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chasonreddit t1_iwrtutj wrote

While both are beautiful, doesn't anyone else have an issue with buying such a beautiful piece of craftsmanship (and valuable wood) and then either burying it or burning it up?

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Will_Winters t1_iwrv8mw wrote

100%. The one tip funeral homes don't want you to know; Use the coffin just for the funeral not the burial. Then pass down the rocker AND coffin to your children. BIFE Put me in a burlap sack and save the $10k.

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Tack122 t1_iwrybm7 wrote

Just store the coffin in the attic with a realistic plastic skeleton inside for the time between funerals?

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Will_Winters t1_iws128m wrote

Bring it out for Halloween and rent it out for other funerals too. I mean, this is funny...but why the fuck DON'T we do this? The buried expensive casket is a moronic idea.

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Tack122 t1_iws1jwg wrote

Realistically, the funeral home ought to have a few of each of the fancy coffins they offer and all the customers share/reuse them, wash the liners between funerals, but I think that overly engages people's squeamishness about corpses.

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HedonisticFrog t1_iwsfhwc wrote

That's a great idea. You can parade me in a nice coffin, and then have a release hatch on the bottom where my body falls down once it's level with the ground.

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mx5fan t1_iwsit3x wrote

Kinda the same reason why diamonds are ridiculously priced even though they're actually very common in nature.

The funeral business is one that I believe is particularly predatory -- they prey on the emotional response of people at their most vulnerable state to upsell shit they can't afford, all under the guise that it's "showing your respect to the dead." Whether you feed your dearly departed dad to a pack of pigs or take out a loan to bury him in a fancy cemetery with a $30k mahogany casket, he is none the wiser.

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EngFarm t1_iws0xum wrote

Use it as decoration for Halloween and as a blanket/toy chest during the rest of the year.

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Tack122 t1_iws196m wrote

"Why is the children's playroom decorated like a funeral parlor?"

"Ah you see, it's a dual use room, we store the toys in the coffin when we aren't mourning in there!"

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Web-Dude t1_iws1nzr wrote

Yes.

Everyone I know knows that I want to be put in a cardboard box and/or just a large hole. I have zero interest in my meatbag when I'm done with it.

But I think maybe a high-quality coffin isn't so much for the person going into it as much as it's for the people still alive who want to feel good about sending them off.

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ivanoski-007 t1_iws9abm wrote

I don't care , they WILL respect my decision to he put in a cardboard box !

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JoMamma_80 t1_iwsehz9 wrote

My Grammy always said this. Put me in a cardboard box, and send me on my way.

It’s a little funny that she wanted to be cremated but my papa wanted a wake and funeral for her first, so he bought a (beautiful) basically covered cardboard (maybe like particle board in there, too?) casket that she would then be burned in.

I know she was laughing.

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Mountain_Man_88 t1_iwsdn5a wrote

I want one of those classic pine boxes like you see in westerns and old horror movies. Chuck me in the ground and let me decompose, shouldn't cost more than $100.

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scottb84 t1_iwsnywn wrote

No-frills wood caskets remain a popular option for observant Jews, who apparently cannot be buried in anything with metal components. My understanding is the Leonard Cohen was buried in a simple pine box.

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Anianna t1_iwtl19v wrote

I've signed the papers to have my meat bag donated to my state's research lab. All my family has to do is call them to come pick it up.

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Anianna t1_iwtkt9g wrote

I've always felt like a coffin is the one thing that shouldn't be built to last.

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