Corpse Watching

[motel rooms]

Why are people who claim to be desperate to learn what happens after we die so reluctant to give observing corpses for an extended period of time a try? @Weebster

 

[Weebster]

Why are people who claim to be desperate to learn what happens after we die so reluctant to give observing corpses for an extended period of time a try? @Weebster

Nice rhyme.

 

[motel rooms]

Nice rhyme.

I knew a fellow poetic soul would notice it...

 

[Achlys]

Is observing corpses a readily-available opportunity?

 

[Al Cappella]

Is observing corpses a readily-available opportunity?

Only if you're an M.E. or funeral director…

 

[Spiritual survivor]

WTF?

 

[locked*n*loaded]

Who are "these people" who are reluctant to view corpses?

 

[Ashu]

Is observing corpses a readily-available opportunity?

Good point. It's completely unavailable in a first-world country like my native Canada, and extremely perilous even when available in my adopted country India.

 

[HappinessEmbodied]

I'm fascinated by corpses and the dead, I'm not a fan of whatever smell will inevitably come out of them. I look up gore and death all the time, never seen a dead body in real life though. But I would love to, I think it would help me put things in more perspective. It certainly wouldn't change my mind about ending my own life though, death is a guarantee no matter what and I want it on my own terms.

 

[motel rooms]

Who are "these people" who are reluctant to view corpses?

Not a day goes by that someone doesn't start a thread about desperately needing to find out what happens when we die. I used to tell such inquisitive people to observe the ever-so-unpredictable behavior of corpses, but none of them were prepared to give it a go. Some of them even had the gall to call me crazy just because they're lazy. Bribe or seduce a mortician/funeral parlor director/mortuary makeup artist, rob a fresh grave, befriend an amiable necrophile; where there's a will, there's a way (pardon my pro-life cliché).

 

[Cathy Ames]

If a person really wanted to do this, any time there was a funeral, they could put on their nicest clothing and go pay their respects. There might not be an opportunity for unlimited viewing, but at many funerals they could spend at least some amount of time with the departed. [Tip: arrive very early.] OF COURSE one would want to be kind to and say nice things to the grieving family members. Reading the obituary ahead of time might help them figure out some nice things to say to the family and close friends.

If a person really wanted to do this, any time there was a funeral, they could put on their nicest clothing and go pay their respects. There might not be an opportunity for unlimited viewing, but at many funerals they could spend at least some amount of time with the departed. [Tip: arrive very early.] OF COURSE one would want to be kind to and say nice things to the grieving family members. Reading the obituary ahead of time might help them figure out some nice things to say to the family and close friends.

But this won't give you any information about the afterlife, though. Isn't that what people tend to ask about?

 

[Darkover]

use the third eye which provides perception beyond ordinary sight.

 

[FuneralCry]

This thread does not make any sense, you cannot find out anything from a corpse as it literally is just a corpse. Just let the dead rest in peace. There is nothing after this life, I believe we simply cease to exist and that is it. Death happens everyday and will happen to everyone eventually. That is the only true purpose of life, to die.

 

[Gustav Hartmann]

A friend of me is necrophiliac he loves corpses and he is not only watching them but on the other hand he is very interested in afterlife. He is keen on my corpse and he wants me to send him a message from the other side.

 

[_Seeking]

All you have to do is take an anatomy class in college, then you can dissect them.

 

[motel rooms]

I guess this is what stand-up comics feel like after giving an unwanted free performance to a bunch of grieving ingrates at a funeral.

(Serves me right for starting this thread in the wrong forum section by mistake. All apologies.)