Remains to be seen….
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Where I come from, viewings of the body really aren't a thing.
I find the whole body-viewing really upsetting. I was given the opportunity to see my dad's body at the undertakers after he died, and I just couldn't do it. I didn't want that to be my last memory of him.
I've been to a couple of funerals in the US where the body is on display, and I find it really disturbing. Maybe I'm the one with the issue, I don't know.
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No discussion? This is the one of the most bizarre thing I've seen on the internet. It raises so many questions, such as
"Who are these people? How did he die?"
"Who thought a glass coffin was a good idea to market?"
"Is the the future of the funeral industry?"
"Why isn't the corpse better posed?"
"Why is the mourner wearing matching clothes?"
"Isn't that plexiglass acting like a greenhouse in the sun and baking the body?"
"His left leg looks like it might be broken, seems an awkward angle"
"Are grave robbers going to go after his kicks?"
FWIW, I think death is handled very badly in the US, and the funeral industry is both exploitative and does not help people to grieve properly. So, if this helps the woman to process the death of her beloved, that's OK, but it seems really creepy.
Your thoughts?
I agree, it is really creepy. Beyond that, it leaves me cold.
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Cult of some kind, I'm guessing. Y'all live in too normal of a world.
You ain't lived until you see a guy get coded, surrounded by five women dressed as nuns (that ain't) that we had to shush away, and after the doc calls him and everybody medical exits the room, the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy, beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues, while the other four "nuns" wail and chant around the body in some unknown language. Or jibberish.
I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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There is a lot of talk about closure and finality. Personally, I have never had any trouble believing someone is dead. Seeing their makeup caked corpse never helped in any way. Quite the opposite. I'd prefer to remember them when they were vibrant and alive.
I also never found a spouse or family member who said the funeral reduced their grief.
I think there is a value in gathering to reconnect after a death, especially in the case of the death of a spouse. You have been connected to the community as a couple, and now that has changed. Renewing those connections as a single person seems valuable.
Myself, I'm entertaining the idea of being wrapped around a newly planted tree. I'd much rather my descendants see and visit a living, helpful, beautiful tree than some cold stone.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Cult of some kind, I'm guessing. Y'all live in too normal of a world.
You ain't lived until you see a guy get coded, surrounded by five women dressed as nuns (that ain't) that we had to shush away, and after the doc calls him and everybody medical exits the room, the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy, beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues, while the other four "nuns" wail and chant around the body in some unknown language. Or jibberish.
I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...
@Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:
the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues
Oddly enough, that's how I want to go...
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@Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:
the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues
Oddly enough, that's how I want to go...
@Doctor-Phibes said in Remains to be seen….:
@Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:
the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues
Oddly enough, that's how I want to go...
Leave a note for Jane.
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Maybe she was a nurse with a bad habit...
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It needs music
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If you use a coffin to view the remains at a funeral home, in many (if not most) states it is illegal to re-use that coffin at the funeral home for the next deceased.
Some enterprising individuals will buy those, decontaminate them, reconfigure and reline them, then sell them as couches, chairs, etc.
Google up "coffin couches".
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Cult of some kind, I'm guessing. Y'all live in too normal of a world.
You ain't lived until you see a guy get coded, surrounded by five women dressed as nuns (that ain't) that we had to shush away, and after the doc calls him and everybody medical exits the room, the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy, beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues, while the other four "nuns" wail and chant around the body in some unknown language. Or jibberish.
I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...
@Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:
I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...
Please tell me you said “Y’all don’t look like transplant surgeons, can you show me your UNOS credentials?”
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When I go, I want a New Orleans send off
Link to video@LuFins-Dad said in Remains to be seen….:
When I go, I want a New Orleans send off
If these guys aren't available...
I want the Brahms Requiem send off - live of course.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:
I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...
Please tell me you said “Y’all don’t look like transplant surgeons, can you show me your UNOS credentials?”
@jon-nyc said in Remains to be seen….:
@Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:
I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...
Please tell me you said “Y’all don’t look like transplant surgeons, can you show me your UNOS credentials?”
Would be LOPA down here, and that's above my pay grade....
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When I go, I want a New Orleans send off
Link to video@LuFins-Dad said in Remains to be seen….:
When I go, I want a New Orleans send off
Link to videoThey fly.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
