Fear of premature burial was widespread in 18th and 19th century Europe, leading to the invention of the safety coffin. Over thirty different designs were patented in Germany in the second half of the 19th century.
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I like this idea. still looks good but doesn’t cause as much waste. I read that most coffins are lined with silk and other expensive materials. Such a waste of talent and resources when you think how many coffins are created and burned every single day.
Still cracy priced though — according to this article “The cost of a burial at sea in the UK starts at around £2,200 for the committal of the coffin to the water. This does not include the funeral directors’ fees or the cost of any third party services.”
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Looks like it is an option nowadays. Not sure if they mean just ashes, but I hope so. Otherwise it would just wash up to shore. Can we weigh them down somehow?
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You can share other people’s graves in London, not long til we need the grave rotator to turn it into an ongoing way to get shot of those who don’t like the feeling of being torched instead.
Grave-sharing is fine – there’s no space for living people, let alone dead ones
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Safety coffins were popular in the 18th and 19th centuries due to a widespread fear of being buried alive.
Most designs of safety coffins utilize traditional signaling methods, but I found a Google Patent for a digital safety coffin.
There are numerous designs for safety coffins.
Never thought of this, but on alibaba they still cost over 300 just for the liner (urr bodybag)
I like this idea. still looks good but doesn’t cause as much waste. I read that most coffins are lined with silk and other expensive materials. Such a waste of talent and resources when you think how many coffins are created and burned every single day.
Looks like the US didn’t bother even with the liners in their death camps. Watch this if you can handle it.
watch this, some people are just going with actual cardboard coffins – they cost 3 bucks to make. Not sure if I want to go in one of those though.
Still cracy priced though — according to this article “The cost of a burial at sea in the UK starts at around £2,200 for the committal of the coffin to the water. This does not include the funeral directors’ fees or the cost of any third party services.”
Looks like it is an option nowadays. Not sure if they mean just ashes, but I hope so. Otherwise it would just wash up to shore. Can we weigh them down somehow?
And in lakes, rivers and bays. Guidelines here https://www.epa.gov/ocean-dumping/burial-sea#Can_I_scatter_inland_waters
This made me think…
Ancestry should let you upload a pic of a virtual grave for your dead progenitors for sure.
Don’t think they exist and not sure who would pay for an online gravestone but look at this, a real digital gravestone!!!
You can get mummified or used to power a shroom farm already.
Hmm. you’re 75% water so a small box would do, if you insist on taking a piece of the world from everyone else, forever – no need to reydrate.
You can share other people’s graves in London, not long til we need the grave rotator to turn it into an ongoing way to get shot of those who don’t like the feeling of being torched instead.
Pretty dark idea. How about turning into a tree instead?