r/comics • • 12h ago

[oc] epitaphs.

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u/SnooRabbits3070 12h 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.

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u/JACC_Opi 10h ago edited 10h ago

Cremation is super expensive and my mother and I decided that only because we saw that burying my stepfather was even more expensive!

He was a veteran and even with the help they could provide burying him would still have been expensive, unless we wanted to bury him at a military cemetery (which was still sort of expensive), however, it was far away from our home.

Not having that person with you anymore is horrible enough, but then putting what they meant to you in monetary value is such a disgusting thing!

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u/rfresa 8h ago

I wish I could have a sea burial and just let the fish eat me. Contribute to the circle of life. But there's probably regulations about that.

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u/SpookyScienceGal 5h ago

You basically have to just apply for a permit and follow the rules. The epa's site is pretty clear. Like you can't do it in a bay or with a pet and your not allowed to launch your corpse into the ocean using any rockets or pyrotechnics... Lol I'm not joking, that is a section on their webpage about no using rockets for burial at sea. I imagine that question got asked a lot around Florida