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A Mulching Proposal (2019)

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Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)

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Post by ixwt »

aziaziazi wrote: post #52

Seriously, I’d love to be recycled one way or another. If a process like this happen to be legal somewhere I’ll probably volunteer to be part of it. I wonder how many thought about it, as when discussed openly the conversations tend to go to joking. From a safety POV we already eat processed food made from leftovers of fishes that eat chickens (leftovers) that eat porcs (leftovers)… or the other way around. From a mo…

There is at least 1 state that allows human composting. You're turned into compost upon death, and then can be used in any number of ways your relatives see fit (or that you dictate in your will).

Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)

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Post by jbuhbjlnjbn »

bodhi_mind wrote: post #58

Somewhat (not) related, my dog is nearing death and I’ve contemplated burying his body once he dies, planting a tree over the grave, then transplanting the tree to a pot and train it as a bonsai.

Sounds like an excellent story base for a future horror movie: the tree morphs back into the dog, but with strange, sinister superpowers.

I'd watch it for sure.

Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)

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Post by sitkack »

ixwt wrote: post #61
aziaziazi wrote: post #52

Seriously, I’d love to be recycled one way or another. If a process like this happen to be legal somewhere I’ll probably volunteer to be part of it. I wonder how many thought about it, as when discussed openly the conversations tend to go to joking. From a safety POV we already eat processed food made from leftovers of fishes that eat chickens (leftovers) that eat porcs (leftovers)… or the other way around. From a mo…

There is at least 1 state that allows human composting. You're turned into compost upon death, and then can be used in any number of ways your relatives see fit (or that you dictate in your will).

Which happens to be the same state as the authors, Washington.

https://recompose.life/2022/movement-to-change-state-funeral...

The current states are WA, CA, CO, OR, and VT.

Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)

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Post by doubled112 »

jbuhbjlnjbn wrote: post #63
bodhi_mind wrote: post #58

Somewhat (not) related, my dog is nearing death and I’ve contemplated burying his body once he dies, planting a tree over the grave, then transplanting the tree to a pot and train it as a bonsai.

Sounds like an excellent story base for a future horror movie: the tree morphs back into the dog, but with strange, sinister superpowers. I'd watch it for sure.

At that point, would its bark be worse than its bite?

So sorry...

Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)

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Post by aziaziazi »

sitkack wrote: post #65
ixwt wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is at least 1 state that allows human composting. You're turned into compost upon death, and then can be used in any number of ways your relatives see fit (or that you dictate in your will).

Which happens to be the same state as the authors, Washington. https://recompose.life/2022/movement-to-change-state-funeral... The current states are WA, CA, CO, OR, and VT.

Thanks a lot ! Looks very promising, keen to see where it goes (the technique quand the exportation of it)

Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)

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Post by spqr42 »

tuukkah wrote: post #55
dgoodell wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just looked up a youtube video of the pronunciation in Hindi and g is pronounced basically the same way as I say it in northeast Ohio, which is generally pretty close to standard American english. Then I looked up the ipa standard pronunciations for both from wiktionary: enPR: gē, IPA(key): /ɡiː/ (South Asia) IPA(key): [ɡʱiː] Perhaps it’s just you?

The difference is right there in those IPA renderings. The superscript h means the g should be aspirated (like the k typically is in 'key' in English; also 'spin' vs 'pin'). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirated_consonant You might not hear the difference as the English language does not assign meaning to that difference. But if I pronounce 'key' or 'pin' without aspiration, you may feel that I speak with an ac…

spin, bin, and pin rhyme to me an a native English speaker. Are you sure westerners say ghee “wrong” and not just with a different accent?

Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)

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Post by csense »

tuukkah wrote: post #55
dgoodell wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just looked up a youtube video of the pronunciation in Hindi and g is pronounced basically the same way as I say it in northeast Ohio, which is generally pretty close to standard American english. Then I looked up the ipa standard pronunciations for both from wiktionary: enPR: gē, IPA(key): /ɡiː/ (South Asia) IPA(key): [ɡʱiː] Perhaps it’s just you?

The difference is right there in those IPA renderings. The superscript h means the g should be aspirated (like the k typically is in 'key' in English; also 'spin' vs 'pin'). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirated_consonant You might not hear the difference as the English language does not assign meaning to that difference. But if I pronounce 'key' or 'pin' without aspiration, you may feel that I speak with an ac…

I read the Wikipedia article, listened to some of the sounds and I still don't get it. I don't hear or "feel" a difference between the "p" in "pin" and "spin", except in "spin" the "p" sound is sort of "concatenated" to the "s" sound with no transition. In the "[tân] / [tʰân]" Chinese example, to me the "unaspirated t" is indistinguishable from a "d" sound.

Maybe English speakers are "blind" to the aspirated / unaspirated distinction, similar to how Japanese speakers tend to struggle with English's L/R distinction?

Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)

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Post by michelpp »

DoreenMichele wrote: post #42
h2odragon wrote: post #3

2019. Hasn't spawned a billion dollar startup yet. There must be something wrong with the idea, or it'd have been commercialized by now.

Compared to A Modest Proposal , it's clearly second rate. Everyone knows the elderly are less nutritious than the young. Better nutrition is a critical element of making a better future.

The young are needed for slave labor and click farming, and you have to feed them something. Real food is for the rich.
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