The phrase “snitches get stitches” makes a lot of assumptions about the quality and expediency of healthcare.
The phrase “snitches get stitches” makes a lot of assumptions about the quality and expediency of healthcare.
I think you mean:
"the quality and expediency of healthcare ... in America."
This is where we know it's not a historically american proverb.
It has very good quality and expendiency.
All you have to do is buy a wing.
"snitches get to glue their own wounds shut and hope it doesn't get infected" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Hey, uh, don't glue deep wounds. If it's going past the subcutaneous fat--and you should be able to see the fat layer if it's a deep cut, assuming you can slow the bleeding enough--use staples. You can get a cheap, disposable, sterile, pre-loaded surgical stapler off Amazon, or lots of other, more reputable sites. Glue seals everything in, and when you finally get medical attention, it's going to be a bitch to remove if the wound needs to be irrigated or debrided. Staples pop off quickly and with minimal discomfort.
If it's actually spurting/spraying blood, get a tourniquet on as high and tight as possible, pack the wound with gauze (or a t-shirt), put direct pressure on it, and get to an ER immediately, regardless of the cost.
For accuracy, it should be updated to read "Snitches will need stitches."
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Sidestep the whole issue by saying: “Snitches end-up in ditches.”
It's often a phrase used while in prison/jail among inmates.
In prison you have free Healthcare, and would likely get stitches pretty quickly.
Testifiers pay health care providers.
"Sir, did you just assume I have healthcare?"
Anyone can stitch you up.
The quality varies wildly.Snitches get gangrene doesn't roll off the tongue as good.
It does sound way meaner lol.
Oh wow I thought getting stitches could literally mean "getting stabbed".
Snitches get ditches.
The people getting snitched on get better healthcare
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.