"If you wanna know the Pavlovian Response PSAs/PIFs have had on me, I cannot listen to "Body II Body" by Samantha Mumba without internally wincing or "Wise Up" by Aimee Mann without seeing imagining someone try to button up a shirt painstakingly slow because he was involved in a speeding accident. I cannot think of Pee Wee Herman without thinking of him saying "This is crack. Rock cocaine. It isn't glamourous or cool or kids' stuff". I had a period where I HATED the song "The 12 Days of Christmas" because of an anti-drink driving PIF. I am TEMPTED to say "This is your brain on drugs" when making eggs. I can't even listen to "When Johnny Met June" without thinking of the Sandy Hook Promise PSA "Evan". All that aside, I LOVE the PSA community. Zac R, HelloImAPizza, Sweet Disaster, Antonia the Sheep, Love the PIF, Back to the Past, RE: ADS, etc. etc.

Asking my parents if they remember the “Charlie Says” PIFs of the early 70s and instead of replying they both just made strange cat noises at me. 

Talk about horrific UK PSAs - here's one aimed at preventing knife crime, which takes the form of a lecture on how to treat stab wounds. Apparently it was web-based only, which makes sense, since it features real photos of knife wounds and gore. Actually really fascinating, but wouldn't want to have it pop up unexpectedly.

why is it that women named julie always die in british PIFs

I didn't realise that there's actually full length PIFs for Play Safe and Powerful Stuff!! They aren't particularly disturbing, at least not as a whole, but they are super interesting to watch!!