ConstantOrbit · @constantorbit
940 followers · 2235 posts · Server hachyderm.io

Peoples' approach to Zoom memorial services are weird.

I put on my suit pants, dress shoes, and a button-down white shirt. Sure, I didn't wear the jacket and a tie.

But there are people showing up in t-shirts.

Is that weird? Or is it just me?

(yes, there is an in-person service that we're viewing, but...)

Okay, maybe it's just one guy in a t-shirt. Others at least have button-down shirts on.

#funerals #memorial #rituals

Last updated 1 year ago

SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
180 followers · 3327 posts · Server mastodon.scot

‘Boil in the bag’ arrive in the UK
With a lower carbon footprint than gas-fired , the process is described as ‘gentler on the body and kinder on the

theguardian.com/society/2023/j

#environment #cremation #funerals #environmentallyfriendly

Last updated 1 year ago

Gareth · @liquidparanoia
157 followers · 1248 posts · Server aus.social

A thing that really annoyed me was catering at mum’s funeral (it’s been 8+ years). It still annoys me tbh, considering how much it all cost. But unless you’ve been through that, it’s unlikely you’d appreciate something better / different.

#funerals #death #food

Last updated 1 year ago

BC Info Bot · @bcinfo
356 followers · 23704 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.ca
· @BobDevney
264 followers · 3612 posts · Server wandering.shop

I've attended ceremonies for the deaths of two acquaintances in the past week, here in New England.

Sad, of course, for us attendees. But for others: profitable.

Consider the price of flowers for a wake. A large spray: $400. A very nice floor-standing basket of blooms: $250. Each to be displayed for several hours at most.

They've found flower pollen in Paleolithic graves. We reach for beauty in the midst of the sadly ultimate ugliness. Should we count the cost?

#funerals #flowers #business

Last updated 2 years ago

dustcircle :verified: · @dustcircle
157 followers · 4417 posts · Server masto.ai
CPIPR · @PopResearchCtrs
423 followers · 326 posts · Server sciences.social

Loss and grief can disrupt plans: African women who attend more funerals were more likely to have an unintended pregnancy.

news.usc.edu/165623/child-loss
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/352626

#NICHDimpact #malawi #pregnancy #funerals #Africa

Last updated 2 years ago

Carrot Conspiracy · @carrotconspiracy
3 followers · 15 posts · Server mastodon.au

#pet #homeless #funerals #satire

Last updated 2 years ago

Kristian Harstad · @KristianHarstad
544 followers · 1763 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

went to a today.

the was a lie, completely unrecognisable as the person who had died.

what do you think of ?

#funeral #eulogy #funerals

Last updated 2 years ago

Louise Locock · @ProfLouiseL
1461 followers · 1367 posts · Server mastodon.social

A short viewpoint piece from our study of the impact of COVID on funeral practices. This looks at experiences of revisiting recorded funerals, not something many of us would have done previously. More papers to come.

bereavementjournal.org/index.p

#covid #funerals #bereavement

Last updated 2 years ago

seismographix · @seismographix
85 followers · 1116 posts · Server det.social

My mortal mind cannot help itself and has to follow @drdan_o

A historian studying in 18th Century England. ❤️ 💀 🕯️

#funerals

Last updated 2 years ago

Itamar Medeiros · @designative
349 followers · 1507 posts · Server mastodon.social

Baltazar Lemos, a 60-year-old Brazilian and conductor of many , got to thinking about his after presiding over a service at which only two mourners had turned up. He decided to satisfy his curiosity by faking his death: one day, he posted a picture of himself on outside a São Paulo hospital; the next day, he announced his demise.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

via @TheGuardian

#cerimonista #funerals #legacy #socialmedia #lifelessons

Last updated 2 years ago

Hmmm · @Hmmm
33 followers · 222 posts · Server mastodon.au

The time has come to make a decision. It will be very difficult, because if I do this, I will no longer be able to attend and in churches. The decision is not to go into a again. Churches have wreaked as much damage to people, as corrupt police and politicians combined. It’s a number that cannot be calculated or counted. This might also mean missing out on like a Bach concert, which would be a terrible . But there it is. Today, I am giving this some serious thought.

#weddings #funerals #church #musicevents #shame

Last updated 2 years ago

Jan Thie · @Jantar
194 followers · 3313 posts · Server mstdn.social

Here's my of this week. It's another one that I wrote quite a few years ago. The title comes from a Jane Hirshfield poem, Each Happiness Ringed By Lions: poetryarchive.org/poem/each-ha

Enjoy.

(There is no photo description, since it's the full text of the story. I will mail the story to those who need & want it delivered as a regular text file.)



#funerals #Poetry #janehirshfield #SundayStory

Last updated 2 years ago

¡No Pasarán, Mate! · @nopasaran
38 followers · 244 posts · Server mastodon.nz

@pablo The problem is that efforts after a disaster ( claims, , replacements, , temporary , , , expenses, , services, , etc…) all contribute to .

Theoretically, ongoing events could be considered good for productivity. The next .

#recovery #insurance #repairs #rebuilds #accommodation #food #healthcare #travel #funerals #emergency #legalfees #gdp #climatechange #growthmarket #disastercapitalism #auckland

Last updated 2 years ago

Music News Feed · @music_news
5 followers · 2153 posts · Server room19.com
Rob C · @SimpleRobC
56 followers · 588 posts · Server masto.ai

Intelligence Update: Russian General Valery Gerasimov believes in better dressed and clean shaven dead bodies. (Funeral homes applaud stiffer regulations)

I think it points to the fact, there is little else they can do other than die.

#ukraine #russia #gerasimov #dead #bodybags #funerals

Last updated 2 years ago

dave martin · @Mountaineerdave
34 followers · 128 posts · Server mas.to

Attending my third funeral service since September has revealed to me that funerals, while still somber church celebrations, are no longer the gathering of black suits and dresses that I grew up believing them to be.
Sadly, of the three, two were of children preceding their parents, which as a parent… that shit sucks.

#mourning #fashion #church #funerals

Last updated 2 years ago

Poor Frank Raw · @PoorFrankRaw
654 followers · 796 posts · Server mastodon.art

A portrait of my ceramicist friend Ann Bates, who makes funerary urns and other things. Beautiful work:

annbates.co.uk/

#funerals #ceramics

Last updated 2 years ago

Megan Hess and her mother operated a funeral home in Montrose, Colorado — but they secretly sold body parts behind the scenes.

Gruesome, I feel so bad for the bereaved. What a heartless couple!

allthatsinteresting.com/megan-

#funerals #bodyparts

Last updated 2 years ago