Definitely a common mindset, particularly of gen x and generations prior. I know I have it. Wouldn’t surprise me a bit if someone born and raised outside the us came away with this impression after living here for a while.
Honestly when I read the headline my first thought was “six stitches? Crazy glue is cheaper…”
>Honestly when I read the headline my first thought was “six stitches? Crazy glue is cheaper”
Unless you live across the street from the hospital it's just less hassle to do it that way. Any injury not worthy of an ambulance can be cleaned, glued and taped in the time it would take to sit in the waiting room while they serve all the people who are dying faster.
Honestly when I read the headline my first thought was “six stitches? Crazy glue is cheaper…”