(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.
It is a waste of money to me too. I am donating my body to science.
I get that people want to mourn. But you can have a small wake at a family member's house, or out in a park. I followed my late mother's wishes and had her cremated. She actually requested that for the same reason, cheaper. We had a memorial for her at her assisted living place. I paid for some flowers, a priest, not for me, but for her friends, and a violin player. And some catering. But all in all it was a fraction of a fraction of coast than your standard funeral.
