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Technology Hits The Cemetery

Mersha — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 05:14:11 GMT

This is fascinating. I wonder if this will turn up in the US?

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spumoni99 — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 05:16:35 GMT

~~That is actually pretty cool.~~

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Malcontent — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 11:06:06 GMT

Just visually, it’s very disturbing. To me a grave is sacred and this giant QR code takes away from that.

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candys mine — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 11:24:46 GMT

@Malcontent It's just another form of communication. I don't think it's aesthetically pleasing but it fits as a Memorial. Maybe it's more traditional on the reverse side.

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meallen616 — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 11:44:09 GMT

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Imaoldhippie — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 12:45:07 GMT

If this is true Im not surprised technology is everywhere and in/on everything, which I find sad.

I find this not in anyway appealing.

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avid shopper — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 13:23:44 GMT

Gross!

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LdyBugz — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 13:24:54 GMT

That is so wrong and distasteful in my book. No thank you.

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MamaWick — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 13:46:23 GMT

I've seen mausoleums that have a TV screen where you can pull up the deceased to listen and see all about them. I love it is passing on history. As someone who loves to walk respectfully through cemeteries, I would find it fascinating to learn.

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Allthingsgirly67 — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 14:21:17 GMT

And what happens when technology supplants QR codes and nobody can read this?

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San Antonio Gal — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 14:28:53 GMT

@Mersha - Does the other side of the stone have the normal information? I was assuming it did.

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Ronettes — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 15:03:18 GMT

That's dreadful - Whatever happened to privacy??

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Greeneyedlady21 — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 15:10:54 GMT

No, I think that's awful

They can put a QR code online somewhere

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stevieb — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 15:25:12 GMT

I'll pass. No pun intended.

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Lakelife62 — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 15:41:09 GMT

Nearly 60% of Americans are choosing cremation to traditional burial so I don't think this is something that will become commonplace here.

After doing some googling, I found one of these markers in China, at a site of a massacre. The QR code on the marker enables visitors to read the history of the site and the names of those who died.

I wonder if this pic isn't photo shopped as it doesn't look anything like a Japanese cemetery.

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ID2 — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 16:01:35 GMT

Oh I think this is lovely! Have any of you seen the commercial for this? You scan this and you'll see this elderly gentleman dancing with his wife. What a loving memory.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 16:03:19 GMT

This is not new and no one has to do it.

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SharkE — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 16:23:30 GMT

another way to make money

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Stray — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 16:48:57 GMT

The use of QR codes on Tombstones/markers has been a practice for a long time in the US. I’ve seen a small QR code on the corner of a bronze marker but have not seen one on a tombstone. Usually, when you scan the code, you get taken to a website to learn about the person.

It doesn’t surprise me about Japan as it’s a very orderly & technologically advanced society & many Japanese people practice Shintoism or a combination of Buddhism/Shintoism. Their views on death & life are very different from the West. I don’t find it disrespectful, on the contrary, it’s respectful to show a person’s life & accomplishments.

It’s like the poem The Dash. It’s not just the DOB & DOD that defines a person but what you accomplish between the dates or the dash on a memorial.

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Venezia — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 16:55:10 GMT

Well, I won't be having a headstone but, if I did, all anyone would see would be me with a very long history of cats I've loved.

I wouldn't bore anyone with my life's "accomplishments".

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust."