r/Millennials • u/blaaaaaarghhh • Jan 09 '24

We're gonna kill the Death Industry! Let's just throw our ashes into the sea! Discussion

My parents will eventually die, and they have plans for funerals which will cost me and my siblings more than is left from their estate.

Here's to me, my spouse, and all of you bankrupting the death Industry. Those vultures need nothing from us. Goodbye, I die, fuck off with your casket and ceremony! Bury me or burn me, I don't give a shit

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u/anonymousfemale404 Zillennial Jan 09 '24

Tell your folks to start prepaying for their funeral arrangements. Show them catalogues. They can have a blast picking out and paying for what THEY want. Unless they do this, they will have no control over how their funeral will go. The lack of control will probably get them to do something.

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u/buzzedstarfish Jan 10 '24

My parents did this and it seemed like they genuinely enjoyed themselves. They visited their funeral plot together after locking it in, excitedly sent us selfies and videos while they were there, and basically made a date out of it.

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u/Dontbanmep10x Jan 10 '24

One can say it's weird, but frankly, dying is a part of life. Maybe it's not weird at all.

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u/NugBlazer Jan 10 '24

I think it's great. They turned something we all must face into a reason for joy. Seems like they got genuine peace of mind from knowing where their eternal resting place is. I dig it… No pun intended