What Do You Want To Happen To Your Remains After You Die? - Page 2

phil_ · 04-07-2015, 04:08 PM

It occurred to me in the last few hours that what remains of me probably won't be very eco-friendly. I wouldn't want anything to get sick from eating me, so I'd like to change my answer to mummified and used to frighten children at Halloween.

mauve · 04-07-2015, 05:24 PM

I've heard that the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland has had problems with people trying to sneak cremated remains of loved ones into the ride, so the deceased can become the 1000th spirit in the mansion ("We have nine hundred and ninety nine happy haunts here. But there's room for a thousand! Any takers?"). They have to close the ride and do hazmat cleanup whenever they suspect someone's spreading ashes in the ride.

So if I can't spend the afterlife at Disneyland, I'll modify Bard's suggestion and have my remains interred in the center of a forest maze, in some kind of cool shrine. As time goes by and the plants grow, it'll just get cooler and more mystical looking. Bonus points if there are stone monuments scattered through the maze carved with strange symbols and encoded messages to freak people out. Archaeologists will discover the complex centuries later and wonder what purpose this place must have served and argue over who was buried there. Maybe I'll have my cremains interred with the fossilized shark tooth I found at the beach or a laminated document written in a dead language, just to screw with archaeologists.

BitVyper · 04-07-2015, 06:34 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial

Shyria Dracnoir · 04-08-2015, 12:18 AM

Meatspace remains

Ghost

RobinStarwing · 04-08-2015, 10:18 AM

Very easy to say. When I know I am going to die, this is what will happen. I am being strapped into a very large chair with a ton of rockets and fireworks attached. Than they will be set off.

Flarecobra · 04-08-2015, 12:25 PM

Ok Wan Hu. :P

phil_ · 04-08-2015, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BitVyper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial

But those vultures might get sick from the heavy metals and radioactive elements you will accrue through your life. Think of the vulture children!

04-07-2015, 04:08 PM	#11
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	It occurred to me in the last few hours that what remains of me probably won't be very eco-friendly. I wouldn't want anything to get sick from eating me, so I'd like to change my answer to mummified and used to frighten children at Halloween. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

04-07-2015, 05:24 PM	#12
mauve So Dreamy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Someplace magical Posts: 6,863	I've heard that the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland has had problems with people trying to sneak cremated remains of loved ones into the ride, so the deceased can become the 1000th spirit in the mansion ("We have nine hundred and ninety nine happy haunts here. But there's room for a thousand! Any takers?"). They have to close the ride and do hazmat cleanup whenever they suspect someone's spreading ashes in the ride. So if I can't spend the afterlife at Disneyland, I'll modify Bard's suggestion and have my remains interred in the center of a forest maze, in some kind of cool shrine. As time goes by and the plants grow, it'll just get cooler and more mystical looking. Bonus points if there are stone monuments scattered through the maze carved with strange symbols and encoded messages to freak people out. Archaeologists will discover the complex centuries later and wonder what purpose this place must have served and argue over who was buried there. Maybe I'll have my cremains interred with the fossilized shark tooth I found at the beach or a laminated document written in a dead language, just to screw with archaeologists. __________________ Yoo Hoo!

04-07-2015, 06:34 PM	#13
BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here.

04-08-2015, 12:18 AM	#14
Shyria Dracnoir Kawaii-ju Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Monster Island Posts: 4,240	Meatspace remains Ghost __________________ Godzilla vs. Gamera (1994)

04-08-2015, 10:18 AM	#15
RobinStarwing C.M.B.A.S.O.B Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Everywhere until you look at me. Posts: 737	Very easy to say. When I know I am going to die, this is what will happen. I am being strapped into a very large chair with a ton of rockets and fireworks attached. Than they will be set off. __________________ *NPF's resident Crazy Magnificent Bastard Ass Son Of A Bitch (CMBASOB)* Accept No Substitutes Also known as "The Least Interesting Man in The World" according to multiple surveys

04-08-2015, 12:25 PM	#16
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	Ok Wan Hu. :P __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.