Popular website College Humor released a new short video capturing the attention of more than 1.5 million YouTube viewers on Valentine’s Day.  Revealing the history of the engagement ring, something to many of us that symbolizes love, the video argues that the whole concept was actually a man-made scam by diamond giant De Beers.

What do you think? Is the engagement ring just a marketing scam designed to make you buy material goods that are actually worth nothing?  Watch the video below and let us!