I fucking hate the funeral industry. I read a book about it once and it helped put into words alot of the shitty things I suspected went on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Way_of_Death
Anyway - even though I am not a 'cheap' person. I cannot bear to waste money on shit which will not bring an iota of benefit to anyone. As such - I have always wanted to avoid shelling out a bunch of cash for funerals.
Now - I always though the cheapest way to get rid of a dead body is to donate the body to a medical school.
Well - I looked into this last night. And - at least here in the UK - the only person who can give consent to do this is the person involved (whereas usually - the close family has final say on what happens to a body).
So - you have to contact a local medical school, request a form - and then get the person themselves to sign the form and store it with their will.
It will not be a convenient 'magic bullet' solution for those looking to save cash on burying others. Like I say - I am not 'cheap'. I would just rather the money wasted on a burial was given to a charity. And I hate being 'red pill' in all other aspects of my life - before resorting to lazy 'blue pill' traditional (and stupid) ways of thinking in death.
Still - with this knowledge in mind. At least I have some warning now that if you want to go down this route (it is the only way to get rid of a body which costs nothing) you will have to organise it way ahead of time.
Anyway - just wanted to pass along this advice to you lot as well.
That is all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Way_of_Death
Anyway - even though I am not a 'cheap' person. I cannot bear to waste money on shit which will not bring an iota of benefit to anyone. As such - I have always wanted to avoid shelling out a bunch of cash for funerals.
Now - I always though the cheapest way to get rid of a dead body is to donate the body to a medical school.
Well - I looked into this last night. And - at least here in the UK - the only person who can give consent to do this is the person involved (whereas usually - the close family has final say on what happens to a body).
So - you have to contact a local medical school, request a form - and then get the person themselves to sign the form and store it with their will.
It will not be a convenient 'magic bullet' solution for those looking to save cash on burying others. Like I say - I am not 'cheap'. I would just rather the money wasted on a burial was given to a charity. And I hate being 'red pill' in all other aspects of my life - before resorting to lazy 'blue pill' traditional (and stupid) ways of thinking in death.
Still - with this knowledge in mind. At least I have some warning now that if you want to go down this route (it is the only way to get rid of a body which costs nothing) you will have to organise it way ahead of time.
Anyway - just wanted to pass along this advice to you lot as well.
That is all.