A particular resource's value is inversely correlated to its scarcity...

1. 2018-06-12 at 3:49 PM UTC

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   WellHung Black Hole
   Folks, what are the exceptions to this rule?
2. 2018-06-12 at 3:50 PM UTC

   #2
   WellHung Black Hole
   Consider this thread obsolete. I made a mistake. Im wrong.
3. 2018-06-12 at 4:46 PM UTC

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   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
   Most people don't know there is a huge oversupply of diamonds, so much so that they are practically worthless. The only reason they are still valuable is because the output is squeezed down to such a low level people just think they're valuable.
4. 2018-06-12 at 4:55 PM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by -SpectraL Most people don't know there is a huge oversupply of diamonds, so much so that they are practically worthless. The only reason they are still valuable is because the output is squeezed down to such a low level people just think they're valuable.

   
   actually pretty much everybody knows that because its all over youtube and shit
5. 2018-06-12 at 4:55 PM UTC

   #5
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   *hits crack pipe full of weed*
6. 2018-06-12 at 4:56 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

   Originally posted by -SpectraL Most people don't know there is a huge oversupply of diamonds, so much so that they are practically worthless. The only reason they are still valuable is because the output is squeezed down to such a low level people just think they're valuable.

   
   I like the campaigns they're running now that call lab-synthesized diamonds (which are typically of a much higher quality) 'chinese fakes'
7. 2018-06-12 at 5:05 PM UTC

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   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

   Originally posted by aldra I like the campaigns they're running now that call lab-synthesized diamonds (which are typically of a much higher quality) 'chinese fakes'

   
   Greed knows no bounds. Shameless.
8. 2018-06-12 at 5:38 PM UTC

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   benny vader YELLOW GHOST
   childrens.
   
   thier so many of them and yet we treat them as valuables.
9. 2018-06-12 at 5:54 PM UTC

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   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

   Originally posted by benny vader childrens.
   
   thier so many of them and yet we treat them as valuables.

   
   And yet you like to look at their naked pictures, and thus drive the black market trade of them forward.
10. 2018-06-12 at 5:58 PM UTC

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    Rock_N_Rollover African Astronaut [my obsessively old-time raunch]

    Originally posted by -SpectraL And yet you like to look at their naked pictures, and thus drive the black market trade of them forward.

    
    I knew he was stupid.
    
    Didn't know he was a pervert though.
11. 2018-06-12 at 6:02 PM UTC

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    benny vader YELLOW GHOST

    Originally posted by -SpectraL And yet you like to look at their naked pictures, and thus drive the black market trade of them forward.

    
    which brings us to the next paradox :
    
    child pornography is the rarest form of pornography amongst all types of pornography
    
    but the majority of them are being distributed / shared for free.
12. 2018-06-12 at 6:02 PM UTC

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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

    Originally posted by Rock_N_Rollover I knew he was stupid.
    
    Didn't know he was a pervert though.

    
    He believes that, in a world of genuine free will, you can do as thou wantst.
13. 2018-06-12 at 6:04 PM UTC

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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

    Originally posted by benny vader …but the majority of them are being distributed / shared for free.

    
    
    It's not free. The child abusers get filthy rich off of it. You supply the demand, and they make the millions.
14. 2018-06-12 at 6:08 PM UTC

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    benny vader YELLOW GHOST

    Originally posted by -SpectraL It's not free. The child abusers get filthy rich off of it. You supply the demand, and they make the millions [citations needed].

    
    formatted.
    The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!

    • RisiR †
15. 2018-06-12 at 6:34 PM UTC

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    the pat-man Tuskegee Airman [overshadow that snuff-brown nestling]
    people