ch00f@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThe phrase “snitches get stitches” makes a lot of assumptions about the quality and expediency of healthcare.message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down119
arrow-up1326arrow-down1message-squareThe phrase “snitches get stitches” makes a lot of assumptions about the quality and expediency of healthcare.ch00f@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareLath@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down23·1 year agoUh, the expression is more of a “if you snitch, we’ll sew your mouth shut” kind of thing, rather than it having anything to do with medical care.
minus-squareAnonTwo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoNo, it was indeed with the idea that someone would cut you with a knife which would require stitches. It’s like 30 years old from when hospitals were…expensive still yes, but not that bad.
minus-squareMrScottyTaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agoThe idea of hospitals being expensive is so alien to me, that’s genuinely awful.
minus-squareLath@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoReally? Wonder where I remember my version from…
Uh, the expression is more of a “if you snitch, we’ll sew your mouth shut” kind of thing, rather than it having anything to do with medical care.
No, it was indeed with the idea that someone would cut you with a knife which would require stitches.
It’s like 30 years old from when hospitals were…expensive still yes, but not that bad.
The idea of hospitals being expensive is so alien to me, that’s genuinely awful.
actually dystopian
Really? Wonder where I remember my version from…