![]() ![]() "It's none of their business what happens to them when they die," he said to me. I spoke about this with funeral director Kevin McCabe, who believes that decisions concerning the disposition of a body should be made by the survivors, not the dead. I imagine it is a symptom of the fear, the dread, of being gone, of the refusal to accept that you are no longer in control, or even participate in, anything that happens on earth. Leaving a note requesting that your family and friends travel to the Ganges or ship your body to a plastination lab in Michigan is a way of exerting influence after you're gone-of still being there, in a seen. ![]() People who make elaborate requests concerning disposition of their bodies are probably people who have trouble with the concept of not existing. It makes little sense to try to control what happens to your remains when you are no longer around to reap the joys or benefits of that control. Untimed bans may be lifted when the moderators are confident that you will not continue to infringe on the community rules.Īh, time to post this bit again from Mary Roach's brilliant book Stiff Violation of our rules may result in a ban from this subreddit. See the wiki for details on each rule Disallowed comments
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