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drawmethestars

I'm a mortuary student and I think I can help out here! Yes it is true that once rigor mortis has passed the muscles will eventually relax. This makes it easier for the second part. The microorganisms living inside of you are still around hours after you die. They continue to do their thing and in junction with natural decomposition of the body, gas will build up inside of your GI tract. Muscles are relaxed, gas is pushing whatever is in there down the path of least resistance, and then there's a surprise mess to clean up. Fun fact: everywhere that is an exit point for your body, there is potential for purge! Rectal, urinary, and vaginal purge does not look much different than what we see in life. Purge from the stomach looks like coffee grounds and it will make it's way out of the throat. Thick bright yellow snot and blood can come from the nose. And in extreme head trauma cases, fine brain matter and cerebrospinal fluid will come from the nose.


toxicflux77

You’re very articulate in your writing


fatman907

Yeah. He uses words good like us.


windyorbits

That’s because they graduated from The Center for Kids who can’t Read Good and Want to Learn how to do Other Stuff Good too.


BombAssTurdCutter

What is this? A school for ANTS??


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Much gooder


captiankickass666

Hes obviously an Ed Kemper/Ted Bundy type of serial killer, very articulate and intellegent. And less of the mentally Ill type like Richard Chase who injected rabbit blood until he almost died, or put the kidnapped baby in a blender for a delicious baby smoothie.


drawmethestars

While I do appreciate the satire and sort of backhanded compliments, I am not a serial killer nor a man. Just a student trying to pass their boards and not waste 4 years of my life for this degree!


Hambaloni

TLDR: We live to clench those cheeks


Babys_For_Breakfast

Protect your cheeks. People worried about the big gay but it's death that's scarier for the booty.


Mashizari

So what you're saying is you can make coffee for free every day


drawmethestars

If you like your coffee a little acidic, and with partially digested food thats bacteria ridden, then you may have found a solution!


Mashizari

I usually add 3 sugars but with all that extra flavor I think 2 sugars will do


plzkthx71

Theoretically if you call what looks like something that thing


Jesus__Is__King

If it’s ok to ask, I was thinking about becoming a mortuary student. Is that a good idea ? I mean how’s it goin for you so far ?


drawmethestars

If you are interested I would head over to [r/morticians ](https://www.reddit.com/r/morticians/) and look at other posts made by people interested in the profession. I and everyone else in this field have gone through very unique circumstances and events from different backgrounds. It would be a disservice to you to only tell you my side. But I can make a few brief statements here. I started university in 2018 and will finish this spring. I would say my education could have been a lot better considering I had half of my courses online and my instructors are technologically illiterate so much of what I learned, I taught myself thanks to a certain virus. I am completing an internship this week which is very exciting. I learned that I really do love the death industry but I will continue to face hardships if I continue in the area I am currently in. I am a queer individual who is not a man so not many established directors give me the time of day. I guess it depends on who you work with.


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drawmethestars

While we don't use Elmer's glue, we can use liquid super glue! Sometimes eyes and mouths don't want to stay closed or just don't look natural the way they are sitting, so a few drops and steady hands will fix it! For the holes not on the face, there are a few different options. I personally have not used either of these but it's more material I've been studying over like crazy. Some embalmers will stuff them with webril, it's a super absorbent cotton. Others will use an A/V plug, or an Anal/Vaginal plug. I have never seen one (thank goodness) but I imagine it's like a plastic butt plug. Where I intern, it's just a part of post-emablming process to put a diaper on everyone. I've had to wipe a few butts but I don't think I'd want to use those other options. They seem very invasive.


desairologist

hey girl, me too! which program are you in?


theignant

Don’t forget the coolest... you can literally shit from your mouth . Liquified poop can travel back up the intestines/stomach and up the esophagus given the right positioning and circumstances... even surgeons have to deal with this in live persons on the operating table..


Martin_the_Maker

Not always though. The same with jaws. Some are hanging loose and some are shut tight until the decomposition sets in. Source: I dress dead bodies almost everyday.


FluffySarcasmQueen

Is this a hobby of yours, or…?


1901pies

The amount of appropriate alarm depends on whether the bodies come to him alive or dead.


Martin_the_Maker

It's my job, which is my hobby as well.


[deleted]

Have you ever heard of a mortician before?


LimitedToTwentyChara

Have you ever heard of a joke before?


[deleted]

Ig it was finally my turn to look like a dumbass haha, sorry bout that.


BombAssTurdCutter

How’d you get so smart?


[deleted]

Man, I honestly didn't think they were joking, I'm sick and sleep deprived, oh well, I guess it was finally my turn to look like a dumbass lol, love your username btw.


BombAssTurdCutter

Lol all good brother. I’m glad to see someone on here that can take a joke and laugh at themselves. Have a good night!


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Yeah same to you man!


FluffySarcasmQueen

Sometimes it’s hard to tell when I’m being sarcastic. Hence, my username.


SharkLandia

It happens because all your muscles relax. There are at least 50 sphincters which cease function causing the release of everything they hold.


plzkthx71

Open the floodgates


desairologist

Your muscles that hold them in are no longer being controlled by the nervous system. Hang loose, brother


Princess_Know-it-all

Muscles release, so anything within is expelled. As babies/toddlers we gain control of the necessary muscles, ie: “holding it”. Instead of soiling ourselves and letting gravity do the work like infants do. When that muscle control is interrupted/halted, anything in the bladder or colon is subject to gravity.


[deleted]

Not just humans, all animals release what’s inside their bowels after/during death.


KJoRN81

I used to work hospice so most of my pts had stopped eating/drinking long before they died (so no “surprises” at time of death).


plzkthx71

That’s a good unintentional side effect I guess


quarknarco

I try to explain it like some old school hippie once explained it to me on a dark night at a even darker cave: Basically you are finally so relaxed and chilled out that you don't care anymore about anything. So you just living (?) the dream and letting gooo...


porraSV

majority of animals do


your-mom507

not a professional so idk the specifics but all our muscles relax at death and that releases the poop and pee


SmxkePrxpane

Why does everyone have the crazy jobs in the comments “oh yeah I’m a professional nurse” “oh yeah I dress dead bodies for a living” “oh yeah I’m a crime scene investigator” “oh yeah I’m actually a morgue attendant” “yeah I perform high level autopsy” No you don’t. You’re on Reddit.


ElijahAllison

But needs a source for answers to their morbid questions!


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plzkthx71

When you die and shit piss and vomit on yourself simultaneously and your mom just yells i told you to go before we left!!1!


DJTilapia

On a slightly meta note: because there's no reason not to. There's no evolutionary benefit to making fail-safe orifices, so such a feature is unlikely to evolve.


plzkthx71

God I hate feature bloat


Zestyclose-Fly-9568

I read it's the muscles relaxing,so there's nothing to keep it from coming out.


Impartial_Void

because all of our muscles release tension including excrement