User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/Fave/least boxarts/@comment-25577599-20150131222512/@comment-53539-20150201194033

@eevee I suppose that's true, but why judge the shell if you know there's an oister inside? Why focus on the ugly when you know there's beauty inside?

While I have never been diving I know others who have.... I know for a fact in real life, you don't find a pearl in every case. In addition, the pearl may even be of low quality as well or from a species not regarded as prize worthy even when you do find a pearl (oyster aren't the only pearl producing species of shellfish) because you lacked the untrain eye to know better. Or you don't find a pearl of value to cove the cost of extracting it (you sometimes need diving equipment) and often just a single pearl isn't enough to get excited about.

In other words, this example you're using sounds solid, but its not because in real life you can open the shell and be very disappointed.