(October 21, 2020 at 8:29 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: My family have been told that when I die (and yes, it's die not "passed away", not "sleeping" or any other crap) I should have any usable bits taken for transplant, research etc. the rest disposed of as cheaply as possible. No point spending good beer money on feeding the flames or worms.

An Irish euphemism for ‘died’ that’s still in use in rural areas is ‘got away’.

Boru

There's simply no shortage of really stupid people.


Dead is fucking dead.

My family buried my mom about 800 yards north of where I live - 17 years ago.

I happened to walk by the grave once and looked to see if they got the spelling right. Other than that - I never look at it.

Whatta waste of money and real estate...

OP, there's probably an organization like this near you. They gut you, and help with the rest of the disposal, free.

https://www.sciencecare.com/

When my father died, his second wife asked me if I would mind if she scattered his ashes in a certain place. She seemed shocked when I told her it didn't matter because he was dead, and the contents of the little pot probable didn't come from him anyway.

(October 21, 2020 at 7:44 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote: I keep seeing these ads on TV for Funeral expenses insurance.

WTF?

I have already told my progeny that when my time comes, put me in a cardboard box, pour on some petrol and light a match.

Um, pretty sure that's not a legal way to dispose of a body in the USA. You don't want your progeny to get charged, do you? :-)
Cremation is probably the cheapest option short of donating your body to science; you don't even have to do anything fancy with the ashes.

(October 21, 2020 at 7:44 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote: I keep seeing these ads on TV for Funeral expenses insurance.

WTF?

I have already told my progeny that when my time comes, put me in a cardboard box, pour on some petrol and light a match.

Why? Because as I told them, I will be dead. I will not be there. I will be gone forever. I will not see any of it. There will be no "me" at that point. So what's the point? Waste all those thousands on a fancy funeral? For what? Why would anyone waste that kind of money on gently cooling meat?

In fact, even the theists must admit that my so-called "soul" has gone someplace else by then. So they have no leg to stand on in this.

Why on earth do people do this?

It annoys the shit out of me.

I want a "viking" burial, except from some fancy-smancy boat, just put my corpse into a decrepit old dingy with some combustible material and put it ablaze a bit away from the shore of Sandagerð beach.

LOL, I can imagine it now, a bunch of teary onlookers, friends & family looking at a flaming dingy in shock as it quickly burns out and sinks to the bottom at the sands, while my half-charred corpse floats up to the surface and washes unto the beach. I'll be dead and none the wiser, but it will be something to remember me by.

Depending upon where you live, there may be regulations requiring that your body be properly disposed of after death. Depending on the laws, your relatives may be liable for state provided services if you do not arrange for it.

I've arranged to donate my body to science, the funeral policy is "just in case." One think I like is that my skin will be used to help burn victims recover by grafting the skin. As the most common type of burn victim is a military incident I approve of this. Seen too many men on fire to not do it.

(October 21, 2020 at 9:33 am)Sal Wrote:

(October 21, 2020 at 7:44 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote: I keep seeing these ads on TV for Funeral expenses insurance.

WTF?

I have already told my progeny that when my time comes, put me in a cardboard box, pour on some petrol and light a match.

Why? Because as I told them, I will be dead. I will not be there. I will be gone forever. I will not see any of it. There will be no "me" at that point. So what's the point? Waste all those thousands on a fancy funeral? For what? Why would anyone waste that kind of money on gently cooling meat?

In fact, even the theists must admit that my so-called "soul" has gone someplace else by then. So they have no leg to stand on in this.

Why on earth do people do this?

It annoys the shit out of me.

I want a "viking" burial, except from some fancy-smancy boat, just put my corpse into a decrepit old dingy with some combustible material and put it ablaze a bit away from the shore of Sandagerð beach.

LOL, I can imagine it now, a bunch of teary onlookers, friends & family looking at a flaming dingy in shock as it quickly burns out and sinks to the bottom at the sands, while my half-charred corpse floats up to the surface and washes unto the beach. I'll be dead and none the wiser, but it will be something to remember me by.

They should leave me out for the coyotes...


Only fair considering how many I have whacked over the years......

(October 21, 2020 at 8:29 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 1. Every single study and every single survey ever done indicates that more people are religious than non-religious. It’s perverse to claim otherwise.

No idea why you think I made any such claim.

(October 21, 2020 at 8:29 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 2. No, argumentum ad populum would be arguing that Christianity is true because a lot of people think it is. And doctrinal differences don’t really matter in this context - a Baptist and a Catholic are both Christians.

And they somehow want the bereaved to lavish amounts of money on cooling meat. My progeny/family will not be wasting that resource on seas of pretty flowers for no reason.

(October 21, 2020 at 8:29 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 3. They can deny it all they like, it won’t change the fact that their entire religion swirls around the fear of death.

It is obviously a death cult.

That said, I am certain that one can work their way out of it. My two kids did.

My "holy shit" moment was when they told me they were no longer going to Sunday mass with ex.

I said "wait, you did what?

And sure enough they did.


Bit of a poison chalice for me. Proud of them for stepping up, but know I am blamed for it.