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minus-squareTiefling IRLlinkfedilinkEnglish76•22 hours agoDoes it have to be diamonds? Could we maybe use the ashes of billionaires instead?
minus-square@BeatTakeshilinkEnglish5•8 hours agoIsn’t diamond manufactured in labs in 15 minutes now? I think the price is using natural diamonds value
minus-squareDiplomjodlerlinkEnglish31•22 hours agoHuman ashes are mostly carbon, so yes, of course. We’ll run out of billionaires pretty quickly, though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•21 hours agoLet’s give it a trial run with a few thousand then we can measure the impact and reevaluate.
Does it have to be diamonds? Could we maybe use the ashes of billionaires instead?
Isn’t diamond manufactured in labs in 15 minutes now? I think the price is using natural diamonds value
Human ashes are mostly carbon, so yes, of course. We’ll run out of billionaires pretty quickly, though.
Sounds like a win-win tbh
Let’s give it a trial run with a few thousand then we can measure the impact and reevaluate.
That’s a problem that solves it self
We’ll just have to try and find out.