Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Dannyalcatraz]

…some stones were simply more durable than others, and while the others might be okay for earrings or necklaces, you really, really wanted to think twice before getting them set in bracelets or rings...

Sometimes, it’s surprising. Diamonds are the hardest natural mineral, and are facetable because they have a property called cleavage. Hit with force at certain angles, and you can literally just nick a piece clean off. And because of this, diamonds set in rings are usually well protected by metal and other stones. But every once in a while, you’ll whack your hand at just the right angle, with just enough force…

(Yes, I have chipped diamonds in my rings.)

Other minerals, while technically on the softer side, don’t crack easily and are more likely to be scratched than chipped or broken. A little polishing, and they’re almost good as new.

I don't wear jewelry -- I don't care for it. That said, my wife got me a wedding ring with a band of meteorite worked into it. It's the only thing I wear. I am reasonably sure it will survive regular contact with water, but I still take it off every time I shower.

I like to muse about the fact that this massive rock survived billions of years or time and millions of miles of space, only to be turned into a bunch of little things nerds wear.

Some of my meteorite jewelry has developed some minor cracks, and others are showing some oxidation that is obscuring crystalline structures.*

I can do things about the latter, but the former is permanent.



* clarification: they’re two VERY different kinds of meteorites.
Esquivel meteorite slice set in silver halo

Gibeon meteorite set in silver under opal doublet

 

[Scribe]

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Not the flex you think it is.

 

[CleverNickName]

I don't wear jewelry -- I don't care for it. That said, my wife got me a wedding ring with a band of meteorite worked into it. It's the only thing I wear. I am reasonably sure it will survive regular contact with water, but I still take it off every time I shower.

I don't wear jewelry either, and for the same reason. My wedding ring is a plain platinum band, and instead of a stone my spouse and I had each others' fingerprints engraved into them.

Sort of like this:

(photo from Etsy. No way am I going to post a picture of our fingerprints on the Internet.)

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I don't wear jewelry either, and for the same reason. My wedding ring is a plain platinum band, and instead of a stone my spouse and I had each others' fingerprints engraved into them.

That’s cool! On so many levels, That. Is. COOL!

I’d love to do something like that, but I lack:

1) a spouse

2) fingerprints

 

[CleverNickName]

That’s cool! On so many levels, That. Is. COOL!

I’d love to do something like that, but I lack:

1) a spouse

2) fingerprints

Heh, as soon as I noticed your "Like" on my post, I remembered what you had written a while ago about fingerprints.

 

[payn]

I don't wear jewelry either, and for the same reason. My wedding ring is a plain platinum band, and instead of a stone my spouse and I had each others' fingerprints engraved into them.

Sort of like this:
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(photo from Etsy. No way am I going to post a picture of our fingerprints on the Internet.)

Oh thats kinda like Billy Bob and Angelina.

 

[pukunui]

I've never understood what "bad faith" actually means, but I gather it's when someone has no desire to understand a conflicting perspective?

That's part of it. A person arguing in bad faith is set in their opinions, they want to "win" the argument no matter what, and they're not going to let any pesky facts or logic get in their way. They may also use under-handed tactics to "win".

 

[overgeeked]

I don't wear jewelry either, and for the same reason. My wedding ring is a plain platinum band, and instead of a stone my spouse and I had each others' fingerprints engraved into them.

Sort of like this:
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(photo from Etsy. No way am I going to post a picture of our fingerprints on the Internet.)

That seems like an incredibly bad idea.

Why, yes. I have been reading too many crime novels and watching too many crime films lately. Why do you ask?

 

[prabe]

That seems like an incredibly bad idea.

Why, yes. I have been reading too many crime novels and watching too many crime films lately. Why do you ask?

"Too many crime novels" makes as much sense as "too much Mozart."

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

"Too many crime novels" makes as much sense as "too much Mozart."

My mind immediately went from:
Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don't take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.

To:
Hannibal Lecter: My dear young man, don't take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many cuts, that's all. Just hold back a few and it will be perfect.