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Born in Arizona. Moved to California
Grandpa's using the bathroom right now.
#kansas They just left him on the bed. For years. At what point did the smell go away? You know, I think we all have a body rotting on a bed somewhere, that distressing problem that we ignore and won't take care of, until gradually we get used to the stink and keep collecting the benefits, whatever they are. What's your rotting corpse?
omygodimonfire3000
My rotting corpse is two, different rotting corpses.
detectivepopcornmmmmm
deltree5
Wasn’t me
Hashbrown123
Had someone in my old neighborhood that did that with his dead roommate. Used cat litter to hid smell. Only found out because of a fire.
Gopher9191
Respect the hustle
NerdyNerdTubaNerd
That is an EX grandparent.
chronicbionictonic
old & busted : skeletons in the closet
new hotness : corpses on the bed
Dellaaa
Read about this happening every so often. I can't help but feel they felt entitled to the money somehow. Just my thoughts, greed.
iamnowhere
In order to collect any benefits we have to present an annual Life Certificate in my country. Stops a lot of fraud like this.
cannotthinkofcoolname
They went through so many bottles of Febreze.
psmith00
this happens more than you'd want to admit. in some cases it's that seniors SS cheque keeping people off he street.
BurnieCinders
My dad encouraged me to do this when he passes. He's a hermit, and not a great person.
TheDildoOfConsequences
My rotting corpse is the state of my body.
dreikommavierzehn
This happens way more often than people think, all over the world. There was just a post about this on Japan on the frontpage this week
drcookieninja
Except without a pacemaker it would be much less precise. 'oh noo grand papa died a while ago we didn't even know'
mrsdowneyjr
Exactly. They said Grandpa was just really good at meditating
DiracsDelta
What’s my rotting corpse problem that I keep kicking down the road? A motorcycle. Specifically a non working motorcycle I got as a project bike 4 years ago for 200$. The problem is I never paid to re-title it in my name, and I’ve thoroughly lost the signed title saying I own it… so yeah, that’s a problem I’ll have to deal with eventually.
onecowboytoo
If you are in the PNW, I would take it off your hands.
onecowboytoo
Just have to contact the person you bought it from and they go to the DMV and sign it over there.
Heavenissize17socks
That's npt a body, that's a nutrient sucking radioactive river eel. Leave it at a dump in another state.
NowhereMan313
Just like you would with a rotting corpse /sagenod
Cocainemoon
We live in a society
Jaggededges113
My husband and I have a "swear jar" for that phrase.
lactatinganus
You live in a society. I live in a bog and bare witness to the atrocities of humanity through a tiny sun powered magic window box. It's better but not much. I brush against society maybe once every few months. It's horrible and I'm sorry everyone has to experience it.
d0o0o0d
...based on my experience with a dead rat inside a wall, minimum three months. Probably more, humans are a lot bigger than rats are.
Gestalt7
Humans... bigger... rats... Got it!
KonamiHatchiborii
I'm sorry, can I copy your notes? He's going a little fast for me.
TheLastBootyBender
Add "most" in there somewhere
Gestalt7
azzabat
The 2nd to 4th weeks are the worst, then the smell tails off. Bigger bodies smell for longer. Embalming (or insects) reduce the smell.
TheCornBanana
How do I mitigate the smells until the 5th week? limit o2 exposure? Dissecants?
LostCaterpillar
Desiccation really cuts the decomposition, and resulting smell, down allot.
SciencePetsComputers
Anaerobic decomposition smells a ton worse, at least when it comes to making compost. Best bet would be a activated carbon and zeolite air filter, or a ozone generator if you feel like poisoning yourself. As LostCaterpillar said, desiccation helps too. So a dehumidifier or putting desiccants around the body would help, maybe a ton of rock salt.
triffidhunter
Didn't mythbusters f*ck up a perfectly good chevrolet with anaerobic decomposition?
SciencePetsComputers
Yes, and someone eventually bought it for $2000 and parted out the car.