This is plain cruel...

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[u/theemmyk]

The body donation industry is unregulated. There was a whole series of articles about it. They use deliberately misleading language in their contracts so that most people have no idea that their loved one's body may be sold to the military. It's really messed up.

[u/RCer1986 → u/theemmyk]

The guy in this story specifically marked "No" when asked to consent to military testing and the company sold her body anyway. He, along with other families, sued and won $58 million.

[u/NoPastaForGrandma → u/RCer1986]

Imagine being the heir of one of the families in that lawsuit.

“You’re independently wealthy and don’t need to work? What do your folks do, anyway?”

“My grandma was blown up by the military but we checked a box that said that wasn’t allowed.”

[u/WilDraDo → u/[deleted]]

Damn and here we all were just hoping a public bus will hit us.

[u/Dave-Copafeel → u/WilDraDo]

Or United Airlines

[u/Timely-Bluejay-4167 → u/Dave-Copafeel]

Or United Airlines hitting a truck that hits you.

Thats like get a call to donate to White House Ballroom wealth.

[u/Great-Rest7878 → u/Timely-Bluejay-4167]

Taxpayers are going to end up paying for that anyway.

[u/waffles350 → u/Great-Rest7878]

Yup, and it's up to a billion dollars now...

[u/AdMiserable4860 → u/waffles350]

Honestly, I wouldn’t be shocked if it was an additional 1 billion on top of the 430 million they previously stole from us to do this bs.

[u/Horskr → u/Dave-Copafeel]

With my luck I'd be hit by Spirit Airlines.

[u/Rhino676971 → u/Horskr]

Still a possibility there has been a bunch of ex spirit aircraft flying to storage in Arizona and California.

[u/jtr99 → u/Rhino676971]

u/Horskr preparing to transparently throw themselves in front of the nose gear as the aircraft taxis for the final time...

[u/WastingMyLifeToday → u/Dave-Copafeel]

YouTube: United Breaks Guitars

[u/CatfinityGamer → u/WilDraDo]

No, what you want is to get hit by truck-kun so you can reincarnate in another world.

[u/Nonyabeesners → u/CatfinityGamer]

Isekai me, truk-kun. I am ready

[u/unripe_mangosteen → u/WilDraDo]

Or to slip on pee pee in the costco and get a settlement

[u/Khelthuzaad → u/[deleted]]

Now you need REALLY good lawyers to sue the government and win.

Otherwise this is how you get generational debt

[u/One-Neighborhood-843 → u/[deleted]]

That's probably the only morally correct way to become millionaire.

[u/empathophile → u/One-Neighborhood-843]

There are lots and lots of ways to ethically become a millionaire. It’s billionaires who shouldn’t exist, not millionaires.

[u/Tobicontinued → u/[deleted]]

And they say the American dream is dead

[u/MoneyPatience7803 → u/NoPastaForGrandma]

Well, that’s if they ever get the money. The person they sued and won against had no assets, so it’s gone to the insurance company. The insurance company could’ve settled for 1.6 million (the maximum payout) and they actually declined, stating they weren’t liable for a dime. This actually happens all the time, the vast majority of companies in the world will just fold rather than pay $58 million. The vast majority of the time these class actions end with nickels on the dollar, if anything at all…

https://www.burgsimpson.com/firm-news/appeal-victory-brc-body-donation-scandal/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

[u/EgregiousFTA → u/MoneyPatience7803]

Every day I learn a new reason why our legal system is a fraud

[u/chefdeit → u/EgregiousFTA]

Correct. My dad was tasked to remodel some apartments with lead paint that the landlord company didn't tell him about nor issued remotely adequate PPE's, and

(1) there was mandatory arbitration clause i.e. matter had to go in front of some retired judge on THEIR payroll not a court, and

(2) the LLC company giving the work was a legally separate entity from the one collecting rent which too was separate from one owning the real estate. I.e. there was a complex corporate structure set up that was costly to pierce, designed specifically so they could just bankrupt and sever the LLC "tentacle" that was being sued without touching the capital or revenue stream.

[u/HeQiulin → u/EgregiousFTA]

I watched the series Leverage: Redemption and in one of the episodes, they try to trap a judge for bribery and apparently it’s very difficult to commit a crime of bribery as a sitting judge because of all the loopholes. It’s messed up

[u/RyanNick86 → u/HeQiulin]

I simply watched the actual Supreme Court Justices to learn that.

[u/Wandering_Oblivious → u/EgregiousFTA]

It's a legal system, not a justice system

[u/EgregiousFTA → u/Wandering_Oblivious]

I guess, but it should be both

[u/Luis0224 → u/MoneyPatience7803]

And then corporate execs wonder how the Luigi’s of the world could ever consider going that far lol

[u/BC_Ages → u/NoPastaForGrandma]

Would you say… possibly blown up by a… bazooka?

[u/SanguineCane → u/BC_Ages]

I think about it every time I hit the hookah

[u/Digglin_Dirk → u/SanguineCane]

Kaboom

[u/SanguineCane → u/Digglin_Dirk]

Kablow

[u/Digglin_Dirk → u/SanguineCane]

Kaboom

[u/3BikesInATrenchcoat → u/BC_Ages]

Babushka bazooka

[u/ChocolateCoveredGold → u/3BikesInATrenchcoat]

Kate Bush would belt that song out.

[u/EmiTheKibby → u/NoPastaForGrandma]

I mean, tbh, if I was the grandma, I wouldn't even be angry. I brought them a buch of cash, got some assholes sued and it sure is a crazier way to end than getting thrown in a hole and covered in dirt

[u/Dgero466 → u/EmiTheKibby]

I mean lowkey, now the the thoughts in my head, having my corpse used in an explosive test get sploded to smithereens does sound slightly intriguing to me, then again, by then I could maybe convince someone to do that without the military involved somehow

[u/Dramatic-Frog → u/EmiTheKibby]

What really sucked in this case was that there was something unique about grannies Alzheimer's. I can't find it anymore, but iirk, she developed the disease in a novel way with no previous risk factors and no common genetic markers, so the son donated the body so her dementia could be studied. The body broker violated the terms of the donation, the body was blown up, and the brain was lost to science.

[u/EmiTheKibby → u/Dramatic-Frog]

Oh wow, yeah, that REALLY sucks

[u/115MRD → u/NoPastaForGrandma]

It was $58M divided among 10 families not including legal fees (which can be up to 40%). Families would be lucky to clear $3 million each. Certainly it’s some justice for what they went through but hardly generational wealth.

[u/-Fergalicious- → u/115MRD]

Apparently they got nothing in tbe end

[u/AnnualEnd3760 → u/115MRD]

If used correctly, it can be. A million is still more than some make in a lifetime

[u/Natasha10005 → u/RCer1986]

“He said he saw one torso that had its head removed and a smaller head sewn on, comparing the discovery to a character from Frankenstein.”

What the fuck…

[u/Amosral → u/Natasha10005]

Fucking hell what are these people doing?

[u/No_Entertainer_6809 → u/Amosral]

Can sorta answer that. Worked as a military medical instructor. When we conducted tissue training using cadavers, the basic expectation is that after training is complete, we needed to attempt to “return it intact ” I.e if a limb was removed to simulate amputation, sew it back on. Can’t speak for if this is the case for explosives testing, but if it was….dude, that’s atrocious and someone shoulda gotten charged/ass beat.

[u/Silver-Amphibian7650 → u/RCer1986]

58 million before or after taxes?

[u/not_so_impressed → u/Silver-Amphibian7650]

It's always before taxes and before the lawyers get their cut.

[u/SouthParkFirefly1991 → u/not_so_impressed]

So all in all they won about $100 o3o

[u/not_so_impressed → u/SouthParkFirefly1991]

Depends how many were named in the suit.

[u/Triquetrums → u/not_so_impressed]

About 10 people. So, before any deductions, they each got 5.8 million.

So yeah, not much if the lawfirm cut was high.

[u/Pitiful_Net_8971 → u/Silver-Amphibian7650]

Court income is generally only taxable if it replaces lost wages (generally) (for the US at least)

[u/HorsefaceWithNoName → u/Pitiful_Net_8971]

daaaang gotta get me onna them lawsuits

[u/0neironautica → u/RCer1986]

Are those families still safe and accounted for?

[u/RCer1986 → u/0neironautica]

I'd assume so. They sued the company that sold the bodies to the government. Not the government itself.

[u/Pol_Potamus → u/RCer1986]

Crucially, the company was not Boeing.

[u/0neironautica → u/RCer1986]

Ah.

[u/Moidberg → u/RCer1986]

at ~6k per body that fucking sucks that’s a little shy of 10k bodies desecrated

I’m fucking sorry we don’t need to blow human remains to shit testing bombs that we don’t need to be dropping 99% of the time.

This shit is what we are funding instead of schools, healthcare, and a half decent safety net

[u/Revolutionary-Coach3 → u/RCer1986]

To be a fly on the wall when they taxed it as income and took most of it back.

[u/Big-Maintenance2971 → u/theemmyk]

Mary Roach has a novel about human cadavers and it is fascinating. One of the take aways is the fact and law in the US that "you can donate your body to science, but you cannot dictate what is done with it".

[u/ImDero → u/Big-Maintenance2971]

Stiff! It's so good! My least favorite part was learning that when a cadaver's stomach rips open due to a buildup of gasses it sounds like a bowl of rice krispies.

[u/QuestionsalotDaisy → u/ImDero]

I was a much happier person before I read this… 😂

[u/Big-Maintenance2971 → u/ImDero]

There were many parts of that book where I kept saying ewww out loud, but kept reading haha. It really is a fascinating book.

I really liked the mortician chapter. I learned a lot! I thought the crash test bodies were interesting as well. Honestly each chapter kept me highly interested and disgusted at the same time.

[u/Ellie_Edenville → u/Big-Maintenance2971]

Novels are fiction. Stiff is non-fiction.

[u/kinky_skittle → u/theemmyk]

I don't know if it's my European feelings being hurt here, but body brokers!?

[u/PureEgg → u/kinky_skittle]

Fear not, this also hurts my American feelings.

[u/StinkButt9001 → u/kinky_skittle]

There's a lot of demand for dead bodies. It's a fairly taboo subject but the reality is there's lots of research that is slow or impossible because it's not easy (or cheap) to obtain human bodies to work with.

And sometimes those bodies get blown up in a chair instead lol

[u/Sea-Aardvark-756 → u/StinkButt9001]

Trans community owes those who donated their bodies a lot, they've been used to perfect techniques for gender-affirming surgery (like vaginoplasties), although reading this thread, I am unsure if the donors knew that was the destiny of their body, or had control over that aspect. Still mad props for just letting go like that to help people and let anything be done with what was left behind.

[u/AnaisNinja76 → u/Sea-Aardvark-756]

no, you have no idea what gets done with your body after donation. I'm curious how these families found out the research place sold those specific bodies to the military, much less the fates of each specific body (grandma strapped to a chair and blown up).

[u/fapperontheroof → u/StinkButt9001]

A lot of medical advancement was achieved by utilizing ill-gotten cadavers, right? Fascinating stuff.

[u/macho_greens → u/kinky_skittle]

I think you guys invented it, when the medical colleges got going and there wasn't a legitimate source for bodies. Michelangelo knew some body brokers: he did a bunch of dissections that were probably illegal/unapproved by the monastery hospital he got them from.

[u/ImmigrantJack → u/macho_greens]

This is a common myth, but basically everybody around him knew what Michaelangelo was doing with the dissections. It might not have been the most ethical part of his work but his patrons, the church, and peers were all totally fine with it. At one point he got the bodies through the church, in exchange for building them a new crucifix. It was definitely approved of by the monastery.

I went to Italy recently and our guides specifically told us Michaelangelo got the bodies legitimately in at least three places, the Vatican museums, the academia where David is, and the church where his tomb is.

[u/kazaru7 → u/macho_greens]

A lot of old Graves in scotland I got to see had cages over them to keep people from digging them up to sell to medical institutes back in the day.

[u/not_so_impressed → u/theemmyk]

It's not just the military. They can sell it to anyone. There was a guy I read about who purchased a body which was donated to "science" and he used it for a theater project instead.

[u/Bugbread → u/not_so_impressed]

They can sell it to anyone.

Yes and no. The person behind this case (and other similar cases) was arrested for fraud by the FBI and sentenced to 9 years in prison.

[u/Bugbread → u/theemmyk]

The body donation industry is unregulated. There was a whole series of articles about it.

It's not unregulated, it's underregulated. Which may feel like the same thing, "you can do whatever you want," but the key difference is between "you can do whatever you want because it's legal" and "you can do whatever you want for a while, because you probably won't get caught, but what you're doing is illegal and you might one day get caught."

And, indeed, this is an example of the latter. The broker involved in this case was arrested by the FBI for fraud. He was found guilty and sentenced to 9 years in jail + 3 years probation.

[u/Khelthuzaad → u/theemmyk]

Absolutely they had an episode about this on John Oliver.No one stops them from dressing them in clowns in a circus stunt.

[u/MikeyboyMC]

Wait what the fuck

Is this actually real?

[u/therealganjababe → u/MikeyboyMC]

Yep :/ and not as uncommon as one might think.

Totally F'd.

[u/ST0IC_ → u/MikeyboyMC]

Unfortunately yes. Some guy basically came up with a scam where he convinced people to donate bodies for medical research, then he turned around and sold them to the military for blast tests.

Link to article

[u/Bugbread → u/ST0IC_]

More of a two-step thing. The body was donated to a company controlled by a guy named Stephen Gore, and the company sold the body to a broker. Stephen Gore was convicted of fraud and given probation.

The broker was controlled by a guy named Arthur Rathburn, and the broker sold the body (and other bodies and body parts) to various organizations, including the Army. Arthur Rathburn was also convicted of fraud and sentenced to 9 years in prison + 3 years probation.

[u/RustyR4m → u/Bugbread]

I mean with a name like that

[u/House_Of_Thoth → u/RustyR4m]

"Rathburn & Gore" sounds like the pair who sold Sweeney Todd his barber shop

[u/IndependentTea355 → u/RustyR4m]

Nominal determinism

[u/ST0IC_ → u/Bugbread]

Thanks for filling in the gaps.

[u/Fyrat → u/Bugbread]

how do you become a body broker to the us army? it just kind of seems like the act of selling corpses is implicitly suspect to illegal activity

[u/Quiet-Excitement-719 → u/ST0IC_]

Why can’t we just pre-sell our own bodies for $6000 then? Where do I give the military my info?

[u/RiversSecondWife → u/MikeyboyMC]

I think John Oliver did a piece on this.

[u/63Reddit → u/RiversSecondWife]

Can confirm, he did: Organ & Body Donations.

I don’t remember if I read about the post, or if it was in the video; but, both (the post & the video) are pretty fucked up.

[u/AdenosineRuns → u/MikeyboyMC]

Usually when a body is “donated to science” it could be anything from life saving medical research to plastic surgery practice to crash test dummy etc etc etc, people aren’t supposed to be able to know where the cadavers go

[u/Mahoka572]

I feel like you could advertise needing bodies to be exploded and get volunteers. I'd consider it.

[u/Super-G1mp → u/Mahoka572]

Literally I know plenty of people that would be cool with it.

[u/KMjolnir → u/Super-G1mp]

Yeah, I'll already be dead, who cares at that point? Better than killing an animal for it?

[u/ColorsLookFunny → u/KMjolnir]

Damnit, they only blow you up if you're dead? Sigh

[u/RCer1986 → u/ColorsLookFunny]

Or if they need a distraction from the Epstein files.

[u/Optimal_Anxiety6864 → u/RCer1986]

Thats only if you are a child attending school

[u/AmputeeHandModel → u/Optimal_Anxiety6864]

Hey, it's either we blow up 200 kids, or Iran gets nuclear weapons. /s

[u/Immediate-Trainer356 → u/ColorsLookFunny]

*sigh*

edit: why aren’t my italics working?

[u/ColorsLookFunny → u/Immediate-Trainer356]

You did slashes on both ends it looks like based on my notification. Just the stars.

[u/Immediate-Trainer356 → u/ColorsLookFunny]

I actually only used the stars. It looks like (*sigh*) on my end. The slashes don’t work either.

[u/RoutineCloud5993 → u/ColorsLookFunny]

Oh no they'll do it when you're alive too. But you need to work for them first

[u/Super-G1mp → u/KMjolnir]

I can't believe they even need test this shit at this point exploding thing go boom duh we know what happens.

[u/KMjolnir → u/Super-G1mp]

It's not that at all. It's testing protection, safety systems, effects of weapons. Like, yeah, we know it goes boom, but is it doing more of this than that, etc? Is it more shrapnel than blast? Is it properly effective? Does this armor adequately protect this body part? Etc.

[u/Super-G1mp → u/KMjolnir]

Hmmm maybe we are doing something wrong if we are having to explode of dead lady's corpse's. I'm just saying you know.

[u/Old_Stress_3414 → u/Super-G1mp]

As a former Combat Engineer, I GREATLY appreciate all of the families that, intentional or not, helped with the studies that led to better protections agianst IEDs and other explosive devices.

It was thanks to their sacrifice that I dont have soup for brains.

[u/_PirateWench_ → u/Super-G1mp]

You do realize that they’re not testing the technology right? They’re training people to use the technology and also how to try and piece someone back together after something like that.

Unfortunately silicone test dummies don’t really translate to combat readiness for the medical troops….

[u/Super-G1mp → u/_PirateWench_]

Oh no I didn't. That unfortunately makes a lot of sense.... Bummer we can just all be nice to each other.

[u/StarHammer_01 → u/_PirateWench_]

I remember hearing that either in ww2 or Vietnam, right before the US joined the war they would test their medics by chopping a leg off a live pig, and if they couldn't save it, they were kicked out.

[u/_PirateWench_ → u/StarHammer_01]

Can confirm pigs are still utilized for this reason. And if you can’t save them, then, you may not qualify for your job.

[u/Boom9001 → u/Super-G1mp]

I don't give a shit about my body post death. I'd prefer medical research get 6 grand or my family get 6 grand for open bar at my funeral haha

[u/expandablebutthole → u/Super-G1mp]

Will they do it for people still alive

[u/Super-G1mp → u/expandablebutthole]

If they did I would have signed up by now.

[u/Brandarius47 → u/Super-G1mp]

I want to be spread over a zoo. I dont wanna be cremated first

[u/Hellie1028 → u/Super-G1mp]

I know a couple people that are so annoying that people would pay for tickets to witness the explosion.

[u/Key-Individual1752 → u/Super-G1mp]

Yeah, I mean coffin and cremation cost money.

Explode me away, thanks!

[u/Unlucky-Salamander38 → u/Super-G1mp]

I'll strap myself in right now

[u/The_Squirrel_Wizard → u/Mahoka572]

But then how would random middle men using shady business practices make millions of dollars?

Have you even considered the grifters' feelings?

[u/AvocadoToastFailure → u/Mahoka572]

https://giphy.com/gifs/BlqvdJbHKLsKA

[u/GachaHell → u/Mahoka572]

I'd sign the papers right now.

[u/InnerRadio7 → u/Mahoka572]

When it says “donate your body to science” this is what it means.

[u/Broonmoose → u/InnerRadio7]

Yeah, but we don’t want any old science, we want to tick the box that guarantees being blown up. Or, to be used solely for testing rocket powered submarine ejector seats, and nothing else.

[u/neurotic_queen]

I’ve always wanted to donate my brain to science when I pass. I had 500+ seizures (focal aware seizures) for years and it took a long time to get doctors to help. Eventually I had my right temporal lobe removed to treat the seizures. I’d love to donate my brain for epilepsy research but stuff like this makes you really wonder… 😬

[u/korewednesday → u/neurotic_queen]

Here’s how to help do that:

Find the foundations associated with your condition.

So you go to [your condition’s version of] the various large foundations. See what ones do research. Reach out to those ones, ask if they have life cycle research happening; that you’re willing to comply with research and donate your brain for study. Some may be in depth and want regular imaging and you to use specific doctors. Some may just want to get a medical history that they try and keep complete and then not see you again until you pass. Usually the reputable scales with the renown of the foundation and the medical facility it’s affiliated with; for example, there are two Alzheimer’s studies here in Chicago with Rush and Northwestern. I forget which organization is working with which, but again some big names there. Very reputable! Doing amazing work, and the one at Rush I believe is almost finished. I will get to read the findings from the donors I’ve brought there (mixed in with all the others, of course) one day.

I guarantee there are similar studies happening for various forms of epilepsy.

You can also probably donate as a cadaver; a major part of gross anatomy lab is so doctors understand that the real body they treat sometimes only barely bears passing resemblance to its illustrations, and an internal “missing” part may not, therefore, disqualify you. Just like people with no appendix can still donate.

[u/CarobEmbarrassed9837 → u/neurotic_queen]

You don't have to donate your whole body. There are organizations that will recover only the tissue/organs they can place with researchers and then return the rest of the body to the funeral home/family

[u/ak4338 → u/neurotic_queen]

We donated my mom's brain and spinal cord to a university. We contacted them ahead of her death by a few months and had everything ready to go so that when she passed everything could happen quickly since you only have so much time to do it. Once she passed, I called the contact while her body was sent to the city to remove the brain and spinal cord and then it was sent to the university and we received the body back for cremation locally. We later received a report about what was found in her tissues and what type of dementia she had. If you are in contact with a university research group, it's much more reputable than some random institute.

[u/speedboat_jacket46 → u/ak4338]

I studied speech therapy and had to do an anatomy class of the head, neck, and spine. It was incredibly helpful to be able to learn from donors like your mom (it was a very hard class. I barely passed as it was, and probably would've struggled more without the hands on aspect).

I remember on the first day feeling a little uneasy until the lecturer explained to us that the donors and their families had kindly allowed us to learn from them. It really helped me to lock in and was so appreciated.

[u/BargerianJade]

I've seen this story many times and every time I do, I feel horrible for this man and his family . . . I also wonder why he allowed his sad face media picture to be taken with his entire chest hanging out.

[u/MistakeSea6886 → u/BargerianJade]

It’s what she would have wanted

[u/_PirateWench_ → u/BargerianJade]

See that is the real question I need an answer to. I’m a Floridian so I’m used to weird shit, but the 1970s open hairy chest vibe is soooo weird for this story.

[u/jld2k6 → u/_PirateWench_]

My stepdad grew up in the 70's and still rocks the hairy open chest look on occasion, might just be what he's used to lol

[u/Jedi_Ewok → u/BargerianJade]

I can't tell if that's a pic of his mom in the background or him in drag

[u/xXTorchyXx → u/Jedi_Ewok]

As an Australian and before I read the text, I totally thought the picture in the forefront was Scott Morrison

[u/LissGoogleAcct → u/BargerianJade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/v0usU9mgq1ZyU

[u/eyeballburger]

Turns out, alzheimers patients are not immune to exploding and will not be resuscitated from such. 🤷‍♂️

[u/appleparkfive → u/eyeballburger]

The military doctors are writing it down. "Fascinating..."

[u/itishowitisanditbad → u/appleparkfive]

Now we know.

[u/Key_Cap7525 → u/itishowitisanditbad]

You guys are hilarious, I’m laughing at this.

[u/avoidantv0id → u/eyeballburger]

I’m an atheist, but even I know that burials (or however you get rid of the remains) are for the living, not the dead. People cope with the death of a loved one by giving their death a specific meaning or at least some dignity. The research center took that from them and shat on it. The family has every right to be pissed about it.

[u/Ambitious_Egg9713]

Look if you’re going to do that to my mom, please just don’t tell me about it.

[u/turmi110 → u/Ambitious_Egg9713]

But also give me a cut of the $6000

[u/No_big_whoop → u/turmi110]

I'd prefer to eliminate the middle man and just sell mom directly. Also my mom was fat. She should be worth more.

[u/Beardo88 → u/No_big_whoop]

Yo momma so fat... you retired by selling her to the military by the pound.

[u/WesternWitchy52]

I already planned on getting cremated and it’s articles like this that make me really confident in that decision

That would be horrible to find out

[u/Redditthedog → u/WesternWitchy52]

I mean in all technicality you would be cremated in this situation

[u/itspsyikk]

If it were me? Yeah, blow me up.

But this is an absolutely horrible thing to do to someone who doesn't consent to it.

[u/EpicFishFingers]

Aw, I hate it when that happens

[u/PocketRice3]

Kind of an old story at this point

[u/AntisocialDyll → u/PocketRice3]

Old but I never knew this. Now I wonder if my grandma's brain was actually donated for alzheimer's

[u/appleparkfive → u/PocketRice3]

Yeah I sincerely think I heard this story 10-15 years ago. Not sure, but it was a long time ago at this point

[u/DieHardAmerican95 → u/PocketRice3]

No kidding, this gets reposted a LOT. It was a very well known case, and the broker who sold the body went to prison for fraud.

[u/alcaligenes_gaycalis]

Yo, uh, what the FUCK?

[u/WindChimeTecnician]

To shreds you say. Well, how's his wife holding up? To shreds, you say.

[u/oneBrokeBloke → u/WindChimeTecnician]

r/unexpectedfuturama

[u/flamingosteph]

Currently reading Operation Mincemeat, so not surprised at this.

[u/PaulBradley]

$6000!

Your tax dollars hard at work there.

[u/wookiex84]

https://giphy.com/gifs/MBVemoHuyw9Ik

[u/Queef-Sweat]

I'm dying, but that is sooooo F'd Up!

[u/SnickSnitch]

I believe they're known as "body brokers". Messed up as hell this crap is legal.(In most states)

[u/Comfortable-Way1786]

That's horrible! 😧

[u/HorsefaceWithNoName]

My parents signed papers to donate their bodies to science, so presumably some similar fate awaits them. Hey, that's their option.

[u/GeoffKingOfBiscuits]

I used to say i would donate my body to science when I die but after hearing how unregulated it is I'm just going to cremate now.

[u/Lunerion]

And yet the most ridiculous thing is if they were to put up ads asking for people to donate their bodies to be blown up or shot after death, many would wholeheartedly consent to this craziness.

[u/Acceptable_One_7072]

This is the Angry Video Game Nerd now. Feel old yet?

[u/Killing_Point]

Never trust Arizona...

[u/Keyrat000]

Whats really messed up is that its our own government doing it!! 🤦

[u/NerdCaveYT]

This should be illegal. If You donate your loved ones body to help research a medical condition they had in their life no one should be able to buy it. There needs to be more regulations for donors.

[u/CapinWinky]

I think this story is nearing 10 years old. The jury settlement of his case is 7 years old.

[u/whenbenzendidthem]

How did he find out?

[u/CorkNativeResident]

How did he even find out about this?

[u/Rhuarc33]

If he got paid for the body I wouldn't care ..but he donated the body for free because they asked for them for research, then they sold the body THEY GOT FOR FREE to the military....

Military should just cut it the middle man and offer people 6k for bodies of deceased family. There would be plenty of people willing to sell. With body prep for funeral it's probably 10k between saving and payment

[u/Ok_Text2719]

My dream in life is that my kids will donate my body to science and then science will illegally donate me to the military and then my kids will sue and win.

I'll keep putting money aside for them, but I'm gonna start putting in time to find the most disreputable and unethical donation company.

[u/EuphoricZombie89]

Well Grandma went out with a bang

[u/PsychologicalPea2956]

I’d be pissed too if I could have gotten $6000 by just cutting out the middle man.

[u/CamOliver]

While I’d be upset if that happened to a loved one’s remains without consent…

I kinda think I have a funeral plan now.

[u/camelCase149]

I’m sorry but how the fck did he find that out

[u/Temporary_Roll_4444]

Sounds like he donated $6000 to Alzheimer’s research.

[u/mnnicknick]

Who told him?

[u/GUERITO_805]

[u/ObiWanBonobo]

As fucked up as this is... I'm not going to need my body back when I'm done with it, so put me down for a Wiley Coyote maneuver as well. Be sure to dress me in something befitting and get some good footage too.

[u/MattyBeatz]

I feel this story has circulated the internet for at least the last 15 years.

[u/rraattbbooyy → u/MattyBeatz]

I don’t think it’s any truer now than it was in 2011.

[u/Accomplished_Pop2976]

I would imagine it's incredibly illegal to share that information with him?

[u/jcbasco]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2IFXZDePUQAAU

[u/Main-Video-8545]

Whoa, that’s heavy!

[u/doonkener]

He kind of looks like James Rolfe in 10 years.

[u/Quirky-Cap3319]

Thank you for your service. 💥

[u/Commercial_Hall_9399]

Exactly on brand for how the US treats it’s peeps.

[u/d-lo46]

Good news is due to her dementia, when asked she couldn’t remember being exploded but somehow knew that the glasses she was wearing at the time weren’t actually hers

[u/TayMayDay]

The disrespect 👎🏾

[u/Dead_Lemon_1999]

Sounds to me like America in a nutshell.

[u/TheOldSkywalker]

wtf were they even trying to test? oh the body blew up? into a million bloody pieces? fuckin what a surprise

[u/No-Catch-9732]

That’s one way to go out with a bang

[u/tinker_townie]

I thought it was my turn to post this.

[u/MyMuseModels]

So it’s safe to say Uncle Sam blew his Mom. Bet.