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-square28fedilinkarrow-up1252arrow-down114
arrow-up1238arrow-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-square28fedilink
minus-squareLath@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-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-up18·1 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-squareLath@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoReally? Wonder where I remember my version from…
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoThe idea of hospitals being expensive is so alien to me, that’s genuinely awful.
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.
Really? Wonder where I remember my version from…
The idea of hospitals being expensive is so alien to me, that’s genuinely awful.
actually dystopian