• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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        “Oops, all preservatives.”

        I think mass-produced factory loaves of bread also should include this on their labels because have you noticed the past couple decades that bread never gets moldy anymore, regardless how long it’s neglected in its plastic packaging?

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    1 day ago

    What, there’s no morticians on this platform to explain exactly what each of these does to a body?

  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world
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    2 days ago

    People are so toxic that they want to be toxic after they die too.

    I just want to be dumped off at the landfill or ground up and used for fertilizer after giving up any useful organs.

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          nothing illegal about just getting dropped in a hole as-is on private property most places

          That’s not true for good reason- people who don’t know what they’re doing could contaminate groundwater/runoff very easily.

          It shouldn’t be as expensive as it is, and I’d support dropping unembalmed corpses without certain diseases (an asymptomatic or undiagnosed prion disease could be incredibly dangerous) in a hole, as long as they are adequately buried. That would require an autopsy and either significant refrigeration costs or a rushed job without embalming though.

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            USAMap-Home-Burial-5-1-19.jpg

            You seem to have linked to the entire wikipedia article on body disposal, possibly without reading it. Here’s a map, some info from a funeral home, and legal advice state by state. Sorry if this is too US-centric, that’s where I’ve been through the process five times.

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              This is the relevant section from the wiki:

              Many jurisdictions have enacted regulations relating to the disposal of human bodies. Although it may be entirely legal to bury a deceased family member, the law may restrict the locations in which this activity is allowed, in some cases expressly limiting burials to property controlled by specific, licensed institutions. Furthermore, in many places, failure to properly dispose of a body is a crime. In some places, it is also a crime to fail to report a death, and to fail to report the disposal of the body.[37]

              From your link:

              Having a grave too close to a water source is either not wise or not legal. It also may not be permitted to have a gravesite within a certain distance of a building or your property line. These are called setbacks, and setback laws are different for each state. Often, setback rules make it all but impossible to put a grave in someone’s urban or suburban property without breaking the law.

              I’d be interested in how widespread the legality is practically, because (reasonably) everything I looked at said to check local laws, but I can understand why that’s not included exhaustively. My family tried to in a rural area of a non rural state where the sources say it’s allowed, but the setbacks made it practically impossible- watershed areas are larger than you would expect, even without visible bodies of water nearby.

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      Had this conversation recently when my wife died. She wanted to be cremated with no embalming but wanted a visitation. In the US you have to be embalmed to have a visitation. No amount of pleading to just put her in an ice bath would work sadly.

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        You can’t have a visitation with someone who has been cremated? Are you positive thats not a state specific thing?

        Maybe there is something else you can call it? It just surprises me because my grandmother and an uncle where both cremated, and we had services. I thought they were visitations.

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          I think they meant she wanted her body to be seen before cremation, and the funeral home wouldn’t do that without embalming her.

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            because the funereal business is a sham.

            can’t have y without x and if you get x you need z. we’ve conveniently packaged it together in our x-z package for a low cost of $6999. isn’t this what the dearly departed would want from you? don’t they deserve the best??

            and that’s why I’m a complete fucking asshole. I don’t deserve the best. I deserve to rot in a culvert on the outskirts of the airport.