fuck thousands for a coffin. or hundreds for an urn. can i legally be burried in butcher paper?

can i donate my body to science and skip burrial all together?

i want my final action to be a big middle finger to the funeral industry picking on people in their weakest moments.

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    The cheapest method is to abandon the body. People die without family all the time and the State has a method to dispose of unclaimed corpses. Cost $0

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      21 hours ago

      That doesn’t stick it to the industry though. Still gets them paid. It’s not about saving the money from what I can tell

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        Abandon the body on the doorstep of the funeral company you’re angriest at. If there are several, first disassemble the body into as many pieces as there are doorsteps.

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          And then the state foots the bill…providing money to the company you are angriest at. That doesn’t work for OP’s scenario