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As long as they leave all my limbs attached so I can chase people down when I rise up as a zombie I will be happy.

Also no post mortem raping would be a bonus but I know that's requesting a lot. 🙁
 
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Brovane said:
I went through this in January with my Grandma. Those Funeral Homes get you coming and going especially if you don't have things setup ahead of time. My Grandmother already have the Crypt purchased from when my Grandfather died. However it still was over $7k.
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Seems like a complete waste of money any way you look at it and I honestly view it as vain and selfish.
 
AreaCode707 said:
What are they doing for green burials? I much prefer the idea of a plywood casket over a $4,000 airtight monstrosity but I think most health laws prevent something so simple.
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We just buried my WW2 Vet grandfather recently, the funeral director said we can bury you naked all the way up to very ornate coffins, he said here in WV there were no laws requiring you to be in any sort of enclosure, they even sell heavy cardboard caskets for those wanting to make it cheap, the only requirement was that you be deep enough.
 
As long as I am buried with all my organs intact, I am good. I don't want to show up in Heaven missing anything. (And more importantly, I don't want to die early because someone more important needed my vital parts.)
 
RadiclDreamer said:
We just buried my WW2 Vet grandfather recently, the funeral director said we can bury you naked all the way up to very ornate coffins, he said here in WV there were no laws requiring you to be in any sort of enclosure, they even sell heavy cardboard caskets for those wanting to make it cheap, the only requirement was that you be deep enough.
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Seriously? I could be buried in a refrigerator box?
 
Malak said:
Do you care what happens to your body after you die?

I don't know of any society off the top of my head that believes anyone is home in a dead body, but many still carry on some kind of ritual of reverance with the body.

I really don't care what happens to my body and would prefer no funeral. I think it is a waste of time, energy, and money.
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The identity of oneself with the body is one of the major hurdles to cross in Dharmic traditions (Hinduism/Buddhism/Jainism). That is why Hindus, mainly, cremate the body after it dies. The body is looked upon as a vehicle the soul (jIvA) uses to progress spiritually through several lifetimes. That is the purpose of birth, and to fulfill strong desires. To transcend the cycle of birth and death, called samsArA, the jIvA must relinquish all attachments; the body-mind complex being a primary one.

Plus, cremation keeps the environment clean and when population keeps rising, space should not be wasted burying people.
 
I wonder, if someone in this thread died tomorrow, would this been seen as their last wishes?

Anyways, I want to the burned, and then use my ashes in a bomb or something cool.
 
I think it would be cool to be cremated and then have some ashes put into trinkets of some kind for my close friends, but ultimately I'm dead so who cares...
 
I like grave stones, and think it would be cool to leave one when I'm gone. Not the ugly polished granite they use now, but slate, or sandstone. I don't really care though; it's not like I'd get to see it, but the world needs more grave stones :^D
 
Cremation for me I think. Nothing freaks me out more than thinking about being accidentally buried alive. Fry me up good so we can make sue that doesn't happen.
 
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