Are You There Fox News? It's Me, Human Composting

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[@LunatheMoonDragon]

Watching them ping pong back and forth from “humans are super special and their dead bodies must be ceremonially held in reverence forever” to “what am I gonna do with a pillow when I’m dead? Just shove me in a box, who cares I’m just a corpse” gave me whiplash

[@theturtwig50]

Whatever causes outrage and clicks, Fox News (and CNN) will do.

[@ashleelarsen7765]

@@theturtwig50 11:30 I think about that tic tok chica, that accidently used gorilla glue on her hair- these kids super glueing their hand to a Starbucks countertop over oatmilk, they have not struggled *enough*

[@katanah3195]

Yep. I mean, I don't personally see much value in inherent respect of human bodies - I see it as a bodily autonomy issue. Once the person's dead, it's no one else's business what they want done with the corpse, as long as it doesn't harm anyone else. A dead body only needs respect in the sense that what the person requested be done with their body is done. I don't see the human body as having any inherent value, it's simply the vessel someone's mind and soul inhabited, and once that inhabitant is gone, the corpse holds no special significance. Obviously respect what the person wanted, but it's not like a human corpse has some metaphysical value an animal corpse does not. Personally, I don’t really care what happens to my body once I'm no longer using it, just as long as my loved ones don't waste money on the funeral on things a corpse doesn't actually need.

[@Hiiiiiiiiieeee]

Old straight white men are a curse on this world

[@MossyMozart]

@@theturtwig50 - Actually, Glenn Beck started his own network some years ago, "The Blaze". I have never watched him, but I would not be surprized if he were still an LDS conservative.

[@melg1621]

"I don't want to think about it" is exactly what makes a nightmare mess for your loved ones when you pass.

[@jonathanhoush2384]

My grandfather, bless'im, was given six months to live and didn't make his will until two weeks before his death. That'd be bad enough if he didn't have a lot, but he had over a million dollars in assets, savings, etc. that he hadn't made any plans for because [???]

[@claire8531]

Also for people who "don't wanna think about it" they sure talked about it for a while

[@danamichelle1290]

I told my mom, if I go first, just tie a brick to my foot and bury me at sea. I'll be dead, I don't care, lol. Actually, I want my body donated to science. No big ceremony, I want a party where people tell stupid stories and laugh at me.

[@craisins95]

Honestly thank goodness my mom told my sister and I, once we were adults, what she wanted us to do with her body when she died. She has a will and went through it with my sister and I so there wouldn’t be any surprises. She told us what things she wanted us to have and made sure we understood her wishes. My mom was also an elder care social worker before she retired so the business of dying was part of her job. I think that’s a big part of why she was so open in talking about her plans with us. It wasn’t a happy topic but she did it anyway.

[@merlinsgirl9311]

the only thing I know my dad wants is to hold up traffic as much as possible. He said, "I don't care if you have to pay people $20 a pop as they leave the cemetery, I want the longest train possible from the church to the cemetery."

[@cherengland3905]

I can say is you made my mom's death sooo much easier. As soon as my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer I started sending her and my dad your videos lol. It's been a year after mom passed and my dad still talks about how much easier you made things for him.

[@KMcKenzie9]

Deepest sympathies to you and your family 🖤 I’m glad to hear you’ve found some peace in watching these videos. Praying for more peace 🫶🏼

[@conclavecabal.h0rriphic]

Oh damn that’s awkward. I’m not sure if I’d want my daughter to start sending me videos from a mortician the moment I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer…maybe ease into it- have a conversation with me about it first lol. (FYI I’m slowly dying myself and this was written in a much more lighthearted manner that one may possibly infer, as tone is difficult to gauge in a text comment) I think it’s wonderful you and your family have found a way to make a bitter, uncomfortable situation a bit easier. Grateful for Caitlin and all the useful information she has shared on this channel. I’ve started the daunting task of planning for my own death, as I do not want it to be as easy as possible for my family when I finally kick the bucket. I hope your mom is resting easy, deeply sorry for your heartbreak. Losing a parent is so painful. Much love to you and your loved ones.

[@paulcrowley8587]

@@conclavecabal.h0rriphic Disagree Wish i were American. Caitlin would be my go to lady. Brit aged 67. The older one gets the more we accept mortality and consider the matters around it.

[@paulcrowley8587]

You did the correct thing. Bless you.

[@Betavey]

that’s beautiful

[@joehepworth8497]

They're, completely forgetting that burying something is basically the same as composting. I was a gardener in a grave yard for a while. Some of the most amazing plants and flowers can grow if you just let them. The amount of orchids that just grow naturally on top of graves is amazing.

[@uhoh6092]

Gardening for a grave yard sounds like such a lovely job.

[@juliajaeger8175]

Awww that's so beautiful! 💖

[@Shannonluvsuful]

That’s beautiful, orchids are lovely

[@juliesimpson2122]

That’s exactly what I was thinking.. being buried is almost the same thing but just takes longer!

[@SeanPurdie]

I love how he sarcastically said “that’s how you can live on, Glen. You can become part of the soil and grow new plants,” as if that’s NOT how bodies have been breaking down since bodies existed.

[@juliannaistyping]

"Good for you, Glen. Being fed off by microscopic organisms who will then nurture the ecosystem. What a wonderful way to provide for the planet once you're dead >:((". What does he think corpses do? Turn into plastic?

[@kellyalves756]

Well, if they’re stuck in a casket, they are basically turning into chemically tainted organic soup that just festers in there doing no good to anything until the casket itself finally cracks. That’s so much more comforting. 🙄

[@juliannaistyping]

@@kellyalves756 Exactly! Cultural differences I suppose but the idea of being buried in a sealed box stresses me out (I know dead me wouldn't care but I'd much rather be composted).

[@rlovelace1307]

do they... do they understand how the circle of life works?

[@katerrinah5442]

@@kellyalves756 as some who wants to be plant food when I die, being embalmed soup sludge in a sealed casket is what's truly horrifying to me

[@shinylilfish]

Just so you know, my dad announced at Christmas Eve dinner that his burial plans had changed to composting. Previously we were to cremate him and sprinkle his ashes on the tomatoes. My dad (a devout Catholic, I will note), said he didn't want the carbon footprint of cremation given composting as an alternative. I think he also might have said that to freak out my father in law. My sister told him that it might be easier to go the machete and garden composter route. My mother in law is a gardener and enjoyed this conversation. Is my dad a deathling? Is he reading this comment right now? Who knows!!

[@aaronfreeman5264]

The compost heap should grow flowers, and the flowers should go to the vegetable garden. I have no objection to some girl getting married over my dead body. There's something on this in Heinlein's The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress.

[@originalcosmicgirl]

Your dad has made a beautiful decision. ❤

[@shinylilfish]

@@aaronfreeman5264 I have to figure out if the tomatoes are still in play or what.

[@shinylilfish]

@@originalcosmicgirl Yeah, he'll make a good patch of garden- but hopefully not for many many years.

[@philopharynx7910]

I've heard that a lot of people who work in gardens and farming are interested in composting. It makes perfect sense.

[@nimgeezwarren4910]

As a member of a Federally Recognized Tribe who sits on Tribal Council, I'm working on a presentation on green burials. We first need to set aside land for a dedicated green and/or composting site. Thank you so much for all of your excellent teachings!!

[@conclavecabal.h0rriphic]

That’s what’s up. Thank You for doing all that thankless legwork to make this planet a better place for the generations that will follow us. You’re a rockstar. 💚

[@wednesday8397]

That's what I want to happen when I pass. There's a beauty in recreating life from death ❤

[@grayson4490]

That's awesome! Wishing you luck!!

[@projectionv.accountability1010]

I've told my kids/husband that I want to be cremated and I want a bell on my urn. So, when people ask, they can say "my mom was afraid of being buried alive so she wanted a bell" and then they can wait awkwardly and then laugh at how dumb it is. But now I'm wondering if they should just each have a dummy urn, with a little note from me inside, because I'm loving this idea of human composting. Update: My 16yr old said she think it's a good idea. Death plan updated!!

[@heidik.9005]

"even their bones will be put in there" I'm glad he cleared this up for me. I thought I was going to have to de-bone and filet my bodies before I threw them on the pile.

[@Chattepliee]

I know, I was like, what are we supposed to do with our bones then???? 🤣

[@joanbelmont5450]

😂😂😂

[@EFergDindrane]

@@Chattepliee Nutritious bone broth! And don't gardens need calcium? Maybe add it to bird feed during nesting season for eggshell security! Actually, that's a good idea... #vegan

[@taracorwin9809]

Hahaha omg thank you for saying this 🤣 ugh I’ll never understand how some minds work and how some just don’t.

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

I'd save bones for my collection, I mean, collection of bones, I mean, the bones I gather to preserve, I mean...

[@bob8mybobbob]

When I was a kid I thought everyone who was buried turned into soil and helped plants grow, and it was comforting to me. I’m so thankful that that’s becoming a more accessible option!

[@sillygoldfish2099]

I am the exact same! And I was horrified as a child when the adults told me "oh no, the insects won't be able to get to you through your coffin", like, how will I get eaten and be useful to the circle of life then?? Just let me be eaten by something damn.

[@scofieldvictoria]

@@sillygoldfish2099 Leave it to humans to break the Circle of Life

[@Chrissychris88]

Wholesome 💓

[@rd6203]

Same

[@AllUserNamesAreUsed]

SAME! :)

[@loribethartist6353]

We actually have the ashes of the former owner’s son in our back field… he was born with a disability and died at age 25, and his wish was for his ashes to be buried in his guitar case on the land where he grew up. Doesn’t bother me one bit and we said “yes” immediately when they asked ❤

[@peregrine1886]

Hey! Just thought I’d say, I’m going into the funeral industry because of you :) I’ve been watching your content since I was what…13, and you were so inspiring to me that since then, it’s been my career of choice! I’m now 19 and am planning to become a crematorium technician as soon as I’m able to. I don’t know if you’ll read this, I know you’ve got a lot on your plate, but thank you. Thank you for being such an inspiration, because of you I want to try and make a difference in the funeral industry :D

[@WhatInTheEverlastingFu-]

Heeeey! She's one of my "inspirations" as well! Haha, her vids have been such a help! I've even got a couple books too :) My choice is solidified- And I've known that since I was 5-ish years old! Persevere- Good luuuuck!

[@angeladoll9785]

That's amazing! I hope she see this🤞🏼

[@missveronica8393]

That's honestly amazing, good luck with it all ❤

[@militzadiaz7678]

So great to know she inspired you

[@ladyrepunsel4567]

I laughed so hard at the part where he said you wouldn’t use your dead horse to grow your garden… as someone who grew up on a ranch, yes, yes I literally actually did help bury much loved horses with a tractor and plant raspberry bushes and cucumber plants on top of them, that produce was delicious by the way and no it wasn’t creepy or horrible, it was normal and healthy and I even remember thinking it’s too bad we couldn’t have a no fuss no muss situation like that for people

[@wetsockfullofhotmeat]

I grew up in farming communities and that tickled me because nearly every farmer or rancher you ask will tell you that, when their livestock dies/ is slaughtered, any leftovers will be buried as fertilizer. And yes, having eaten livestock-fertilized produce, they're damn delicious.

[@callummclachlan4771]

I grew up in the suburbs (although I've spent more time semi rural now), and even when I was a kid under 10. The ground breaks up organic matter (like animals) and turns it into nutrients for plants to grow. It honestly doesn't phase me. I'm probably going to go for the whole natural burial thing. All going to end up as nutrients one way or another, why slow it down. Unless I have an infectious disease that survives after death. In that case, do whatever you can to stop the spread.

[@steveeuphrates-river7342]

After eating the fruit, you didn't utter "WILLLLBER!"?

[@ComedorDelrico]

Me too! I instantly thought about the local farm where I buy my pork and chicken. They compost the bones & unused parts of the pigs and, in fact, my friend has a very nice garden plot that was started with a truckload of that compost. I helped him pick up the compost and spread it on his new garden plot. It never seemed strange to me. These talking heads are just showing how out of touch they are.

[@Raev222]

Of course lol, why would you let it go to waste!

[@lemongrabloids3103]

I like how Caitlyn started her KZbin channel as a place where you could get answers to questions like “what happens to breast implants during cremation?” To now where she’s *changing the world*

[@sashabowers6738]

Love your handle, and I agree with you 100%

[@lemongrabloids3103]

@@sashabowers6738 thank you 😊

[@gregbors8364]

When dead people needed her, she was there

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

She is the best death related demigoth on the whole Interweb. Bar none.

[@bh0931]

Agree. I don't care for her injecting her politics in the video.

[@kimmiek0]

😂 what the hell do they think our yard dirt is made of?? 😂😂😂😂

[@c471]

Anything humans don't fully comprehend tends to scare us. It is weird to them because they fear it. Thank you for your work. I would choose to be composted over cremation or burial.

[@myswanktrendz]

Exactly. And when people react angrily to new ideas regarding "body disposal" my mom would remind me, "anger is fear, or loss of control, of the unknown".

[@joshuahutchings558]

"We don't like what we don't understand, in fact it scares us."

[@Coratlan]

Unfortunately its not even that half the time. They just see California and New York (“liberal” states) as the enemy and start politicizing it JUST to cause division. They genuinely do not care they pander and spread misinformation for political and financial gain

[@rosierose8643]

Patience and education are so, so important.

[@AmbientShades]

I think religion has a strong role in that too. There are certain burial customs in various religions that could be difficult to overcome.

[@jenOutpost]

It's so funny to me , these guys always use the "doing this horrible thing to grandma!" argument when they flat out said grandma would be happy to sacrifice herself to covid so these guys could keep going to bars and movies. Quite the expendable tool, is grandma.

[@caitlinb]

And natural decomposition is biblical. "Dust to dust" and what not. Chemical preservation is extremely unnatural.

[@iamwhoyousayiam6773]

You mean living life?

[@iamwhoyousayiam6773]

My body my choice, it goes both ways

[@iamwhoyousayiam6773]

That also wasn't an argument. Some arguments were the efficacy of masks (the people pushing them were inconsistent), whether or not the shot stopped transmission, the vax safety, and bodily autonomy. All valid arguments

[@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou]

@UCVk0TDFHfrmg2uMIDVYD3SA I can already tell there's no convincing you of the truth, so I won't bother.

[@saveyourmachine]

The "You would bury the horse" comment really stood out to me, as a horse person, because it's actually far from the truth! In most cases, simply burying a horse is illegal in my area. A lot of local ordinances forbid it, and many horse owners don't own the land their horses live on anyway. In my experience, most are hauled to a landfill. When my first horse died, I opted to pay for an exorbitantly expensive cremation for her, because the thought of my dearest friend being hauled to a landfill was horrifying. Even with paying for the expensive cremation, I had to face the horrifying reality of a gruff truck driver dragging her into a flatbed by her neck via a winch strap. There is a sore need for dignified care for the bodies of large animals.

[@TheShadowChesireCat]

Definitely a thing in past though. Though taxidermy and other bodily uses were also more common. And I do bristle at that though that your beloved friend would be dumped at landfill, when she could have been buried in a pasture, possibly with a tree over her, so maybe other horses could have some shade. Definitely need more dignified care for beloved animals, and clear guidelines on what to do, with less regulation.

[@sharonsomers]

Aww, that's sad, I'm sorry. I thought they were buried on farms. I would have made the same choice as you. Animals are like family.

[@topfingers]

I had a giant dog that lots of people jokingly called a horse. He was too big to bury in my yard (legally or practically), so I had to haul his body to the vet's for disposal. I asked a few questions about what would happen and was glad to receive honest answers. It's a very personal decision, and I think the difficulty is eased somewhat when the options are discussed factually.

[@littlegerm2114]

Yes absolutely we should be able to bury our large animals. There's a race horse buried outside where I work with a gravestone and everything. It's honestly so sweet that he was so loved (he's not even a famous one) and that he remains part of our community

[@velessachan]

Even worse, in my area they are hauled off to be rendered; I don't know how prevalent that is elsewhere as well. So I also paid the exhoribitant expense to have my horse cremated.

[@psychokramberry8632]

Humanity is so dissociated from reality that a human decomposing as it's SUPPOSED TO is a topic of debates, discussions and controversy

[@flapjacksaregreat1747]

About a week ago, my friend took his own life. You’re videos have been more than helpful in getting me through this, thank you ❤

[@lazy_ghost2573]

Hey, I hope you're going through this as calmly as possible. Please remember to give yourself as much time as possible and try to take care of yourself, okay? I wish you all the best, genuinely. If you'd like a virtual hug, I'm sending one just in case

[@auroramichelle5450]

🫶🏻

[@kataphorav6842]

Sincere condolences; it is a loss like no other. 😞 It's ok to not be ok. Take as much time as you need to process it.

[@nh3078]

My wife has long told me that she wants to be buried so that her body can nourish the roses and lilacs that will be planted on her grave. Then when people come to her grave they can take flowers rather than leaving them. Even in death she wants to give to and comfort others, adding beauty to the world. It's part of why I love her.

[@barbarastrayhorn4667]

Totally agree.

[@kyrab7914]

That's so cute

[@inuchan74]

That is such a sweet thing to want for people.

[@trumpisthemessiah7017]

If you are buried as normal, you are embalmed. Meaning your corpse is toxic to plants... Make sure she knows that she needs to be composted, and not buried if she wants to feed the flowers.

[@moniqueengleman873]

Depending on what state you live in and own property, you CAN bury Grandma in the backyard. Trump did it with his ex-wife. I am all for this.

[@jenniferzimmer6622]

As a wastewater worker myself, I do think it's funny them saying that they don't want to think about it. My job really isn't that dirty. It's not like I swim in wastewater. I mostly just work with pumps 🤷‍♀️

[@shinylilfish]

My class took a trip to the waste water treatment plant in my town once. It was really interesting! Your counterpart in my town had a vanity plate that said "poopman" which was epic.

[@charismahornum-fries691]

Let them have 15 minutes doing your job would be hilarious. Not only the waste itself but operating a pump. What a SNL skit 😃

[@kerryberman609]

Let me say I would have to douse myself with bleach if I was in 5 feet of any Fox buffoons, forget they shaking hands with people who actually work.

[@april1039]

People must think it's like that scene in RV haha

[@alveolate]

it's just rank privilege and ignorance mixed with a good measure of dunning-kruger arrogance. why diss a job that is CRUCIAL to the functioning of modern society? some of these jobs they dissed are so important that just 1 or 2 days without those workers doing their work can collapse a city. these republicans are just the worst hypocrites.

[@LostInThought2013]

I'm an apprentice funeral director now thanks to your videos and books! Thank you for the inspiration you've provided.

[@kc3450]

Caitlin I am so grateful for your education about after death care. I told my husband I want to be composted and he was creeped out until I showed him your episode explaining it. I can’t wait for this to be legal where I live. To me it feels like a natural and peaceful way to “preserve” a corpse. The fact that it is environmentally friendly is a great bonus. Please continue to educate us in such a quarky enjoyable way. I can’t get enough of your documentaries

[@Cosmiccoffeecup]

Imagine the zen of attending to Grandma's garden knowing she's right there with you in the garden.

[@carolyns4519]

Reminds me of the video where they interview people in a VR game. they ask the players to share their craziest life stories. This one guy tells of how his mother had these 3 trees that she gave names to, and talked to them like they could hear her. The guy always thought it was weird, but went along with it for her. After the mom died, he learned he had 3 older siblings, all of whom were stillborn. It turned out those 3 trees were named after them. This was all his mother's way of grieving, and giving her one surviving child a relationship with the siblings he'd never meet.

[@AnnaMN]

The funny thing is that this is close to what happens inside a casket after a “normal” burial. Yet there is 0 issues or “poor grandma” with that process 🤷‍♀️

[@stephjovi]

That's probably why Americans embalm everyone. They take their religion to literally and think they'll pull a Jesus and get out of their graves

[@paurey1691]

Not really, if you watch Caitlyin's video about caskets vs coffins, she talks about the difference and how in normal casket burial, they lower the casket into a concrete box and cover it with more concrete so that the body is never in contact with soil. That, all of the chemicals they pump into the body to make it look less...unalive.

[@AnnaMN]

@@paurey1691 There still is decay that occurs and no amount of chemicals can preserve the body indefinitely. I just find it interesting that an inevitable, natural process is so look down on, especially by people (in my experience) that tout “God’s perfect creation” for a number of other topics.

[@downhomesunset]

@@paurey1691 I’m guessing that some of the people that want their bodies preserved are of the Christian type that believe in the “rapture” and want to be ready. Others may want to look well preserved for the Zombie Apocalypse!

[@Mikathedog100]

@@paurey1691 is that an "only in the USA" thing? I know in Australia, it's just the casket surrounded by dirt.

[@iamzim3620]

I was excited when I heard about composting human remains. I told my husband that's what I want done to me. Why on earth anyone would rather have their boddy pumped full of chemicals, then buried in an expensive box, is beyond me. Cremation is also weird to me.

[@kidlit]

I just wanted to say thank you. After years of watching, my Dad and I had a great talk about his death plan. A couple of weeks ago, we had a peaceful natural burial with my father in a shroud, not embalming, and it was beautiful. ❤

[@ladyeowyn42]

Our cat died recently and I explained it to my 4 year old in terms of her body becoming tree food. It helped him understand and connect death to everyday life. It’s a lot less scary knowing what happens after death.

[@foo219]

That was a nice way of putting it!

[@ChageeyaSarang]

We do the same in our family too ☺☺☺

[@Capohanf1]

Plant Cat Nip on the cat's grave! That way they can give something back to their fellow cats!

[@cavalcade117]

My grandmother was going off about this the other day. It’s new and at her age, especially related to death, I’d imagine new is scary. Since she’s religious, I actually offered her the “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return” line and it clicked a little.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

THIS I feel like this is one of the best ways to explain it to more conservative, and especially, Christian people. Traditionally, Catholic funeral rites are more likely to involve burial of a body in a coffin... in order to most closely allow this process. I would love if more people could see composting as yet another way of allowing you to "return to dust" 🙂

[@austizmo13]

I am actually a Christian and that is one reason why I believe in it because to me it is a Biblically sound worldview to take (along with being environmentally friendly and my body not rotting in a box or being set on fire). God formed Adam out of the dust of the earth and Ecclesiastes says “For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.” ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭12‬:‭7‬

[@EMurph42]

Girl I just noticed how freaking close you are to TWO MILLION! Congrats! You’re such a joy & informative & your doing an important service to us all.

[@theangryintern]

"they don't get it, but they support your decision to do it" Holy crap, if we could just get people to be that way for EVERYTHING!!!!! Think of how much of a better world we would live in.

[@benjamindover2601]

I like the idea of having a tree in the backyard that is literally given life by the same energy that made up a loved one, its beautiful when you think about it deeply for a moment.

[@angelad3170]

I have a friend who buries her pets and plants a tree over them and I thought it was soooo cool.

[@TheMeloettaful]

This is exactly what I want to do! I'm still deciding between an October Glory or Autumn Blaze. But as of right now cremation is still my only option. It would be a dream come true to have Human Composting legal in Oklahoma. But only time will tell.

[@jtjames79]

I want to be covered in poison oak. Then leak my GPS coordinates with a rumor that I'm buried with treasure. The joke is that there isn't any treasure, but there is a security camera to catch their disappointment and put it on ticktock.

[@annaolson4828]

Sometimes a root ball can form in your shape after the tree uses your body for energy, which is metal as hell.

[@downhomesunset]

There is a place in Oregon that does that with horses that you can visit. I’m happy to say that I was able to get my horse cremated without having her body disturbed.

[@lightningfurystrike13]

You know there's dozens of grandmas out there whose flower gardens and veggie gardens are their pride and joy who saw composting themselves was an option and were immediately like "update my will!" someone was like "don't you think it's desrespectful?" "disrespectful? to become a thing of beauty? a joy forever? no. no I don't think it's disrespectful at all."

[@bellaelleira]

I ain’t a Grandma and I don’t have a flower garden (yet lol) but as someone who LOVES nature and beauty, (I know this bout to sound real corny but) I would be more than honoured if I in some way, shape or form, were to have contributed to the life of nature and beauty whether I’m here to see it or not lol

[@thewholekitandkaboodle7569]

My parents both originally wanted (and I believe still want, within the unfortunately limited options available to us in the state of Dick Ham) to be cremated and then spread over their garden. My mom found out on her own about human composting the other week and was so stoked about it

[@gwendolyn2001]

I'm in that caregory.

[@annefoley6950]

I was lucky enough to stumble into a state subcommittee meeting where a bill about this was being discussed. I didn't even know it existed, and I enthusiastically spoke up for public comment. Time was limited, and focus was elsewhere, so the only two arguments I heard against it were 1. Property disclosure and 2. A guy from the funeral industry mentioning that water cremation takes too much energy. This is an absolutely perfect video to show my friends and neighbors if I want to get their attention on the subject. And maybe, just maybe, if we can come to an understanding about the importance of making our own choices about death, we can come to an understanding about life. Wham! full circle.

[@RustyLid]

While motorbiking through Vietnam (old Top Gear style) I saw many Vietnamese graveyards. The plots would often have a family shine containing the bones of ancestors, and an above ground crypt where a body would be placed inside and covered with large gravel. This allowed air, bacteria and insects to breakdown the soft tissue leaving just bones that would then be placed in a bag and added to the family shrine.

[@notagain779]

My mother used to buy tomatoes, cucumbers and string beans from a woman who had a huge garden right on the edge of a cemetery. The whole town bought her produce, and the town joke was that her vegetables were so big and tasty because of the bodies nearby, some of whom died in the 1700's, so may not have been embalmed. Thank you for these videos, Caitlin. I love your sense of humor! I'd be happy to sign up to have my body become soil. I wouldn't mind coming back as a string bean!

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

I think any nutrients from back then are long gone. It'd be nice if you only had to use fertilizer every couple of centuries, though.

[@desperadox7565]

As long as I don't become Brussels sprouts.😎

[@joanbelmont5450]

Even if the body is embalmed it will still decomposed just like the rest. With chemicals, but it will become dust.

[@kiwiprouddavids724]

Germany is probably completely covered in ashes if you get what I mean,with how the wind carried it around

[@notagain779]

@@kiwiprouddavids724 , Yes. Sadly, you're probably right. Visiting a family in the 1970's, living on the edge of Dachau, I asked them what they noticed coming from those stacks in 1943. His answer was, "As far back as the 1920's, there was always incineration going on over there. With all the other odors of roasting and smoking meat all over Bavaria, we didn't notice anything unusual." I believed him at the time - I mean, who could have imagined what was going on there?

[@adiarainfoster]

My father just died this morning, and thanks to your wonderful videos and information, he is having a green burial this weekend in a place he chose and paid for himself well ahead of time. It has made my life easier as I can't imagine trying to do all of this on my own while also trying to come to terms with his death. So thank you for what you do for people with these videos. You're appreciated more than you know. ❤

[@Bambammetje]

Condolences🥀

[@kellysueballard7654]

My condolences.

[@adiarainfoster]

Thank you both ❤

[@charismahornum-fries691]

Condolences. I went through it years ago. Remember that your mourning is yours and there are no wrong or bad feelings. I hope his funeral and burial will be as he pictured it. His daughter is kick-ass enough to respect his wishes!

[@briemmara]

Sorry for your loss. I'm glad you were able to find something that made this time even a tiny bit easier

[@rivinii]

Rewatching this since my mom died last Wednesday and is getting ready to start her composting process in Washington soon. 🙏

[@ominouslightning]

I don't get them being upset about gardens made from human compost. I love the idea for myself. I told my friends (who all have green thumbs) that I want my body to be composted, and I want the compost used in a sort of memorial garden. I'm compiling a list of my favorite flowers and fruits/veggies to be grown with my compost. It seems beautiful to me. A living memorial to me, one which gives back to my best friends who are pretty much my family at this point. My family hates the idea, and they think that they should get to decide what happens to my body, and even if I get composted, they think they should get to decide who gets compost and who doesn't. Which is why it's important to me to get my will done up as soon as possible even though I'm only 19. All this to say, I personally think it's a beautiful process, and I'm glad I'll get the choice.

[@theraynestorm]

Different cultures all over the world have different views on death and the final disposal of the deceased. To insinuate that the guys in the video are somehow wrong for their cultural views on death sounds like bigotry. Do better.

[@barbara_LL]

i know right?? they started describing the growing flowers thing and i was just like "dont threatened me with a good time"

[@starrywizdom]

Seeing Glen & Stu ALMOST realize that they think EVERYTHING about dealing with dead is "weird" BECAUSE they don't accept death was enlightening... I've wanted to be composted since I was a teen in the 1980's. I'm SOOOOOO excited this is finally happening. After I die, I'll get to turn into flowers! Yay!

[@tirsden]

I don't want to go back through the insanity of their quotes to find who said it and when, but one of them more or less sounds like he doesn't think he's going to die at all. Religious nuts... buncha youtubes.

[@abbym9954]

The thought of being allowed to become soil, of quietly coming apart and being un-made and becoming a natural part of the world around me- able to feed the plants, and house the worms, and be scurried across by mice and ants... it's so beautiful and perfect and meaningful to me that I am literally starting to cry just thinking about it. I don't want to be in a cold damp box. I don't want to be a puddle of dangerous chemicals. I don't want to be in an urn on a mantle, or a bunch of inorganic crumbles just floating on a lake where a loved one scattered me. I want to be a tree, I want to be a crop of tomatoes that nourishes someone, I want kids decades in the future to look for four leaf clovers where my remains once lay. Let me be dirt, conservatives. Give me this one choice about my body when you've taken so many others away.

[@krysab6125]

THIS. I nearly cried with how beautiful the process was when Caitlin showed it in a previous video. I hope that, when I die, it will be an option available here in the UK

[@egris00]

What a lovely and poetic comment.

[@fuzzamajumula]

Amen!

[@sexxxiipanda10]

Felt that in my every being. Death terrifies me, so if I can actually "live forever" by my one body contributing to the ecosystem... I love it. I raise millipedes and isopods and I would love for those beautiful babies to much on me ❤️❤️

[@PinataOblongata]

@@sexxxiipanda10 It's absolutely not living forever, not even in quotes. I always wonder why people apply that phrase to silly things like having their name remembered or the living works still be consumed after their death or whatever - none of that is going to help you, you won't experience any of it, you won't know it's happening and nothing during your life can possibly guarantee for you what will happen to you once you're gone, despite your best-laid plans. Nothing that /might/ happen after I stop existing gives me any comfort at all, I do not want to stop existing. As Woody Allen once said, "I don't want to live on in my work, I want to live on in my apartment!"

[@hurricanebubbles]

This is what I want done after my death. I have always had this irrational fear of being alive when buried or cremated. So being put in a warm tube with some grass and wood chips is a great option. Also I have had my living will, including death plan set up since I was around 25. Too many times have I seen family and friends stress out over what to do and costs of a funeral. Or even just what and who to do readings or what music. Just made sense. I actually just had to update it recently now that my child is no longer a minor.

[@sarab2324]

A couple months ago I filled out a funeral directive along with my parents. It was one of the weirdest things I’ve ever done. I was a bit uncomfortable for a bit, since I’m in my late 20s, but I am glad I did it. I got to design my funeral and death! I wrote a lot, but a few examples: I told them which flowers I didn’t want because they smelled gross. 😂 I said I wanted pics of my cats at the funeral. I wanted someone to read something that I still have to write, kinda like a thing of comfort to those I will have left behind. I’m gonna make some jokes. Honestly it was really nice. And weird. But mostly nice. 😂 Oh and I also said I want to be buried at the cemetery my grandpa is at. I may change the directive in the future, but for now I am satisfied!

[@flayful]

Our (mandatory) college retreat session made us write our last will with funeral plans. At the time, before "Ask a Mortician", I didn't appreciate it, found it morbid, and didn't enjoy planning it with very few traditional options on mind. 😅 But now, with so many options I've learned, I don't view it as entirely morbid to plan ahead. 😆

[@wolfcat1998]

I was discussing this a while back, and was told that using human compost would result in haunted gardens. They were totally serious. The thing is, I fail to see the downside. Think of all the money you'd save in pest repellent when the scarecrow starts walking around at night.

[@klisterklister2367]

How about a haunted forest? That would be cool imo

[@purplelikefire]

Maybe the ghosts would have gardening tips too?

[@samniel]

You know what? I already wanted to be composted and this just makes me want to do it more. Hell yeah I want to be a haunted tree.

[@mariaquiet6211]

I'd be fine with a haunted garden

[@KianaWolf]

Don't people that believe in ghosts usually attribute to them to things like unfinished business or malice towards the living? If somebody _wants_ to be composted, it shouldn't conflict with their particular brand of nonsense at all.

[@ibenbreuner3862]

My own mother furiously resists talking about the possibility of me dying before her, and while I don't have any plans of doing so, it is distressing to imagine her wholly unprepared if it does happen. Caitlyn's videos have taught me so many things and I have now become the little weird death positivity member of the family.

[@YouTubeSupportSucks]

Make a will and power of attorney. I mean it. She could end up ignoring your wishes at best and slowly torturing you to death at worst.

[@Amanda-zn7ox]

I'm the same way! The deathling oddball! I have some family members who are unfortunately degrading in health, and death feels like it's about to pop up out of nowhere. I feel like I'm the only one knowledgeable in the death industry and how they can take advantage of the suffering. I wonder if I'd even have a voice in the matter, or just be shut down.

[@hannahplath5949]

Caitlin, I would be interested in a video about treating the remains of pets both historically and contemporarily. I was surprised to learn today that most of my friends and family would not pay to have a professional treat the skull, and respectfully and responsibly dispose of the rest of the remains. Then I'd have both a neat skull and a keepsake

[@raegenjacobs-mm9et]

Every time I listen to her voice I go into this hypnotic state. Your voice can hypnotize anyone who hears it. ❤

[@Sindollx666x]

She does have a very lovely voice.

[@VeracityLH]

And lovely eyes. One could drown in those eyes.

[@ArmouryTerrain]

Modern western society is so divorced from the cycle of life and death. Thank you Caitlin for all of your efforts.

[@bishop51807]

indeed, pro creation and the last days are actively avoided, but that's because human brain is programed by nature for individual survival. It feels, like society it's all just go go go, till you cant go no more.

[@Nadia1989]

Nah, that's the US. The rest of the world, not so much.

[@random-dm5md]

​@@Nadia1989Nah it's most of Western society and it's getting worse

[@rtqii]

I lived in the Chihuahuan desert for 13 years... I composted everything and grew personal relief bud. When my big male Ranch Dog Jefe died, I gave him a vulture funeral. Watching my primary ranch dog transition into the sky was amazing. It really helped with the grief, and there were no maggots, and no smell. After the birds were done I covered the bones with rocks.

[@aaronfreeman5264]

Your dog was a Zoroastrian?

[@MrTommyboy68]

Navajo's also don't bury their animals. They let nature take what it needs to help the living. I had befriended an abandoned dog on one trip who had been rescued from a wash where he fell or was thrown in. He ripped his nails and paws apart in his attempt to get out and 2 workers at the motel I stayed at rescued him. I bought treats and dog food as there were several other strays that got dumped there. We shared a few ice cream sandwiches before I left and sorry to say he got hit by a car the night before I planned to leave and I was heartbroken. I figured at least he had a couple days of love and affection and some good food. I wanted to bury him, but they explained that they do not bury animals, instead letting their bodies sustain other scavengers and the rest returns to the earth. Thank you for helping your dog continue the cycle of life.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

To quote Pickles the Drummer "That is the most metal thing I've ever heard."

[@kamwickw933]

I read about sky burial when I was a teenager and thought it was so wonderful that. I horrified my mom by saying that I thought that was wonderful and maybe I would want that 🤷‍♀️😹

[@katbairwell]

What a beautiful thing to do!

[@BeeKool__113]

Yay!! Human Composting! I love it!! I remember reading about this in Caitlin's book in the early days of the process. I am here for it!!😊

[@Tardisbabe92]

Caitlin I absolutely love your vids. I've been death positive for awhile but finding your videos has really increased my knowledge of different processes and normalizing talking about it. Thank you for all you do! :)

[@wetsockfullofhotmeat]

l'm an organ donor, so my inner utilitarian loves the idea of my useful bits being given to those that need them and the rest being used to plant a flower bed or a sapling. Honestly, the idea of me sitting in a casket pumped full of preservatives forever and ever creeps me out a whole lot more than being gently retaken by the Earth. So thank you, Caitlyn, for doing so much work to legalize human composting.

[@irishrunner27]

thats what i'm thinking. strip my body for parts when i'm done, and plant a tree over me. srart a haunted forest.. i mean, preserved nature land *coughs*

[@victoriawilliams2786]

Organ donor here and I hope my family has me composted.

[@maureenperez5676]

I agree. I am hoping to get "Aqua-mated" when my time comes. Caitlyn is wonderful. I have learned so much from her videos. I greatly appreciate her efforts to make funeral arrangements a "little less scary" to contemplate...and a lot less expensive to pay for. We lost my in-laws two years apart. Their cultural tradition "requires" Embalmed/Rosary/Visitation/Bury in ground, pretty Headstone. Unfortunately, most of those who want these elaborate burials can't afford to pay for them, nor can afford to prepay for them. That was our in-laws' situation. They had no money. The family members...meaning US...had to get loans in order to come up with our portion of the 14K for each burial. You can't finance an elaborate burial thru the cemetery we had to use, either. So much for Christian charity. Pay all at once...or let 'em rot!

[@neuralmute]

Same here - I've been on the organ donor list ever since my teens, when I lost a favourite uncle while he was waiting on the transplant list for a new liver. If some part of me can save the lives of anyone else, they're welcome to any bits they want. Though I recommend against the eyes and lungs - the eyes were defective to start with, and have only gone downhill with time, and Covid did a number on the lungs 3 yrs back. If they can use any of the rest, have at it! Just either compost whatever's left over, or bury it naturally, and maybe plant some lilacs on top. I like lilacs.

[@lindafreeman7030]

If composting had been an option when my father died in 2001, he would have been ecstatic. He was born on a small farm in Wisconsin in 1918, and was a life -long enthusiastic gardener, even when his only available land was in containers on his apartment's balcony. As it was, he was happy that my husband and I had bought a house with a yard in time for his ashes to be mixed into our garden. Also, I will hear no complaints about the cut of your bangs: this length allows us to appreciate the glorious expressive mobility of your eyebrows!

[@hvsolobassist122]

My grandfather was a lifelong farmer and I think would've loved this as well.

[@flayful]

I love the idea to be buried someday not with a tombstone above my grave but a beautiful tree with blooming flowers 🌸 providing a refreshing shade to my visiting family and friends for a picnic or a solitary afternoon reading session. So I'm all in for #humancomposting ❤️ Hope it becomes possible soon in the Philippines 🇵🇭 Time to be part again with Mother Nature✨

[@stephanietaylor8615]

I don't know if this is what I want for myself, but I honestly love the idea of becoming compost. I learned a love of gardening from my grandparents, and I wonder a little if they would have been into this option if it had been an option when they died. Though they were all super traditional people, so I'm not sure they would have gone for it, haha. But I kindof like the idea of grandma helping my garden grow a lot better than her sitting in an urn on my bookshelf. 🤷🏼‍♀️ It probably freaks out plenty of people, but I think it's pretty cool.

[@VeracityLH]

I like the idea of becoming part of the garden. A lot of people find gardening meditative, and I can see being very people and chatting to my husband. Why not? People talk to their loved ones in graveyards.

[@MiracleFound]

Composting is integral to a successful backyard garden! My great-grandparents, grandparents, and other family always composted back in the 60's and 70's, when I was a child, and most likely long before that. The idea of being composted sounds amazing to me. The circle of life!

[@mza2195]

I sang the last line. Now it’ll be stuck in my head all day! I’m going off to watch the movie.

[@downhomesunset]

🎶Be Prepared 🎶 with a death plan….

[@carriethompson84]

I can't believe this is real... smh...

[@xiamaramu1538]

i did hear my mom from the other room, if i die and get composted... use me on roses. i hope i can.

[@clarimm6675]

My dad passed away just two weeks ago and your videos really help me through this tough time Caitlyn. He didn't want a lavish and expensive funeral with a polished coffin going into the soil, so he chose the literally cheapest box to get cremated in (we know it uses fossil fuels, he knew as well but it's what he always wanted). Since I talked to him about your channel a lot (before his diagnosis and gloomy prospects), he chose a tree grave, meaning his urne (made entirely out of wood) will be buried in a woodland cemetery in a forest close to where we live, like literally 15min away. The funeral is next week and although I'm crying non-stop, I am glad that we had talked about this topic while we still could. So hearing these doofuses say "I don't want to talk about that" just makes me think of their families and how much they'll struggle with making such decisions. Why would you do that to your loved ones?

[@sylverscale]

I'm so sorry for your loss. It's good to know what your dad wanted. My mom wants a similar thing but without prior cremation. It sounds peaceful. You're so right, talking about it is important, even though it's sad. Wishing you strength.

[@Giuliajuliajulietgiulietta]

I'm sorry for your loss! My childhood best friend passed a year ago and they were buried this way in a woodland cemetery. I went to see them for the first time just before the one year anniversary (different country) and it was very serene to be surrounded by nature and being able to hug their tree was comforting despite my tears.

[@valkyr8]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[@michellesotelo-mercer7797]

I'm sorry for your loss, I hope you, your family and loved ones get the support you all need during this difficult time

[@mitalishinde6890]

Really sorry for your loss. Hey if you ever wanna talk or anything here for you.

[@evilspacezombie9]

I found this channel at some point last year and it almost immediately became one of my favorites on KZbin. I've been interested in death in some way since I was like seven years old and this channel has helped me to further that interest to the point that I've been seriously rolling the idea of working in death care around in my head.

[@halleyangel1706]

My mom always wanted something like this but thought that so called "Advancement" would never let it happen. When she read this on the News she cheered

[@amberlinvaganov2257]

When my first horse Amber passed away I chose to have her composted. It comforts me to know that, in a way, she lives on in a flower or a tomato plant or wherever she ended up.

[@elenaderoet4926]

I think that's lovely. Absolutely lovely. I haven't done a lot in my life except consume, and I think that holds true for most of us. I think it would be lovely to give something back.... I absolutely want to be composted. I don't want to be cremated and I don't want to be chucked in a hole chock-full of chemicals.

[@angieelliott8741]

I am Republican, but I am also pro-human composting. I think it is very respectful to the body as well as the natural world. It is very natural. It is cleaner than cremation and burial. No matter how much I love grave yards and cemeteries. I mean...who doesn't love the creepy? I really do think that this is the best way to go. 🖤🖤🖤 Keep going you wonderful lady!!! LYSM!

[@janebeckman3431]

I want my compost spread on my parents graves in the small rural cemetery in the town where I grew up. It's a wonderfully quirky old cemetery, where you can plant flowers, decorate graves, etc. And yes, I will have a stone for myself. It's a family plot.

[@LynnThompsonAuthor]

Exactly. Hannity can be an idiot; I haven't listened to him for years. He is in no way representative of what most Republicans think. Why politicize this issue?

[@lynettemiller6519]

Same! And I don't like the idea of my hard earned money getting buried with me instead of helping improve lives for others

[@bun04y]

I am also a Republican & a Christian...AND I am pro-human composting. I currently live in a state where it is legal, but we don't have a center yet. Hoping that changes soon...also hoping we get a center where my mom lives or I'll have to move her here. The funny thing is, I posted the "Let's Visit the Human Composting Facility!" video on my Facebook and one of the members of my church didn't like it. awww shucks! Not her decision. Re: the guys in this video...I really don't think that they're educated enough on this (evidenced by some of what they said)...if we could educate more folks on what is actually going on they would at least be willing to allow us to choose.

[@nicos4790]

well thats not very republican of you

[@melodybeats2553]

This video honestly has helped me attempt to plan my own funeral, composting seems to be a great option for me

[@Alexis-kl3kk]

OMFG so I was watching the MIDNIGHT GOSPEL and heard your voice andi got so excited for the show!!! Honestly one of my favorites on Netflix and I'm so happy you were on there that's so Incredible! So happy to hear you talk about death in a fun way (as per usual)

[@jillb71]

Yesterday I had surgery and decided to leave my husband a brief list of my wishes if I didn’t wake up. He was a bit freaked about it (not a deathling) but I explained we each had a parent die where others were not sure of all their wishes and I thought this way was better. It’s opened a conversation now and I think that’s positive.

[@williamhernandez870]

My girlfriend was a big fan of you she watched every video of you when she could. She passed away August 31 2022 i am just thankful you put a smile on her face. ❤️ Thank you so much and keep the good job ❤️

[@VelKitty]

I'm so sorry for your loss. My late boyfriend lost his battle with depression five years ago last month, I know all too well how much it hurts. I hope you're able to find comfort in the memories you created together. I know it's hard now, but it does get easier with time. Love from an internet stranger 🖤

[@dianastamos4439]

I’m sorry for your loss 💔

[@D-Elaine.dead-eye]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@Nelle4ever]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@BooksofHighStrangeness]

You all. Invest 120 mins maximum and check out Lee Strobel. Hardcore atheist dragged by legit evidence of Jesus Christ, Risen from the dead. Worship Life and Our God. People hurt you. Not God.

[@myswanktrendz]

This channel is great for allowing consideration of ways to "dispose" of my body after im gone

[@jeanettewinn2151]

Politicians talking about things they don’t know or understand. Thank you Caitlin, for setting things straight. I respect you.

[@iamsocks]

after being directionless and scared for my future, your content has shown me a career path i am not only passionate about and want to do, but something i genuinely think i was put on this earth to do. so happy that human composting is becoming more accepted and i hope that it can happen in Canada, too! i know i’ll be right at the door of the Parliament when these requests are presented!

[@bpdmachine777]

i feel the same way, she made me discover what i was made for

[@downhomesunset]

It’s legal in Saskatchewan and BC; last time I checked. Maybe more provinces now. I’m also pretty sure that you can be shipped to a province that will do it! Hi, from a non-crazy Albertan😊

[@marilyndemontreal4904]

I hope it becomes legal in Quebec! I would like to write a letter to a representative about it, but I don’t know at witch level I should aim (federal? provincial?) If you have any idea, please tell me!

[@alissonvonderlane862]

🇨🇦 👍

[@KissesFromCanada]

I would have liked working in death industry but my body’s illness prevents me. Already a potato…maybe I will compost, lol!

[@lauram8504]

Listening to their back and forth of sarcasm and 'but it's weird' my brain keeps going..."When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great circle of life." I know it's cartoon animals discussing this, but 5 year old me was able to grasp this concept, and it's always been a rather comforting description to me. Much better to become something new than being buried deep in an expensive wooden box.

[@Capohanf1]

BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENS to the grass the antelope eat??? Hint, in one way, out the other!

[@ImperfectNobody]

@@Capohanf1 That's just how life works, and your body isn't literally transferred into the grass. The grass feeds on its nutrients. Kind of like how the antelope's poo isn't the same thing as the grass. The body takes the nutrients, and makes it something else. I think that's what most of these people against composting don't understand. Even eating fruit and whatnot that was grown with human composted soil does not mean you're eating a body. I understand that there's a "gross factor" to it because of social conditioning, but it doesn't change the facts. I mean, a lot of crops are fertilized with cow poo, chicken poo, etc but that doesn't mean we're eating livestock poo lol

[@contra1124]

I have been weirded out more than once by what I heard about funerals in the US. Having open caskets? Keeping your loved ones' ashes on the mantle?? Things they consider traditional like heavily embalming a body would be a "hell no" for me, but if you want to do it, sure go ahead. On the other hand I appreciate the thought of my body becoming worm food. That started when I was in school- we had to read a poem by Theodor Fontane, where a noble who always gives local children free pears asks to have a pear tree planted on his grave. The poem describes how, after the new pear tree has grown, children can hear a voice from the tree whispering to them, asking them if they want a pear. I thought it was amazing to have your legacy preserved in that way and I want the same for me eventually.

[@jack-a-lopium]

What do they imagine happens to NON-COMPOSTED corpses? 'Cartoon animals' is a great description They sound like 7 year olds in a playground.

[@Capohanf1]

@@contra1124 There is a GREAT line in an ALL in the Family episode. Mike was talking to Archie about cremation and Archie said, "Knowing your mother in law, I would end up in the vaccum cleaner!"

[@MATablet-kd6pf]

Thank you for your dedication and advocacy. It's a lot of your time and commitment for all of us.

[@sarahgirard6388]

Yay! I love your video and I’m so glad to know there are people out there working in this!!! I also think it’s important… but have never searched the internet about it. KZbin just sent you to my feed❤️

[@crazyfrytka]

They said exactly what I wanted to point out. Name ONE method of getting rid of a body (cremation, natural burial ect.) that can not be described in a disgusted way. You can easily demonize every option if you want. 🤷🏼‍♀️ If I can donate my organs to save someone's life and then become a compost to help forrest grow that's the great way to go in my humble opinion. I wish composting option will be avalible in Poland, before my time arrive and I'll be able to become a part of the forrest. ❤

[@littlewendigo5055]

Hej, witam z Łodzi! Ale miło zobaczyć inną fankę kanału!

[@crazyfrytka]

@@littlewendigo5055 Hi! Wrocław here. :D Polish deathlings unite! ❤

[@littlewendigo5055]

@@crazyfrytka i visited your city some time ago and i fell in love with it, its really a nice surprise to stumble into a Polish deathling!

[@crazyfrytka]

@@littlewendigo5055 Oh, I'm glad you liked it. :D Hope you'll come back in the future. 😁

[@nickdesanto6119]

The most frustrating thing about this misunderstanding is they keep dancing around " yeah it's wired but if they want to do it their choice." And "THERE NEEDS TO BE RESPECT FOR THE HUMAN BODY."

[@stellastarfield1111]

"Misunderstanding"- They know what they're doing and don't care.

[@nickdesanto6119]

@@stellastarfield1111 naw, just conflicted. Bit of an assumption but conservatives lean to traditional Christian belief. Anything that destroys the body is taboo. Can't resurrect soil. But he seems to respect cremation so maybe they will learn.

[@Therebesquare]

@@nickdesanto6119 can’t “resurrect” something if you’re still alive in another form

[@TitaniusAnglesmith]

@@nickdesanto6119 Conservatives want to remove all forms of bodily autonamy and force others to do as they say; the Christianity is a façade. Although it is true that conservative thinking leads to strong disgust reactions and pushing "unpleasant" thoughts away.

[@moist_onions]

He uses the same tone like you murdered someone for composting. “Respecting the human body, cheapening human life” it’s issues while your living that effect that, not the way you dispose yourself after your dead

[@brad885]

As a libertarian and a Christian, I 100% support this and I thank you. I can add composting into my will. "Remember, man you are dust and to dust you shall return." 😂😂 funny how many christians forget that line

[@geralyn-mm]

I was researching what to do with my mother's ashes, which have been in a closet for 21 years. I was hoping to add them to my garden and it turns out they will kill rather than feed your vegetation. However there was a suggestion that ashes could be supplemental to cement and you could make stepping stones or other garden decor from your loved ones ashes I loved that idea!

[@emilyfrancis4869]

love the idea of composting! I imagine having gravewoods instead of graveyards, and everyone can do just a little landscaping around the tree of your loved one. You can hang little plaques on the tree that read, “Here grows grandma, 1953-2019.” For days visiting the grave tree, you can hang a fun little tire swing for kids to play on, or get everyone involved in planting a little flower at the foot of the tree. The scenery would be lovely for picnics to share with the passed family members. Or you can always just have a family centric tree, where family members always have their soil added so they mingle together in one family tree to visit annually. So many possibilities~

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

What the heck, why'd my grandma only live to be 66?!

[@ashleydavis2355]

Oh I love the family tree! My uncle still owns the land that my great great grandpa bought when he came to America. The thought of a huge old oak growing on that farm fed by the soil of all of us and our loved ones, giving shade to our descendants. Gosh it's so beautiful. I'm a genealogist so I like the potential tongue in cheek of calling it "The Family Tree" as well. Gives me a good little chuckle 😂

[@kthearcher3357]

This is how we get haunted forests ;)

[@AlexaFaie]

@@kthearcher3357 This is how we repopulate the haunted forest ecosystem.

[@mcsmith732]

Wonderful idea! Hope it comes to pass.

[@avacongleton6999]

In one of my college classes for public speaking. We were assigned to do a persuasive speech about anything we wanted. I ended up doing mine on human composting. I didnt realize how taboo it actually would be in the class. I definitely got some looks of criticism and some murmurs from the class, but thats totally ok. Surprisingly, my teacher loved it. I wanted to just say thank you for introducing me to this option since its now what I'd want to happen to my body. I got most of my information from your videos. So thank you for that A+ on my speech.

[@avacongleton6999]

Omg! I didnt see this till now. Absolutelyv

[@gregeoryl]

Personally, I like the idea of my body being composted. I hate that people try to push me into being preserved forever and taking land away from nature and humanity, long after my death.

[@theresarosie8728]

I have ticked the bell on this channel and yet I was never notified by YT of your last 3 new vids. 😢 Glad you popped up in my feed again I love your content, gave me a whole new perspective on death and life. 😊

[@Tartra511]

The assertion from Beck that one wouldn't compost a horse shows that he is out of touch with "salt of the earth" farmers. I am glad you mentioned livestock composting, Caitlin. My shepherd friend also jokes from time to time to just stick her in the compost pile when she goes.

[@jeffersonmorant215]

Hello Tara how are you doing, where are you from?

[@camadams9149]

Love the idea of composting. It feels gentle and natural. Cremation is a little intense for me. Embalming feels goulish Someone else may have completely different feelings... which is why it's important people have options

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

I absolutely agree. I don't like composting notionally for my loved ones at all, really given the gruesomeness involved in everything, I lean towards cremation, but I'm as happy as anyone should be, that the option is there.

[@billystokes3917]

Personally, I'm fine with anything but would prefer cremation, composting, or donating my body to science.

[@paulcrowley8587]

Ashes Headstones become a chore or ignored in just so little time

[@Lady8D]

"Well, who's in here?" just made me laugh way too hard and way too loud - thank you!!! I always enjoy such moments 😸 EDIT) For my future enjoyment: approx 06:10 through 06:35

[@Lady8D]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! "Haven't I been through enough?" ~Grandma. EDIT) approx 07:20

[@roguemedic6282]

I'm someone on the Right who watches your show Catlin. I spent over 20k for my mothers funeral a few years ago. She spent her life as an activist trying to help the poor and homeless. If there was a more affordable choice, she would have preferred that money to go feed the hungry living other than those wealthy funeral directors. Beck and Hannity aside, many on the right will support you and your work once it's explained to them.

[@DLPape]

My husband passed last May, he wanted to do this but we are in a state that it is not legal to. Transportation of a body across state lines is outrageously priced, I had to go with his second choice of cremation 😢 Thank you for tackling this important change.

[@wiresa.reintresting7051]

Thats a shame tgat he wasnt able to go with his forst choicr. Hopefully its an option for more more people soon.. For what ists worts, i have seen some composters talking about havinv their s cremains/ashes added to a comlost pile, to be turned into soil. Ive also, i believe, heard soneone from recompose talk about how there eas an experiment where cremation ashes were added onto the composting process, without negatively affecting the ouycome, and about how ( iyhink maybe) cremated ashes could be added into a reconlose n. o. r process. So there's that. 🌱🌲🌳💚

[@DLPape]

@@wiresa.reintresting7051 I will have my daughter look into adding his ashes to my remains should I be able to do this. Thank you

[@melboom2994]

@@wiresa.reintresting7051 That sounds like a beautiful option for sure!

[@mamaduck9370]

This is wonderful. Thanks for the video and your advocacy. I live in the West of Ireland....every day the community radio station reads out the announcements of who in the district has died and where their body will repose until the funeral. An open casket, usually in the front living room, where family and friends still stay up all night with the corpse of their loved ones and go through traditional catharsis and celebration of life and death in a "wake" with much food and drink and stories. Familiarity with the process of death has never left here and I feel it is a healthy way to look at our human existence. I would love to be a tree , compost me, say I, and let the bats in my belfry from my mortal life be birds in my branches in the hereafter :) Love from an Aussie in Ireland.

[@jeffersonmorant215]

Hello Duck

[@ViirinSoftworks]

I'm not crying, you're crying.

[@JohnnyWhitehead-bi1pt]

Learn so much from your videos. Thank you . Also, after seeing the "you boob " response to your SS Eastland video..I of course, typed it in and..there it was. Watched it through tears, frustration at humanity, and..wait!!! What??! I noticed well over twenty other videos about the Eastland. Some with their lurid headlines..clipbaited to the max. As a veteran "Facebook inmate, " I can relate to the frustration and unexplained finality of corporation " 1984.". Soldier on..we need your valuable input.

[@Steamaddict1603]

I think that composting is an amazing alternative to traditional burial. Love this channel and all of the info it has given me over the years.

[@FetchItFred]

I personally LOVE the idea of becoming soil. Always loved it. And since I discovered your channel some years ago, I've gotten really interested in water cremation as well. I am out here in Denmark yelling "COMPOST MY BODY PLEASE (when I die, that is, let's not be crazy)"

[@MrsBeaumont]

Don't give them too much credit. "Do what you want but it is creepy" is the exact same as "I don't have a problemas long as it is not in my neighborhood." I'm Southern and well aware that ignorance and condemnation is often delivered in extremely polite, albeit sarcastic, packaging.

[@AmberAmber]

Right? That's what I was thinking up here in supposedly "polite" Canada xo💔💗

[@paul1848]

Libertarian to the bone foo.

[@supernova622]

I mean that's pretty much how I feel about embalming. Do you, but blegh

[@lovesplus3879]

It’s given, “I don’t hate gay people but don’t push it in my face”. All ur doing is living (or dying) ur own life.

[@wobina]

Wow I love this style of responding to them and I super appreciate your perspective as a mortician!

[@loris.1508]

This takes "gardening with grandma" to a whole new level, doesn't it?

[@geumdi]

The thought of my body becoming a cute garden for tortoises with fresh tomatoes makes me feel so happy. If you see the leaves shake, it's my spirit dancing.

[@Ethicallhill]

As someone who is mostly death positive but hasn’t really put too much thought into what i want done with my body when I die, watching your previous human composting video was an awakening moment of finally being able to describe exactly what i want for my remains.

[@TheMeloettaful]

That's how I would exactly describe myself to a T! The moment I watched the video for Human Composting was my definitive moment of "A-HA! THIS IS IT! THIS IS WHAT I WANT DONE FOR MY REMAINS!!". Cause before it was gonna be cremation. It might very well still be if the bill doesn't pass when it finally reaches Oklahoma 😟.

[@HeadNtheClouds]

How much does it cost?

[@TheMeloettaful]

@@HeadNtheClouds the first results to pop up I see it's between $4,000 to $5,500. Which if you have Life Insurance should cover that nicely I think. Unless you decide to start saving up money towards it in the future. But I could be wrong, and the prices could vary from state to state.

[@nunyabidness674]

Congrats on making it on CBS Sunday Morning. Was bleary eyed over a cup of coffee, and all of a sudden it was KZbinrs day or something. There was you and Kitboga on back to back articles. Kitboga with some of the more current phone / internet scams, and you advocating for Human Composting. My elderly mother was a little lost why I suddenly did a spit-take and started laughing at the TV, but it made sense after a moment of explaining that I watch both of your channels as regularly as possible.

[@alexbaldwin404]

I lean right/libertarian and am obsessed with death positivity and death choice... I personally wanna be buried in the woods in a wooden box (and hopefully want to start a family cemetery in the same place). No chemicals involved and an at home viewing, no funeral home involved. Body composting doesn't hurt anyone... do you baby girl, do you 🙌🏽

[@Zippy15]

I first started frequently watching this channel when I was severely ill and looking at a very real possibility of not being on this earth for much longer. I’m blessed that I did get better, but I’m really grateful I took the time to figure all of this out so young- that way whenever something does happen, my loved ones have a plan. So many people in my life have that same attitude of ‘I don’t want to think about it.’ But even if you choose not to think about it, that doesn’t make death go away. It’s so important to be prepared, regardless of your health or medical situation.

[@turtlepenguinXkizuna]

you’ve been through a lot! I’m glad to hear you got better, and may you stay better for many years to come ❤

[@AngelaMerici12]

That's awesome that now you are "prepared" 😆 but most importantly, that you got better!! ❤️

[@benphillips66]

As a self-hair-cutter, I feel and see your pain. May your bangs make a swift recovery.

[@carolyns4519]

Everyone with that hair style should come together and form a group called the Lord Farquad Style Squad

[@pierre6625]

Hello Caitlin, I for one support your work. Those who do not understand the procedures required to complete this advancement in medical exploration are those who do not take the time to educate themselves properly. I enjoy following you and give you my utmost support. Keep it up and Best Regards.

[@joni9485]

Love this video. Myself, I am a Conservative, but fully lean left on most social issues…my children are a wild combination as well. We often discuss our end of life and after Death choices, especially now that my parents are very ill… Thank you for working towards this- it seems to be a wonderful “way to go”

[@annetoronto5474]

They are having fun and entertaining their fans 😂 I enjoy conservative humour!

[@nyxcin1]

​​@@annetoronto5474 Well, they (conservative opinion spewers) do rather confirm my suspicion of their ignorance. I don't find it entertaining, though. 🥱 My failing, I'm sure.

[@MuntsonWeekdays]

@@nyxcin1 I wouldn't call it a failing to not find fascist propaganda entertaining. I would call it having a functioning moral compass.

[@badhabitmcgee8214]

@@MuntsonWeekdays LOL.....