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Originally posted by titmowse
i would like it if they could just throw my body into the back forty of some poor farmer's suffering crop. unfortunately, they won't let me do that. they gotta drain all my blood and fill me full of embalming fluid whether i'm buried or cremated. i guess i'll opt for cremation as i see burial/caskets to be a waste of space and money.
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I've always liked the idea of burial at sea for much the same reasons. Wrap the body in a white sheet, add a weight, and toss. I find the notion of embalming, $10,000 caskets, expensive headstones etc to be dowright grotesque, besides being an unhealthy way to mourn imo.
I'd rather my survivors buy themselves something nice, donate the money to a worthwhile cause in my memory, or better yet, use it for a memorial pub crawl.