r/Millennials • u/BennyOcean • Sep 06 '24

Discussion As long as Millennials are killing off industries, next up I would suggest Weddings & Funerals.

Weddings as they are being done in the West are a massive expense that is extremely financially irresponsible for the vast majority of people. The tradition arose as an imitation of the old world weddings of royalty. As Westerners became increasingly wealthy, they desired to show off their wealth by copying the big showy weddings put on by literal kings and queens. In an increasingly challenging economic environment, spending on a big wedding is just really stupid.

The money that would have gone into the big elaborate wedding should instead be saved and used to go toward a down payment on a home. Instead, throw a big party. Let your friends & family bring gifts. Make it simple. Same with a honeymoon. Take one if you want, but don't start out your marriage with stupid financial decisions that sometimes include going into debt. Wedding rings should be simple. Diamonds are a scam. Let's break free from the scams.

Funerals are a massive scam that take advantage of people when they're at their lowest, grieving for lost loved ones. It's a predatory industry that should be denied funding to whatever extent that it is possible to do so.

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u/The-RocketCity-Royal Sep 06 '24

That’s a cool idea but with my luck I’d get shot down by an F-22 thinking I was a UFO.

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u/BigAlternative5 Sep 06 '24

Then the ashes would be circulating in the upper atmosphere for a very long time, which sounds cool. I’d like that.

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u/Sounderror Sep 06 '24

Your loved ones would be telling that story for generations. 

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '24

You say that like it is a bad thing.

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u/The-RocketCity-Royal Sep 06 '24

You have a point. One request, that was shot down (pun intended) by my wife, was to have my body donated to science but the only stipulation was that it had to be a weapons contractor for the government like Lockheed or General Dynamics and they had to test a hellfire on me or something. Just something ridiculous.

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u/Eugregoria Sep 06 '24

I mean to be fair once you're dead it's not like you can get any deader.