ch00f@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 年前The phrase “snitches get stitches” makes a lot of assumptions about the quality and expediency of healthcare.message-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down120
arrow-up1332arrow-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 · 2 年前message-square30linkfedilink
minus-squareLath@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down23·2 年前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.
minus-squareAnonTwo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 年前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.
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 年前The idea of hospitals being expensive is so alien to me, that’s genuinely awful.
minus-squareLath@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 年前Really? 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…