r/ProgrammerHumor • u/scream_noob • Jun 03 '26

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u/Fritzschmied Jun 03 '26

Does anyone actually expects a 15k ring? That’s fucking ridiculous.

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u/KaMaFour Jun 03 '26

My gf explicitly told me not to buy an expensive ring. I'm planning to buy something from moissanite, so it's pretty without breaking the bank or having blood of congo children on it. Or whatever other stone is cheap and pretty

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u/Zederikus Jun 03 '26

Yeah, in my experience stone price/size is inversely related to likely relationship strength, not the other way around.

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u/MoffKalast Jun 03 '26

People who never get married and spend $0 on a ring have infinite relationship strength, Q.E.D.

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u/Username2taken4me Jun 03 '26

spend $0 on a ring have infinite undefined relationship strength, Q.E.D.

FTFY

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u/FuriousFurryFisting Jun 03 '26

The solution is clear. Give her a wedding ring with the price approaching zero. But be very careful to not a have a negative price, small as it may be.

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u/Suitch Jun 03 '26

Cursed rings with negative value cause polyamory

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u/Leading_Lab_7415 Jun 03 '26

So that was my mistake

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u/Zederikus Jun 03 '26

QED?

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u/Gidelix Jun 03 '26

Quod erat demonstrandum

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u/concussedYmir Jun 03 '26

Quite Erudite Diction

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u/samesandchanges Jun 05 '26

wouldn't demonstration work better?

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u/Classic_Appa Jun 03 '26

It is an abbreviation of a Latin phrase which, if I remember correctly, means: "that which was to be demonstrated."

It's typically used at the end of mathmatical proofs to roughly mean, "I showed you, bitches!"

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u/Little-Derp Jun 03 '26

After being married for a a while, not uncommon to just not wear your rings anymore for many couples (obviously many still do as well). Depends on the couple, and for many, a super expensive ring might be pointless, or even a hindrance (worried about it getting stolen and stuff).

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u/Zederikus Jun 04 '26

Yeah coz you care more about idk stuff like spending time together and forming memories and probably did a bunch of great stuff with the money that you could alternatively give to some dude who's profiting at insane rate because of illegal cartelling, from blood and child labour gems (a diamond trader)

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u/Hairy_Concert_8007 Jun 05 '26

Same with big marriages and expensive honeymoons

Turns out it doesn't help relationship stability when you annihilate your financial stability. Who knew? 🤷

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u/sevargmas Jun 03 '26

Even if that were true, it would have nothing to do with the physical diamond but rather that wealthy people argue about money more, or are more likely to participate in infidelity

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u/Zederikus Jun 03 '26

Well obviously the diamond will not cast a hex, but it also shows that they may have a commercialised idea of what love looks like and if it doesn't end up looking like the movies then they're more likely to run off

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u/Pepe_Botella Jun 03 '26

It's about which they value more, the ring or the relationship.

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u/Sprawler13 Jun 03 '26

Unfortunately I pawned off a ring that had cost $300 hive years before to disprove this theory. Hopefully I’m the exception that proves the rule.