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/...
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".
NarwhalHats how big are his feet?!???!?
*cough "How big WERE his feet" *cough
BarnOwl so he wasn't a fan of cremation either...
John J. Sanchez underrated comment 😂😂
He has a point :)
"When I'm dead, just throw me in the trash" - Danny DeVito
Oli T Hollywood be like “ohhh. Sureeee! Put him by Marilyn!!!”
Words to live...err die by
> Rolls up a WM dumpster...
I'm the trash man!
Screw what friends and family feel.
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.
Wow........that's real love.
Awwww. That’s really lovely. You surrounded her with your love for eternity 💕
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
Is your real last name Snortfarts
Hard to take it seriously with that username
I remeber someone asking my gran if she wanted to be burried or cremated, her reply was usually 'I don't know, surprise me'.
Hahahaha!!!! Your gran sounds freaking awesome! ❤️
Cooked into a curry it is
Love this!
Love that!!!
HK Chan 🤣🤣🤣. That’s so terrible🤣.
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.
Yea I dont understand that I'm American I want a coffin ⚰ why did they make caskets 😠
@@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.
Bruuuh dang u right tho lmao
Right lol 🤣
@@sammikatz6481 I never thought of it that way until you said it. 🤯
Why is this recommended... am I going to die soon
omg💀
We're all of us gunna die; no one gets out alive.
Enjoy the party whilst you're here!
To quote a girl I love: "You never know!!!"
Aren’t we all? And always too soon.
Probably...Covid and all, you know.
Fun fact: Coffins didn't traditionally have a hinge, they were nailed shut with the body inside.
Help me help me I can't get out 😭 🤬 ahhhh
That's why the phrase "nail in the coffin" was created
that's still the case, in my country at least
that's so that we couldn't escape🧛♀
Coffins don't have hinges here. The lid is set on top, and is screwed on
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 ❤️😂
Why even have a coffin to start with?
I think Caitlin talks about a basket for the body in one of her videos.
I have left strict instructions to donate my body to science, in the event that my body stops producing the phenomenon called life :/
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.
@@crogers3602
So the coffin is just to look nice in the funeral ?
I'm happy to be stuffed, mounted and stood in a corner. My wife disagrees.
Might be your only chance to be mounted
Sadly humans do not taxidermy well
@@xr6lad - sadly, true
My brain took this wrong. But same
Well that's an image for a lifetime
...
Can't say I disagree with her 😂
Why am I watching this.... lol why was this recommend
That’s what I’m wondering 😂
Lol same 👀
It is your time to go
Seems like the algorithm had a morbid minute 🤷♀️
I got no idea why am I watching this, I'm Muslim we don't use both 😂
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.
That’s heartbreaking. God bless you for the work of love you do for families during their worst time.
Thank you for your heart, skill and literally the kind of Love that wraps the deceased for eternity.
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.
My cousin was a Mortician. They drew straws when a child died.
So grateful for a kind and caring soul as yours 😢🙏💕
I've always liked the shape of the classic coffin, they look cool and just seem to make more sense
❤❤❤❤❤
“coffins vs. caskets”
2,9 mil people: *interesting..*
That's sus...
Nope 3 million now 😂 including me
I'm voting purple, he's asking kinda sus
It seems CZcams is trying to recommend us something by implying something else because of a certain virus
Purple was sus
This lady is 100% a vampire and just ranting about coffins and caskets
Aurora Therrien right?! 😂
That's what I thought
I'll subscribe to this belief.
Lol
Aurora Therrien lol
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.
I want to study this and have had the exact same idea it's awesome
that's some Hank hill shit
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.
@@jeffreyharville1918 My uncle, a mortician, helped me design it. No worries.
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
Told my husband that if I die before him then I'd be quite happy with a cardboard box. 😂
These exist and they are a very eco-friendly option! There's also willow baskets that are rather lovely but not as affordable.
My dad had a cardboard box! It looked like wood.
As long as it's going to be a cardboard box, how about a liquor box? Get the party started...
A ditch will be fine with me. Various government agencies might squeal.
When you wanna die, but wanna die educated about where your body's gonna go.
Do you need to talk to someone?
I plan to be turned into a tree when I die 😌 have a nice swing hung on it when my tree grows and shit
@@infjelphabasupporter8416 kinda, but I'm used to it hahaha thanks thooo❤❤
@@kayla-he4qp Human Tree? Sounds epic.
@@kayla-he4qp wow but how could you do that?
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.
I love this! It made me laugh! I might actually have to try something like that.
Mormons dont drink caffeine. Liar!
As someone who grew up Mormon, this is hilarious to me.
@@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.
Right on! Love it!!
2:51 now I'm just wondering how the idiom "cradle to grave" caught on when womb to tomb was an option
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.
You know what really bothers me, those Caskets look comfier than my bed. Why would a dead body need that?
+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
It makes re-entry safer. Shame they're not as good at installing ceramic heat tiles.
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.
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.
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.
Idk how I ended up on this video but I’m so glad I did 😍 I now know I want a COFFIN ⚰️ 👁👄👁⚰️
Ahh I love you so much!!
I love ur vids
Why a coffin?
Ugh I miss u on instagram 😭
Omg you've missed a lottt, she speaks about so many interesting things
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
Yes ,she's very honest and pragmatic! And yet with intelligent, appropriate-level humor to go along with it as well! ❤️
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.
CZcams: hey u wanna watch a video about coffins and caskets?
me: *sure why not*
Me rn: I have nothing else to do
same
@@LoveLeeched lmao yes
literally me
same
Nobody:
CZcams: Hey, wanna learn the difference between coffins and caskets 4 years after the video was published? No? Well you’re in luck.
See You in five years
Me too! I only recently found this channel and now, I’m death obsessed. 😂
Yup
Kenyada Blalock sameee😂
EXACTLY
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.
Well I'm muslim we don't use coffins or caskets we wash and Stroud the body and put it back into the Earth
Efficient, economic, no big fuss. Nice.
Are you sure you're not a mannequin? Looking a lil too smooth in that picture
@@jakwolfe3025 I mean I have a picture as my profile picture, that doesn’t mean I am a 2d character.
@@even___ 😂 great comeback 🥰
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?
If my casket doesn’t look like a uterus I refuse to die
So you'd be buried in a foetal position? XD
😂
Infired606 Going out the way I came in
Feminists be like
Astrid Medows wow you’re so funny omg😍
my dad said he wants to be shot out of a cannon when he died
i-
hell yeH
@Daniel same
thats dope im doing that
Just drop my dead body off some cliff and let the people freak out
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.
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
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
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?
~ 😂😂😭
this unlocked a series of forgotten nostalgia
i literally have this written down as my wish after death lmao
Such a better idea
This gives me flashbacks 😂
I want my cremated ashes put into an hour glass.
Did you know you can have your ashes turned into a tree too?:)
@@SexyQB100 oh yeah. Not for me but still pretty cool
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.
@@FaceInTheCrowd that would be awesome
I think you’d have to add some sand...
lmaooo “womb to tomb”
I guess you can go in or out of life 😜
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.
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
well in the ground your body feeds the little bugs :)))
I'd also like that for my burial
That is definitely something I'd like to do.
maï lys Shut up! NO! SHUT UP!
Edit: I can’t believe I have to tell y’all that this is just a joke
@@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)
Let's split the difference. I want a five-sided cofsket.
+Stephan Zielinski A Conehead coffin?
+Prostheta Naah, I'll have them put the point on the other end, and I'll wear six inch heels.
Pogo stick ;-)
+Stephan Zielinski lol! omg too funny!
Stephan Zielinski ii
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!!
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.
"womb to tomb" my new life motto.
ew lol i like
3izziwizz3 hahah never saw it but I really should. I hear it's a classic : p
3izziwizz3 cool! I myself love musical theatre so the fact that i havent seen it is a crime.
MisterLivs 9
Its from Cloud Atlas I believe :)
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.
👍💗
Love this! Thanks for explaining
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.
Does Ghana really do that EPIC funeral pall bearer walk/dance from the Astronomia song?? czcams.com/video/j9V78UbdzWI/video.html
You guys are the best
That was good, you really lifted the lid on the subject.
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
Another episode of: Where quarantine brought me today!
My country does not have a quarantine right now. not sure why i'm here.
Same
Right
Sitora Cada What? Lucky!!! Where are you?!🎀
Right! Don’t even know how I got here or why this was on my feed 😑😂 but I’m very interested
Why are we so into preserving a dead body anyway? Shouldn’t we return to the earth? Give the bugs a Buffett 🐛
Buffet 💀
@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.
@Pro Justice An eternity in this clapped out wreck of a body? What sort of paradise is that?
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.
nameless dork that’s what I want 👍🏽👍🏽
Love your videos, Caitlyn! Keep them coming!
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.
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.
Clouds And Days there are biodegradable caskets that they make especially for this purpose. Look them up:) They’re kind of cool.
I want a star wars casket ! Fight me
Nice idea. Dig a grave, plant a tree. No wasted space!
Look up capsula mundi. They're biodegradable burial pods that you plant trees over
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.
There is just something aesthetically nice about a coffin
I KNOW!😄 I feel like a crazy person, but there's something so pleasant about the shape⚰️
@@els1f Exactly; And it doesn't look and feel like a car like a casket does. Coffins look simpler and lighter.
Ooh, hey from Australia. My dad was in a coffin, both nannas, I'll probably be in one.
Quite common here
@@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.
i ised to have a coffin necklace the nicest thing ever
I absolutely love watching and listening to your content. Thank you❤️
I love you so much!!! I never knew the difference between the two. Thank you!!! I'm fascinated by your channel.
As I watch your informative videos I feel like I'm subconsciously planning my own funeral and feel like I should take notes.
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....
Katzztar probably by arranging it to be included in your will and setting aside money for it to be done.
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.
Been there done that. Donating my body to science.
let me take you on a date first
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".
Oh...thats. woooow sorry for your loss.
Excuse my smile.
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
😂😂😂
I'm sorry, but *whose* lifetime? 😂😂😂
🤣😂
I mean caskets look like beds for the love ones being "laid to rest"
"Womb to Tomb" lol. You have such a charming macabre sense of humor, and I thank you!
Coffin: something to put a dead body in
Casket: something to put a dead body in
Luggage: something to put a-never mind
The trunk of a car : something to put . . .
@@markedred A Dumpster.. Something to put.......
Just what are you up to 🤔😂
@@scuttledspatula8837 Ooh nothing just trying to take out the Trash or Something! 👀
Carpet: Something the mob uses to....
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 !
Now it will cost over 15,000 for the funeral.
how old are you
Awesome ephemera to keep
In today's money that's around $240.00! Still a huge bargain for a funeral.
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.
You are amazing! I've never found a place that has all my morbid Fascinations in one spot.
Had to watch this again for the first time in years because I realized I couldn’t actually remember which was which.
Difference between casket and coffin.?
Dead person: None, whatsoever.
CZcams Algorithm: Hey, wanna know the difference between a casket and a coffin?
Lol
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Stolen
4 years after it was posted...yet here I am at 1am 🙃
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. :)
I'm so glad I found you channel! You are so entertaining. 😄
Love it ❤
Thanks
"Womb to tomb" once heard, never forgotten 😂
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.
"Remember, some day you will die"
I wish you still ended episodes like this.
Memento mori
Agreed, her newer videos don't give me an existential crisis...
Facts I live to die❤️
This would make me depressed everytime her videos end
@@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.
I love this channel. Thanks.
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.
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!
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.
Steve Gould
Possibly the most British comment ever. If in doubt, compare it all to biscuits.
Hui
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.
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.
I don't want a funeral so I can die as I lived: avoiding social events
Omg😂
xD
B Carroll Phew hard same 😅
Or just leave the biggest troll ever with your will and make everyone at your funeral super uncomfortable lmao
Periodt.... I won’t even be at my own funeral
New fan! Enjoy your content and your humor!
I love your sense of humor so much
This got in my recommended out of no where what is god tryna tell me-
No offence, but don’t scare me!!
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It's time.
Ron Weasley ITS NOT STOPP
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.
Fun fact: in Dutch they’re called doodskist, literally “death box”.
Dutch is a cool language!
In Portuguese it's _caixão_ , which means "really big box".
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
mine’s cercueil but in some cases we call it bière which means beer and i think that’s beautiful.
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".
I appreciate your channel its answered some of the questions I have had
I just love you. Thank you for awesome, informative fun content!
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.
wow
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
@@Utriedit215 you obviously dont get it right
@@Utriedit215 Not everything with "black" in the name has to do with Black people. You're the one whose racism is showing.
Its cuz those little bones candies. Dangit THATs whats been missing when did those vanish?
In Ireland we only have coffins. The interiors resemble a casket but they are coffins/coffin shaped. Never knew there were alternatives!
Now you'll notice the caskets in every Hollywood movie/TV funeral
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.
@@walterteply-schnabl6379 It is like coming back to the time people had family graveyards on their property.
@@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.
Not exactly correct. You can opt for a casket also, although it is less popular due to the price and additional weight.
people in the comments: "hehe algorithm go brrrr"
me, someone who knowingly searched for this video: 👁👄👁
I love your videos - keep on rockin it Caitlin !!!
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!
I wanna be cremated too.
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-
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?
Exactly. *pop* :D
I wonder if it could be rigged so that when it does explode open, glitter and confetti pop out?
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.
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.
Talk about "Going out with a bang," am I right?
... I'll see myself out.
CZcams has one hell of a humor, recommending this video during these dangerous times.
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.
CZcams is recommending this to all of us because we are all gonna die this 2020.
If everybody’s dead who’s gonna bury them?
I-
Jaeden Taylor 😂
Ooof.
u h- thats scary
Her: "Remember, some day you will die."
Me: "I am more fearful of ending up wearing adult diaper before that even happens."
Put on a diaper now and feel better. While u still can ha ha haaaaaa.
Uggh I know, I told my partner to put me down if I can't do anything for myself when I'm old lol
Women have to wear sort of adult diapers after giving birth, and so what? Their achievement is unmatched 🤷♀️
Agreed. Death isn't the issue... it's how one goes.
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...
Womb to tomb just got me. Just love you.
Love you, Crazy Caitlin!!! You are so animated and funny!
She got me with the “womb to tomb “ !
Why is this in my recommended? I’m not complaining at all!!!
Another good interesting informative video Caitlin. Well done
Omg, thank you for the amusing, interesting and educational content!
Oh, I read the title as "Coffins vs Cheesecakes."
how.
BRUH HAHAGSGSGFHHAHAGDHAHA
u hungry pal?
hannah LOL
I want to see that video.
how.
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.
Sky burial.
Or just yeet me into the sky for the next fellow to deal with
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).
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
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)
Yes!! After working in a cemetery, this is a pet peeve of mine. Thanks for the clarification.
Not sure why I find your channel so entertaining!
saw a coffin/casket makers delivery truck there motto " keep drinking and driving, its good for business"
I've seen them too. Lol
Batesville(Arkansas)
Casket Co.
Up there with "Don't text and drive: We can wait."
@@UrbanPanic that is the catchphrase proudly pasted on their units
Ow shit 😄
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.
I wanna be buried in the ground without anything lol
Being cremated also leaves a footprint
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
you know that you have to be in a coffin/casket to be cremated ?
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,
I don't know how I found this channel but I am so happy I did.
I'm with Guinea Pig below and totally like all kinds of joyous that I found your page ! I'm ex 911, ambulance, fire... punk rocker and all kinds of other unmentionable characteristics. Ms Doughty, you are just the bomb.