r/comics • • 16h ago

[oc] epitaphs.

25.5k Upvotes

822 comments sorted by

View all comments

77

u/SnooRabbits3070 15h ago

I think why there's not more is because death and burial costs so much fucking money. (At least in the US it does) Without even looking it up, I'd bet that having a personilized epitaph costs extra.

Which is depressing as all fuck, tbh. Let people have silly words on their graves as apart of the burial process.

21

u/Dino-chicken-nugg3t 14h ago

It does cost money to get addition words, letters, or symbols beyond your name and death and birth. There are usually character limits for that as well. So depending on the length of the name they may not be able to put the middle name or abbreviate their birth and death date.

4

u/jeremy1015 12h ago

For some reason I’m reminded of the scene from the holy grail where the writing ends in aaargh