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whats the cheapest legal way to dispose of my dead body so i can stick it to the funeral industry?

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    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.

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    I didn't realize that there were any illegal ways to dispose of a body, as long as it's in their will and sanitary

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      Direct cremation is the absolute chespest way to handle it. They'll try to sell you a fancy urn, and may even say it's illegal to use another type of container, but you could literally do what they did in The Big Lebowski and use a coffee can if you wanted. The guy who invented Pringles had his ashes put into a Pringles can. The ashes themselves come in a sealed plastic bag, anyway.

      My mom's are just in a wooden box I made for her when I was in highschool woodshop.

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      Or just flush'em down a toilet, Captain Fantastic style.

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      • P [email protected]

        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.

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        Donate to science?

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          the motherfucker

          He prefers "Dad".

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          My mum doesn't like being called Fatherfucker

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            My mum doesn't like being called Fatherfucker

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            At least it's better than motherfuckee?

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            • P [email protected]

              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.

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              I think you can just not claim the body and the government will bury it in a pauper's grave or something, but there might be some downsides to rejecting the body entirely.

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              • P [email protected]

                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.

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                Science Vs. did a great episode on Human Composting a few years back. It's really touching and highlights a fantastic way to convert your death into life.

                Here is a link to the episode.
                https://open.spotify.com/episode/6reXXkhnvGxpSvnCz8wP2c

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                • S [email protected]

                  Native American pyre

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                  Why Native American specifically? I'm thinking of Darth Vaders pyre and wondering if there's something different that the native Americans did, and also, what nation specifically if you know. They didnt all follow the same rituals/ceremonies

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                    Among the other warnings here, if getting the cremains is important to you, be careful; my mother did this and we never got anything back. We almost didn't get anything of my father back, but my sister was tenacious.

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                    Just so you're aware, it's my understanding that during cremation you're likely getting first only some of the remains back and second likely not only theirs. I don't think it matters, but I wouldn't be surprised if the remains of your father was some other ashes entirely. It doesn't really matter though. It's just a bunch of carbon at the end of the day.

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                    • P [email protected]

                      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.

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                      Become entirely homeless and cut off all contacts and remove all identification so no one will be around to care when you die.

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                        I didn't realize that there were any illegal ways to dispose of a body, as long as it's in their will and sanitary

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                        There's definitely some limitations. There was a bit of an issue in my state when a Mosque wanted to install a cemetery on their lot, but they were too close to the aquifer and weren't allowed.

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                          Native American pyre

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                          "Sky burials" are probably cheaper.

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                            Science Vs. did a great episode on Human Composting a few years back. It's really touching and highlights a fantastic way to convert your death into life.

                            Here is a link to the episode.
                            https://open.spotify.com/episode/6reXXkhnvGxpSvnCz8wP2c

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                            Is it a luxury option for the rich?

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                              Don't die. That'll teach them.

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                              That's my plan. So far it's working out!

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                                Sometimes you want to be sure the motherfucker is dead.

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                                I think it was Frankie Boyle that said at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral, the 21-gun salute was pointed into the grave…

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                                  I didn't realize that there were any illegal ways to dispose of a body, as long as it's in their will and sanitary

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                                  I suspect it's different in different countries, but things like desecrating a corpse are often illegal. I expect if you carved it up and started throwing chunks around, that would be illegal even if it's what the deceased wanted. Probably storing the body away and not telling the authorities of the death would also be illegal

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                                    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.

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                                    have your homies smoke your ashes in a blunt

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                                      I didn't realize that there were any illegal ways to dispose of a body, as long as it's in their will and sanitary

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                                      Certain types of burial allow the body to potentially contaminate nearby soil. Others can leave behind a void that can either collapse and disrupt nearby graves, or in some cases lift the body back to the surface in heavy rain. (Extremely uncommon now because essentially nowhere allows you to use those methods)

                                      Funeral pyres or other forms of open air cremation are generally not legal due to concerns of fire spreading.
                                      Whole body water burial is probably not legal in a body of fresh water in the US due mostly to the complexity of figuring out which law applies to that circumstance in any of the bodies of water that could be used that wouldn't be grossly undersized and unsanitary. (Basically that means the Great lakes, which are the only ones with the depth and size sufficient, but are shared between multiple states and also Canada. Usually the rule is that if it's not forbidden it's permitted, but body disposal is more complicated)

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                                        Is it a luxury option for the rich?

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                                        No. As far as I know, its the cheapest legal option. The only hurdle is that only like 10 states allow it as a legal option.

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                                          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.

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                                          Get eaten by a shark

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