Comment on What happens when people die with metal on or on them?

• chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I didn’t believe you. So I looked it up. I had no idea how hot cremation was. What a waste of energy.

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  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I learned this listening to true crime podcasts. Killers often try to burn bodies but it doesn’t work because you need an actual furnace to reduce a body down to ash.

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    • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s an episode of Nathan For You where he tries to test if a pizza oven will cremate a body but he gave up after a few hours lol

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  • CaptObvious@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It can be seen that way. Neil deGrasse Tyson agrees with you. OTOH, it’s a way to conserve cemetery space and reduce the environmental impact of graveyards.

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    • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sure, but cremation isn’t the only other alternative.

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      • BallsInTheShredder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Blast my body out into the ocean and let the fish eat me

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