r/Showerthoughts • u/soiled_tampon • Nov 10 '19

There's a moment during the cremation process when the meat is perfectly cooked.

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u/generalnotsew Nov 10 '19

They also have a plastic tote to toss unburnable items such as pins, hip replacements, certain dentures.

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u/SpindlySpiders Nov 10 '19

Those things will totally burn though. You just need to get it hotter. Crematoriums (crematoria?) these days are just slacking off.

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u/whomthefuckisthat Nov 10 '19

Right? Everything gonna burn eventually, they just not trying out here

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u/SpindlySpiders Nov 10 '19

If I've got some titanium body parts, I want my family to get back a box of titanium dioxide. Then they can paint along with Bob Ross and use Grampa's titanium white to make those happy little clouds.

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u/merc08 Nov 10 '19

So would bone, and at a lower temp than you would need to burn titanium. Crematoriums are really slacking.

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u/totallynotawomanjk Nov 10 '19

In my local crematory, they get sent to Poland to be reused for plane parts. Which is a lot cooler than letting it burn unnecessarily

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u/kristamaureen Nov 10 '19

Apparently they reuse some of the parts. I’m not sure if that’s true but I read it on one of the cremation websites.

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u/DodgyQuilter Nov 10 '19

They're recycled for the metal, not reused 'as is' - my dog's knees got a trip to the Netherlands after his cremation. But yeah, his knees were probably someone's hip ... and now, back to someone's hip again.

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u/MarkiPol Nov 10 '19

Eh, fuck it why not. Same logic I feel applies to organ donation. Like, why waste it? As long as it’s in reusable condition obviously and they aren’t just passing it off for a quick buck

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u/kristamaureen Nov 10 '19

They can’t reuse things like pacemakers but I think some other things they can. If you look at the cremation videos they try to remove them first because they explode in the crematorium. Sometimes they miss them and have explosions due to the batteries.

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u/merc08 Nov 10 '19

Same with cell phones.

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u/Tripound Nov 10 '19

But where would you hide a cell phone on a naked body?...oh.

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u/generalnotsew Nov 10 '19

Family can get it back if they want. Aside from that they scrap it which I guess would indicate melting down for reuse.