Luke Perry was buried in a mushroom suit

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I am weird. I just wish I could afford some sort of stone tomb… maybe I can make my own in retirement. Just no one freaking Monkey Paw me back to life. Or at least remember to restore me first.

But fair play. For those that don’t care, a more natural burial may be the way to go. I do definately think it should be an option for people. One of the reasons for the embalming is because we start to stink real fast and many of the last funerals I have gone to were days, one a whole week since the death of the person. There are various reasons, from unplanned logistics (friend who died in a ditch full of water going after a dog. He had health problems, but waaaayyy too young and didn’t have anything planned.), to family members holding off so loved ones could come from accross the US. So some of this is I guess conveniance for the living?

I do have a friend who is a non-practicing Muslim, who had his sister die and she was buried I think the next day or the day after that. So non-embalming does happen.

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I think it should be the default. But yes, there are often good reasons for embalming a body. But people (or the majority of people) were not embalmed until relatively recently, and many people had home wakes with the body in the house for a day or so. What we do now (basically have the mortician do all of the work), is not what most people did in history, it’s very different, in fact.

Yes, but many people (who aren’t Jewish or Muslim) aren’t told it’s not an option by many mainstream, larger funeral services companies (especially the larger, chain, corporate places - which are often hidden behind a family name).

Me, I’m a throw me in the dirt in a nice green cemetery that can double as a nature preserve kind of gal. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, and all that. If anyone wants to remember me, maybe it’ll be through a book or two.

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