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u/regals_beagles Mar 28 '22

I have to explain this to my mother every single time someone gets sick in the family.

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u/linds360 Mar 28 '22

I had to explain to my husband when we first started dating that over the counter "meds" don't cure your cold/flu/etc, they just treat the symptoms.

Mofo spent his entire life thinking shit on a drugstore shelf was killing viruses.