@ch00f@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 5 months agoThe phrase “snitches get stitches” makes a lot of assumptions about the quality and expediency of healthcare.message-square30fedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down120
arrow-up1331arrow-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 • 5 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareLathlinkfedilink-21•5 months 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-squareAnonTwolinkfedilink21•5 months 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-squareMrScottyTaylinkfedilinkEnglish20•5 months 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.
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…