any men complaining about that!
    • nightstar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40Just dont mention BOTH diamon and TV in same breath. She may want BOTH!
    • superdrea, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17see, at this point I'm actually curious as to how many girls are on this board.

      As someone who didn't participate in the survey, but somehow has two computers on my desk, and carries an ungodly amount of moneys worth of electronic equipment in her purse, I'm torn.

      The ring to seal the deal, but honey, splurge on the tv first.
    • DopeWeasel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24My girlfriend just told me she'd rather have the ring. =_(

      Bye, bye pie in the sky.
    • Magadass, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Man to bad my girl is traditional and a girly girl, I guess its gonna be both! muhahaha
    • electrosoccertu, on 10/12/2007, -24/+2@ cytranic-

      lol I thought that was funny. A bit vulbar maybe, but funny. (lemme know if you see this lol [dangit we need a messaging service].)
    • frank3000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32...now if I could only get a girl...
    • CosmicBratt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6superdrea- amen to being a lady. :) I thought I was the only one on this site.

      I love me some technology..so maybe we can compromise on pearl earrings and the TV?
    • elitebox, on 10/12/2007, -7/+9This is a completely BS and biased report. Anyone who doesn't acknowledge how factually unsound this report is, would only be deluding themselves. Come on guys, they interviewed girls from Girls Gone Wild.
    • birdwatcher3000, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2Call me old fashioned but I'd rather have a woman who likes shoes, clothes and jewelry than one who prefers plasma TVs, gaming consoles, and cell phones.
    • toekneebullard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4My wife recently told me that she wants a "big screen TV." I was blown away considering how hard it was to convince her I needed to build a new computer (my old one was 7 years old, and she felt that it was a bad investment if it didn't last past seven years. Now she uses the old one, and sees why i wanted a new one. ha!)
    • timla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My wife did the same thing the other day over some amazing looking LCD TV's. I was in shock, I actually had to tell her they were too expensive.

      Oh the humanity
    • ColdChilli, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My wife wants the flat screen only to get rid of the old 56" Box of a Projection TV.
      unfortunatly she only wants a 37" screen because it fits over the fireplace.
    • fingiecrookie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"I cought my girlfriend drooling at a 60 inch plasma the other day at fry's."

      That's hot.
    • tomoleary, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Listen to my podcast tribute to all the ladies who prefer high tech gear over diamonds! It's at http://www.messagingtimes.com/blog/?p=425&language=EN

      All the best

      Tom
    • cam18, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ Cytranic

      "She was drooling over my 8 inch the other day."

      Really? Why does your girlfriend like small televisions?
    • infowar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Umm, this is lame, this story has been posted since last thursday and because of the title heading finally got enough diggs to get everyones attention. I guess it really matters what the title is more than the freakin' story, cause i digged same article twice already.

      No Digg.
  • Prod_Deity, on 10/12/2007, -1/+104Depending on what size & brand of the TV, the ring might be cheaper.
    • Opelious, on 10/12/2007, -2/+49But at least you can both enjoy a TV.
    • a1programmer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30Yeah, but what had YOU rather watch? A diamond ring, or a plasma TV?
    • erick99, on 10/12/2007, -9/+42The ring might yield more sex . . . not that I am a pig or anything. Well, okay, I am a bit of a pig.
    • SrLnclt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+65Diamonds. Because she'll pretty much have to.
    • nerdofnerds, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21You never know what watching some ***** chick flick could do to a woman though ;-)
    • fkuall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@SrLnclt
      http://thatvideosite.com/view/2781.html
    • Visnik, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2@ erick99
      "The ring might yield more sex" Not if you can get your girlfriend/Wife to watch Pirates, Not the Disney version, I would provide a link, but I am at work. Google it.

      As a great Digg poser once said "Arrr Bring me the fluffer Maty"
    • D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I think I would tend to agree that the TV would be more expensive than most rings....But then again all i know about ring prices are the TV ads jewelry stores air around Christmas and valentines day....
    • blobzorz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8@ SrLnclt

      Diamonds. That'll shut 'er up.
    • erick99, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2@Visnick

      "As a great Digg poser once said "Arrr Bring me the fluffer Maty" "

      Fluffing is a good thing. I think Martha Stuart might have said that. Though, I don't think I would want Martha to fluff me. Well, maybe just a little bit . . .
    • timla, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@erick99

      That's funny, but how manny diggers know what a "fluffer" is?
    • erick99, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@erick99

      That's funny, but how manny diggers know what a "fluffer" is?

      Not many, I am guessing :-)
  • akvlad, on 10/12/2007, -7/+61Either way you're still losing out on the $$$
    • rocke86, on 10/12/2007, -2/+119At least you can make good use of a big screen tv, unlike a ring which is just eye candy that the diamond cartel over charges for by limiting supply and most of our society says that a diamond ring is a necessary symbol for marriage. I say we change this and use the money to buy stuff, replacing the expensive ring with a ring made of cheap metals/jewels. You can show your love without buying an expensive ring.
    • xrisnothing, on 10/12/2007, -116/+8@rocke86

      you sound like a poor person
    • cheztir, on 10/12/2007, -3/+35don't forget you could make a ring out of a coin like what was on the front page a few days ago, which didn't look too bad.
    • olddirtycr, on 10/12/2007, -10/+75@ xrisnothing

      you sound like an asshat
    • Sadiq786, on 10/12/2007, -29/+16@ xrisnothing

      You sound like a poor person attempting to create a facade of a wealth person; it's not working.
    • lordsandwich, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21"Either way you're still losing out on the $$$"

      Well, you could always propose with a plasma TV and add a diamond ring to the bridal registry. That way it all evens out. :D
    • Quinadal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I'd rather have the TV..
    • xenuxenuts, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15The ads tell you that you have to spend 2 months salary. My wife basically picked out her ring, and it was 2 weeks salary. We had more important things to spend the money on, like the honeymoon.
    • Burn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You've gotta be kidding me. That would be a damn nice Plasma TV.
    • dremspider, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Society "requires" the ring for a reason. It is a universal symbol to tell people, I am taken... I am not interested, now please leave me alone.
  • joel2600, on 10/12/2007, -50/+3Well for one thing diamonds can be made on the cheap now in the lab (which has been going on for some time) ... it's only a matter of a little more time before this affects the entire diamond market as we know it.

    also, a tv? why don't you buy her a life time supply of pizza and all of ann coulter's books if you want to turn her into an overweight propaganda fed sack of crap.

    also, this article is a huge load because you know they want the ring, anyone who tells you differently is a lesbian or a guy (or maybe she does really just love you, anything's possible)
    • DapperScoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+45The article (and dbryso's title) talks about a diamond necklace and jewelry in general, not an engagement ring. It never implies that a girl would rather be proposed to with an HDTV than a diamond ring.
    • FamousNovember, on 10/12/2007, -2/+59Not true. I'd much prefer the plasma screen over the ring, and I'm not a lesbian.
    • wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -2/+37November, you just had about 5000 guys want to marry you....
    • bennyboy371, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14To prove that point, November will you marry me? Except, I'm too poor for the plasma. Dammit. Should I wait for a nanotube? Or is that just stupid?
    • mice20, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8you know what...i think I'd rather have a tv too...maybe a new washer and dryer, than a ring. It makes me kinda sad to see how materialistic men on this site think women are. Not all of us need "things" to prove how much you love us. But a plasma t.v. is nice too.
    • FamousNovember, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19That's all right, I already have a plasma TV actually. ;)
    • eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -15/+9Actually, November, I almost dugg you down for the "I am not a lesbian" comment.
    • haaaaey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I would definitely prefer the tv over the ring, and I am no lesbian. I just prefer having things that are useful.
    • sapo916, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Why do people suck at reading... you still need a Wedding Ring unless you wana be a super cool newage no-ring trendsetter. We are talking about a necklace here.
  • skillcraft, on 10/12/2007, -1/+53With good reason; the price of diamonds is artificially inflated and a lot of them are the fuel of bloody conflict.

    http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html
    • atdigg, on 10/12/2007, -5/+41I agree, if your girlfriend wants an object for which people have been killed I think the best thing to do is find another girlfriend. (it's not about being cheap, you can give her other presents that are not soaked up in blood)
    • gd007, on 10/12/2007, -20/+5if this is true diamond prices should plunge!
    • D14BL0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17That's because diamonds are kept in storage (much like gold at Knox), to keep the prices feasable for profits.
    • dbacks714, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12your post reminded me of a great book i read about that. i believe it was called the Diamond Conspiracy. i cant remember who its by, though.

      edit- this was supposed to be under skillcraft's post
    • brad3378, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now if only we had a "bloody conflict" story to tell women when they buy 500 pairs of shoes.
  • balognytts, on 10/12/2007, -21/+1I doubt it
  • bilbus, on 10/12/2007, -16/+2only a small % are conflict diamonds. I have heard upto 5% of are.
  • Cytranic, on 10/12/2007, -53/+14I don't believe in god.
    • omgwut, on 10/12/2007, -4/+39Your valuable insight on the topic is appreciated, as always.
    • Cytranic, on 10/12/2007, -41/+6I just dont think we should be thanking god here, we should be thanking evolution.
    • omgwut, on 10/12/2007, -7/+20Then do it and quit whining.
    • titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10And this relates to women wanting Plasma screen TVs over diamonds how?
    • Narpas, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1You were passably witty before. That shot, though, landed on it's face.
    • Wickerman392, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Cytranny: I find you ideas insightful and informative, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter and/or magazine. Please mail copies regularly in a large envelope filled with flour or some other whitish power to 1600 pennsylvania ave. NW in Washington DC C/O Pres. bush.
  • Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -3/+84I'm female, and I prefer a Linux laptop over a diamond, but that's just me...
    • oakj423, on 10/12/2007, -6/+56any more talking like that and i'll be defragging your hard drive
    • timmarhy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34i use this question in my screening process already.
    • wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24Wardrobe, you just had 15,000 guys want to marry you, a Linux laptop is cheaper than a nice plasma.
    • Flankk, on 10/12/2007, -22/+10Linux doesn't need defragging you fsking fool.
      I'm more surprised that women are using digg than that they enjoy being showered with expensive gifts. Next up, the plasma engagement ring. Now display your favorite fiancee of the week in high definition!
    • Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16I'm agreeing with her on this one, as I am also female and would prefer a Linux laptop or a plasma TV to a diamond ring.
    • D14BL0, on 10/12/2007, -12/+7@Flankk
      Have you ever even used Linux? I usually had to defrag as often on Linux as I did on Windows.
    • leighhalliday, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28Woah, when did all these 'women' start appearing on the internet? Or on digg??
    • elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15So far it's about 3/30. Still only slightly above normal internet ratio. Then again, I'm willing to bet that at least 2/3 of those 'women' are actually men.
    • xenoterracide, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17yeah linux laptops are much rarer than diamonds.
    • mooninite, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6D14BL0, you obviously haven't used Linux, or you were using FAT32 (haha).

      ext2/3, XFS, JFS, and ReiserFS do not need defragging, nor do they even have defragging tools!

      Why is everyone down modding Flankk?
    • Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17@wilf_brim
      Those 15,000 guys are gonna have to save the marriage thoughts for later. I'm not even 15, give me time!

      But remember guys, the Linux laptop has to have a decent graphics card for Xgl/Compiz. :)
    • UncommonSense, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13@ Hindu

      "But remember guys, the Linux laptop has to have a decent graphics card for Xgl/Compiz. :)""

      Watch out. Some guys consider that dirty talk.
    • unidentified, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10@ Hindu

      Let me know when you're ready, I'll be waiting with that laptop. ;)

      PS: Call within the next ten minutes and I'll throw in a gig of RAM.
    • UncommonSense, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12^^ Like this guy. ^^

      Um, she's not even 15. Barely grass on the lawn. Take it easy peoples. Don't make me go "Diggline: Perverted Justice" on you all.
    • unidentified, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I'm a teenager as well, so it's all in good fun. I mean no disrespect by it.
    • Narpas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5At uncommon: Okay, so you've figured her age to be under 15. And you're talking about what?

      Buddy, if you're going to be the law enforcement, I'm gonna have to be the inquisition.
    • UncommonSense, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6All good. Mentioned this yesterday: there needs to be a sarcasm font.
    • evolseven, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2ext2 does have a defrag tool..

      # ext2 uses an offline defragmenter called e2defrag.
      # ext3 has no defragmentation tool, but can be temporarily downgraded to ext2.
      # ReiserFS has no existing defragmentation tool.
      # JFS provides the defragfs utility. (IBM operating systems only)
      # HFS Plus in 1998 introduced a number of optimisations to the allocation algorithms in an attempt to defragment files automatically without requiring an external defragmenter.
      # XFS provides an online defragmentation utility called "xfs_fsr" (although it is largely unnecessary).

      @mooninite

      obviously you really have no clue what you are talking about..
    • NerdyNinja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Man you youngins don't know how to court a lady. Kids these days.

      In my day, we offered to check out their ports and flush their PRAM.
  • woodwater, on 10/12/2007, -20/+6This story has been reported by our users as possibly inacurate.

    ;P
  • D14BL0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+42What if I give her a diamond-studded plasma TV? Yeah. She'll pretty much HAVE to....
    • aplusplus, on 10/12/2007, -7/+41Anal?
    • remiprev, on 10/12/2007, -5/+14... thank you?
    • ksponge, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Damn guys, it's the girl that should be buying you the tv. *hint* It's all in the tongue.
    • Wickerman392, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Ass to mouth? A donkey show?
  • sithmat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21In terms of beauty, I would agree that a nice 30+ inch plasma screen trumps even the best polished diamonds. In terms of usability, well, is a diamond good for anything besides coating the tip of a drill?
    • elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I still never understood the purpose of wearing diamonds. They're incredible stones that have hundreds of very useful applications, and we waste them by wearing them on our necklaces/earrings/rings. What the hell is with that?
    • JAKN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Can I invoke equal rights here? I'll spring for the ring (and honestly put time into picking a good one), then she springs for the plasma.

      why is it that 'equal' doesn't usually work out that way?
  • BradC, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19My wife is the 1 out of that 4 who would prefer the diamond necklace... and I really want a plasma!
    • ylikone, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Ask her WTF is the point of jewelry... I hate women that lust after crap like that.
    • ksponge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Lack of sensibility
    • UncommonSense, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3You should leave her for a woman that would take a plasma TV.
    • kalphegor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2She is a smart woman.
    • Giever, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2But, then, isn't a plasma TV just eye candy as well? You are getting the same content as a regular TV, it just looks better (or bigger, depending on the TV.) It seems like the same sensibility, though I have to agree that one can look at a plasma TV longer than a ring, most likely getting more enjoyment out of it.
  • DDDoc, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12Diamonds hold up their value better than a plasma TV....
    • Daisuke, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15because of an artificial inflation and monopoly on the diamond market. as soon as factory produced diamonds become common, don't expect them to hold their prices.
    • DDDoc, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3You will never be able to replace the real thing, it may be chemically identical, etc etc... but the woman will still want the real thing. Did anyone notice the article mentions a necklace, instead of a wedding ring which many people here have alluded too?
    • Daisuke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"You will never be able to replace the real thing, it may be chemically identical, etc etc..."
      Uh. Dude. They are _exactly identical_. You cannot tell the "real thing" apart from something developed in the lab, except for the fact that the ones developed in the lab have less impuraties. Why wouldn't women want that?
  • glafira, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6See heres the thing, I wouldnt find myself hesitating over buying a plasma, as much as I would over a diamond. Women cant live with em, cant live without em.
    • hobnob, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5can't live with em, can't bury em in the back yard
  • Eeqmcsq, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I had to digg this just because the title here made me laugh.
  • happyfundave, on 10/12/2007, -1/+50In reality, the girl wants both.

    Start saving
  • Oatmeal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5haha, dugg because the title cracked me up
  • johnwp, on 10/12/2007, -15/+4Did you know that a plasma TV uses about as much power as a large refrigerator? It's true. Let's all say it together now... glo-bal warm-ing.
    • ylikone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That's why you spend a bit more and put some solar arrays on your roof and power the entertainment system with that... or actually, you get power from the big batteries that are charged by the solar power.
  • toppgun, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10a diamond is forever... a tv becomes old news once the shows start getting boring and formulaic
    • synergyo1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Until it turns into graphite in like millions of years ;)
    • tjl2015, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Actually, right now, diamonds are in the transition from expensive novelty into bulk raw material. A good introduction can be found in the Wired 2003 article, Diamond Age:
      http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html

      We have been able to create substances with the same chemical structure as diamonds since the 1950s, by subjecting carbon to high heat and pressure. This type of industrial diamond has been used extensively for drill bits and other applications that can take advantage of their great durability. However, it is only now that we are learning to make gem-quality diamonds. The wikipedia article goes into more detail:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond

      Within a few years we will be mass-producing these things. Because of their special properties, diamonds have an endless variety of applications, held back only because of their cost. For example, by adding a few impurities, diamonds can be useful semiconductors. Because of their excellent thermal conductivity, a processor built on a diamond semiconductor base would be capable of much higher clock speed. Diamonds could very well be to the 21st century what silicon was to the 20th.

      In fifteen years, you will not need to choose between a diamond and the plasma screen. The diamonds will be inside the plasma screen!

      And for anyone who thinks the transition of diamonds from symbol of eternal love to base raw material is somehow tragic, remember that this type of thing has happened before. If you look at the royal crown jewels in London, you will see what you would expect. Gold, silver, and numerous gems of all types. One thing, however, is amiss. A large bar of aluminum is found next to these still valuable articles. This currently worthless trinket was places there during a period in the 1800s, when aluminum was worth more than gold. Aluminum's price decline was crucial in the development of all modern aircraft. Just as with aluminum, the downfall of diamonds will bring a whole host of wonderful technological advancements, allowing things that would have been impossible only a generation before.
    • macslut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Actually diamonds aren't forever. They crack, discolor, get lost or stolen. And diamonds haven't been forever either. They are a fairly recent practice for marriage thanks to the marketing of truly evil people.

      Of course the people killed, raped and tortured to put a sparkly object on a finger...well, that pain is forever in the sense that it can't be undone.
    • ylikone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Diamonds are forever? Forever what? They're just friggin sparkly ROCKS! They are forever boring and useless sitting attached to some ring. Put one on a drill and it'll at least be usefull.
    • ksponge, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Because shiny rocks are cool and stuffs.
  • firemaker103, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10In twenty years plasma tvs will be dirt cheap. Look at flash drives! One year ago I got 256MB for $70. Now I have a 2GB for $40. :
  • culebra, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15I've always though that my wifes diamond is sorta like a backup plan if things really really go wrong. No like lost your job wrong, but like nuclear war and we need a tank of gas wrong. Plasma TV won't work in that department. Plus a diamon last for ever. A plasa TV, those things crap out in time.

    • ylikone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10You think after a nuclear war the world will keep up commerce by trading diamonds? HA HA HA
    • mfshadow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Have you ever tried selling a diamond? Good luck. The DeBeers cartel sets the price of diamonds on the retail level by controlling supply. Society says that we're not supposed to buy a *used* diamond for an engagement ring, so where do you think the demand will come from on the secondary market?
  • mikesty, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26All it proves is that women really are materialistic. Oh well, at least we can share materialism together on the couch
    • mikesty, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6So nice that I'm not allowed the less than three love symbol :(
    • mice20, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5you know what...I'm not a materialistic woman...in fact I told my fiance that I didn't want a diamond ring, and I really didn't he was the one that insisted on me having it
    • elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1On that note, I really don't like how Digg doesn't allow the ... whatever they're called symbols. I use them a lot for my sarcasm tags ( which get deleted ), my *sighs*, and the shifty eyes emoticon.
    • neko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yes, it does strip out a lot of characters. Can I use backslashes to quote it I wonder? Edit: Nope \ only \\ seems to work.
  • Wavey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26I feel sorry for the little kid that has to lug a plasma TV down the wedding aisle.
  • hyperhex, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I've just pop the question to a female friend of mine, and she's probably the 4th one who says diamond, but.. that's a catch.. this is cut & paste from my msn chat:

    I'm not sure.
    If you gave me the Diamond, I'd sell it off and buy a cool Plasma TV and PS2, plus other cool-add ones.
    If I got the Plasma, I'd have to go buy the Ps2 and add-ons on my own...
    What do you think?
    • diggmaddy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4Thinking of buying a PS2, not Wii? Which year did this chat take place?
  • glooper23, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Because they care more about what's on TV than you.
  • wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6While women may want tech stuff, don't expect to get a 60" Plasma instead of an engagement ring. To be really honest, the TV will go, hopefully she will be wearing the ring for a lifetime. Also, while you may get some comments on a nice TV, it is really incredible how many comments you get when you do a good job on the ring.
  • SgtCrispy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4That's just cool. Although I think the Plasma vs Diamond thing has more to do with a gift one would buy ones spouse on a birthday or anniversary.

    Still, good to know for the future!
  • bunkka, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12***** plasma, LCD, OLED all the way!
    • plasmatic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4There are pros and cons for each of them but I think that LCD comes out on top.
    • delvach, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Clearly, the women they're talking about don't spend a lot of time with the same HUD on screen.
    • ylikone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4You are correct... Plasma is a dead technology. Go LCD and derivatives.
  • hmreality, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Yeah right..."46 percent doing their own computer trouble-shooting."

    If by "doing their own trouble shooting" they mean "picking the phone and whining to their boyfriend/nerd friend/Asian guy" then yeah, I'd believe it.
  • speel, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3Rofl at the "THANK YOU GOD" part.
  • hotwheel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Sweetheart, your my world. Will you marry me? *whips out a velvet boxed 42" Sony Wega*

    Ya, I don't think so. The headline would read more accurate if it were "3 out of 4 women now prefer BOTH a plasma tv AND a diamond..."
    • mtekk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5No, the headline would have to read "4 out of 4 women now prefer BOTH a plasma TV AND a diamond..." to be the most accurate, who wouldn't want both?
    • ksponge, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Ban Sony.
  • reldren, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5Just goes to show you that women don't know anything about electronics, because plasmas SUCK!
    • mice20, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5well reldren, some men just dont know anything about women. (period;)
    • scott1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2And don't forget electronic(Plasma is cool becuae It's plasma!)
  • vince1731, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I wish I could digg this more than once.
  • zbeast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It would be something we could enjoy together.
    We both like watching movies.
    We both hate cinemas. At home we can cuddle in Private.
    When were not watching movies on it I can kick his butt at games.
    Big TVs much better than a $10,000 hunk of carbon.
    I'll take the big screen.
  • drewX2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Not to hate on any of the females on this site. However I do see a lot of them saying they would rather have the plasma tv, which makes sense because we are on a techie type site. If you asked at the mall would you get the same response? I asked my girlfriend and she prefers the ring...go figure...
    • diggmaddy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4maybe your girlfriend is one of the 25%?

      The survey has already been conducted and I believe it was conducted with a random sample of population, rather than just the digger women.
  • geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3What I want to know is, when we can mass produce synthetic diamonds that are no different than the real thing... so you can buy diamonds for $5 a ring, will women still look forward to diamond rings? "Here's your $5 10 carat diamond, will you marry me sweety pie?" I just don't see that happening but I'm not sure what they will want instead.
    • mice20, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4hell yes I'd still look forward to a diamond!!! Plus it's more the meaning behind it, maybe thats just me
    • tjl2015, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Right now, most of the cost of the ring is probably in the gem, rather than the band. Rings might just become larger. Unless you figure out that whole transmutation of elements thing, gold is always going to be expensive. If that isn't expensive enough, maybe the transition will be from a ring to a gold bracelet or necklace or something. Even if diamonds become cheap, people will still want a symbol of love. In a society like ours, time=effort=money. Even though people never say it in sow many words, a ring is valued because it says in a small, portable package, "I care enough about you so much that I worked for X number of hours on something that has absolutely no value other than a symbol of my love." Yes, a plasma TV, a car, or something else may be worth more, but BECAUSE it has a utilitarian purpose, it has far less symbolic value.

      That is a powerful thing. Once the tradition of the giving of such a symbolic gift has been established in a culture, I don't see it fading just because diamonds become cheap. It will simply morph and change, just like all traditions do through time.
  • andrethegiant, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7"i think 100 out of 100 men agree with this"

    except that one gay guy
  • yak86, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2"Ooh, I love the way you dirty type
    I can take you home on escape
    Ooh, I need your backspace in my life
    Thank God you don’t have a flat screen
    ...
    I wanted to link up with you, baby at first sight
    With you I get to use my f keys
    I can’t wait to give you mega bytes
    I got all the memory you’ll need
    Let my fingers do the talking"

    Usher - Dot Com
  • w3bslinger, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Imagine giving a HDTV when you are proposing to ur gf instead of a diamond studded ring ...

    "Honey, would you marry me? .. "
    (the movers coming in with the HDTV on their backs)

  • buknaykid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13based on what I have read, most commenters have to imagine actually having a girlfriend first.
  • jflowers45, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4All this talk about women and jewelry...
    Beware goldDIGGers!
  • macslut, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5I would never marry a woman who insisted on a diamond ring. That type of woman must either be:
    1) Retarded
    2) Evil
    3) Psychoatic

    I've dated women from all three categories and we've discussed marriage. Some were retarded in that they didn't know the price in blood for diamonds. Really, how could you be so friggin' clueless?

    Some knew people are killed, raped and tortured for diamonds, they just didn't care or couldn't process that their diamond caused such things.

    I would rather a woman point to a family that she wanted me to kill in her honor. At least that way I wouldn't have to look at the ring as a reminder of the people who were killed for it.
    • ylikone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You are dead-on correct. Any compassionate and educated female would REFUSE a diamond.
    • vlurk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Unless you buy your diamond from a Canadian diamond mine. ;) (it exists, for real: http://www.tahera.com/). Seriously, I'm 100% sure that there must be diamond mines in the world where the cost in blood is real close to null.
    • macslut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Vlurk, the problem is that no diamonds should be purchased regardless of origin. While one stupid rock may or may not have blood on it, it contributes to an industry that causes many brutal deaths per year. It's like the ivory tusk trade. The solution was to ban all ivory tusk trading.

      This is why my head feels like it's going to explode when I see women wearing these bloody rocks on their finger as they sign petitions to ban all whaling, or other good but less significant to human cause.
  • m00dy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0all the girl should need is seek ur approval 24/7x365
  • MrViklund, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Well, I don't think I agree with this at all.
    Diamonds won't lose in value and you can sell it 50+ years from not at a great profit. Your plasma TV won't be worth anything 50 years from now and I don't think you even would be able to use it if it still works 50 years from now.

    Diamons for me.
    • ylikone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3People are mistreated, tortured and killed so that you can have that diamond. Is it really worth it? Nobody is getting killed because you want a new TV.
    • sapo916, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Maybe not killed... but people are mistreated for you to get that TV. You included 3 conditions for the Diamond but only 1 for the TV, special treatment?
    • vdigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You are clueless.

      A diamond loses its value the moment it leaves the store. A bank tried to sell a bunch of diamond that were said to be woth $10 million. Only one diamond dealer made an offer and it was about 30% of the retail value of the diamonds.

      If no one buys something that thing has no value.
  • m00dy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2everybody who says dimonds for him is apparently pussy whipped, for godness sakes stop insulting your manhoodness, if the girl wants a dimond let her buy one for her self, unless she is like the one i have and buys u something of equal or greater value then i think thats fair enough...
  • Fuzzimonkee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Psh, screw the plasma screen (the components that need to be replaced every so often cost about as much as a new damn TV) and screw the diamond ring (what's so great about diamonds, anyway? Other than being able to cut glass...) , I'd rather get a bouquet of RAM.

    But then I don't know many other women who would side with me.
    • vlurk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Oh yeah, I can see a beautifully bouquet, full of colors with all the aluminum RAM heatsinks. You've got to make a big impression with something like that: probably a bad one, but a big impression at least. ;)
    • haaaaey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2i would totally go for a bouquet of RAM. let's spread the suggestion!
  • neocitron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3adapt or die.... technology has changed the world..... the last thing i expect to be changed are women.... and even that notion is slowly changing.
    I think women care about technology, just not in the exact way most of us here on Digg do.
  • Hurricane, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2LMAO
  • digitallysick, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7get her a tv and you will hear " you never get me a ring, i dont have anything your terrible" get her a ring " we need a plasma tv, you never buy anything for our home, all my friends husbands got them plasma tvs, what were you thinking?"
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