Pete Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Im not sure if you guys have read or heard about human composting funeral homes. Human composting also known as natural organic reduction. Once you die, your corpse in placed in a vessel that mixed with wood chips, straw, alfafa, and other bacteria that love to eat on the organic matter 😬 Seattle is the first in the US to have this kind of burial anyway. How do you feel about this? Would you ever choose this type of funeral either for yourself or for loved ones? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insomnia Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I think it's perfectly cool with me if my family decided to bury me that way. At least my dead body is good for something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdCake Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I'm down. At least your body is going back into the earth a better way than rotting in a box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azucar15 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I want to be in one of those eco urns that grow into a tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimikyu Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 This actually sounds pretty interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about it being done to my body, per say. But interesting nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raynu Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 19 hours ago, Pete said: Im not sure if you guys have read or heard about human composting funeral homes. Human composting also known as natural organic reduction. Once you die, your corpse in placed in a vessel that mixed with wood chips, straw, alfafa, and other bacteria that love to eat on the organic matter 😬 Seattle is the first in the US to have this kind of burial anyway. How do you feel about this? Would you ever choose this type of funeral either for yourself or for loved ones? id consider it. its better than going in the ground and floating in water for the remainder of my decomposition. before covid interrupted my plans, i was studying to be a funeral director. one of the secrets you learn is there is no such thing as an air tight or sealed casket. its just a marketing ploy to sell. so regardless, if you are being buried - your casket is going to fill with water. We all float down there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raynu Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 theres is also a hydro-cremation option. that ones pretty cool. no pun intended.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 12 hours ago, Azucar15 said: I want to be in one of those eco urns that grow into a tree Capsula mundi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0BINH00D1182 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Sign me up. Since they told me it was illegal to catapult my corpse through the windows of people I hate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathinDarkness Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 I think this type of funeral would be both unusual and neat. I'd consider it for myself and loved ones, but it would be one of many possible options. In general, though, I appreciate how human composting lets us offer something to others after death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathinDarkness Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 On 2/1/2021 at 6:56 PM, Raynu said: id consider it. its better than going in the ground and floating in water for the remainder of my decomposition. before covid interrupted my plans, i was studying to be a funeral director. one of the secrets you learn is there is no such thing as an air tight or sealed casket. its just a marketing ploy to sell. so regardless, if you are being buried - your casket is going to fill with water. We all float down there... First off, I'm sorry to learn about your interrupted plans. I hope you can still become a funeral director. Also, this information is interesting, Raynu. No sealed casket, huh? I never imagined floating corpses after death. What an interesting world in which we all live. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenAngel Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Well if I wasnt already creeped out about being buried this was enlightening lmao XD Seriously though interesting information 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappernicus Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 There's always the Salient Green option. If people can stomach the concept (pun intended) 🦊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raynu Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 On 6/27/2021 at 12:03 AM, DeathinDarkness said: First off, I'm sorry to learn about your interrupted plans. I hope you can still become a funeral director. Also, this information is interesting, Raynu. No sealed casket, huh? I never imagined floating corpses after death. What an interesting world in which we all live. sorry for the late response. wild, isnt it ? 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappernicus Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 I remembered this from a favourite book of mine “Watermelon Sugar” by Braughtigan. There were four or five guys putting in the tomb. They were the Tomb Crew. The tomb was being put into the bottom of the river. That's how we bury our dead here. Of course we used a lot less tombs when the tigers were in bloom. But now we bury them all in glass coffins at the bottoms of rivers and put foxfire in the tombs, so they glow at night and we can appreciate what comes next. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathinDarkness Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 7/16/2021 at 12:05 AM, Raynu said: sorry for the late response. wild, isnt it ? 🙂 No problem. I'm sorry for my late response. Yes, it is definitely unusual, to say the least. Thanks for sharing with us all! 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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