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J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
8/5/24 2:44 p.m.
DrBoost
DrBoost MegaDork
8/5/24 2:49 p.m.

It's a waste of resources. Put me in a field and let the animals benefit from my demise. 

aircooled
aircooled MegaDork
8/5/24 2:50 p.m.

The idea of preserving a body in a slow state of decay in a sealed box is pretty abhorrent to me in general, so this really does not make it any worse to me.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/5/24 2:57 p.m.

In reply to DrBoost :

I think that's called a "sky burial" (usually done with vultures in arid high-altitude regions).

NOHOME
NOHOME MegaDork
8/5/24 3:04 p.m.

That was a parody commercial. Right? 

dculberson
dculberson MegaDork
8/5/24 3:08 p.m.

At $10k, at least it's expensive as well as ugly.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
8/5/24 3:18 p.m.

Seller:  "Inside you'll find out vegan tufted interior.."

It's pleather for $10k?  

Duke
Duke MegaDork
8/5/24 3:24 p.m.

Nothing about the casket itself is the important part here.

It's all about poking fun at Tesla and the Cybertruck.

 

Toyman!
Toyman! GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/5/24 3:37 p.m.

Meh. I'll be dead and beyond caring.

Beer Baron 🍺
Beer Baron 🍺 MegaDork
8/5/24 7:33 p.m.
NOHOME said:

That was a parody commercial. Right? 

I can't tell if it's real or not.

Here's the website.

They are *very* clearly parodying the Cybertruck, but this also looks like a real product.

Stampie
Stampie GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/5/24 7:38 p.m.
GameboyRMH said:

In reply to DrBoost :

I think that's called a "sky burial" (usually done with vultures in arid high-altitude regions).

Unfortunately a lot of vultures in India have died off because of medicine given to the livestock.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-vultures-nearly-disappeared-in-india-half-a-million-people-died-too-study-finds-180984837/

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
8/5/24 9:24 p.m.

I have two directives for my remains. 

 

I wish to be spread at the haunted mansion at Walt Disney world. 

 

 

I do not want to be cremated. 

SV reX
SV reX MegaDork
8/5/24 9:30 p.m.

In reply to Mndsm :

😳😳

Stampie
Stampie GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/5/24 9:48 p.m.

In reply to Mndsm :

In a few seconds I've come up with some ideas.

DrBoost
DrBoost MegaDork
8/6/24 8:17 a.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

Yeah, I couldn't remember what it was called. Makes perfect sense.

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
8/6/24 8:56 a.m.
Stampie said:

In reply to Mndsm :

In a few seconds I've come up with some ideas.

I have another directive I've sworn to help a friend with. He's got his fathers remains, who HAS been cremated. He's sworn to put him in the fountain at the Bellagio. Best theories so far were either walk by and sprinkle, or water balloon slingshot from a neighboring hotel. 

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/6/24 9:06 a.m.
Mndsm said:

I have two directives for my remains. 

 

I wish to be spread at the haunted mansion at Walt Disney world. 

 

 

I do not want to be cremated. 

The engineer in me is working on this.  I need to know if you have an aversion to farm equipment?  

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
8/6/24 9:11 a.m.

In reply to dean1484 :

Efficiency is appreciated, though portability and security is a concern. 

Stampie
Stampie GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/6/24 9:24 a.m.

In reply to Mndsm :

My first thought on either project is do you want to go for stealth or do you want to go for the biggest show for the unknowing public.  The later appeals to me.

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
8/6/24 10:17 a.m.

In reply to Stampie :

Por que no los dos? Give em the show they didn't know they wanted, and the one they didn't know they were getting.

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/6/24 10:38 a.m.

In reply to Mndsm :

Ahhh. So the wood chipper effect.  

WonkoTheSane
WonkoTheSane GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
8/6/24 10:42 a.m.
dean1484 said:

In reply to Mndsm :

Ahhh. So the wood chipper effect.  

You guys have seen Carrie, right?

Stampie
Stampie GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/6/24 11:09 a.m.

In reply to Mndsm :

Ok for the ashes how about a fake gender reveal at the fountain?  Surprise it's going to be a dead guy!  

RevRico
RevRico GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/6/24 11:14 a.m.

In reply to dean1484 :

Freeze them first. Goes through the chipper much easier that way, and makes a neat snow effect. 

Somebody did that with a rental chipper a couple years ago at a local river. 

jmabarone
jmabarone HalfDork
8/6/24 11:34 a.m.
Mndsm said:

I have two directives for my remains. 

 

I wish to be spread at the haunted mansion at Walt Disney world. 

 

 

I do not want to be cremated. 

So just a reverse "one piece at a time" deal...I like it. 

My wife brought up funeral expenses the other day.  She told me be wasteful on her funeral expenses "I don't need a $10k casket".  Like I didn't know that...  

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