• UnspecificGravity@piefed.social
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    2 months ago

    Dying.

    Everyone thinks that you are supposed to go to the hospital when you are dying as if they are going to like, stop you from dying.

    Mostly what they do is make sure that you don’t leave anything behind for your kids to inherit as they spend a million dollars a day keeping you a miserable vegetable for a week.

    Once that is done the funeral industry shows up to make sure that you dump the rest into buying a worthless box and digging a hole.

    • billwashere@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      When my father died a while back we decided to cremate him. The amount of money they suggested we spend on a casket that was literally going up in smoke was ridiculous.

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      2 months ago

      similar problems in aged care honestly. Many people would rather sign away the equity in their parents’ estate to an aged care provider, then actually care for their aging parents in their time of absolute vulnerability.

      • stoicEuropean@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        Your ID identifies you as Australian, mate. Afaik public hospitals are free / publicly funded in Australia, just as it should be. But that’s unfortunately not true for everyone.