Sky burial.
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You ever see those old videos and photos of the monks protesting the Vietnam war…or you could do a sky funeral.
what is a sky funeral?
Is that where buzzards eat you?
Yes
Check Caitlin Doughty's "Ask A Mortician" videos, in addition to some of the other suggestions.
Who pays if you get so irradiated that you need to be buried in a lead casket, like the firefighters at Chernobyl?
Walmart.
I didn't realize that there were any illegal ways to dispose of a body, as long as it's in their will and sanitary
I suspect it's different in different countries, but things like desecrating a corpse are often illegal. I expect if you carved it up and started throwing chunks around, that would be illegal even if it's what the deceased wanted. Probably storing the body away and not telling the authorities of the death would also be illegal
I wonder, if you could throw the chunks around safely without sanitation issues, would it be illegal if that's what the person wanted? Is it defiling a corpse if thats what they wanted done?
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No idea but I love how you think👑