TIL there's actually a difference between coffin and casket. Coffins are tapered to the body (6 or 8 sides), usually with a separate lid, typically far cheaper. A casket is a rectangle with a hinged lid, typically with rails attached for carrying and usually far more ornate & expensive.
TIL there's actually a difference between coffin and casket. Coffins are tapered to the body (6 or 8 sides), usually with a separate lid, typically far cheaper. A casket is a rectangle with a hinged…
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13 Comments
Ledivin@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 27d
Why would coffins be far cheaper? Isn't that a significantly more complex shape, adding overall labor? Do a few hinges really add that much more work/materials? I don't see why shape would determine how ornate it ends up being, either
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 23 pts · 27d
The effort and build quality are usually different levels
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 27d
Yeah the rectangle is easier but then the hinges, oh my
areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 27 pts · 27d
altphoto@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 26d
Seriously! Cremation is cheaper but why not just dump me in a big black bag? I'll basically be cremated anyway for far cheaper.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 27d
Just burn my body and call it a day.
village604@adultswim.fan · 8 pts · 27d
Same, but after med students get done practicing on me.
Jimbabwe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 26d
Everyone in my family does this. They send you the ashes when they’re done. I’m not sure of the price, but it’s trivial. Shipping and handling mostly.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 26d
Such a waste of delicious carbon for the worms.
Why exacerbate the climate catastrophe when you could provide nutrients to soil and plants?
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 27d
Burn me and plant me.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 27d
Coffin Flops lied to me!!!
These are all clearly caskets! More like Casket Flops, a lamer name! LAAAAME!
I'm fucking cancelling Corncob TV right the fuck now.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 26d
So "casket" is the magic word for a massive discount?
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 27d
In the US the entire funeral industry is just predatory horseshit.