Re:Washington state lawmakers approve human corpse composting
by komali2 on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @05:02PM
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Half of Colma seems to be graveyards, but I bet they could fill it to the brim with 4 story housing units and not put a dent on bay area demand... always boggled my mind.
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Re:Washington state lawmakers approve human corpse composting
by hinkley on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @05:51PM
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Do you want poltergeists? Because this is how you get poltergeists.
Re:Washington state lawmakers approve human corpse composting
by yellowapple on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @05:32PM
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It's more than half, actually (IIRC upwards of 70%). Colma was specifically incorporated as a necropolis, and the dead outnumber the living by something like 1000-to-1.
Sure, maybe a bunch of cemetaries ain't the most efficient use of space, but it's certainly a really cool use of space. I live in close proximity to it, and appreciate it as part of the not-quite-green-belt between Daly City and South San Francisco.
Re:Washington state lawmakers approve human corpse composting
by thanatos_dem on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @05:59PM
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Yup, that’s right. For those that like podcasts there’s a 99% Invisible episode about it - https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-modern-necropolis...
And for those that like videos, that link includes a Tom Scott YouTube video as well.