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When I die I want my body

Burned 34 59.65%
 
Buried 23 40.35%
 
Total:57
OdinHades on 15 October 2017

If I have the choice, I would prefer burial at sea.



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ChaosReich on 15 October 2017

Eaten by pigs



finalrpgfantasy on 15 October 2017

Burned. It's cheaper and it doesn't consume any space.



Korvo_Attano on 15 October 2017
sethnintendo said:
Korvo_Attano said:
“I would request that my body in death be buried not cremated, so that the energy content contained within it gets returned to the earth, so that flora and fauna can dine upon it, just as I have dined upon flora and fauna during my lifetime”


― Neil deGrasse Tyson

I think I agree with Neil on this one.

Yet one takes up space being buried right?  What would you rather have?  Some depressing stupid graveyard or a green pasture?  I like Neil Tyson but in this case I can honestly object.  Just wait for New Orleans to flood.  Perhaps buried bodies flooding the the streets again might convince people that burial isn't superior to burning.

I don't know how it is in the US, assuming you live there, but here in Greece after some years have passed they dig the body out and you get your bones put in an ossuary.



sethnintendo on 15 October 2017
Korvo_Attano said:
sethnintendo said:

Yet one takes up space being buried right?  What would you rather have?  Some depressing stupid graveyard or a green pasture?  I like Neil Tyson but in this case I can honestly object.  Just wait for New Orleans to flood.  Perhaps buried bodies flooding the the streets again might convince people that burial isn't superior to burning.

I don't know how it is in the US, assuming you live there, but here in Greece after some years have passed they dig the body out and you get your bones put in an ossuary.

Here in USA you just lay there for eternity.