I have a problem with the modern practice of burial, at least in the United States. Back in the "olden times" the remains would eventually be pretty much gone. And to me, that's as it should be. But with vaults and sealed caskets, the body remains much as it was for a very long time. Why? What's the benefit? What's the point to that? I don't like the thought that the bodies of people I used to know and love still exist underground. The person is gone. The body should be too. That's why I prefer cremation, and that's what I would want for myself. When I'm gone, I'm gone.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Grave liners and sealed coffins stop the zombies and vampires from getting out of their graves.
You'll thank us when they don't eat your brains.
LenHazell53
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Mar 7, 2020
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I've got a three-step plan.
- I'm signed up as an organ donor.
- Whatever can't be re-used goes to MedCure in Oregon. They can have whatever they can use for testing, studies, petri dish medium, or whatever.
- Whatever MedCure can't use, they cremate and send back.
I agree that the standard practice of embalming and burial is ridiculous. I've read that some states are pushing to make composting of bodies legal. If your state allows this, it might be even more appealing than cremation.
A word of warning, though: some of these things can only be done with your prior written consent. If you don't plan ahead (and make financial arrangements, if necessary,) it will be left to the legal (and financial) limits of your next of kin.
AmyTheBruce
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Mar 7, 2020
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I had a good friend that died on the scene in a car accident. When they found out he was an organ donor, they artificially kept him alive for several hours. I wonder what kind of Hell he and his family went through during that time.
@gemini1947 I assume that he never recovered consciousness, or any sort of brain activity. So his suffering would be nonexistent.
You raise a good point about his family, though. Some might be very bothered by that.
I agree with you. I wish I could have a pine box in the ground. And it's just as bad that they drain your blood and embalm you before they plant you. And dress you up in your Sunday best too. I will go with cremation. And even with that, they want to put your ashes in an urn and bury it. I hope someone will sprinkle me in an Aspen grove to fertilize the trees. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Gemini-1947
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Mar 6, 2020
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