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My first thought was that it's amazing we're still routinely pulling coffins out of the ground in Egypt. My second thought was that 10,000 years from now some

My first thought was that it's amazing we're still routinely pulling coffins out of the ground in Egypt. My second thought was that 10,000 years from now some follow-on replacement for humanity will be staggered at the 30 billion dead bodies we put into the ground. They'll frequently be hitting grave sites when they go to dig into the ground.

viach 7y ago
From this point of view Earth could become a very popular place for galactic tourism, they could sell a lot of souvenirs.
pergadad 7y ago
A century ago there were so many mummies in Egypt, they sold then literally as firewood. Most bodies buried in most places won't be so well preserved though. In Europe the average grave will be dug up and replaced 20-30 years after burial to make space for the next one.
- easytiger 7y ago
  > Europe the average grave will be dug up and replaced 20-30 years after burial to make space for the next one. How do you mean? I come from a part of Europe that takes death seriously and I walk past 250 year old graveyards every day. Saw a fresh grave in one recently I can go visit the graves of the last 5 generations of my family
  - black_puppydog 7y ago
    It's certainly true for Germany. At least any "normal" graveyard. I haven't really interacted with the "death system" yet (knock on wood) but yeah, graves have a TTL :P edit: but I wouldn't phrase that as "not taking death seriously"
  - lighthazard 7y ago
    In the US, you have to pay for that privilege. Your family will need land they own, someone to pay taxes on them, etc. At graveyards, most are 'leases.'
  - gt2 7y ago
    5 gens, that's awesome. Sorry for off-topic, but did you research your family history to find them or was it already known to your immediate family?
    - easytiger 7y ago
      Everyone just knows where they were all buried. The church owns almost all these graveyards so they stay around a long time. Competition is fierce to get into some of the ancestral graves.
- latchkey 7y ago
  In Vietnam, they are literally in peoples front (and back) yards.

viach 7y ago

From this point of view Earth could become a very popular place for galactic tourism, they could sell a lot of souvenirs.

pergadad 7y ago

A century ago there were so many mummies in Egypt, they sold then literally as firewood. Most bodies buried in most places won't be so well preserved though. In Europe the average grave will be dug up and replaced 20-30 years after burial to make space for the next one.

easytiger 7y ago
> Europe the average grave will be dug up and replaced 20-30 years after burial to make space for the next one. How do you mean? I come from a part of Europe that takes death seriously and I walk past 250 year old graveyards every day. Saw a fresh grave in one recently I can go visit the graves of the last 5 generations of my family
- black_puppydog 7y ago
  It's certainly true for Germany. At least any "normal" graveyard. I haven't really interacted with the "death system" yet (knock on wood) but yeah, graves have a TTL :P edit: but I wouldn't phrase that as "not taking death seriously"
- lighthazard 7y ago
  In the US, you have to pay for that privilege. Your family will need land they own, someone to pay taxes on them, etc. At graveyards, most are 'leases.'
- gt2 7y ago
  5 gens, that's awesome. Sorry for off-topic, but did you research your family history to find them or was it already known to your immediate family?
  - easytiger 7y ago
    Everyone just knows where they were all buried. The church owns almost all these graveyards so they stay around a long time. Competition is fierce to get into some of the ancestral graves.
latchkey 7y ago
In Vietnam, they are literally in peoples front (and back) yards.