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I actually find anti-decay measures applied to corpses disgusting. I feel like corpses should be buried raw right into soil or in plain wood coffins at max, not marinated in formaldehyde and put in non-compostable coffins.



I have a hard time with this too. For a long time my preferred burial would be wrapping me in a blanket and burying me somewhere in the woods. I know it's not practical, but certainly a nicer thought than pumping me full of preservatives and locking me into a $10K sarcophagus.

Let the earth eat me when I die.


What you are describing is Muslim ritual




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