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 (DIR) Post #B21sOntswlVr0ZZ4bY by Susan60@aus.social
       2025-11-07T22:40:15Z
       
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       There’s a few points of interest in this article. The QLD woman refers to people’s concerns about pollution & the ozone layer. The ozone layer came under threat as a result of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used as propellants in aerosols which have mostly been phased out & replaced. Apparently the threat now posed to the ozone layer comes from the burning op of satellites in the atmosphere as they burn up on re-entry. Starlink pollution. Cremation might be a factor in carbon emissions & climate change, but as far as I know, it’s not a threat to the ozone layer. The fact that much of our funeral industry has been taken over by large US companies isn’t something I knew. But I will be ensuring that I avoid any such companies if I ever have to arrange any more funerals! https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/08/gone-to-a-wetter-place-the-queenslanders-disrupting-the-death-industry-with-water-cremations?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
       
 (DIR) Post #B21sOpK9ea7VQKrZBo by Sheep_Overboard@infosec.exchange
       2025-11-08T01:12:43Z
       
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       @Susan60 All the funerals I've attended over the decades have been utterly grotesque affairs in gaudy little chapels, organised and run (and financially gouged) by professional funeral parlours. Were it my option, and legal, I'd much prefer to grieve in solitude, dig a hole under a tree near the farmhouse, place them tenderly in the grave, and say goodbye. And no, I don't have a 'farmhouse.'Just sayin'
       
 (DIR) Post #B21sOqSLRcGWw1hcau by cy@fedicy.us.to
       2025-11-08T02:38:52Z
       
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       I dread when my final grandparent dies, because I know someone is going to be all "Do you want to fly cross country to try not to interact with the father you disowned back in 2000, at a terrible funeral that'll make you cry and see her dead body and wish you'd spent more time with her and your father?" and when I say no they'll be all like it's your GRAMMA how can you NOT CARE you should be MOURNING.I been mourning her impending death for the past 15 years. She's gone man, get over it.CC: @Susan60@aus.social
       
 (DIR) Post #B21sOrNQ1Pv3n2PCYS by n_dimension@infosec.exchange
       2025-11-08T02:47:41Z
       
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       @cy @Susan60 @Sheep_Overboard That's the "great" thing about #cognitivedecline You see the person's opacity fade to 0% over many years......so by the time the sell cease life process...You're ready to say final farewell.I lost friends suddenly, and it's harder."They were fine last time I've seen them!"#death #deathrituals
       
 (DIR) Post #B21sOvdWBVAr07y7Ci by Susan60@aus.social
       2025-11-07T23:09:21Z
       
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       When my brother died a few years back, largely somewhat estranged from just about everyone, his son spoke to sis & I & then arranged a private cremation. I think that was about $1,000, but nearly $3,000 seems to be the norm now, with popularity rising. (😡)We then had a surprisingly well attended gathering at my sister’s house. I think that people who might’ve felt ambivalent about attending a funeral service to “honour” him, were much more inclined to gather to meet up with old friends & acquaintances in a private home.
       
 (DIR) Post #B21sP3DvyVSkX63nRA by Susan60@aus.social
       2025-11-07T23:10:45Z
       
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       A PowerPoint of photos was running on a TV, and my nephew had set up a microphone in case anyone wanted to speak formally, but no one did. (Sis & I are both good speakers, & I’m sure a few others who were there are as well, but no one felt inclined.) It was… really nice. No one felt uncomfortable being forced to pretend that we had lots of respect for the dead person, or were consumed with grief. OTOH, we were there because, for a time, we’d felt a connection with him.
       
 (DIR) Post #B21sPAjO3xmVofpVw0 by Susan60@aus.social
       2025-11-07T23:18:54Z
       
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       We were able to reminisce as much as we were comfortable to do so. And while it was implied rather than stated, we shared the knowledge, that a person who had been capable of so much good, had caused a lot of pain. We grieved the fact that, for whatever reasons, he had been unable to thrive, to shine.
       
 (DIR) Post #B21sPIbslkX2FiNdLc by Susan60@aus.social
       2025-11-07T23:20:17Z
       
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       I have no doubt that he was neurodivergent, that his “schizophrenia” (diagnosed by a CATT team over the course of a few hours) & later “manic depressive” disorder was actually AuADHD, aggravated by a society incapable of recognising, valuing & supporting him, and the substance abuse he engaged in. #ADHD@autistics