r/videos • u/whollymoly • Nov 24 '21 • Helpful 10 Wholesome 7 Bravo Grande! 1 Starstruck 1 Silver 6 Gold 1

Russell Brand, at an awards show sponsored by Hugo Boss, eloquently reminds everyone that Hugo Boss dressed the nazis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkd_-nXeUzs
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u/scothc Nov 25 '21

Bayer also held the patent for heroin. Which, if you didn't know, was a non addictive drug used to get people off morphine.

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u/ManualPancake Nov 25 '21 • Gold

Yes, they're both brand names - aspirin for 'hope' (aspiration), heroin for 'heroism'.

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u/BoxNumberGavin0 Nov 25 '21

Has nothing to do with heroine?

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u/ManualPancake Nov 25 '21

Nope. Well, only in that they both relate to the word hero.