…Researched and contributed by Jack Sylva.
A recent poll of 2,000 UK adults has found that almost one-third of respondents (29%) would consider being cremated after they die and having their ashes scattered in a natural setting, turned into jewelry, or buried in the coral reef in the ocean.
A quarter of adults (24%) said they would like to donate their organs or tissue to “live on” through others after they die, and 11% would donate their entire body to science.
Other popular options included being buried under a tree, underground burial in a bio-degradable coffin, and being buried at sea.
The survey also found that nearly one in twenty (4%) would like their ashes to be inked into a loved one’s tattoo, while 7% would like their ashes to be turned into a diamond.
However, the study also revealed that 38% and 34% of respondents, respectively, would not like to come back as a zombie or a spider.
The survey was commissioned to launch the video game Dead Island 2, which has teamed up with insurance company DeadHappy to give people the opportunity to take out a Deathwish, which will ensure that there are “no un-wanted comebacks” in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
Some of the other unpopular after-life options that emerged from the survey include coming back as a vampire (31%), a pigeon (30%), a seagull (28%), or a ghost (24%).
The study also found that 23% of respondents have never given any thought to their own end-of-life arrangements, while 47% believe that traditional cremations and burials will be a thing of the past in the future as people get more creative with what they want to happen to their bodies.
The survey, commissioned via OnePoll, also found that 18% of respondents consider themselves at least somewhat prepared for a zombie apocalypse, while only 9% are “very confident” they would survive such a scenario, with 32% “very unconfident” they’d last.
Popular Options for End-of-Life Arrangements
The survey revealed that the top option for Brits’ end-of-life arrangements is being cremated and having their ashes scattered in nature, followed by donating organs and tissue, and being buried under a tree.
Other popular options included being buried underground in a bio-degradable coffin, donating their entire body to science, being transformed into healthy soil used for conservation, and having their ashes turned into jewelry or a diamond.
Some respondents expressed more unique desires, such as having a Viking funeral, having their body sent out into a body of water on a boat and then set on fire with a flaming arrow, or having their ashes scattered on the ground of their favorite football team.
Other respondents preferred to have their ashes shot into space, used to make a decorative paperweight or glass sculpture, or mixed into ink so that a loved one could use it in a tattoo.
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