WWJD bracelets and other WWJD merchandise were extremely popular in the early 2000's. You don't see them nearly as often anymore. Why do you think that is?
Why did people stop wearing WWJD bracelets as often as they used to?
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They started reading his posts here on GIAORT and didn't want to be affiliated.
People started wearing it ironically and it became popular to mock it as well. Until everyone got bored of it.
You could probably find a "Live Strong" one for pretty cheap these days.Lost mine and couldn't find a replacement
Lost mine and couldn't find a replacement
R.E.M. wrote a song about that in the 90's.
I was actually thinking about that when this question popped in my mind. I wonder if "Live Strong" would have endured if Lance didn't fall. It had a person, a mission, and a message around it that you could really relate to.
Extremely popular? Really? I don't recall this ever being a thing. Now "Live Strong", that's another story.
Oh man, they were everywhere. Particularly in the GenX crowd.
Maybe the lord hadn't opened your eyes to it. Or you're just old.
Jesus got downgraded from great to just alright.
Nah, I'm not quite 50. More likely you just obsessed about the handful you saw, especially since you're posting about it now.
Hey man, I'm just asking questions.
god bless. amen.
Edit to add: Also, for your reading pleasure here's a great read about how just a segment of the craze went with the bracelets. Sorry you didn't go outside in the 90's/00's. Or maybe you lived in a pagan commune?
Excerpts:
"From a few hundred bracelets a week, the factory was churning out 20,000 a week by 1997. America was hooked. The bracelets had moved into the very mainstream of secular life – into politics, and sport. Baseball, gridiron football and basketball players made sure they were never without their faithful reminders on their wrists. Americans without the remotest interest in religion enjoyed the enigmatic charm of those four mysterious letters."
"Estimates about how many bracelets were sold in the United States during the 1990’s range from fifteen million to fifty-two million."
The History Of WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) Bracelets (1990's) - How A Single Woman Spawned A 15-million-sold Fad Without Accepting A Single Penny For Her Efforts. - Geek Slop
During the mid 1990's, it was common to see a person wearing a brightly colored bracelet with the enigmatic "WWJD" letters printed on it. To those in the know, these four letters posed a question that would lead the person to a calculated moral decision. What would Jesus do?
www.geekslop.com
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They didn't like the soft assed answer they got when they asked the question
You can join a Christian church. You know that right?
I’m sure the gay supporters will be here shortly to let you know.
I’m sure the gay supporters will be here shortly to let you know.
People hate Christians and folks started beating the shit out of people wearing them, so they stopped wearing them.
It's truly sad. The true Christian struggle began at this point in time.
It's truly sad. The true Christian struggle began at this point in time.
Obviously its because Jesus wouldn't wear bracelets
in our small little catholic town, we wore WWJD bracelets like we were captain planet's little bitches and would rove around and beat the shit out of the non-believers.
Damn, that's exactly what Jesus would have done too. That's wild!
Damn. Sunday morning would have been the only safe time for the riff raff to run errands with you boys running around town!
According to scripture, Jesus washed the feet of whores with his long hair. Today's "christians" could never bring themselves to that standard. Their current Jesus figure sleeps with whores and pays them to shut up.
Hmm, interesting. Never heard of geekslop.com but we all have our favs. Guessing these were so overshadowed by the livestrong trend no one remembers them except for strangely bitter atheists.Hey man, I'm just asking questions.
god bless. amen.
Edit to add: Also, for your reading pleasure here's a great read about how just a segment of the craze went with the bracelets. Sorry you didn't go outside in the 90's/00's. Or maybe you lived in a pagan commune?
Excerpts:
"From a few hundred bracelets a week, the factory was churning out 20,000 a week by 1997. America was hooked. The bracelets had moved into the very mainstream of secular life – into politics, and sport. Baseball, gridiron football and basketball players made sure they were never without their faithful reminders on their wrists. Americans without the remotest interest in religion enjoyed the enigmatic charm of those four mysterious letters."
"Estimates about how many bracelets were sold in the United States during the 1990’s range from fifteen million to fifty-two million."
The History Of WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) Bracelets (1990's) - How A Single Woman Spawned A 15-million-sold Fad Without Accepting A Single Penny For Her Efforts. - Geek Slop
During the mid 1990's, it was common to see a person wearing a brightly colored bracelet with the enigmatic "WWJD" letters printed on it. To those in the know, these four letters posed a question that would lead the person to a calculated moral decision. What would Jesus do?
Whatever you want to tell yourself to make you feel better honey.
This board is great. We bash Christians every chance we get and support queers for being brave. You might want to read up on Jesus to know what being brave is
Hey look, @IAFB2021Champs is calling people queers again.
Yep I did use the word queer in a different thread. Someone mentioned thinking that was what they wanted to be called now.
Not sure what that has to do with this thread.
I give you props for continuing to not admit that you post under both handles.
Probably hard for him to understand when he’s always taking 100mg of weed.
Speaks to your obsession with homosexuality.
I mean, I can go back and bring up the posts from both handles that are identical if you'd like. I've got time. But I also don't want to embarrass you too much again. You seem to be having a hard day today.
I’m just so obsessed but it’s to hard to come out because of how badly they are treated. It’s just so unfair.
Says the guy still triggered by bracelets from 25 years ago.
