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Your prefered method of burial
Poll ended at 10 Feb 2012, 5:39 am
Embalmed, in a heavy casket in ground or tomb 14%  14%  [ 6 ]
Not embalmed, light coffin, in ground 14%  14%  [ 6 ]
Creamation 31%  31%  [ 13 ]
at sea 17%  17%  [ 7 ]
body eaten by wild animals 24%  24%  [ 10 ]
Total votes : 42

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31 Jan 2012, 5:39 am

I know, it's a bit macabe. But how would you like to be buried after death?



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31 Jan 2012, 5:57 am

Body eaten by animals, definitely.

Ok, my serious answer is not embalmed and with a light coffin. Embalming and sealed-in seems like trying to postpone death after dying, sort of. If I'm dead I think I might as well repay the ecosystem at least a little bit for all that I took from it.

Or detonated with high-explosives. That would be cool.



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31 Jan 2012, 6:33 am

Cremated and sold as supplements for coke to snort. Drug addicts will inhale my soul.



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31 Jan 2012, 6:57 am

Wrapped in linen and buried in a forest.



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31 Jan 2012, 7:18 am

Jettisoned into a black hole...But truly, what happens to my body after my death will be of no concern to me as long as my 'legacy' isn't sullied with any religious ceremonies.

Although, I would prefer my organs to be donated, but after that, anything goes.



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31 Jan 2012, 7:55 am

Well, I guess I never really thought about this. I have a hard time believing in things like God and Heaven. I am not sure what my answer would be.


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31 Jan 2012, 7:57 am

I was hoping to find the Hunter S Thompson way, Your Ashes being shot into the sky with a cannon!

So I had to vote being eaten by wild animals XD



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31 Jan 2012, 8:01 am

Cremated, ashes scattered in nature. Sea or river, preferably. But it doesn't really matter that much.



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31 Jan 2012, 8:23 am

I would have voted 'Space', but given that wasn't an option, and Startrek portrays that as similar to burial at sea, I picked that. Otherwise, depending on the tech level, cryofreezing; else, it doesn't matter.



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31 Jan 2012, 10:50 am

I heard about this method once and I have wanted to have this ever since. A Polish guy once convinced the Russian people he was a long lost Czar. When he was discovered, the people executed him(not that part) then cremated his body, loaded the ashes into a cannon, and fired it in the direction of Poland. That seems like a fun way to be memorialized.



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31 Jan 2012, 11:58 am

The option for "Creamation" - is this something to do with being converted into butter or cheese after death? :P


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31 Jan 2012, 12:07 pm

TallyMan wrote:
The option for "Creamation" - is this something to do with being converted into butter or cheese after death? :P


Maybe the literalness of Asperger's syndrome here :lol:

I've drawn the image up that way too.

For me, the economical way is creamed. Burial is a greater financial burden that the family would have to carry. I don't want the dough directed to the lining of other pockets.



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31 Jan 2012, 12:10 pm

Burial at sea, it saves space.


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31 Jan 2012, 12:58 pm

In space.



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31 Jan 2012, 1:27 pm

BOG BODY!! !! !
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or BODY FARM!! ! (link)

or getting eaten by critters is ok too.


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31 Jan 2012, 1:48 pm

Explosion!