Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/11/20/human-composting-is-now-legal.html
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I’m dying to try this.
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Wait, were we not supposed to be putting human remains in the compost bin? This waste sorting system is so confusing.
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Only on alternating Thursdays that are even days.
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My wife’s been threatening to bury me in the back 40 for years with the tractor. I guess it’s legal now!
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It is every citizen’s final duty to go into the tanks and become one with all the people.
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, “Ethics for Tomorrow”
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Nice try, Washington, but I’m already human compost.
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Washington state? Yeah that tracks. We already have human manure. https://www.cityoftacoma.org/cms/one.aspx?pageId=16884
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Perfect name is perfect.
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Just throw my corpse to the birds and wild animals.
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Each body is expected to produce a cubic yard of compost? Just how big ARE people in Washington state?
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Dunno, but it sure is tricky to get the timing right on the funeral service to finish just before the regularly scheduled compost pick up truck arrives to empty the totter. 
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Sometimes you can get them to bend the rules a bit if you ask nicely.
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Sounds like a great setup for an allegorical B horror movie.
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Okay, I’m not an expert, but isn’t this how we get prion diseases?
Always, always be careful what you wish for…
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Yeah, this has to be an error. Even a cubic foot would seem high to me. After liquids, there’s not a lot of material.
