Slegr Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Okay, so you’re dead. Such a shame! Now, do you get buried? Or burned? To me, it’s a no brainer; it’s all about the ashes. Dust to dust, and all that. I might even go so far as to say people who decide to be buried are actually very greedy and a foe of the environment. Why? Well, there are 7.4 billion people on this planet. Imagine if they all decide to get a big ‘ol non-degradable coffer and park their tombstone on potentially useful real estate so that their bones can rest peacefully. The average lifespan of 79 years is a drop in the bucket compared to the thousands of years that caskets can last. If everyone chose to be buried, eventually, the entire planet would be one big graveyard, with no room left to live. But don’t let my sound reasoning influence you. What’s your plan for your body during its lifeless days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Head on a stake for me please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I'm 100% for cremation. I don't care about my body when I'm dead. I'm dead and my spirit is elsewhere. No need to ruin the environment or cause unnecessary expenses for my family in burying me. Just do it as cheaply as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubik Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 50 minutes ago, Slegr said: Okay, so you’re dead. Such a shame! Now, do you get buried? Or burned? To me, it’s a no brainer; it’s all about the ashes. Dust to dust, and all that. I might even go so far as to say people who decide to be buried are actually very greedy and a foe of the environment. Why? Well, there are 7.4 billion people on this planet. Imagine if they all decide to get a big ‘ol non-degradable coffer and park their tombstone on potentially useful real estate so that their bones can rest peacefully. The average lifespan of 79 years is a drop in the bucket compared to the thousands of years that caskets can last. If everyone chose to be buried, eventually, the entire planet would be one big graveyard, with no room left to live. But don’t let my sound reasoning influence you. What’s your plan for your body during its lifeless days? Wow, that was nonsense. First of all, after a while you become dust anyway. Even in the ground. And as far as I know, they dig up the really old coffins (100-150years old), so new ones can be buried at the same place. At least that's the case in a middle-sized city in Europe. I have never seen a gravestone with a 1700ish birth date on it in a public cemetery. Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemetery#Re-use_of_graves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemetery#Urban "Urban cemeteries relied heavily on the fact that the soft parts of the body would decompose in about 25 years (although, in moist soil, decomposition can take up to 70 years).[18] If room for new burials was needed, older bones could be dug up and interred elsewhere (such as in an ossuary) to make space for new interments.[13] It was not uncommon in some places, such as England, for fresher corpses to be chopped up to aid decomposition, and for bones to be burned to create fertilizer.[19] The re-use of graves allowed for a steady stream of income, which enabled the cemetery to remain well-maintained and in good repair.[20] " https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jan/21/death-in-the-city-what-happens-cemeteries-full-cost-dying "Countries such as Singapore, Germany and Belgium offer public graves for free – but only for the first 20 or so years. Thereafter, families can either pay to keep them (often on a rental basis) or the graves are recycled, with the most recent residents moved further into the ground or to another site, often a mass grave." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Cremated with my ashes spread across boundary bay in White Rock. I'll then haunt that bay for an eternity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I want to be dumped in the ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Cremation, I suppose... ...although I'd be totally okay with leaving my corpse out in the woods for the wolves to eat. I won't be needing it. (Of course this is after all viable transplant organs are removed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slegr Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, Rubik said: Wow, that was nonsense. First of all, after a while you become dust anyway. Even in the ground. And as far as I know, after 70-100 years they dig up the really old coffins, so new ones can be buried at the same place. At least that's the case in a middle-sized city in Europe. I don't think digging up coffins is the norm. Unless you're a grave robber! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Just pour liquor on my body and light it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I plan on coming back and starting the apocalypse.......but if, I was to decide, I'd say stuffed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I'm anti ing up. load me up in a trebuchet preferably on a tall ship and then fling my corpse into the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Twilight Sparkle said: Just pour liquor on my body and light it up They could just fire up my liver......consider the job done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Just now, riffraff said: I'm anti ing up. load me up in a trebuchet preferably on a tall ship and then fling my corpse into the sea. What would be really cool is to wait until Trump finishes his wall, have your friends dress you up in a colorful poncho and a sombrero and then chuck you over into downtown El Paso... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Just now, RUPERTKBD said: What would be really cool is to wait until Trump finishes his wall, have your friends dress you up in a colorful poncho and a sombrero and then chuck you over into downtown El Paso... Or just stuff your corpse in a sack and pretend it's one of those killer bags of drugs that routinely get thrown over the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 1 minute ago, RUPERTKBD said: What would be really cool is to wait until Trump finishes his wall, have your friends dress you up in a colorful poncho and a sombrero and then chuck you over into downtown El Paso... Make trebuchets great again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Just now, riffraff said: Make trebuchets great again. Unlike America, trebuchets never stopped being great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 1 minute ago, PhillipBlunt said: Or just stuff your corpse in a sack and pretend it's one of those killer bags of drugs that routinely get thrown over the wall. Trump messed that one up by deciding to build a transparent wall. He's probably got some "secret squirrel" operation going right now for the transparisteel that they use on Star Trek... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 15 minutes ago, Rubik said: Wow, that was nonsense. First of all, after a while you become dust anyway. Even in the ground. And as far as I know, they dig up the really old coffins (100-150years old), so new ones can be buried at the same place. At least that's the case in a middle-sized city in Europe. I have never seen a gravestone with a 1700ish birth date on it in a public cemetery. In the US there would be an uproar if people started digging up and evicting dead people from their graves. I'm sure that will change in the next 100 years as well over 300 million more graves on top of the millions of today will dot the landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: Trump messed that one up by deciding to build a transparent wall. He's probably got some "secret squirrel" operation going right now for the transparisteel that they use on Star Trek... I know one person who will be watching the new Star Trek TV show when it comes out in September... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 20 minutes ago, Tre Mac said: Cremated with my ashes spread across boundary bay in White Rock. I'll then haunt that bay for an eternity. i hope your ashes aren't tainted and poison the fish and alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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