MetaFilter posts tagged with death and funerals

We're all death's customers eventually.

grapefruitmoon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:31:46 -0800

With all of the economic strife in the world, the funeral industry is still going strong. There is a niche for all budgets these days, including the availability of coffins at Costco. Former Hell's Angels can take their last ride in a hearse pulled by a Harley Davidson. The more fashion-conscious can go out in a burial shroud custom made by artist Marion Spadone. More and more environmentalists are investing in eco-funerals, though this option comes with its own complications.

> The Busine$$ of Death

spock — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:27:21 -0800

> The Business of Death (a short animation, somewhat reminicent of Edward Gorey, by Alejandro Cardenas). > The Business of Death (Time magazine, Sept. 28, 1936) > The Business of Death (This American Life, Apr. 18, 1997) > The Business of Death (Inc. magazine, Oct. 16, 2006)

How I Sent My Father to Heaven

plep — Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:55:58 -0800

How I Sent My Father to Heaven. A Hindu funeral. 'My non-believing heart had melted and I once again saluted my father's dedication to my mother. '
New content on The Call of Yama, a page about death and dying in Hinduism (and part of Kamat's Potpourri, a huge personal site devoted to Indian culture, history, art and scenery).

MiguelCardoso — Fri, 16 Aug 2002 03:06:38 -0800

When I Die I Want... The whole world to dance? Stop in its tracks? No one to notice? Everyone else to die too? Or will a simple deleted MetaFilter thread do? It's not only control freaks who have an idea of how they'd like their own funeral to go. Matthew Parris, for instance, wants a trial with a counsel for the prosecution, as well as the obligatory one for his defense... [Cultural attitudes to death vary wildly and convey different images which may or may not exactly reflect the predominant attitude towards life. Well, for making your own very particular arrangements, despite the gruesome sideshows, The Sepulcher and The Dark Side Of The Web are two resources to die for.]

headspace — Tue, 19 Mar 2002 03:13:38 -0800

Damned if you do, damned if you're dead. If families don't purchase an expensive urn for cremated remains, require them to purchase a $45 temporary container. But be sure to stamp it "Temporary Container" on all four sides, advises one industry newsletter. The funeral industry may not be making any friends, but they're making a boatload of money. The Funeral Consumers Alliance would like to help them make a little less.

swift — Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:51:35 -0800

Beyond Indigo is a site devoted to death and dying. Includes channels on funerals, caregiving, and sudden death, as well as quizzes, stories, memorials, products and more.

eljuanbobo — Fri, 21 Jul 2000 13:44:47 -0800

Drive through Funeral Home Viewing? This has got to be the most disgusting thing I've seen in a long time. "Convience in your time of grieving"??? How about respect for the dead? [obscene word] convience. THIS is where American society is just going down the tubes. Some things just should NOT happen. And this is one of them.

mathowie — Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:47:01 -0800

BringOutYourDead.com. Coming soon to a browser near you: webcasted funerals. What a great idea, I could really see people getting emotional over some jerky, highly-compressed, blurry RealVideo of a casket. On second thought...