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err... Not sure if i should google or not... Edit: got curious. I guess it's just white/pale ash?

• 13of40 8y ago
  It has little chunks, maybe 3 or 4 millimeters wide, where you can see the spongy, internal structure of the bones.
  • fouc 8y ago
    I heard that used to be true for older cremations, but not for newer ones (due to higher heat & efficiency) ?
    • ramy_d 8y ago
      Interesting. Maybe someone can chime in on how it would be different from ash at the center of a fire pit?
    • 13of40 8y ago
      Last time I saw a dateable sample (i.e. straight from the crematorium vs. at a mountaintop or waterfall) was about nine years ago, and it was quite chunky. This was from a crematorium in Arizona that was presumably using modern methods. I do recall that there was an episode of a TV show a while back (Dexter?) where someone did an ashes swap and it was discovered because the ashes looked like they were from the 70's, but that could have just been something the writer dreamed up.
      • downer59 8y ago
        You can almost imagine an eccentric subculture rife with debate over the preferences and arguments in favor of the virtues distinctive degrees of granularity in cremated human ashes, not unlike peanut butter varieties. The defining aspect of the argument being whether you can tell the ashes came from a human, or whether you'd rather not know, or care to think about it.
      • bbernoulli 8y ago
        The show was "six feet under"
• banned1 8y ago
  Watch the movie "Meet the Parents" ("dinner scene"). It's funny, but you can skip to 2:30. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pctsr5jf0Pw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pctsr5jf0Pw