I've always said to dump me in a ditch somewhere, I'm not gonna care, I'll be dead. If anybody pays for an expensive ass coffin for me, I will come back and haunt their ass.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Burial Pod baby: https://8billiontrees.com/eco-friendly-natural-products/tree-pod-burial/

I would have liked a sky burial or something.

[–] excitingburp@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

This is basically what I want done, composting and then burial under a redwood sapling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_composting

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

My plan, if I live old enough to be facing debilitating age-related illness is to organize all my assets to be distributed beforehand, then hike out into the middle of a dense forest where I cant possibly be found, dig a shallow pit to lie in, and die there by whatever means tickles me at the time.

There are no large predators where I live, so Id just be slowly dissected by the ants and the beetles.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Bene Gesserit burials in "Chapterhouse" sound like it: dig a vertical hole, put the body in with (presumably) biodegradable wrapping, plant a tree on it.

[–] Sadrockman@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I've said the same thing,same reasoning, but my wife and kids lost their minds when I suggested it. I even suggested planting a tree so they could have a place to consider "me" to be,no dice. So good luck to you and everyone else concerned with saving money or hassle out there.

[–] mortrek@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You basically just rephrased multiple scenes with Frank in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia...

"I mean, I don't give a shit. If I was dead you could bang me all you want. I mean, who cares? A dead body is like a piece of trash. I mean, shove as much shit in there as you want. Fill me up with cream, make a stew out of my ass. What's the big deal? Bang me, eat me, grind me up into little pieces, throw me in the river. Who gives a shit? You're dead, you're dead! Oh shit! Is my mic on?"

or another episode: "When I die, just throw me in the trash!"

Just thought it was funny to find people mirroring Frank Reynolds in real life... although I always pretty much agreed with him. I'm more concerned with how traumatizing it'd be for my family to see me in a ditch, and/or being filled with cream.