Buried or Cremated?

[Zivic]

having had family both being buried and cremated. I felt, at least for the living, the cremation funerals didn't give me good closure and left me feeling uncomfortable. something about the urn and a picture seeming out of place. Sure you can be cremated after the service, but after my experiences, my preference is for burial

 

[BoomerD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCiKxjZTa2I

 

[Malak]

I want to be tossed in the ocean. Gonna go out like I came in - Naked, poor, and surrounded by fluids.

 

[tboo]

Buried.

The scene from Diamonds are Forever gave me nightmares when I was a kid.

 

[Anarchist420]

Cremated, because I don't want to be exhumed and brought back to life as there will probably be the tech to do so some day.

 

[KaOTiK]

I'd really like the Tibetan sky burial but I don't see it going over well with anyone else and the whole being in Tibet makes it expensive. So I'd go with cremation. I don't care what is done with the ashes, I just want it to be as cheap as possible, no use causing any type of financial burden for my family when I am gone.

Though, burial does have one big plus to it, there is that oh so tiny of a chance I get brought back to life as a zombie.

 

[Schadenfroh]

That is not dead which can eternal lie.
And with strange aeons even death may die.

My plan:

 

[gaidensensei]

Put in a space pod and launched out once the shuttle reaches space. That way, I'll be chilling without decaying (hopefully) in outer space. Until then maybe retrieved back in 5000 years and ressurected to life with advanced technology.

 

[Newbian]

Buried so I can rise up as a zombie and have some fun.

 

[brblx]

Tibetan sky burial with a twist.

what's the twist? cremate the birds after they eat you?

i choose being stuffed, so long as they pose me right.

 

[HeXen]

buried. i want something physical of me left behind for millions of years.

Buried so I can rise up as a zombie and have some fun.

dirt weights 800lbs per square inch. you better bulk up.

 

[PottedMeat]

cremated. employees/slaves lured to funeral and entombed alive.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I have a living will and have made my family aware of my wishes should something happen. Cremated, pull the plug in case of irreversible coma, no funeral.

 

[brblx]

oops

 

[brblx]

buried. i want something physical of me left behind for millions of years.



dirt weights 800lbs per square inch. you better bulk up.

dirt is made of black holes?

also, you zombie folk might want to look into one of these-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin

ring the bell, get dug up, then BRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNSSSSSSS

 

[child of wonder]

I don't need my loved ones clinging to a physical space they feel obligated to visit every so often such as a tombstone in a cemetery.

Salvage what you can from my body for others to use, cremate the rest.

 

[HeXen]

dirt is made of black holes?

mass plus the water weight and compression. uncompressed loose, dry top soil only weighs like 74 lbs per cubic foot i think, but compressed, wet soil with variables contained is very heavy, thats why when your buried up to your hip, you can't get out.

it doesnt take much dirt to trap you from moving.

 

[brblx]

let me try this again. you said dirt weights 800lbs per square inch.

ONE MILLION TONS OF UNSTOPPABLE STEEL!

THE SIZE OF A BUS!

 

[FoBoT]

burial at sea

its free for veterans

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/questions/burial.html

BURIAL AT SEA (BAS) is a means of final disposition of remains, that is performed on United States Naval vessels. The committal ceremony is performed while the ship is deployed, therefore, family members are not allowed to be present. The commanding officer of the ship assigned to perform the ceremony will make notification to the family of the date, time, latitude and longitude, once the committal service has been completed.

Eligibility: Individuals eligible for this program are: (1) active duty members of the uniformed services; (2) retirees and veterans who were honorably discharged. (3) U.S. civilian marine personnel of the Military Sealift Command; and (4) dependent family members of active duty personnel, retirees, and veterans of the uniformed services.

 

[Ruptga]

Cremation is 11ty times cheaper than a "proper" burial so, barring any weird emotional hangups with family, I'd go with that.

That said, this is an interesting mix of aesthetics and practicality.

 

[dawp]

Tibetan sky burial with a twist.

that or a body farm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_farm

or a green burial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_burial

 

[DCal430]

Cremated by the Sun, I want my body on a rocket that is launched to the sun.

 

[Bignate603]

My grandfather had an old hilltop farm in upstate NY, still family owned but its not a farm anymore. He had a series of holes drilled into the rock along one section of a road that goes through the woods behind the fields. When someone in the family dies we can remove a cap (buried a few inches down, can't see it from the surface) on one of the empty holes and place their ashes inside.

 

[nageov3t]

buried, in one of two cemeteries (not the cemetery where the majority of my family is buried... I fucking hate that place. it's like the Walmart of cemeteries... but there are two small, quiet cemeteries that I really like -- one local and one in the town where I went to college. my friends have all been entrusted with ensuring that my family doesn't bury me in the other cemetery)

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Taxidermy?