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In a typically bad episode of the simpsons, they had a coffin cam, which always struck me as something that you definitely don't want to do, but probably someon
by mynameishere 3y ago
In a typically bad episode of the simpsons, they had a coffin cam, which always struck me as something that you definitely don't want to do, but probably someone has.
- lisper 3y agohttps://historycollection.com/buried-alive-common-victorian-era-doctors-used-10-methods-prevent/ https://historycollection.com/buried-alive-common-victorian-...
- glitchc 3y agoTo provide early warning in case someone does make it back from the other side?
- hutzlibu 3y agoLike you also see referenced in the sibling comment - yes, some people indeed come back. And it is probably not funny, if you come back to life, but find yourself buried alive.
- gumby 3y agoA battery powered one would be adequate for what I presume is the primary application, a problem that stretches back millennia. And cheaper than hosting a wake. https://www.ancientpages.com/2016/02/09/strange-history-of-safety-coffins-from-ancient-to-modern-times/ https://www.ancientpages.com/2016/02/09/strange-history-of-s...
- Mistletoe 3y agoI'm way too old to have finally realized what they mean by "wake".
- throwaway049 3y agoNot all the way to the coffin, but just the other day I saw a news report of EMTs calling time on a patient with no pulse who is in fact still alive today.
- bragr 3y agoPeople still occasionally wake up in morgues and funeral homes. Rare but it happens, though often only a very temporary reprieve. https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/us/new-york-woman-found-alive-funeral-home/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/us/new-york-woman-found-alive...
- maxden 3y agoYour post prompted me to look into it, as I'd not made that connection either. However Wikipedia says that's not the case and "a wake for the dead harks back to the vigil, "watch" or "guard" of earlier times. "