• Lath
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    -2110 months ago

    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.

    • AnonTwo
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      2110 months ago

      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.

      • MrScottyTay
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        2010 months ago

        The idea of hospitals being expensive is so alien to me, that’s genuinely awful.

      • Lath
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        -310 months ago

        Really? Wonder where I remember my version from…