nothing illegal about just getting dropped in a hole as-is on private property most places
That’s not true for good reason- people who don’t know what they’re doing could contaminate groundwater/runoff very easily.
It shouldn’t be as expensive as it is, and I’d support dropping unembalmed corpses without certain diseases (an asymptomatic or undiagnosed prion disease could be incredibly dangerous) in a hole, as long as they are adequately buried. That would require an autopsy and either significant refrigeration costs or a rushed job without embalming though.
You seem to have linked to the entire wikipedia article on body disposal, possibly without reading it. Here's a map, some info from a funeral home, and legal advice state by state. Sorry if this is too US-centric, that's where I've been through the process five times.
Many jurisdictions have enacted regulations relating to the disposal of human bodies. Although it may be entirely legal to bury a deceased family member, the law may restrict the locations in which this activity is allowed, in some cases expressly limiting burials to property controlled by specific, licensed institutions. Furthermore, in many places, failure to properly dispose of a body is a crime. In some places, it is also a crime to fail to report a death, and to fail to report the disposal of the body.[37]
From your link:
Having a grave too close to a water source is either not wise or not legal. It also may not be permitted to have a gravesite within a certain distance of a building or your property line. These are called setbacks, and setback laws are different for each state. Often, setback rules make it all but impossible to put a grave in someone’s urban or suburban property without breaking the law.
I’d be interested in how widespread the legality is practically, because (reasonably) everything I looked at said to check local laws, but I can understand why that’s not included exhaustively. My family tried to in a rural area of a non rural state where the sources say it’s allowed, but the setbacks made it practically impossible- watershed areas are larger than you would expect, even without visible bodies of water nearby.
Well, my original suggestion was to befriend a rancher... not an expert and can't speak as to exactly how widespread it is (or even if this was legal I guess), but anecdotally all it took was asking around a little. Nice spot on a hill, few people/critters already buried there, felt right, cost nothing. Two generations in and I'd like to be a third. If that's not widely accessible I wish it were, from this end I've never heard of a $7k human composting service and it sounds way crazier to me than just getting buried in a pasture
Had this conversation recently when my wife died. She wanted to be cremated with no embalming but wanted a visitation. In the US you have to be embalmed to have a visitation. No amount of pleading to just put her in an ice bath would work sadly.
You can't have a visitation with someone who has been cremated? Are you positive thats not a state specific thing?
Maybe there is something else you can call it? It just surprises me because my grandmother and an uncle where both cremated, and we had services. I thought they were visitations.
can't have y without x and if you get x you need z. we've conveniently packaged it together in our x-z package for a low cost of $6999. isn't this what the dearly departed would want from you? don't they deserve the best??
and that's why I'm a complete fucking asshole. I don't deserve the best. I deserve to rot in a culvert on the outskirts of the airport.
I think mass-produced factory loaves of bread also should include this on their labels because have you noticed the past couple decades that bread never gets moldy anymore, regardless how long it's neglected in its plastic packaging?
In Germany. I think a friend of mine just made that up, it doesn't have a meaning but it sounds nice.
If you really wanna nail the pronunciation, you have to say all the vowels straight, no diphthongs. So don't bent the "o" to an "ou". Boh-nah-nee comes close.
It'd probably be one of the pink ones, but don't discount the orange or purple options or you might just be missing out. Green is sometimes surprisingly good, too. Yellow's usually something like lemonade, a solid choice, but almost never the best tasting choice and most of the other typical yellow associated flavors are disappointing at best.
There's a part of me that's morbidly curious how all of these things work and how they're used.
58 Comments
expatriado@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 266d
purple one is to die for
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 24 pts · 266d
People are so toxic that they want to be toxic after they die too.
I just want to be dumped off at the landfill or ground up and used for fertilizer after giving up any useful organs.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 266d
It’s surprisingly difficult to get that treatment.
Just compost me. Throw my body into the green cart. Why do I need to spend so much money?
Zorque@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 266d
Even in death we must feed the machine.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 266d
Just grill me.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 266d
god damn that's a really nice grill.
JuanPeece@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 265d
Never forget to empty the grease tray for your homie
moonshadow@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 265d
Holy bourgeoise, batman! Just befriend a rancher. We are all compost in training, it's not that hard
e: fr tho, nothing illegal about just getting dropped in a hole as-is on private property most places
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 264d
That’s not true for good reason- people who don’t know what they’re doing could contaminate groundwater/runoff very easily.
It shouldn’t be as expensive as it is, and I’d support dropping unembalmed corpses without certain diseases (an asymptomatic or undiagnosed prion disease could be incredibly dangerous) in a hole, as long as they are adequately buried. That would require an autopsy and either significant refrigeration costs or a rushed job without embalming though.
moonshadow@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 264d
You seem to have linked to the entire wikipedia article on body disposal, possibly without reading it. Here's a map, some info from a funeral home, and legal advice state by state. Sorry if this is too US-centric, that's where I've been through the process five times.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 264d
This is the relevant section from the wiki:
From your link:
I’d be interested in how widespread the legality is practically, because (reasonably) everything I looked at said to check local laws, but I can understand why that’s not included exhaustively. My family tried to in a rural area of a non rural state where the sources say it’s allowed, but the setbacks made it practically impossible- watershed areas are larger than you would expect, even without visible bodies of water nearby.
moonshadow@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 264d
Well, my original suggestion was to befriend a rancher... not an expert and can't speak as to exactly how widespread it is (or even if this was legal I guess), but anecdotally all it took was asking around a little. Nice spot on a hill, few people/critters already buried there, felt right, cost nothing. Two generations in and I'd like to be a third. If that's not widely accessible I wish it were, from this end I've never heard of a $7k human composting service and it sounds way crazier to me than just getting buried in a pasture
Master@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 266d
Had this conversation recently when my wife died. She wanted to be cremated with no embalming but wanted a visitation. In the US you have to be embalmed to have a visitation. No amount of pleading to just put her in an ice bath would work sadly.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 266d
You can't have a visitation with someone who has been cremated? Are you positive thats not a state specific thing?
Maybe there is something else you can call it? It just surprises me because my grandmother and an uncle where both cremated, and we had services. I thought they were visitations.
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 266d
I think they meant she wanted her body to be seen before cremation, and the funeral home wouldn't do that without embalming her.
Master@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 266d
Yea, this is it. Guess it wasn't s clear. Visitation and then cremation.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 266d
because the funereal business is a sham.
can't have y without x and if you get x you need z. we've conveniently packaged it together in our x-z package for a low cost of $6999. isn't this what the dearly departed would want from you? don't they deserve the best??
and that's why I'm a complete fucking asshole. I don't deserve the best. I deserve to rot in a culvert on the outskirts of the airport.
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 266d
I mean, sure. You do you.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 264d
I see I see. Ok yea that I could believe.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 20 pts · 266d
THEY ARE ADDED PRESERVATIVES!
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 266d
I was gonna say. There's none added because that's what they are.
"Oops, all preservatives."
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 265d
Exactly, thank you. There are no added preservatives. Just the preservatives, as requested.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d
I think mass-produced factory loaves of bread also should include this on their labels because have you noticed the past couple decades that bread never gets moldy anymore, regardless how long it's neglected in its plastic packaging?
brap@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 266d
Metaflow Arterial Conditioner looks delicious
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 266d
Wow your arteries are glowing! What conditioner do you use?
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 266d
It works best when used in combination with Metaflow Arterial Shampoo.
massacre@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 266d
Rinse and repeat.
db2@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 266d
It looks like Midori.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 266d
Same vibe:
joelfromaus@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 266d
From left to right; peach, watermelon, lemon, grape, apple, guava.
JPSound@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 266d
Far left is actually Dragon Fruit Splash™. Its got electrolytes.
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 266d
It's what corpses crave!
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 266d
brains?
perishthethought@piefed.social · 7 pts · 266d
🤘metalflow! 🤘
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 266d
Looks apple flavored tho
chetradley@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 266d
LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 265d
They look delicious, but I want to be deep fried when I die.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 264d
I wish I could read all of that text clearly
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 266d
I'll go with pink or whatever the colour on the right is.
SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 266d
Imagine getting drunk, breaking into a morgue and seeing this.
silicon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 265d
What, there's no morticians on this platform to explain exactly what each of these does to a body?
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 266d
I'd think anything that involved an open casket would be red tinted. Who wants to see grandma in her casket with visibly green veins...
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 266d
Don't yuck other people's yums!
Zorque@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 266d
It's not a leave in conditioner.
Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 266d
We also knew grandma was too old to not be a witch
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 266d
She always reminded us of a vulcan
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 266d
grandma had a mean nerve pinch
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 265d
I've got a few of those in my back. TIL I'm Vulcan. Really shouldn't be too surprised.
moonshadow@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 265d
You know how when you were a kid you'd mix all the flavours from the soda fountain?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 265d
Fittingly, we always called that a suicide.
moonshadow@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 265d
We called it a graveyard, still works lol
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 264d
Same.
...Why the fuck did we call it that??
wieson@feddit.org · 2 pts · 264d
Dunno... We called it Bonani-Tea
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 264d
I've never heard that one before. Is that pronounced like "boe naan ee tea"? Where did you grow up?
wieson@feddit.org · 2 pts · 263d
In Germany. I think a friend of mine just made that up, it doesn't have a meaning but it sounds nice.
If you really wanna nail the pronunciation, you have to say all the vowels straight, no diphthongs. So don't bent the "o" to an "ou". Boh-nah-nee comes close.
arrow74@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 266d
Introfiant for me thanks
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 266d
Dodge like the car company? gnarly, going for that complete vertical integration achievement
InvalidName2@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 266d
It'd probably be one of the pink ones, but don't discount the orange or purple options or you might just be missing out. Green is sometimes surprisingly good, too. Yellow's usually something like lemonade, a solid choice, but almost never the best tasting choice and most of the other typical yellow associated flavors are disappointing at best.
There's a part of me that's morbidly curious how all of these things work and how they're used.