MORBID MINUTE: Coffins vs. Caskets

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    - Casket has four sides, a top and bottom, (rectangular shaped.) - term mostly used in N. America.
    - A coffin has six sides, with a top and bottom, (hexagonal shaped)
    The word coffin comes from the Old French cofin and from the Latin cophinus, which translates into basket. The word was first used in the English language in 1380. A coffin is defined as a box or chest for the display/burying of a corpse. When used to transport the deceased, a coffin may also be referred to as a pall.
    - In 1785 Joseph II introduced a bunch of burial regulations. Corpses were to be buried naked and sewn into a simple cloth shroud. The Emperor also wasn't keen on wasting wood for coffins to the idea of a the so-called ‘economy coffin’, which could be used several times came about. It was made of wood and its lower side was fitted with a flap which could be opened to allow the body being buried to drop into the grave. However, the Viennese did not care much for this form of rationalization and protested. After just six months Joseph II had to withdraw the measure. Pic and details of burial reforms here: michaelorenz.blogspot.com/2013...
    - In the United States, the early casket industry evolved from local furniture and cabinet makers who were the logical choice for building caskets. They eventually took on other duties like hiring and driving hearses and this evolved into the job of undertaker. Caskets on an as-needed basis. During times of plague - diphtheria, flu, etc. many rural areas ran out of wood and would disassemble barns, carriages or other furniture to provide wood for a loved one's coffin. During the Civil War, thousands of coffins were needed to transport dead soldiers, marking the start of the mass-produced casket era.
    - The Fisk Coffin: "In 1848, Almond Fisk patented a metal coffin he believed would revolutionize death. One problem: some people thought the burial case with its human contours was creepy as hell." www.atlasobscura.com/articles/...

Komentáře • 6K

  • @SnypaStudios
    @SnypaStudios Před 4 lety +4268

    "When I'm dead, just throw me in the trash" - Danny DeVito

  • @AvantiHalfhorse
    @AvantiHalfhorse Před 3 lety +9964

    Americans: I don't want to be reminded that there's a dead body here!
    Also Americans: We will be having an open casket service.

    • @mag-narwhal
      @mag-narwhal Před 3 lety +138

      Yea I dont understand that I'm American I want a coffin ⚰ why did they make caskets 😠

    • @fredericksaxton9782
      @fredericksaxton9782 Před 3 lety +180

      @@mag-narwhal I associate coffins with Halloween and horror, not the dead. At this point, personally, I could never be put in one of those.

    • @mroof523
      @mroof523 Před 3 lety +9

      Bruuuh dang u right tho lmao

    • @qwenzchroniclez
      @qwenzchroniclez Před 3 lety +1

      Right lol 🤣

    • @qwenzchroniclez
      @qwenzchroniclez Před 3 lety +9

      @@sammikatz6481 I never thought of it that way until you said it. 🤯

  • @kirbysnortfarts9819
    @kirbysnortfarts9819 Před 3 lety +2498

    My mother passed in 1991. I built her coffin myself. It was very nice stained birch wood and rectangular in shape. I lined it with cotton batting, then tacked pretty rose-pattern material all around the inside. As I was applying the wood stain, my tears fell onto the lid, mixing with the stain. I like to think that a part of me went with her to her eternal sleep.

    • @TheChef470
      @TheChef470 Před 3 lety +170

      Wow........that's real love.

    • @allisonjames2923
      @allisonjames2923 Před 3 lety +102

      Awwww. That’s really lovely. You surrounded her with your love for eternity 💕

    • @FandomChronicle
      @FandomChronicle Před 3 lety +78

      I like to imagine, where your tears fell would shine a beautiful golden glow of light, for your mother, to symbolize how she was a golden light in your life

    • @crazyd4ve875
      @crazyd4ve875 Před 3 lety +44

      Is your real last name Snortfarts

    • @hkchan1339
      @hkchan1339 Před 3 lety +35

      Hard to take it seriously with that username

  • @madabbafan
    @madabbafan Před 3 lety +1220

    I remeber someone asking my gran if she wanted to be burried or cremated, her reply was usually 'I don't know, surprise me'.

  • @graphicgraphites
    @graphicgraphites Před 8 lety +10114

    My uncle was adamant on being buried in a coffin rather than a casket, because, in his words "I'm not gonna be buried in a goddamn shoe box".

    • @ameliorated
      @ameliorated Před 7 lety +262

      NarwhalHats how big are his feet?!???!?

    • @katieb2153
      @katieb2153 Před 6 lety +375

      *cough "How big WERE his feet" *cough

    • @BillDerBerg
      @BillDerBerg Před 6 lety +145

      BarnOwl so he wasn't a fan of cremation either...

    • @EnyaShello
      @EnyaShello Před 5 lety +32

      John J. Sanchez underrated comment 😂😂

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 Před 5 lety +28

      He has a point :)

  • @YZJY
    @YZJY Před 4 lety +5234

    My cousin had a casket in his living room for years. He received it instead of the money he was owed for a music gig he did back in the day. He is a unique fellow, so he happily accepted the casket and roller stand instead of the cash as it was worth more than he was owed for the gig. He used it for storing a lot of his sensitive and valuable audio equipment and mics, etc. No one ever bothered the box. One of his favorite things to do was invite in for coffee Jehovah's Witness or Mormon missionaries and other door-to-door people that would come knocking at his house. He'd lead them into the living room and sit them near the casket and then watch how nervous they'd get, glancing at the box but never brave enough to ask what was inside or why it was in the living room. It was amazing how quickly something always came up, and they needed to leave after they saw that casket sitting there. My cousin has a unique sense of humor.

    • @TranslatorCarminum
      @TranslatorCarminum Před 4 lety +260

      I love this! It made me laugh! I might actually have to try something like that.

    • @ln8496
      @ln8496 Před 4 lety +38

      Mormons dont drink caffeine. Liar!

    • @melissamybubbles6139
      @melissamybubbles6139 Před 4 lety +96

      As someone who grew up Mormon, this is hilarious to me.

    • @YZJY
      @YZJY Před 4 lety +231

      @@ln8496 Not lying. He'd invite in any people knocking door-to-door if he was home. I'm sure he offered them something other than coffee if they had an aversion to one beverage type or another, he's a very easy-going guy. But the end result was always the same once they were seated in the room with the casket.

    • @pandalady5964
      @pandalady5964 Před 4 lety +12

      Right on! Love it!!

  • @mariebowen5646
    @mariebowen5646 Před 3 lety +291

    My mom made us promise that when she died we would buy the cheapest coffin we could find. She resented spending so much money on something that was going to be burned. We followed her wishes. We had to or else she said she was coming back to haunt us ❤️😂

    • @hkchan1339
      @hkchan1339 Před 3 lety +3

      Why even have a coffin to start with?

    • @bonniegirl5138
      @bonniegirl5138 Před 3 lety +1

      I think Caitlin talks about a basket for the body in one of her videos.

    • @Kriegerdammerung
      @Kriegerdammerung Před 3 lety +6

      I have left strict instructions to donate my body to science, in the event that my body stops producing the phenomenon called life :/

    • @crogers3602
      @crogers3602 Před 3 lety +4

      Coffins aren't burned. If you are being cremated your body is put in a cardboard like box that burns away and is cheap. The urn and cremation fee would be the expense in the case of cremation.

    • @hkchan1339
      @hkchan1339 Před 3 lety +4

      @@crogers3602
      So the coffin is just to look nice in the funeral ?

  • @SpidermanFan92
    @SpidermanFan92 Před 3 lety +115

    Fun fact: Coffins didn't traditionally have a hinge, they were nailed shut with the body inside.

    • @peterrivney552
      @peterrivney552 Před 3 lety +4

      Help me help me I can't get out 😭 🤬 ahhhh

    • @GrosvnerMcaffrey
      @GrosvnerMcaffrey Před 3 lety +24

      That's why the phrase "nail in the coffin" was created

    • @Not.Your.Business
      @Not.Your.Business Před 2 lety

      that's still the case, in my country at least

    • @a.person1723
      @a.person1723 Před 2 lety

      that's so that we couldn't escape🧛‍♀

    • @claireweston326
      @claireweston326 Před 2 lety +6

      Coffins don't have hinges here. The lid is set on top, and is screwed on

  • @ZM.21
    @ZM.21 Před 3 lety +2955

    “coffins vs. caskets”
    2,9 mil people: *interesting..*

    • @fukyuk
      @fukyuk Před 3 lety +25

      That's sus...

    • @icecream-wf5yb
      @icecream-wf5yb Před 3 lety +10

      Nope 3 million now 😂 including me

    • @KaiAlter
      @KaiAlter Před 3 lety +5

      I'm voting purple, he's asking kinda sus

    • @DeadLiftGaming
      @DeadLiftGaming Před 3 lety +2

      It seems CZcams is trying to recommend us something by implying something else because of a certain virus

    • @alyssarosillon4502
      @alyssarosillon4502 Před 3 lety

      Purple was sus

  • @uppermoonzeroo
    @uppermoonzeroo Před 4 lety +2843

    Why is this recommended... am I going to die soon

  • @unlocated7448
    @unlocated7448 Před 3 lety +152

    I am Australian, I make coffins, I think I even recognise one of the ones in your pic as having come from my company.
    I think you should do a video with a coffin/casket maker, I am sure they will have some interesting stories of requests and the work we put into them that most people will never see.
    Two months ago I spent over a week making a small white coffin for a 2 year old girl murdered in a domestic violence situation. I must have sanded and spayed that project six times to get it as perfect as possible. Everyday I cried when I had to work on it. Took three days off after that job.

    • @lmla2022
      @lmla2022 Před 2 lety +13

      That’s heartbreaking. God bless you for the work of love you do for families during their worst time.

    • @sharonagresta-siekerman8601
      @sharonagresta-siekerman8601 Před 2 lety +9

      Thank you for your heart, skill and literally the kind of Love that wraps the deceased for eternity.

    • @hollymartens8059
      @hollymartens8059 Před 2 lety +8

      As a fellow professional woodworker in the States, let me first compliment your work. They're beautiful and the finish work is stunning. And then I must say, I find a coffin much less creepy than a casket. Maybe it's having attended so many funerals they just bother me. But I would even consider burial if it were in a wooden coffin.

    • @Tina-si1gz
      @Tina-si1gz Před 2 lety +7

      My cousin was a Mortician. They drew straws when a child died.

    • @jeanneratterman
      @jeanneratterman Před rokem +2

      So grateful for a kind and caring soul as yours 😢🙏💕

  • @antonkovalenko364
    @antonkovalenko364 Před 3 lety +152

    I'm a carpenter and wood Carver, and building and decorating my own coffin is a project that I have always wanted to do, once I get the space to do it.

    • @mochiboy7750
      @mochiboy7750 Před 3 lety +3

      I want to study this and have had the exact same idea it's awesome

    • @TylerB-my1kr
      @TylerB-my1kr Před 3 lety +2

      that's some Hank hill shit

    • @jeffreyharville1918
      @jeffreyharville1918 Před 3 lety +5

      I am not a mortician, but, please remember that that coffin has to be picked up by six people, so don't over build it and make it heavy. This was told to me by a mortician. He also said that to under build it would be as much a problem as over building it. So, (if I might explain a little bit more), too heavy and you have six people in a strain, and to under build, then you have the possibility that the bottom might fall out, or the sides crush at an odd moment, or ???? Just a few thoughts on the possibility.

    • @antonkovalenko364
      @antonkovalenko364 Před 3 lety +7

      @@jeffreyharville1918 My uncle, a mortician, helped me design it. No worries.

    • @Emily-ye1rj
      @Emily-ye1rj Před 2 lety +4

      If you want it to be useful while you live too, I feel like you could mount removable shelves and make it a standing cabinet

  • @StayFruityYall
    @StayFruityYall Před 3 lety +2110

    When you wanna die, but wanna die educated about where your body's gonna go.

    • @infjelphabasupporter8416
      @infjelphabasupporter8416 Před 3 lety +40

      Do you need to talk to someone?

    • @kayla-he4qp
      @kayla-he4qp Před 3 lety +56

      I plan to be turned into a tree when I die 😌 have a nice swing hung on it when my tree grows and shit

    • @StayFruityYall
      @StayFruityYall Před 3 lety +11

      @@infjelphabasupporter8416 kinda, but I'm used to it hahaha thanks thooo❤❤

    • @StayFruityYall
      @StayFruityYall Před 3 lety +9

      @@kayla-he4qp Human Tree? Sounds epic.

    • @cinnamongirl5266
      @cinnamongirl5266 Před 3 lety +3

      @@kayla-he4qp wow but how could you do that?

  • @spokev
    @spokev Před 4 lety +2806

    I'm happy to be stuffed, mounted and stood in a corner. My wife disagrees.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad Před 4 lety +60

      Might be your only chance to be mounted

    • @monalisa4878
      @monalisa4878 Před 4 lety +92

      Sadly humans do not taxidermy well

    • @spokev
      @spokev Před 4 lety +14

      @@xr6lad - sadly, true

    • @grahamhaggerty2132
      @grahamhaggerty2132 Před 4 lety +13

      My brain took this wrong. But same

    • @Spyrika
      @Spyrika Před 4 lety +14

      Well that's an image for a lifetime
      ...
      Can't say I disagree with her 😂

  • @nickc8729
    @nickc8729 Před 3 lety +53

    I've always liked the shape of the classic coffin, they look cool and just seem to make more sense

  • @jeanpaulsinatra
    @jeanpaulsinatra Před 3 lety +39

    2:51 now I'm just wondering how the idiom "cradle to grave" caught on when womb to tomb was an option

  • @milocqre
    @milocqre Před 3 lety +3368

    CZcams: hey u wanna watch a video about coffins and caskets?
    me: *sure why not*

  • @kenyadakashai95
    @kenyadakashai95 Před 4 lety +13857

    Nobody:
    CZcams: Hey, wanna learn the difference between coffins and caskets 4 years after the video was published? No? Well you’re in luck.

  • @chocoholic832
    @chocoholic832 Před 3 lety +83

    Told my husband that if I die before him then I'd be quite happy with a cardboard box. 😂

    • @snazzypazzy
      @snazzypazzy Před 2 lety +6

      These exist and they are a very eco-friendly option! There's also willow baskets that are rather lovely but not as affordable.

    • @mrsbeard5225
      @mrsbeard5225 Před 2 lety +3

      My dad had a cardboard box! It looked like wood.

    • @MikeLinPA
      @MikeLinPA Před 2 lety +2

      As long as it's going to be a cardboard box, how about a liquor box? Get the party started...

    • @poursomebeeronit
      @poursomebeeronit Před 2 lety +1

      A ditch will be fine with me. Various government agencies might squeal.

  • @TheGrinningViking
    @TheGrinningViking Před 2 lety +20

    This reminds me of my dad, a chef for almost his entire life, talking about the difference between butchers knives and french knives.
    (He got really cheesed off when they started labeling "butchers knives" as "french knives" in the stores)
    For the record a french knife is just a kind of butchers knife, thinner, with a specific flattened taper. You probably haven't actually seen one, since some marketing genius figured out that if you labeled it french it sold better.

  • @auralluring
    @auralluring Před 3 lety +1542

    This lady is 100% a vampire and just ranting about coffins and caskets

  • @capivaracafeinada
    @capivaracafeinada Před 8 lety +3775

    You know what really bothers me, those Caskets look comfier than my bed. Why would a dead body need that?

    • @fabrizio483
      @fabrizio483 Před 8 lety +469

      +João Areias They only look comfy, but they're not. It's just wood covered with fabric. Don't ask me how I know...lol

    • @TristanJCumpole
      @TristanJCumpole Před 8 lety +110

      It makes re-entry safer. Shame they're not as good at installing ceramic heat tiles.

    • @TheEgg185
      @TheEgg185 Před 7 lety +235

      YES. Caskets look incredibly comfortable. I was at a wake as a bored (and tired) kid years ago and I remember thinking "Damn that pillow would be nice right now. No, I didn't steal it...but I wanted to.

    • @lycadia
      @lycadia Před 7 lety +183

      Kid-you is awesome and deserves cookies for not trying to snag that pillow! You probably behaved better than me and some adults. : )
      Of course, at my father's funeral, after the eulogy, speeches and formalities were over, I had also shaken the funeral director's hand but told him he made my father look all wrong because "my daddy's hands are never all pink and soft-looking like that! He fixed airplanes, and our cars, and built things, too. There is always grease way down in the lines and scars on his fingers and what did you do with his calluses?" My mother told me this was the man who made my father look so nice, so... in my infinite childlike curiosity and helpfulness, I thought he should understand this for the next mechanic he needed to "prepare".
      To his credit, he was very understanding, dignified and wonderful about the whole thing. As an adult, I realize he was probably not the actual embalmer and suspect he got a few laughs out of that story later but I felt very solemn and serious and validated by the way he absolutely respected my thoughts and feelings. Probably part of why I am watching these videos now.
      Shortly after that, I went downstairs, drank instant hot cocoa, turned a complimentary plastic rain hood into a coat for my stuffed blue bunny, and played a very intentionally quiet game of tag and hide and go seek with a couple of my cousins. I suspect my grandmother was so mortified that she was just glad I was out of the way of any adults I might shock and not causing any fuss.

    • @Voyagersguidebook
      @Voyagersguidebook Před 7 lety +109

      They do look that comfier, but when you actually feel the bottom it's all hard springs underneath pretty linen. I've seen some families order extra padding and bring in blankets to make it as comfortable as possible. sigh.

  • @debraboyd8351
    @debraboyd8351 Před 3 lety +50

    I love watching her videos. She takes morbid curiosity to a different level, meaning i don’t feel weird watching these. Very informative, very interesting

    • @dropkickmurphy4114
      @dropkickmurphy4114 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes ,she's very honest and pragmatic! And yet with intelligent, appropriate-level humor to go along with it as well! ❤️

  • @watercolourferns
    @watercolourferns Před 3 lety +7

    My beautiful pupper of 14 years is very sick, we're looking at what our options are, and these videos are helping me cope so much... Thank you.

  • @GirlJustGaming
    @GirlJustGaming Před 3 lety +5384

    Why am I watching this.... lol why was this recommend

    • @emilynicole7308
      @emilynicole7308 Před 3 lety +39

      That’s what I’m wondering 😂

    • @rachaeldbmiller
      @rachaeldbmiller Před 3 lety +12

      Lol same 👀

    • @vendredi9944
      @vendredi9944 Před 3 lety +24

      It is your time to go

    • @Ingemaja
      @Ingemaja Před 3 lety +17

      Seems like the algorithm had a morbid minute 🤷‍♀️

    • @a.k982
      @a.k982 Před 3 lety +8

      I got no idea why am I watching this, I'm Muslim we don't use both 😂

  • @paytoncrockett1283
    @paytoncrockett1283 Před 3 lety +1560

    If my casket doesn’t look like a uterus I refuse to die

  • @aerialrigger9002
    @aerialrigger9002 Před 3 lety +7

    I never knew how much I would appreciate the historical input from an actual mortician on so many topics. Not sure why CZcams showed me this, but now I’m hooked, thanks.

  • @Utriedit215
    @Utriedit215 Před 3 lety +204

    Well I'm muslim we don't use coffins or caskets we wash and Stroud the body and put it back into the Earth

    • @vaclav_fejt
      @vaclav_fejt Před 3 lety +75

      Efficient, economic, no big fuss. Nice.

    • @jakwolfe3025
      @jakwolfe3025 Před 3 lety +7

      Are you sure you're not a mannequin? Looking a lil too smooth in that picture

    • @even___
      @even___ Před 3 lety +16

      @@jakwolfe3025 I mean I have a picture as my profile picture, that doesn’t mean I am a 2d character.

    • @debracoronado3331
      @debracoronado3331 Před 3 lety +4

      @@even___ 😂 great comeback 🥰

    • @henkprinsloo7069
      @henkprinsloo7069 Před 3 lety +27

      I'm a Christian, but here I agree with the Muslim way. Why spend so much to give elegance to what will rotten with the corpse?

  • @Ashley-tn8hk
    @Ashley-tn8hk Před 3 lety +1161

    my dad said he wants to be shot out of a cannon when he died

  • @princessmarlena1359
    @princessmarlena1359 Před 3 lety +1906

    I want my cremated ashes put into an hour glass.

    • @SexyQB100
      @SexyQB100 Před 3 lety +98

      Did you know you can have your ashes turned into a tree too?:)

    • @princessmarlena1359
      @princessmarlena1359 Před 3 lety +60

      @@SexyQB100 oh yeah. Not for me but still pretty cool

    • @FaceInTheCrowd
      @FaceInTheCrowd Před 3 lety +110

      That idea sounds good.
      Dont know if anyone has done this yet but have someone build a bust of Death with an outstretched arm holding the hourglass. Rotating wrist so you can turn the hourglass over.

    • @princessmarlena1359
      @princessmarlena1359 Před 3 lety +20

      @@FaceInTheCrowd that would be awesome

    • @sallyintucson
      @sallyintucson Před 3 lety +15

      I think you’d have to add some sand...

  • @1Shao_
    @1Shao_ Před 3 lety +64

    lmaooo “womb to tomb”

  • @stratdx
    @stratdx Před 3 lety +14

    I'm so glad I found this channel. It is my favorite. So funny and fun for such awful subject matter. There is no one better.

    • @countravioli69
      @countravioli69 Před 2 lety

      it's not an awful subject matter. she makes it light and fun because death is natural and it's not something to be feared, which is mainly the reason I enjoy her channel so much

  • @Rooted_In_Love
    @Rooted_In_Love Před 3 lety +1843

    How about if instead of worrying or wasting money on a casket, they bury us in satin, lay us down in a bed of roses, sink us in the river at dawn, and send us away with the words of a love song?

    • @caitnewbold1676
      @caitnewbold1676 Před 3 lety +9

      ~ 😂😂😭

    • @let716
      @let716 Před 3 lety +162

      this unlocked a series of forgotten nostalgia

    • @delanidalton
      @delanidalton Před 3 lety +42

      i literally have this written down as my wish after death lmao

    • @vortexvirus755
      @vortexvirus755 Před 3 lety +6

      Such a better idea

    • @peachpotchi
      @peachpotchi Před 3 lety +11

      This gives me flashbacks 😂

  • @mosmid5073
    @mosmid5073 Před 3 lety +2107

    I’d rather do an eco pod, and feed a tree of my choosing than to just lie there and let my body go to waste. Kinda like living on in the world so people can know I’m still there and growing into something new

    • @mailys9475
      @mailys9475 Před 3 lety +126

      well in the ground your body feeds the little bugs :)))

    • @nutshelpast4905
      @nutshelpast4905 Před 3 lety +22

      I'd also like that for my burial

    • @1Thunderfire
      @1Thunderfire Před 3 lety +21

      That is definitely something I'd like to do.

    • @apocalypticblox2346
      @apocalypticblox2346 Před 3 lety +15

      maï lys Shut up! NO! SHUT UP!
      Edit: I can’t believe I have to tell y’all that this is just a joke

    • @hahahantamme4146
      @hahahantamme4146 Před 3 lety +36

      @@apocalypticblox2346 whyy 😭 it's just how it is! Your body is decomposing and bugs and other scavengers help to speed up the process, so the nutrients can be used sooner! Don't hate on bugs pls only some of them are bad and useless (like botflies, they can go die)

  • @cheyenneadams6834
    @cheyenneadams6834 Před 2 lety +4

    I went to a funeral last week, and my nephew (17) said he liked the coffin, and I explained that it's a casket not a coffin he was really interested in the different types

  • @hadorstapa
    @hadorstapa Před 3 lety +5

    With all the funerals I’ve taken (especially this last year - just wow) I’ve grown quite fond of some of the ‘alternative’ coffins in use, especially the woven grass types.
    Yet to meet one of those cardboard coffins I keep hearing about, though.

  • @stephanzielinski7922
    @stephanzielinski7922 Před 8 lety +2280

    Let's split the difference. I want a five-sided cofsket.

  • @coralbachmann6313
    @coralbachmann6313 Před 3 lety +3770

    Another episode of: Where quarantine brought me today!

    • @AroAceChaos
      @AroAceChaos Před 3 lety +28

      My country does not have a quarantine right now. not sure why i'm here.

    • @gooflife4650
      @gooflife4650 Před 3 lety +2

      Same

    • @ravenpuff5666
      @ravenpuff5666 Před 3 lety +3

      Right

    • @ravenpuff5666
      @ravenpuff5666 Před 3 lety +4

      Sitora Cada What? Lucky!!! Where are you?!🎀

    • @Tia.0721
      @Tia.0721 Před 3 lety +6

      Right! Don’t even know how I got here or why this was on my feed 😑😂 but I’m very interested

  • @gandalf87264
    @gandalf87264 Před 3 lety +1

    The way I see it, it makes no difference what we get buried in or where we are burried. Once we are dead, we aren't really going to care. I have often told my friends, when I die they could just throw my body into a dumpster and let it dump it wherever it does it's dumping. My soul will be somewhere else.

  • @cathifamjourney469
    @cathifamjourney469 Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you Dr. Mike for introducing you to me. I find your videos full of knowledge and humor (morbid humor, love it)!
    You have an awesome personality and obviously a great love for what you do. Thanks for sharing both. Looks like I'm quarantine binging on your channel, lol. New subscriber here and so glad!!

  • @princejaxisblack8789
    @princejaxisblack8789 Před 3 lety +1996

    Ghanaian here, lemme explain the art coffins
    Usually people either use these coffins for two reasons:
    1) art, it's a good way to get that sweet European money and we are naturally pretty good at it. 2)Most Ghanaians have a strong sense of humour and creativity, so we usually make them based on a persons professional, clan, or sometimes status.
    We love making funerals less fucked up and more happy so as most of you are aware (because of the meme) we also have dancing coffin bearers.

    • @desanson
      @desanson Před 3 lety +17

      👍💗

    • @Tracymmo
      @Tracymmo Před 3 lety +42

      Love this! Thanks for explaining

    • @platedlizard
      @platedlizard Před 3 lety +167

      honestly it's very cool. celebrating the life of the person who has passed with joy and humor. Everyone dies, it shouldn't be grim.

    • @garybrisebois2667
      @garybrisebois2667 Před 3 lety +12

      Does Ghana really do that EPIC funeral pall bearer walk/dance from the Astronomia song?? czcams.com/video/j9V78UbdzWI/video.html

    • @taylormiller7014
      @taylormiller7014 Před 3 lety +10

      You guys are the best

  • @Clawdeena9
    @Clawdeena9 Před 3 lety +12089

    Idk how I ended up on this video but I’m so glad I did 😍 I now know I want a COFFIN ⚰️ 👁👄👁⚰️

  • @reeeeeee4831
    @reeeeeee4831 Před 3 lety +69

    people in the comments: "hehe algorithm go brrrr"
    me, someone who knowingly searched for this video: 👁👄👁

  • @securityrobot
    @securityrobot Před 3 lety +5

    That was good, you really lifted the lid on the subject.

  • @Livsfitz
    @Livsfitz Před 8 lety +2168

    "womb to tomb" my new life motto.

    • @Livsfitz
      @Livsfitz Před 8 lety +12

      ew lol i like

    • @Livsfitz
      @Livsfitz Před 8 lety +5

      3izziwizz3 hahah never saw it but I really should. I hear it's a classic : p

    • @Livsfitz
      @Livsfitz Před 8 lety +4

      3izziwizz3 cool! I myself love musical theatre so the fact that i havent seen it is a crime.

    • @MirkaEatsCrayons
      @MirkaEatsCrayons Před 6 lety

      MisterLivs 9

    • @okalaniwilson4159
      @okalaniwilson4159 Před 6 lety +2

      Its from Cloud Atlas I believe :)

  • @w1third
    @w1third Před 3 lety +1114

    Why are we so into preserving a dead body anyway? Shouldn’t we return to the earth? Give the bugs a Buffett 🐛

    • @Ana-mf1cz
      @Ana-mf1cz Před 3 lety +107

      Buffet 💀

    • @dinomorell5163
      @dinomorell5163 Před 3 lety +26

      @Pro Justice There will be a resurrection but it won't be of our old imperfect body.Once one expires their memory is in Jehovah Gods memory & they will be brought back in perfection.The ground really should be used for decomposition instead of trying to preserve an imperfect husk of flesh.

    • @gilgameshofuruk4060
      @gilgameshofuruk4060 Před 3 lety +15

      @Pro Justice An eternity in this clapped out wreck of a body? What sort of paradise is that?

    • @namelessdork2256
      @namelessdork2256 Před 3 lety +21

      I think there are some organizations or groups that promote natural burials. Skip the funeral parlor and fancy stuff, wrap the body in a fabric, and put it in the ground.

    • @w1third
      @w1third Před 3 lety +2

      nameless dork that’s what I want 👍🏽👍🏽

  • @herbwitch5681
    @herbwitch5681 Před 3 lety +1

    There’s a PBS video called The Woman in the Iron Coffin about a burial featuring a Fisk coffin that was unearthed during construction in a churchyard. It’s interesting.

  • @ninny6296
    @ninny6296 Před 2 lety

    I absolutely love watching and listening to your content. Thank you❤️

  • @cz4831
    @cz4831 Před 3 lety +601

    Coffin: something to put a dead body in
    Casket: something to put a dead body in
    Luggage: something to put a-never mind

    • @markedred
      @markedred Před 3 lety +41

      The trunk of a car : something to put . . .

    • @BluSevage_ASMR
      @BluSevage_ASMR Před 3 lety +34

      @@markedred A Dumpster.. Something to put.......

    • @scuttledspatula8837
      @scuttledspatula8837 Před 3 lety +9

      Just what are you up to 🤔😂

    • @BluSevage_ASMR
      @BluSevage_ASMR Před 3 lety +10

      @@scuttledspatula8837 Ooh nothing just trying to take out the Trash or Something! 👀

    • @ChristofferOrrmalmUtsi
      @ChristofferOrrmalmUtsi Před 3 lety +12

      Carpet: Something the mob uses to....

  • @beverage7335
    @beverage7335 Před 3 lety +576

    There is just something aesthetically nice about a coffin

    • @els1f
      @els1f Před 3 lety +17

      I KNOW!😄 I feel like a crazy person, but there's something so pleasant about the shape⚰️

    • @SpukiTheLoveKitten75
      @SpukiTheLoveKitten75 Před 3 lety +13

      @@els1f Exactly; And it doesn't look and feel like a car like a casket does. Coffins look simpler and lighter.

    • @gabrielleshaw4865
      @gabrielleshaw4865 Před 3 lety +4

      Ooh, hey from Australia. My dad was in a coffin, both nannas, I'll probably be in one.
      Quite common here

    • @Thermalions
      @Thermalions Před 3 lety +6

      @@gabrielleshaw4865 From my experience the caskets typically sit at the top end of the price range at many funeral homes here in Australia, although there are exceptions. Our family's always gone for the cheapest 'nice' coffin, as for us, spending more seemed a waste and also would have been out of character for the person being buried. Of course each to their own.

    • @chadmat761
      @chadmat761 Před 3 lety

      i ised to have a coffin necklace the nicest thing ever

  • @veteranpatriot4474
    @veteranpatriot4474 Před 3 lety

    Miss Caitlin, Thank you very, Very much. I try and learn something new and interesting everyday. And you My Sweet Lady have taught me both. God Bless and Have a Wonderful Life.

  • @mysterirhys
    @mysterirhys Před 3 lety

    Love your videos, Caitlyn! Keep them coming!

  • @rogermasyas165
    @rogermasyas165 Před 3 lety +813

    CZcams Algorithm: Hey, wanna know the difference between a casket and a coffin?

  • @CloudsAndDays
    @CloudsAndDays Před 5 lety +854

    Can I just be buried with no casket or coffin and just have a tree placed on top of there? Preferably some fruit bearing tree? I wanna possess it later on and drop fruit on people who are mean to my grave.

    • @tuesdaynyx
      @tuesdaynyx Před 4 lety +81

      Clouds And Days there are biodegradable caskets that they make especially for this purpose. Look them up:) They’re kind of cool.

    • @theroadtocosplayandcomicco5840
      @theroadtocosplayandcomicco5840 Před 4 lety +13

      I want a star wars casket ! Fight me

    • @Broadway4000
      @Broadway4000 Před 4 lety +36

      Nice idea. Dig a grave, plant a tree. No wasted space!

    • @chestersnap
      @chestersnap Před 4 lety +23

      Look up capsula mundi. They're biodegradable burial pods that you plant trees over

    • @sleazybtd
      @sleazybtd Před 4 lety +24

      I believe Caitlin from this video did a video about that topic one time. Google "green burial". There are different options depending on the cemetery you choose. Some places will bury you in just a cotton shroud and some places have cardboard caskets which will decompose along with you. Some green cemeteries will just plant a memorial tree over you without any gravestone. Not a lot of places do this, so your corpse may have to travel to get what you want.

  • @ravenestrella2310
    @ravenestrella2310 Před 3 lety +2

    Had to watch this again for the first time in years because I realized I couldn’t actually remember which was which.

  • @SevillaILove
    @SevillaILove Před 2 lety +2

    I love this channel. As a GRIEF AND LOSS specialist producing a youtube channel with a spiritual focus (we don't REALLY die) I am a big FAN here. And I super love your drama and brining much needed lightness and perspective to death. Making "light" of it reminds us that this life is TRANSIENT. I strive to bring healing to people and this channel is a compliment. Thank you for being authentically YOU!❤ big fan!!

  • @tjmarx
    @tjmarx Před 3 lety +1212

    "Remember, some day you will die"
    I wish you still ended episodes like this.

    • @misnomer6345
      @misnomer6345 Před 3 lety +57

      Memento mori

    • @gloomyscribbles
      @gloomyscribbles Před 3 lety +46

      Agreed, her newer videos don't give me an existential crisis...

    • @HomieDontPlayDet
      @HomieDontPlayDet Před 3 lety +6

      Facts I live to die❤️

    • @OHYS
      @OHYS Před 3 lety +8

      This would make me depressed everytime her videos end

    • @asterlyons8564
      @asterlyons8564 Před 3 lety +28

      @@OHYS The channel is all about reshaping our view of death! She reminds you that you will die, and it's not a bad thing. Its a natural process for us all.

  • @meganeatszombies
    @meganeatszombies Před 8 lety +1443

    As I watch your informative videos I feel like I'm subconsciously planning my own funeral and feel like I should take notes.

    • @Katzztar
      @Katzztar Před 6 lety +15

      That makes me wonder about arraigning for my own death, how to do it and how to make sure my wishes are known when I live alone w/no family in the state....

    • @ayiniseasilyamused9215
      @ayiniseasilyamused9215 Před 6 lety +4

      Katzztar probably by arranging it to be included in your will and setting aside money for it to be done.

    • @MadHatta555
      @MadHatta555 Před 6 lety +6

      Katzztar you can actually prepay for a lot of the stuff for a funeral. You can pay for you casket/coffin/urn, your burial plot/cremation shelf, and the wake/viewing/memorial service. If you are that concerned about your eminent death, find a funeral home that will honor your wishes and you may be able to go on a payment plan. As far as your will goes to make sure your wishes are honored- only a lawyer in your area is going to know the state/county/city laws best.

    • @ryanawilson8549
      @ryanawilson8549 Před 6 lety +4

      Been there done that. Donating my body to science.

    • @vizunip8773
      @vizunip8773 Před 6 lety +1

      let me take you on a date first

  • @danabuck8967
    @danabuck8967 Před 2 lety

    I love you so much!!! I never knew the difference between the two. Thank you!!! I'm fascinated by your channel.

  • @MsMookalate
    @MsMookalate Před 3 lety +4

    I mean caskets look like beds for the love ones being "laid to rest"

  • @SteveGouldinSpain
    @SteveGouldinSpain Před 8 lety +1442

    That explains it - when I moved from Britain (a coffin country), to Spain (a casket country), I wondered why people were being buried in what looked to me like large biscuit tins!

    • @DieAlteistwiederda
      @DieAlteistwiederda Před 6 lety +57

      Steve Gould I don't get it either. I'm from Germany and we use caskets for the most part. Even for cremations, which is stupid because there is so much material(and money) wasted in comparison to a coffin.

    • @frankiemia
      @frankiemia Před 6 lety +145

      Steve Gould
      Possibly the most British comment ever. If in doubt, compare it all to biscuits.

    • @amyiou11
      @amyiou11 Před 6 lety +2

      Hui

    • @morbjrn5265
      @morbjrn5265 Před 6 lety +13

      Steve Gould America is a casket country . We chose a light blue casket for my grandad. It was very nice. We put a casket in a stone vault. Idk why. That was my family's decision. I just picked his casket and plaque. I like caskets better than coffins. They seem more... comfortable.

    • @morbjrn5265
      @morbjrn5265 Před 6 lety +8

      DieAlteistwiederda Here in the US you can have your loved one in a casket before cremation for an open viewing. With my mother, we cremated her then held a memorial with her photos, ashes, and candles at the local church.

  • @Hey_Canadian
    @Hey_Canadian Před 4 lety +262

    I'll never forget the story of my family going to a funeral director after my grandmother's passing. He was stoically showing them the variety of caskets on offer and couldn't understand why my relatives suddenly burst out laughing when he mentioned one came with a "lifetime guarantee".

    • @MusaKitty
      @MusaKitty Před 3 lety +26

      Oh...thats. woooow sorry for your loss.
      Excuse my smile.

    • @ccpr15
      @ccpr15 Před 3 lety +1

      🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @mkg2124
      @mkg2124 Před 3 lety +2

      😂😂😂

    • @jonquilgemstone
      @jonquilgemstone Před 3 lety +2

      I'm sorry, but *whose* lifetime? 😂😂😂

    • @jenniferr9624
      @jenniferr9624 Před 2 lety

      🤣😂

  • @billmonery9244
    @billmonery9244 Před 3 lety

    Must have missed this when it came out originally. I would never forget that line "from womb to tomb ". That made my day. Thanks again. Hopefully with the pandemic "slowing " a bit, we can see more videos soon . Stay safe

  • @shenanigans-20__20
    @shenanigans-20__20 Před 2 lety

    I'm so glad I found you channel! You are so entertaining. 😄
    Love it ❤
    Thanks

  • @rd9831
    @rd9831 Před 4 lety +318

    Difference between casket and coffin.?
    Dead person: None, whatsoever.

  • @user-lt6ve9ns4d
    @user-lt6ve9ns4d Před 3 lety +267

    I don't want a funeral so I can die as I lived: avoiding social events

  • @ranceshores5059
    @ranceshores5059 Před 3 lety

    I appreciate your channel its answered some of the questions I have had

  • @swampfoot1971
    @swampfoot1971 Před 3 lety

    I love this channel. Thanks.

  • @Greywolfgrafix
    @Greywolfgrafix Před 3 lety +408

    I found my paternal grandfather's burial records last year. He died in March 1930, and the funeral home in Tupelo, Mississippi had a furniture shop and built his coffin. It was a plain "toe pincher" type wooden coffin. His whole funeral bill was $15.00 !

    • @matts2227
      @matts2227 Před 3 lety +43

      Now it will cost over 15,000 for the funeral.

    • @drownindesigner
      @drownindesigner Před 3 lety +5

      how old are you

    • @rneustel388
      @rneustel388 Před 3 lety +3

      Awesome ephemera to keep

    • @bastetlxix9251
      @bastetlxix9251 Před 3 lety +29

      In today's money that's around $240.00! Still a huge bargain for a funeral.

    • @TheJTMcDaniel
      @TheJTMcDaniel Před 3 lety +11

      A lot of the oldest funeral homes started as a sideline for furniture makers/dealers, who had the joinery tools to build coffins and were willing to undertake (hence undertaker) to provide funeral services.

  • @DiamondLil
    @DiamondLil Před 3 lety +600

    The “problem” with coffins is that, in the US at least, we have come to connect them with Halloween parties and black comedy more than with the death of a loved one.

    • @drownindesigner
      @drownindesigner Před 3 lety +4

      wow

    • @Utriedit215
      @Utriedit215 Před 3 lety +6

      Black comedy what does black comedians have to do with coffin I think you need to update your language old lady your racism is showing

    • @drownindesigner
      @drownindesigner Před 3 lety +83

      @@Utriedit215 you obviously dont get it right

    • @bowtoyoursensei554
      @bowtoyoursensei554 Před 3 lety +130

      @@Utriedit215 Not everything with "black" in the name has to do with Black people. You're the one whose racism is showing.

    • @lostpony4885
      @lostpony4885 Před 3 lety +6

      Its cuz those little bones candies. Dangit THATs whats been missing when did those vanish?

  • @timothymercer3526
    @timothymercer3526 Před 3 lety

    Hey Caitlin I like starting off my day with one of your çreepy points to ponder it helps me to focus on the things that really matter.

  • @emerald6308
    @emerald6308 Před 2 lety

    this is so funny to watch now that im in mortuary school now. i started watching you so many years ago and now im finally in school. hearing my professor talk about coffins vs. caskets and then this pops up in my youtube feed. just funny. :)

  • @cmce878
    @cmce878 Před 3 lety +533

    In Ireland we only have coffins. The interiors resemble a casket but they are coffins/coffin shaped. Never knew there were alternatives!

    • @Tracymmo
      @Tracymmo Před 3 lety +19

      Now you'll notice the caskets in every Hollywood movie/TV funeral

    • @walterteply-schnabl6379
      @walterteply-schnabl6379 Před 3 lety +34

      In German (at least to my knowledge), we don't even have different words for them. Everything is just "Sarg". Side story: my father recently died and here in Austria some places - my parents' home village among them - allow internment of the urn after cremation on your private property. My parents had decided to go for that option several years ago and digging up and preparing the site was a strangely positive experience for me and my wife. It is hard to describe, but it felt very intimate and natural - like you did so many things taking care of me growing up, not it is our time to take care of you.

    • @rneustel388
      @rneustel388 Před 3 lety +12

      @@walterteply-schnabl6379 It is like coming back to the time people had family graveyards on their property.

    • @chrisparkes2179
      @chrisparkes2179 Před 3 lety +12

      @@rneustel388 In the UK people used to put loved ones ashes around roses in the garden. Besides the idea if them somehow becoming part of the rose, ashes are a very good fertilizer.

    • @tombrady2194
      @tombrady2194 Před 3 lety +4

      Not exactly correct. You can opt for a casket also, although it is less popular due to the price and additional weight.

  • @MegaCatGirl13
    @MegaCatGirl13 Před 3 lety +529

    Fun fact: in Dutch they’re called doodskist, literally “death box”.

    • @pants6416
      @pants6416 Před 3 lety +16

      Dutch is a cool language!

    • @Palmieres
      @Palmieres Před 3 lety +31

      In Portuguese it's _caixão_ , which means "really big box".

    • @vaclav_fejt
      @vaclav_fejt Před 3 lety +10

      The Czech word for it is "rakev", which doesn't directly* mean anything else, it just *sounds* morbid. Czech also doesn't differentiate between caskets and coffins (as far as I know). They're both boxes for dead people, what's the deal?
      *) comes distantly from latin "arca", ark

    • @heh.9166
      @heh.9166 Před 3 lety +6

      mine’s cercueil but in some cases we call it bière which means beer and i think that’s beautiful.

    • @Ass_of_Amalek
      @Ass_of_Amalek Před 3 lety +6

      in german it's called a sarg, which sounds like sarcophagus, so I guess it's latin-based for some reason (or is that latinized greek?)? german doesn't have that much latin in its common words, so that's kinda surprising to me. maybe germans also used to call it a totenkiste, until somebody said "hey that's lame".

  • @westonmcgaa5995
    @westonmcgaa5995 Před 2 lety

    You are amazing! I've never found a place that has all my morbid Fascinations in one spot.

  • @rickcimino5483
    @rickcimino5483 Před 2 lety

    I don't know how I found this channel but I am so happy I did.

  • @garyc
    @garyc Před 6 lety +174

    "Womb to tomb" once heard, never forgotten 😂

    • @katiearbuckle9017
      @katiearbuckle9017 Před 4 lety

      I mean it's What Brought you into the World, I guess it only makes sense that's the Way your going to be Sent out. WHAT WOULD BE A BIT DISTURBING...if the casket was exact duplicate of their mother's womb from like Ultrasound or something.

  • @chickenchickenchicken3758
    @chickenchickenchicken3758 Před 4 lety +576

    CZcams is recommending this to all of us because we are all gonna die this 2020.

  • @bostonreese4807
    @bostonreese4807 Před 2 lety

    I just love you. Thank you for awesome, informative fun content!

  • @thiaviola
    @thiaviola Před 3 lety

    I love your sense of humor so much

  • @lougraves
    @lougraves Před 8 lety +764

    Coffins are so aesthetically pleasing, but I do agree that shrouds are the best way really. Simpler and greener. Although, the idea of exploding a casket with my own putrefaction kind of tickles me a bit?

    • @CassandraPantaristi
      @CassandraPantaristi Před 7 lety +18

      Exactly. *pop* :D

    • @killjoyneonashes5736
      @killjoyneonashes5736 Před 7 lety +96

      I wonder if it could be rigged so that when it does explode open, glitter and confetti pop out?

    • @P-Bass_Pete
      @P-Bass_Pete Před 7 lety +51

      I want that little cushion thing mourners kneel on in front of the casket at the wake rigged so that my body pops up put of the coffin and scares the shit out of everybody.

    • @kezkezooie8595
      @kezkezooie8595 Před 7 lety +12

      Pete LOL! It reminds me of a coffin piggy bank I had as a kid - a skeleton would sit up and drag the coin into the coffin bank. My sister had a slightly different one where just a skeletal hand would drag the coin in, but I thought mine was cooler.

    • @megcormier
      @megcormier Před 6 lety +9

      Talk about "Going out with a bang," am I right?
      ... I'll see myself out.

  • @nooffencebut8175
    @nooffencebut8175 Před 3 lety +203

    This got in my recommended out of no where what is god tryna tell me-

    • @leangrl
      @leangrl Před 3 lety +6

      No offence, but don’t scare me!!

    • @bowwow4893
      @bowwow4893 Před 3 lety +1

      💀💀

    • @ronweasleyisme
      @ronweasleyisme Před 3 lety +2

      It's time.

    • @leangrl
      @leangrl Před 3 lety

      Ron Weasley ITS NOT STOPP

    • @christinasanderford5849
      @christinasanderford5849 Před 3 lety +1

      Do you have a pre plan? No?
      Are you in your 30s or above? Yes?
      Are you planning to die in the next 30 days? No? Good we don't want you to.
      If you answered all the questions as they are written, God's tryin' to tell you it's time to get some life insurance.

  • @melissamontgomery3399
    @melissamontgomery3399 Před 3 lety

    I love your videos - keep on rockin it Caitlin !!!

  • @savefuneralcosts
    @savefuneralcosts Před 8 měsíci

    Another good interesting informative video Caitlin. Well done

  • @justbloomy_
    @justbloomy_ Před 3 lety +219

    I'd rather be cremated but right before, have a family member sneak popcorn kernels in me as they're putting me in the fire.
    Enjoy your popcorn, now I'm dying like a real man!

    • @amandalidey329
      @amandalidey329 Před 3 lety +1

      I wanna be cremated too.

    • @tobywatches3316
      @tobywatches3316 Před 3 lety +1

      Sadly the popcorn would be burned to a crisp long before your body is done burning-
      But fun fact, did you know that the thing that burns your body is made to burn your bones? Because otherwise it is extremely hard to melt them they'll start twisting and melting once your skin and stuff melt/burn off-- And even then the teeth are the only thing that remains?
      Which also means- but also unrelated- that your baby teeth exist somewhere in the world and so do all the baby teeth and teeth from everyone before you? Though they may be in small crushed up pieces or maybe even powders- your teeth are still out there-

  • @denisepollitt1021
    @denisepollitt1021 Před 4 lety +616

    When I was 8 years old, I wrote a poem about life and death. I had it written down for a long time but somewhere along the line, I lost it. I'm 54 now, and can still remember it except for two lines.
    A life lies wrapped within a womb
    A place of darkness, silence, gloom
    A life enclosed inside a tomb
    Prepares for life, in life's cocoon.
    Impatient now it cannot lie
    This tomb it fails to satisfy
    And so a tiny life is hurled
    Into a tomb we call our world
    A life is here, it has no choice
    Its makers happy, they rejoice
    Yet from this tomb life must move on
    Another tomb is yet to come.
    A life no more can take a breath
    For it must enter the tomb of death
    This final tomb a life remains
    Eternal life, for a life, is gained.
    Yes, was a morbid child, lol.
    Thanks all for liking and commenting on my little poem, it means a lot to me. I finally kind of remembered the two missing lines.

  • @purgatory89
    @purgatory89 Před 2 lety

    Content is fascinating, for some of us .. but Caitlin’s persona, charisma makes the show. Love It!

  • @hosermandeusl2468
    @hosermandeusl2468 Před 3 lety +1

    In school we went on a field trip to a local funeral home (the high cost of dying), where I saw (truly!) an completely upholstered (inside AND out!) coffin(?) - in denim, complete with the little Levi red tag. OK, so it was a looooooooooooooong time ago...

  • @jonniesmith4297
    @jonniesmith4297 Před 8 lety +155

    saw a coffin/casket makers delivery truck there motto " keep drinking and driving, its good for business"

  • @selesnyaconclave1850
    @selesnyaconclave1850 Před 4 lety +246

    A wicker casket will do me. Wrap me in cheesecloth, weigh me down and plunk the whole thing in the sea, or somewhere in the woods. I want my body to feed flora and fauna, either green or marine.

    • @sleazybtd
      @sleazybtd Před 4 lety +7

      Sky burial.

    • @Yoshiclue321AJ
      @Yoshiclue321AJ Před 4 lety +11

      Or just yeet me into the sky for the next fellow to deal with

    • @elultimo102
      @elultimo102 Před 3 lety +1

      IDK if this still applies, but a US Navy veteran had the right to a burial at sea from a navy ship. (No, they can't take the flag over the side with them).

    • @elultimo102
      @elultimo102 Před 3 lety +2

      BTW, I always liked New Orleans funerals with the Olympia Band playing "Just a Closer Walk with Thee." (Maybe I can have it ahead of time, so that I can enjoy it.) LMAO

    • @angelamazakas2624
      @angelamazakas2624 Před 3 lety +1

      Just make sure to research this ahead of time in you're for-real. If you're in the US, many states don't allow this (considered "green burials").
      Many states require embalming for any burial, including at sea. They also have a lot of laws in place to make sure people don't secretly go around them (I don't see anything wrong w green burials tho)

  • @APG-fu6gk
    @APG-fu6gk Před 2 lety

    "Womb to Tomb" lol. You have such a charming macabre sense of humor, and I thank you!

  • @rocdocs
    @rocdocs Před 2 lety

    New fan! Enjoy your content and your humor!

  • @DarthScrewtape27
    @DarthScrewtape27 Před 3 lety +660

    I’d just prefer to be cremated. I don’t love the idea of the footprint that I’d leave if I was buried. But if I had to be buried I like coffins better.

    • @somethingwithbungalows
      @somethingwithbungalows Před 3 lety +30

      I wanna be buried in the ground without anything lol

    • @FauxByte
      @FauxByte Před 3 lety +27

      Being cremated also leaves a footprint

    • @DarthScrewtape27
      @DarthScrewtape27 Před 3 lety +52

      Dummy Dean yeah, but I don’t want a memorial or a plot or anything. I can just be flushed down the toilet for all I care. Now if you’re referring to the environmental footprint based off of the resources that incineration requires. I got nothing for you. Unfortunately I do exist and I can’t change the fact that something will need to be done with my husk

    • @mailys9475
      @mailys9475 Před 3 lety +9

      you know that you have to be in a coffin/casket to be cremated ?

    • @DarthScrewtape27
      @DarthScrewtape27 Před 3 lety +26

      maï lys I didn’t know that. But my point stands. I don’t care about being in the casket. I just don’t want to take up space after I’m dead,

  • @pikalop
    @pikalop Před 3 lety +245

    Oh, I read the title as "Coffins vs Cheesecakes."
    how.

  • @retiredanddontcare1106

    You tackle a subject that few dare to do ~ with STYLE ! Thank you!! ~ Loyal subscriber !

  • @BraggHimself86
    @BraggHimself86 Před 2 lety

    Not sure why I find your channel so entertaining!

  • @LadyCoyKoi
    @LadyCoyKoi Před 3 lety +402

    Her: "Remember, some day you will die."
    Me: "I am more fearful of ending up wearing adult diaper before that even happens."

    • @lostpony4885
      @lostpony4885 Před 3 lety +14

      Put on a diaper now and feel better. While u still can ha ha haaaaaa.

    • @lizard2222
      @lizard2222 Před 3 lety +12

      Uggh I know, I told my partner to put me down if I can't do anything for myself when I'm old lol

    • @TheRimbaldine
      @TheRimbaldine Před 3 lety +5

      Women have to wear sort of adult diapers after giving birth, and so what? Their achievement is unmatched 🤷‍♀️

    • @SpukiTheLoveKitten75
      @SpukiTheLoveKitten75 Před 3 lety +10

      Agreed. Death isn't the issue... it's how one goes.

    • @kelvinkman8683
      @kelvinkman8683 Před 3 lety +15

      If I get to the point of diapers and spoon feeding, my teenagers have promised to enlist the services of a professional to lovingly "John Wick' me...

  • @Glashabelle
    @Glashabelle Před 5 lety +84

    I was happy with how comfortable and nice my grandpa's casket looked. He looked like he would get a good sleep had he only been resting, and I found that to be comforting. He didn't look much like himself at all, but he wore a tie with a cat on it, socks with golf bags on them, boxers with palm trees on them, and a nice grey suit. We tucked in notes with him, a hamsa, a car mezuza, and a cigar. He was the funniest guy I've ever met and I love him with all of my heart.

  • @chrisukowich8674
    @chrisukowich8674 Před 3 lety

    I love this lady & channel!

  • @tessm9775
    @tessm9775 Před 3 lety

    Omg, thank you for the amusing, interesting and educational content!