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Carl-E:
Vicodin is stamped with "M357". 


It is the 357 Magnum of pain relief. 

Welu:
I've seen a lot of people wearing these Saints Bracelets. The quick Google for the photo told me Taylor Swift and Britney Spears are wearing them but I doubt that has much influence on the people I know.
Point is, of all the people I know the personal beliefs of or asked, my sample is about twenty, two considered themselves dedicated Christians. I knew them well enough I knew that about them any way. The rest were "Catholic/Protestant, I guess. I was raised it." or just said they were wearing them because they're fashionable. Most of the ones who know me well enough to know my beliefs asked, "You're an atheist. Why do you care?"

I'm not really sure, I hardly need to defend any religions. I guess it's just wearing something spiritual/religious when you don't believe in it bugs me. I wanted to say something about wearing headscarves but plenty of people do that for fashion and unrelated to their beliefs. That used to bug me a little but my friend who converted to Islam said her perspective was as long as the people wearing them weren't saying they believed in something they didn't, then it didn't matter, which makes sense. I guess the fact it's actually pictures of actual Saints are more blatant symbols of a belief that bothers me.

ackblom12:
Well, in the case of Christianity, it's done exactly what they intended. It's been marketed to such an extent in the US that unless you are a fairly ardent Atheist, it's just a part of your life, dogma, politics, symoblism and all.

bainidhe_dub:
I never thought of those bracelets as actually being about religion... I'm not sure why, maybe because I've only seen them at Spanish shops/sections, near the saint candles, and I can count the hardcore Catholics I know on one hand. I've never actually seen anyone wearing one except my sister, who has a small random collection of those kind of things, including a candle of a saint with a blonde fauxhawk who we call Hipster Jesus but I think is really St. Jude. I gave her a Virgin of Guadalupe air freshener last Christmas. And Amanda is the least religious person I can think of.

nekowafer:
I just assumed that when I had a tonsillectomy, my voice would stop sounding like I had football sized tonsils in my throat. But I realize that I have no idea how I sound now and this bothers me?

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