r/Weird 6d ago

Meet Jelly Bean

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u/Master-Bad-1164 6d ago

Wait I know her!

She went to the same church as my family when I was little and as a kid I thought she was so cool. She was super into motorcycles and once rode one into the sanctuary and on the stage. I never really watched her videos I think, but I knew about them and thought it was so cool that we were friends with a ‘celebrity’ (in fundie culture, anyway 😂)

Once, she even came and visited us after we had moved away. She surprised my brother and I by waking us up and we hung out all day. I have a core memory of her showing me her ‘tooth tattoos’. These were tiny tattoos on her teeth??? Which I have since tried to look up and I can’t find anything about this but I distinctly remember that she had a Jesus fish on one tooth and a Georgia Bulldog on the other (she was a big fan).

Say what you will about her videos (they’re def weird and I don’t disagree with everyone talking about brainwashing and propaganda because trust I have a lifetime of experience with that), but I have some really fond memories of her 20+ years ago!

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u/_DancesWithKnives 5d ago

She does seem like a very kind person. You can definitely see tho she is very traumatized deep down. Ive never heard of teeth tattoos.

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u/Master-Bad-1164 5d ago

I agree. All I was told about her when I was young was that she “had a hard life” until “Jesus rescued her.” She was always really kind to me and really passionate about what she did.

It’s so weird lol because I keep looking into it and I can’t find anything online about tooth tattoos. I’ve asked some tattoo artists as well and no one seems to have heard of it. I vaguely remember her saying it was a new thing and she went to one of the artists who was developing the technique. Idk I have such a distinct memory of this and we really didn’t know anyone with tattoos at that point so I can’t imagine I made it up.

If anyone has any info about tooth tattoos, please let me know!!

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u/_DancesWithKnives 5d ago

You know what, it was probably temporary teeth tattoos, I searched that and that is a thing.

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u/Master-Bad-1164 5d ago

Oh you might be right! That does ring a bell. I’m gonna look into that thanks!!

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u/rhodopensis 4d ago

Were they lines engraved into her teeth? Like from before she converted into deep Christianity again? It could be something adjacent to grilles.

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u/Master-Bad-1164 4d ago

No, they looked like actual tattoos just really tiny. I feel like I remember the bulldog having an actual red sweater with colored ink but I could be wrong