[red-indian]

If any one is interested, we bury our own in my family on our ancestral land. We use a plain wooden casket and dig the grave ourselves. If a backhoe from a friend is available it's a bonus.

I support the right to self bury, as most states have done for centuries.

There's a weird idea that government needs to get involved in this and protect funeral home gouging.

In any case total burial, funeral and wake cost can be around $800, if you want.

[wayneftw]

I wanna get buried in one of these biodegradable bags and feed a tree [1].

My dad wants to get turned into a diamond [2]. I’m in charge of that.

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/world/eco-solutions-capsula-m...

[2] https://www.npr.org/2014/01/19/263128098/swiss-company-compr...

[x__x]

I'd prefer a "Sky Burial" (look it up) where you're fed to the birds, bones and all

[thrower123]

It's getting so silly that you can't even bury your dog under the apple tree in the back yard in a lot of places these days.

[silveroriole]

There was a huge argument about this on reddit not long ago. People were legitimately horrified at the idea of burying a pet in their yard, were convinced there were all sorts of diseases and miasmas that would occur if you did so and that the land would be permanently damaged/devalued, and that finding the bones would cause psychological trauma. Just mad. If dead animals were so dangerous we’d all be extinct long ago!

[collyw]

People find the idea of human breast milk disgusting while finding it perfectly natural to drink cows milk.

[gonesilent]

Guess I got lucky buying land with a legal cemetery, $40 fee and away you go.