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Expecting to leave a grave behind after you die is vain as fuck and pointless. (lemmy.ml)

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Beat case scenario: your grave sits unlooked at 99.9% of the time and wastes space. In a couple hundred years some douchebag archeologist who wants to pretend they aren't a grave robber will fuck with your shit in the name of "science".

Setup a shrine for your loved ones in your house if you have to. The world is for the living. When I die toss me in the nearest dumpster.

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Whew, that is definitely an unpopular opinion.

I would, however, suggest you consider the benefits of centralized burial like cemeteries. They allow for ease of regulation, and that is key to being able to mitigate any drawbacks of everyone doing what they want with bodies.

Tossing you in the dumpster might be fine as far as that goes, but only if the dumpster is taken somewhere that is also centralized. Bodies just being dropped anywhere to rot are a health and environmental hazard. Not saying the usual options are always better, but they do minimize how far any effects can spread.

Mind you, you also overlook the social and emotional aspects of why humans bury their dead. It's obviously not a factor you care about, but others do. When you deny the ability to grieve in structured ways, the chances of that grief becoming a greater harm increases. Closure really is a thing, and graves allow a path to that.

Now, I would prefer my body be left in an out of the way place and left to rot. So I don't disagree with that part of your opinion. It's the reasoning that's iffy.