If any of my relatives ever read this, you have my full permission to do whatever stupid shit with my ashes you want, the stupider the better. Or if you want to dunk on or generally make a joke out of my passing, that's encouraged too. It would be a nice send-off.
When my FIL what was a veterinarian was cremated, his remains were in a nice wooden box on his old antique desk. My SIL always referred to it as, "Doc in a box."
I have a close friend who's dad very suddenly passed away within the past 2 months and was cremated. I shared this with them on chat. They laughed. I'm still alive...for now.
I don't think Lemmy is ban happy like reddit. I've got into it w/ a lot of people here and nothing has been deleted nor have I gotten a warning/suspension.
I'm sure there is a line (threats of personal hart/calls to violence) but those are areas 98% of the world never goes.
What is this trend of people taking selfies striking the peace sign behind dead relatives remains? Like dude its your dead relative show a little decency not everything has to be social media clout
Before reading your comment I'd seen the image, laughed, and showed it to my adult son who also snickered. I then told him if he and his brothers don't do something similar when I'm gone, I'll be terribly disappointed.
Everyone has different comfort levels with death. I work in hospice so I see death regularly, and am about as comfortable as I can be with the idea. I hope my son's can be as comfortable too. We're very loving, but share similar sense of humor.
Symbolically it represents the 'spirit' of the person who donated the bone dust, there's a reason most people don't use their grandmothers urn as a spitoon even though you totally could. It seems like these kinds of people who take these post could give a little more respect and significance to the last remains of a loved one by not making a cringe selfie with them.
Where I'm from, that's a rude gesture the same as flipping the bird. I was confused what he was trying to convey til this comment clued me in that he's got the peace sign back to front