I'd like to be buried. I don't know how anyone would want to be cremated.
Well, let's see...
1. I can have my corpse gradually rot over the course of however many years it takes for the embalming fluid to stop staving off the various worms, insects, fungus, and bacterium that will feast upon my dead flesh until such time that the only thing remaining is dirt. Alternatively I can have my body forgoe that lovely scenario and become ash, which won't take long to become dirt anyways.
2. I can take up a lot of space larger than the size of a body, decreasing space available to others. Alternatively, I can have my ashes spread onto the side of a mountain, put into a lovely bubbling brook, be in a small urn wherever my family puts me, or if they still want to bury me take up a much smaller amount of space.
3. I can have thousands of dollars spent on a casket, a burial plot, a funeral service, ect., possibly at the expense of my loved ones. Alternatively, I can spend much less by getting cremated, leaving more for my loved ones even if they pay for it themselves, with an urn being much cheaper than a burial plot or if I have my ashes scattered that part is free anyways.
4. I can have my corpse exumed and defiled by some whacko necropheliac, much to the distress of my loved ones, as he stores my corpse in a cool, dry place as to ensure that his twisted pleasures last as long as possible. Alternatively, my chances of having my ashes gathered and defiled by some whackjob with an ash fetish are much, much lower.
5. I can come back as a zombie, mummy, or any other sort of walking corpse, only to have a loved one decide if they must blast me with a shotgun as a lumber towards them or to give up and let me devour their sweet, juicy brains. Or I can have no corpse with which to risk that.
Well, I think you get the idea.
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