US cremation rate rose from 32.4% in 2005 to 56.1% in 2020

[BeerGeek40]

Originally Posted by usernametaken

I did not realize that this growth in cremation (in place of burials) happened so fast. My feeling is that people increasingly do not attach sentimental value to children visiting their graves after death. Not to mention that people have fewer children in the modern world.



Canada was already at 73.1% in 2020.

https://www.cremationassociation.org...stryStatistics

My dad chose cremation recently and I will be doing the same when my time comes. I'd rather return to nature quickly, as opposed to rotting away for a long long time.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by double6's

probably so but you can still have a grave marker at a cemetery after cremation..cremation only makes sense..that or body farms..lol..

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My family has a large plot in a great location at one of the most iconic cemeteries in the country (we've had the plot for over 150 years).

So there is plenty of room for everyone to be buried, but everyone who has died during my lifetime (I'm a second half of the boom boomer) has been cremated and has a traditional headstone.

[crone]

Has anybody heard of the new way to dispose of the body? I read somewhere a couple years ago about a method that involves water dripping. Then not much is left. But IDK where it goes.

Sounds great. But I don't want to dump anything but ashes in the ocean. Might make for fish food, but I do't want to make a mess.

[ntwrkguy1]

This explains a lot, and I do believe most of this trend is tied to how expensive funerals have become.

Turns out that I am somehow related to Methuselah, so I won't need to worry about this for a few more centuries.

[Charlie&Rose]

If you die of covid.....the goverment will pay for a nice funeral