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iTwango t1_jaboslf wrote

Reply to comment by lorens05 in TIL the deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian. The poet Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side". He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and comedians. by ALasagnaForOne

I guess you're right. But I would be equally weirded out to be in the presence of the supposed actual bloody cross of Jesus for example. I went to a church in Belgium that claimed they had a vial with a bloody rag soaked in the actual blood of Jesus. They'd take it out and do a ceremony. That weirded me out too.

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iTwango t1_jabntld wrote

Reply to comment by SteO153 in TIL the deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian. The poet Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side". He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and comedians. by ALasagnaForOne

I genuinely don't understand the European Catholic obsession with displaying horrifying relics, it's so odd to me

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iTwango t1_ja26kfr wrote

Reply to comment by BlueGreenTrails in My pops looked like an Anchorman in his senior portrait (1968) by seeloladance

I believe Vsauce actually did a video about this. It's because the styles and appearances of the people we associate with a specific age tend to emerge when they are young and continue indefinitely. So we see a guy with this hair, this outfit, this facial hair, and assume "man in 1980s" even if the face is clearly 18.

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