He had a big heart

I remember a bunch of mechanics at work razzing me because I got the covid and was off all week ( Forced to be off 7 days for un-vaccinated, 4 days for vaccinated ). Then a few days later 4 of 5 were sent home and two were gone 2 weeks. I laughed so fucking hard at them. 🤣

the amount of hate these people dumped on other fellow human is incredibly high

no, I am not going to miss the hate

So in this case 'brief' = 'suddenly'.