fuck thousands for a coffin. or hundreds for an urn. can i legally be burried in butcher paper?

can i donate my body to science and skip burrial all together?

i want my final action to be a big middle finger to the funeral industry picking on people in their weakest moments.

  • weariedfae@sh.itjust.works
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    19 hours ago

    2 things that piss off the funeral industry

    1. Aquamation/water cremation/alkaline hydrolysis
    2. Human composting

    Both are legal in my state. You should join the fight if they aren’t legal where you are.

    Both are cheaper than burial. With aquamation you get back a bag of cremains just like with cremation. The only difference is instead of fire they boil you in an alkaline solution.

    With composting it turns people into literal soil. You can take that back or donate it to a charity that is repairing a forest.

    I second the Lemmy user who suggested Caitlyn Doughty and the Order of the Good Death.

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      11 hours ago

      I never expected Caitlin Doughty to be mentioned here. Anyways, if you want book recs read “Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs” by her.