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My father passed in '21 we just got his headstone put in. $3700 and that was because we buried him in a private cemetery that belongs to my church and they don't have any INSANE requirements. We had to wait 8 months for the granite stone to come in from MFing Italy.
My boss's father passed and they buried him in a more... Conglomerate let's call it, cemetery and they had to buy the headstone specifically from their own people. Cost them 10k about!
It's such a freaking racquet!
My grandmother recently died and she prearranged everything, from where the service would be, to the coffin, to the plot and headstone.
I dread at what the cost would be if we had ti pay out of pocket for all of this. She had an open casket, will be buried with her husband, and so on.
It is a racket, with my dad we had him cremated and aservice and I think it was about 3k if memory serves.
I'm wondering when we're going to ask the big question, of whether or not burying people in a plot of land and putting up headstones is such a good thing.
Not only does it lay claim to massive amounts of land, but plenty of burial grounds have already been defiled - mostly because they were native American burial grounds...
But you know, Christian burials and the industry that exploits it.
Burry me at sea please. Let my body nourish the fishes.
On my best day this story will make me feel very sad. On a bad day I just really wish billionaires and those who aspire to be ones die (or get eaten)
I'm tired of feel-good stories about the community pitching in to help someone overcome the bleakness of capitalism during a time of need. This shouldn't be necessary.
Individually, in a way that in no way stops other tragedies. Yeah.
Posadism's looking real good about now.
There’s a community for that.
They seem more interested in the second part. I'm note interested in the first part right now.
Glad you already posted my thoughts exactly. What a terrible timeline we live in.
It's a tool of the rich who control the media.
Is their goal to make me hate them even more? Cuz they're doing a fine a job.
It's their goal to make you just comment on internet forums and then go to work the next day. Repeat
Not you. They have so much money that they do not have to concern themselves on a personal level. As long as things keep working out for them on the macro level, they will keep doing fine.
Surprised the cops haven't been by to arrest the little girl and bust up her lemonade stand
So much of the community was there – police officers, a motorcycle group, judges, EMS workers, nurses – to show their support. Numerous businesses – the list is long, and it keeps growing – brought checks or pledged money to help. Others have donated clothes for Emouree and brought food.
@Fredselfish is right about race being the reason.
Well she is white. They only do that to the black ones. Still pissed at the Karen who did that and for the cops for actually answering the fucking call.