<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:19:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/funerals/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Funerals as Evidence Against Suicide as a Reset Mechanism in Existential Frameworks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abstract This paper examines funerals as cultural and empirical indicators that suicide does not function as a "reset" in the metaphorical "game" of existence. Drawing on simulation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lifeanddeath/@x9ed1732b/funerals-as-evidence-against-suicide-as-a-reset-mechanism-in-existential-frameworks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lifeanddeath/@x9ed1732b/funerals-as-evidence-against-suicide-as-a-reset-mechanism-in-existential-frameworks</guid><category><![CDATA[lifeanddeath]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[x9ed1732b]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:16:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funeral Plans.... an odd risk to take...?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I stumbled across this BBC article last night about a funeral firm which went bust leaving all of its customers without the funeral plans they'd spent an average of £4000 on... It sounds like a simple]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/inleo/@revisesociology/funeral-plans-an-odd-risk-to-take-3as</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/inleo/@revisesociology/funeral-plans-an-odd-risk-to-take-3as</guid><category><![CDATA[inleo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[revisesociology]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:58:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKabaf7E8EHKedyjD5nvfMuRSrFCHa1xWH7MQurGXHjRuupc7xMx5XRZoNkmXFFe6mjozr42TfwtoDFixdHYivbQidYA8EpNS2TQCooNbLsVUJB4QpLtaqMxQanci2gL9ocfqQwYKJJUEwCEA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 minute freewrite 2423 prompt continuation]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my post for #freewriters 2423 prompt continuation hosted by @mariannewest. When I was young, my cousins were my best friends, I saw them every Sunday when we went to Grandma's house for Sunday]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@myjob/5-minute-freewrite-2423-prompt-continuation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@myjob/5-minute-freewrite-2423-prompt-continuation</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[myjob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTamZtjiRVK9pxDgRdg2RtnXmG5dbeGuzK3WNfkBktwpffWmUdxrAus2CrZbAwS4ZjRNpqAhGppCPS7dMrE6Uxue1db5aodMgRtPZvzpJ3SG5xxUbZ9xMuDSGX4Y25H6yxcE93mHocP2N5BUhtRdp2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ash Immersion at Sangam , Prayagraj]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, I went out for my Dads final journey, to Triveni Sangam. It was last process to free humans from this birth cycle. It involves the Immersion of ashes to sacred river. And Triveni Sangam is one of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152889/@steemflow/ash-immersion-at-sangam-prayagraj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152889/@steemflow/ash-immersion-at-sangam-prayagraj</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152889]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemflow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 07:16:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4UxEPVX21c8ovZshV6oR7uTdmSEaqpWkhwYxAZETQJPGHEaWqLACoxoUutboVkDpkUhCHvdYjv5Zz8rA7p9Ta6dzcxG3ZKUaRbGDp3zArr5FHT1ynv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a double whammy!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello Hello people it is Sunday night here in the UK. It is still technically The Weekend and I hope that you have been having a great one. I started to write this post on Friday night, infact I had written]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-168869/@tengolotodo/it-was-a-double-whammy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-168869/@tengolotodo/it-was-a-double-whammy</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-168869]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tengolotodo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 21:06:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4VqQDN76nwu4EUE4BzWLtBHD7NKKJA8J7BNhNb7iThEeB8wKtDNxV1gCtDU1hF8xMWzSdzSXgraE5HJLYBewoa6eEjKrCjQtxBCcMSvZvLMQeYtaNS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL ON HAND SIGNS: Satanist Funeral of the president's wife Lady Bird In 2007]]></title><description><![CDATA[⁣LOOK AT THE HANDS!!!!! LOOK AT THE HANDS!!!! FULL ON SATANIST FUNERAL - Of the president's wife "Lady Bird" Johnson Johnson, the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson (36th president of the USA) Pay attention]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-160545/@lsnt/fxketurg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-160545/@lsnt/fxketurg</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-160545]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lsnt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:18:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVwVU92RB2GSs34khHX46PVupfFF9TEic1g7mnRrH3EqCRDJXmkHsWng51VkbVBnFHimaTr5vv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How My Day went After]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone trust we all doing extremely well. I'm very excited about how leaders are trying the possible best to ensure this community becomes one of the best communities on hive blockchain. I believe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@awuahbenjamin/how-my-day-went-after</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@awuahbenjamin/how-my-day-went-after</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awuahbenjamin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:29:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgycpcLi8WzJopCdxeVgHaSw7VPkxKQf4jLF8aSK4Fq5fbGyy8DBTQduJoPSUPCUTUNgWiNR5sL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People love you and have always something good to say about you but you must die first.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone. You might have tasted different types of friends,foods,beverages,climates,wines but one thing is sure that we all have one thing in common.We,like children, are ever curious about tasting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@makorirobinson/people-love-you-and-have</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@makorirobinson/people-love-you-and-have</guid><category><![CDATA[culture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[makorirobinson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 08:58:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5Xg46gnE39wnVYv47EAMFVwAxea8TakDvnSYirAKxaVjozmoEQedWYZgdR1Y1Hoir4Eq97C8TryGNhgFb4cZKn3ytTxp12sJyvWw18aVc1aWNsFZdUz6Rk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traveling with COVID: Our Trip to Pennsylvania and Back to Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[My wife Theresa and I recently found out what it's like traveling with COVID. Our journey began in East Texas, but we didn't catch the virus until we got to Pennsylvania. Then we had to travel back home]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@allentaylor/traveling-with-covid-texas-to-pennsylvania</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@allentaylor/traveling-with-covid-texas-to-pennsylvania</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[allentaylor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:03:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e5U1zSkmjjK3pZhK8WbbXiD1yrekgSywvPg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Few Comments about Death, Funerals, and Mourning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since 2014, when my mother's mother as well as my father died between Palm Sunday and Thanksgiving Day, I've been having to face this theme more often in my life. Normally I focus on other topics for my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/self/@magnacarta/a-few-comments-about-death</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/self/@magnacarta/a-few-comments-about-death</guid><category><![CDATA[self]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[magnacarta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:14:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WPqSRVu5Tje9dqUHViMxaJV7yMKpdC31VZM78QSUYu5Cs8hPerWNTzCo3UfeE4LnF42zMKhdRXYALQ89qcAX6mDrHcXT72xeoXmL7kYk6zMjaiJv5GNXFxKQFFYmi9gAN1Nnfke98kbBJhbvB89m1FfPUGayFePUxe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[CULTURE IS INDEED AN EXPRESSION]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello welcome to Ghana where culture defines our roots. We have so many distinct features that makes defines us and such is how Funerals are being done. Though we are not always happy about its occurrence]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@ben3/culture-is-indeed-an-expression</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@ben3/culture-is-indeed-an-expression</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ben3]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:05:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgekLL5seDYYM7L9k2P18GUpPMBgETTqDqVMhX16ggC8Aq9u5o9obeqAsztG64RNsW6x7MPioH8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[S2E11 The Mercury Retrograde]]></title><description><![CDATA[#FTTSSnaps S2E11 The Mercury Retrograde Host Maseratii Myagi and BlkPepperPotts Watch the latest episode of #FTTS tonight 6/28 @ 8 30 PM right here on G1NBC Cuyahoga County OH website]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/exercise/@blkpepperpotts/s2e11themercuryretrograde-pd8ars7xvp3brsqp0oa7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/exercise/@blkpepperpotts/s2e11themercuryretrograde-pd8ars7xvp3brsqp0oa7</guid><category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blkpepperpotts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:23:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaduDoS1gct3kBJc26Khjw47cwcLrxZddZvSXXZF5KzXJAcqMvmNkcpHSo76TtTfX6Mq3BytP9M3UA2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanks to everyone who supported me during the funerals of my Aunt and Brother]]></title><description><![CDATA[Green greetings Hivians, I want to express my sincere gratitude to every one who supported me during the funerals of my brother, Aloysious Ngalim and my aunt, Mrs. Tatah Evelyn. On the 23/01/2021, my kid]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/death/@thegreens/thanks-to-everyone-who-supported-me-during-the-funerals-of-my-aunt-and-brother</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/death/@thegreens/thanks-to-everyone-who-supported-me-during-the-funerals-of-my-aunt-and-brother</guid><category><![CDATA[death]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegreens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:22:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqpx5c7Zikd2HFMqywJNqDeZVr22vYLLq3mmDMvC912rHfFdBVPS57zz4oPuWiZECAppFrNnRs35BjNVBC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Depression log 40.2.9]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sitting amongst a lovely family. They have put all the bullshit aside for the day (well, so far). I don't know manyes of these people. The son. The husband.a An observation was made. 'this place has changed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-105017/@dunstuff/depression-log-40-2-9-beb06f7317a5a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-105017/@dunstuff/depression-log-40-2-9-beb06f7317a5a</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-105017]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dunstuff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:21:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHT5Fvr9KYC2ckcJeTNPxSHwBGG4zr8Ua9wZRkprZWXwXb7uW1ACpGNhsEdVR2qk9vW8Fie3wQPWsNfC4GMLF2vKQCWEEzeMKfFuYrU7FwrZzr6YhDt2NPmBRvUuJ5DUi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[depression log 40.2.9]]></title><description><![CDATA[time is relative - if they have time for you, chances are they aren't a relative kinda sad that the people that should be there for you, but arent, and the ones that are, are the ones u dont expect my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-156509/@dunstuff/depression-log-40-2-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-156509/@dunstuff/depression-log-40-2-9</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-156509]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dunstuff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 21:07:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sad But Beautiful ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was at this church a couple of weeks ago for a funeral service. Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Even though it was a sad time, I couldn't help noticing how beautiful the church was. The art work was amazing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/churches/@rightwing670/sad-but-beautiful-gbgrpevf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/churches/@rightwing670/sad-but-beautiful-gbgrpevf</guid><category><![CDATA[churches]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rightwing670]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2019 07:15:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixE48EdstnMxDKFjfZNHhFmWih7YdPpjGi9oq1ZqCB1R1tvA173ocShdCr3aea?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Die Without Going Broke]]></title><description><![CDATA[After reading Jessica Mitford's 1963 muckraking classic "The American Way of Death", my eyes were opened to the outrageous scamming of the bereaved that has long been perpetrated by the funeral]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@pinkspectre/to-die-without-going-broke</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@pinkspectre/to-die-without-going-broke</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pinkspectre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:33:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP9ZaiJ4vM9pYDAfM5DHxDMtHrP63PnJM7quXMVU2bRmUN1gM7j52Q583KvmodHAcfnUfDuQ8ce?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtual funerals in Fortnite go bad and it's very funny]]></title><description><![CDATA[The funeral is a reference to the famous failed rescue of last week. (Virtual) funerals in Fortnite were as disastrous as the circumstances causing the (virtual) death of the commemorated player. The result]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fortnite/@infoslink/virtualfuneralsinfortnitegobadanditsveryfunny-bjrk0l1zr1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fortnite/@infoslink/virtualfuneralsinfortnitegobadanditsveryfunny-bjrk0l1zr1</guid><category><![CDATA[fortnite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[infoslink]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2018 05:38:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5Z6D3zXyHyXxPw4D7AuM5pT4m9ixfotzjYp76WsyBFSsYzLYGf4CB93tiPVNKLevkm7L4vEqWExeG3V8hpxQRDgQhL3tC5uDrieiysiJ6KXw7fPVRemrFg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today I went to a funeral of a lovely man called Roy~]]></title><description><![CDATA[￼ Why did you go you might be asking? Well it is a bit complicated! Even though I knew Roy, the man who crossed over, I am a very close friend of his sister-in-law and her husband and adult children. My]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funerals/@angiemitchell/today-i-went-to-a-funeral-of-a-lovely-man-called-roy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funerals/@angiemitchell/today-i-went-to-a-funeral-of-a-lovely-man-called-roy</guid><category><![CDATA[funerals]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angiemitchell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 21:06:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9V3rx5xaZhuyYfnbvR3gBE4WJdZbDVCjnmWQeR4KkPYGuTGh8pvq8qEwve3pZjj99v4WsV3V9tCESFY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[J.J. Watt Is Paying For The Funerals Of All Sante Fe High School Shooting Victims]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every time there's a tragedy in Texas, J.J. Watt seems to step up to the plate The Houston Texans defensive end will pay for the funerals of those killed in the shooting at Santa Fe High School watt has]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@jeanseitz/j-j-watt-is-paying-for-the-funerals-of-all-sante-fe-high-school-shooting-victims</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@jeanseitz/j-j-watt-is-paying-for-the-funerals-of-all-sante-fe-high-school-shooting-victims</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jeanseitz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 08:11:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYT9PiSLoCZVXPiaYU6Afrx9McdWwHdeBkefjannbtTaJ9qF7K6AKQ1ABYaJZWKWpdhMyhRtYCN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>