At rhe time of that ad campaign DeBeers actually had enough diamonds stockpiled the cost per carat should have been about a buck fifty. The convinced people to pay upwards of 300-500% above cost.

In any case, it isn’t so much about why some “tradition” was created, it is, however, important to know what caused them to happen & catch on. AND to understand it it is still relevant. Kinda like the whole “no meat on friday” thing, which isn’t really a thing anymore.

The answer I have usually heard for that question is usually "a thousand years"

Q: What’s the difference between a religion and a cult?

Also the “common knowledge” that an engagement ring should cost about three months’ salary (gross, not net) was created by DeBeers marketing.

On the plus side, we will probably be firing some anti vaxxers soon.

We have people that literally don’t know the Earth orbits the Sun, and think a Magical Man made the world 10,000 years ago. Some of these people are in the government.

A bunch of them apparently think an injection will change your DNA so...

The portion on bioluminescence should really clarify that we’re talking about light in the visible spectrum, but which is too weak for our eyes to discern. Because all organisms emit a copious amount of light in other spectrums, most specifically the infrared spectrum (700-1km nm), which we experience as heat.

Berlanti says he wants a LGBT actress to take over the role, is the only thing I see going against Rachel Skarsten taking over

Could this be due to the injury that she sustained on set? These Roles are pretty physically demanding.

Cryer is a god damn marvel as Lex - just when you think they might be going a little *too* cheesy the mask slips and the real hate and pettiness underneath snaps you back.

It disappeared into the nether? It went the way of everything else that no longer exists thanks to the merging of universes?

With the reset, Eve was last seen being taken in by the FBI. And in this one she never even knew the Luthors. So I think it’s fair to assume that she has no connection to the old Eve Tessmacher pretty much whatsoever.

Kara’s delight at the arrival of William’s treats was the high point of the episode.

If the Joker were in this episode, he would’ve clapped excitedly for Lex. What a way to unveil such raw underhandedness and madness!

I don’t think they should kill Lex, Jon Cryer is just too good in that role. I don’t know where they should go with him after this season though. He is just too epic to use in a storyline that isn’t world-altering though & I don’t think you can do that every season and maybe they can’t move him to the Superman & Lois…

I sadly was completely lost during this episode because it’s been over a month (and felt like longer than one month) since the last episode aired.

God Cryer is so damn good as Lex. I hope they never do something dumb like kill him again. That said, I think Eve is going to plug him, before the season’s over.

I am actually impressed they paid for Man Who Sold the World by Bowie instead of doing a cover.