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.
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"snitches get to glue their own wounds shut and hope it doesn't get infected" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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Testifiers pay health care providers.
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Anyone can stitch you up.
The quality varies wildly. -
Snitches get gangrene doesn't roll off the tongue as good.
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It does sound way meaner lol.
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Oh wow I thought getting stitches could literally mean "getting stabbed".
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Snitches get ditches.
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The people getting snitched on get better healthcare
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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.
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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.
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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.