A Family Project (2022) (bittersoutherner.com)

72 points by surprisetalk 3 days ago

8 comments:

by tclancy 7 hours ago

That was fantastic, thanks for posting. One thing I really loved about it was what was missing: there was no explicit attempt to make a point or to assert a universal truth; it was just the facts of what happened and take it as you will.

by trinari an hour ago

Glad to see an emotional family event that doesn't try following the latest social-media trends or societal norms in general. Instead the people involved just figured out what's important to them and did just that

by aeontech 2 hours ago

This is beautifully written - don't know how this got on HN, but thank you for sharing it.

by losvedir 6 hours ago

What a great read. Thanks for sharing. It had honestly never crossed my mind that you didn't need to use an official cemetery to bury someone.

by reinsdyr 5 hours ago

Great read! Thank you for sharing :) I loved how they put flowers in her hand made casket. Beautiful stuff

by erelong 5 hours ago

Possibly related but the funeral industry could probably use some innovation, typical caskets seem very expensive compared to simpler pine caskets

by teddyh 3 minutes ago

People need to buy caskets. If only expensive caskets exist, people will buy expensive caskets. Making cheaper caskets would make people spend less money. Why would the funeral industry do this?

β€œIt is our most modestly priced receptacle.”

by floren 2 hours ago

cskt.io is an AI-first company disrupting funerals with innovative cardboard burial receptacles.

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