RIP brothers wtf?

[KiffinKiller]

Ha. I am just the opposite, KK. The somberness and seriousness of Western funerals makes me very uncomfortable. In person I am never serious. I tend to have your message board personality. Constantly cracking jokes, pushing buttons, and crossing (or at least testing) that line. The only way I can deal with a serious moment is to laugh. It is my defense mechanism for awkwardness. There is pretty much no taboo as great in the States as cracking a smile at a serious Western funeral.

I have to be seriously emotionally invested in a funeral to have the somberness that others can so easily display. Luckily I have only had only had to attend one funeral which I was emotionally invested. It is not the say that I don't feel sad at other funerals but I just can't physically deal with a room full of crying and somber individuals.

fair enough. I tend not to be serious unless it's an event like a funeral.

 

[n_huffhines]

I'd like a party for a funeral, and I'd like my ashes to be thrown off a cliff into the ocean, only to be blown back in the faces of my two favorite bowling buddies.

 

[KiffinKiller]

I agree

 

[RespectTradition]

Someone who knows:

Am I wrong or was it formerly the practice that American servicemen were buried where they died basically? Isn't it true that we didn't start bringing them back home until we starting fighting wars over land that no one thought was worth it and hence not worthy for internment?