this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2023
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[–] Aussiemandeus 4 points 1 year ago

Fucking oath mate, somewhere at home i still have an old winnieblues pack without brian on it.

[–] blueskiesoc 4 points 1 year ago

oh my god I love it

[–] Pat12 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] owatnext 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Old mate Bryan, fair dinkum.

[–] Pat12 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guess you missed my "srs"

It's Bryan Curtis, died aged 34 of cancer https://whyquit.com/whyquit/BryanLeeCurtis.html

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thank you for linking this. This is the kind of meme that never sits right with me, and I'd guessed the family had to have agreed to that. Unfortunately, from a country that doesn't do this, I'm not certain how much of an impact things like this have.

He was only a few months older than me when I'd taken him for 50s-60s. Hopefully, it'll be an extra push to whoever else used the same "I'm too young" excuse, but his youth and the sheer speed of his illness makes it seem exaggerated enough to be mockable.

To whoever, it's difficult as shit, that's how addictions work, but please consider cutting down. Even if you never have cancer, the smoke damages your lungs' elasticity, reduces or temporarily destroys immune cells and cilia (leaving one open to respiratory infections), and causes mucus-producing cells to proliferate (think asthma, COPD). It's going to be like breathing through a roll of paper towels and in March of this year, the WHO named COPD currently the third leading cause of death worldwide.

[–] TwoGems 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] owatnext 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

bloody rippah, gotta be unda the counter for that price ay.

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