Diamonds are forever.

I think we have a new world wonder - people in Japan can now purchase diamonds made from baby hair. Who'd like to place bets on how long it'll take a celebrity to find one of these and popularize them on our shores?

Now, I think babies are great. They're precious. They're little miracles. However, I don't know a single mother who would blow thousands of dollars on a diamond made out of hair when they could, you know, save their child's first curls or something. FOR FREE.

Supposedly, these things are a way to "bestow gratitude" on "blessed offspring". Really, are people becoming so materialistic that they need things like diamonds to show how much they love their kids/pets/whatever?

Oh, wait. I guess we already know the answer.