rubber courage bracelets in gumball machine

This was from Compton's Market near McKinley Park in Sacramento.

I guess this shouldn't surprise me, inspiring rubber bracelets must be just slightly more expensive to produce than rubber bands.

It just didn't seem right to see them in a gumball machine.

They were 50 cents each.

The Sales card was marked "Live BOLD", and the bracelets proclaim:

The blue bracelet was folded in such a way as to make the inspiring message illegible. I assume it said "Parasite".