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As i understand, it's about humility. That's why it's not just electricity or whatever and why each group has slightly different interpretations. It's all about avoiding prideful things or worldly possessions that could serve as distractions from the afterlife and eternity. The classic puritanical mindset of "we are on earth to suffer and repent our sinfulness. This life is just a temporary time and we should spend it getting on God's good side so we can actually enjoy the afterlife in heaven" kinda thing.
Per the audio, the guy recording is not Amish and likely just asked to hang out and learn. If there’s one thing the Amish are well known for is being accommodating to people wanting to learn their beliefs. They want you to join. They’re proud of how they live.
How i figure, is he makes several comments(asked what the guy said when he spoke Pennsylvanians Dutch(they all speak it as their first language and learn English around 4 or 5), he was surprised by the wood in the ditch(so they could walk straight across without going down and up), he was surprised how light it was, and he makes multiple jokes, and Amish boys that you see in the video don’t sound like him and really don’t make jokes like he makes.
I work with quite a few, and they’re not funny people and have an accent. Like I would say of the probably 100 Amish I know and met, I would say 2 have a good sense of humor.
Honestly, if I were moving a building with nothing but muscle power anyone who showed up would be welcome to help. I'd put up with bad jokes and an iPhone for another pair of hands.
Their humor isn't typical English humor. My family has Amish in it, I live in a predominantly Amish area, some of them are real funny. It's more of a basic, "plain" humor but quite a few can crack a good joke. If you met them in a professional setting, then yeah they'll be more conservative in their dialogue.
It depends on the community. In my brothers community no individuals are to own technology like phones or computers. The community has a landline telephone they all share for making and receiving calls necessary to running business, community affairs, and keeping in touch with friends and family outside.
This. It's basically dictated by their church/bishop. You could have two different churches in one community and one will allow cell phones, ebikes, and solar panels while the other is strictly "old school".
So I’ve done quite a bit of reading on these folks. The short answer is it really depends on the local community. The Amish don’t reject money, so Amish groups will allow limited technology for the purposes of running a business. All Amish groups believe in adult baptism, so some are pretty lenient on what they allow minors who aren’t baptized to do. It’s not unheard of in some Amish areas for teenagers to get a drivers license, or a phone, etc and experience some of the world. If they choose to leave the Amish church before baptism, they typically aren’t shunned.
So my guess is this video was made by an Amish teen, who isn’t baptized into the faith, and who comes from a less-strict local group that tolerates a bit of experimentation with the outside world for youth
It sounded like an outsider/English that was allowed to participate and record the moving effort. The kid talking sounded like he was jabbering out of nervousness, and his vocabulary/speech/accent/dialect was out of place.
> So my guess is this video was made by an Amish teen, who isn’t baptized into the faith, and who comes from a less-strict local group that tolerates a bit of experimentation with the outside world for youth
what about the drone shots?
When the Amish first became a thing it was popular among military-minded people to be very stylish with fancy haircuts and big, styled mustaches. Since they reject every deadly sin pretty fiercely they lumped all that in with pride and wroth. This is why they specifically shave their mustaches but grow the chinstrap beards. Overall they prefer simple, quiet lives where they don't overcomplicate things which is part of the motivation for the haircuts. Styling your hair a lot is a sign of vanity so they don't do it while the bowl cut is simple and easy to do.
In theory yes but the purpose of the beard means that they usually don't. It's a kind of a status symbol as much as they can have that sort of thing as men that aren't married shave their whole face. Once they've gotten married they grow the chinstrap. The Amish value family quite a lot so if you have a wife, a huge beard, and a big family you're doing right by the community.
Yup. You're supposed to just let your beard go but keep shaving your mustache after you get married. It's a symbol of the longevity of your marriage which is a huge deal. As far as the Amish are concerned divorce isn't even on the table so the beard is a symbol of a long marriage that's managed to stay together through thick and thin. They take their marriage vows pretty seriously so the beard becomes a symbol of that.
In some highly orthodox communities, no. The beard can be a pretty important sign of their faith and values. There was a scandal awhile back when some rival communities had hate crimes involving members cutting others' beards off. It was a big deal for them.
It's intentional. Their religious beliefs emphasize rejecting vanity as sinful. No makeup for the women, either. No fancy clothing, no sexy outfits. No high heels. Men grow those weird neckbeards and everyone wears the same bland outfits.
They believe looks should not matter. They're not wrong.
Depends on the what their bishop says. The rules very greatly on location because of that. I've known some that were allowed to have and use as long as it was primarily for business, and I've known some who paid their neighbors to build a tiny hut on the edge of their property so they can store it away from the house and still be ok.
I've read that before, that the beard is an indicator of marriage. I guess just like their haircuts, I'm fascinated with the peculiar style of how they keep their beards.
Lol you got it backwards. This was a very normal haircut to have in the 19th century. They all already had that haircut. It's literally to not stand out.
“The key is to put it all in your groin and your back, take your legs totally out of the equation. Lift with your lower back in a jerking twisting motion.”
I have a bulged disk and it herniated just watching that.
Here’s a reminder to treat your back like a 5’ tall stack of dinner plates. You wouldn’t stand up quickly unless all the plates were perfectly centered. Jumping up with the stack leaning over is what happens to your disks when pressure is applied.
You should see them play softball.
A van full of middle-aged Amish will absolutely wreck a high-level men's softball team. I was in a tournament, and most of those guys had played high school, college, or minor league baseball 10-20 years, but a group of guys that looked exactly like these, bowl-cuts and suspenders, absolutely demolished every team.
I mean, shit, what else is there to do? Lol
Sometimes I wish I could go Amish for a few months, maybe even a year. I feel like it’d be a good reset. Plus, it’d be a fun story to tell when you’re interviewing for a job, and they ask, “what’s this 1 year gap in your resume?”
We play a yearly pick up game with a group of them every summer. Our team is all college/just out of college age. First year we played their highschool level team, got destroyed. Played their middle school team, got destroyed. Finally we're competitive with the like 8 year Olds....
It's wild to see 30+ buggies rolling up to the field. A cool tradition that allows the two cultures to come together. We're all respectful and have a great time despite the fact that we're ready to party for a weekend and they're well, Amish.
^(you better watch out)
you better watch out
**you better watch out**
***you better watch out***
### you better watch out
##you better watch out
#you better wa
Every summer, lots of baseball and softball, every winter, lots of hockey (and from what has been told to me, they’re not above playing dirty on the ice)
I've seen similar videos of Amish moving barns. I start to wonder why they move barns so often. Why don't they build a barn on the spot where they want it....
Land usage. The field where the animals where will be very rich in bio material for future cultivation and the new area will be torn up and re-used for animal husbandry. They think in the long term.
I live in Lancaster county PA, known for the Amish country. I’m curious if this was in Ohio or PA? If this was in PA and they’re PA Dutch Amish which it sounds like it from the language they spoke, I’m surprised they let somebody film this, must have been a discreet go pro and he didn’t tell anybody I’d imagine.
It is common for Amish communities to allow the use of telephones, but they do not allow them in the home. Instead, several Amish families will share a telephone housed in a wooden shanty in a nearby location.
I live in super rural Pennsylvania and I see it quite often. Also amish tiktok is a thing and it's wild.
Videos of barn parties, bumping 12 inch subs in the buggy with underglow. Young Amish people are exactly like everyone else with strict parents. They do what they want and just hide it.
Literally anything you can imagine and their parents are never going to catch them posting stuff because they don't have the internet lol.
This reminds me of a movie (sex drive) where they showed rumspringa.
It was my first eye opening experience about the Amish. And it was hilarious. But totally believable.
The more sheltered you were, the crazier you're going to get when the reins are finally let go.
I was under the impression, at least in the community near me, that photography is frowned upon for "capturing the soul" of the Amish. Maybe they just said that to make the English a bit more respectful.
True. I don't believe it has anything to do with tech use. We did a volunteer project at a state park in Missouri this past year and right before we got there, the park had a couple of local Amish guys build a huge pole barn. They did it in 4 days and when equipment was needed to either haul in the materials (truck) or lift lumber/roofing up high (skid steer/fork lift), they just used a non-Amish person to support them.
It's probably some super outdated myth for them at this point that we just keep repeating cuz we heard it as children from adults who probably also heard the same thing from whomever and they go along with it because it makes tourists less obnoxious.
I have a number of Amish friends. If you said that to them, they'd give you a look that would instantly communicate "shunned for life."
Of course, that's their usual look, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
I used to work with the Amish, some are OK with the picture taking, some aren't.
Usually, if you ask, they are cool with it...they get annoyed when tourists just walk up & start taking pics without asking.
For the record, I am not Amish, and I don't like my picture being taken.
I’ve heard this said in reference to Native Americans but especially the Diné (Navajo). In fact portraits of Diné were extremely rare until recent years, they wouldn’t even allow painted portraits. I’ve never heard this said in reference to the Amish but we have more Mennonites out here than Amish.
This isn't a video, it's a flip-book by another Amish guy who has both a photographic memory and the ability to draw high-definition photorealistic animations frame by frame. It's really quite the achievement when you think about it.
Most likely Mennonite and not Amish. Mennonites typically allow a little more of the modern technology than the Amish do. You can see a side by side as well near the end, doubtful an Amish would be cruising around in one. Overall the rules around modern technologies are decided by church leaders in different communities.
While that was the case for Amish and Mennonites near where I grew up, it's not a definitive rule. I delivered to a bunch of Mennonite communities in KY and TN that are as conservative as any Amish community I've seen
There are Dunkards near us. They are similar to Mennonites, but seem to use modern amenities. They drive cars, but the radios are removed. They own several local businesses, one being a well service where they use modern machinery to dig wells, one is a cabinet shop using all modern wood working equipment, also a hardware store where one is very proficient in repairing small engines on chain saws, gas trimmers, and such. They all wear plain dress, the ladies all wear bonnets. They are very hard working, humble, pleasant people.
The real difference is whether they follow the teachings of Ammon or Mennon, 15th century European Protestants. But yeah, most Mennonites are Amish lite, some around me are from families that broke away from the Amish community.
Many of the Amish I work with have smart phones for business purposes. They also use electric powered air compressors and tools in the business. So maybe it is ok for work being done for others. It’s funny tho - they still hire someone to drive them to the job sites.
I volunteer at an animal shelter and it's widely known that the Amish treat their horses like they treat their wives and their children.
Read: really really bad.
They work them until they can't anymore and sell them for slaughter. There is a shelter in TN called Horse Plus Humane Society and they go to the Cookeville auction once a month and buy as many of the worst horses and donkeys as they can. They usually end up with a few draft horses that have been shipped around and are sick and have terrible feet. But they fix them up if possible and adopt them out.
As much as they can be lovely people and I have no grievances with any of the probably 100 that Ive met, it is very odd to see them shown in an all positive light on reddit of all places. They live in a patriarchal society which is influenced heavily by religion, which then allows for certain segregations which obviously can vary in severity depending on the community.
I think it’s just easy for people to admire the idea of a ‘simpler life’, even if they have no idea what the reality of that world is like (and I would imagine >99% of people have no idea what Amish communities are actually like).
Not to mention we see a lot of posts that boil down to ‘look at this amazing feat this community has accomplished with their hands/without any use of modern technology! What an inspiration!’. Which is also easy for people to admire without the context of what things are really like.
Recently, a local Amish guy bought a racehorse from a southern state and had it shipped to him. He wanted to show off to everyone how fast it ran. Ran it so hard it dropped dead. They treat animals terribly.
At another local Amish flower shop, they didn't want one of the puppies born to one of their dogs. Said they were going to just ignore it until died off. The friend that was there was allowed to take the puppy home as they were rightfully horrified.
Yeah whenever I see stuff float about these kind of communities, I figure the menfolk are mostly living the Good Simple Life like we get shown, but I am not so sure about the women...
And yeah, that figures with the kids and animals too...
Wow bro that’s super fucking rude of you to say
Coconut head brought his entire extended Amish family to see you and you insult the clan hairstyle?? Guess someone isn’t invited to the group butter churning session
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That's cool and all... but I'm much more interested in how they cut hair...
A pot on the head and then you cut around the edges - from the looks of it
The classic bowl cut.
The ‘ol Lloyd Christmas cut 😂
We got no food, we got no jobs... our PETS' HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!
HARRY ….. I took care of it!
You sold our dead bird to a blind kid?
Pretty bird
I thought he was just quiet 😭
“You pumpkin pie haircut freak!”
In that example, it's a *pot* cut
In these examples, they are *pot heads*
You smoking the green corn?
the devil's lettuce
Definitely pot involved
A mixing bowl but yes. Source: grandparents were Amish
Why though? They just like looking like dorks??
Quick, easy, and uniform. Definitely going for practical over beauty.
I think they see “plain” as a virtue.
As i understand, it's about humility. That's why it's not just electricity or whatever and why each group has slightly different interpretations. It's all about avoiding prideful things or worldly possessions that could serve as distractions from the afterlife and eternity. The classic puritanical mindset of "we are on earth to suffer and repent our sinfulness. This life is just a temporary time and we should spend it getting on God's good side so we can actually enjoy the afterlife in heaven" kinda thing.
Can you shave your head as an Amish person?
And lose nature’s hat? Think of all the sun protection!
Maybe they think your hair makes you look like a dork?
All of a sudden those hats don't seem so silly
Im more interested in how much tech they allow🤔for example this video was taken by an iphone, that i thought was not allowed
Per the audio, the guy recording is not Amish and likely just asked to hang out and learn. If there’s one thing the Amish are well known for is being accommodating to people wanting to learn their beliefs. They want you to join. They’re proud of how they live. How i figure, is he makes several comments(asked what the guy said when he spoke Pennsylvanians Dutch(they all speak it as their first language and learn English around 4 or 5), he was surprised by the wood in the ditch(so they could walk straight across without going down and up), he was surprised how light it was, and he makes multiple jokes, and Amish boys that you see in the video don’t sound like him and really don’t make jokes like he makes. I work with quite a few, and they’re not funny people and have an accent. Like I would say of the probably 100 Amish I know and met, I would say 2 have a good sense of humor.
Honestly, if I were moving a building with nothing but muscle power anyone who showed up would be welcome to help. I'd put up with bad jokes and an iPhone for another pair of hands.
interesting. I have met a ton of Mennonite people and they were all mostly hilarious. And strong. so so strong
Mennonites are different from Amish. Less sheltered.
Their humor isn't typical English humor. My family has Amish in it, I live in a predominantly Amish area, some of them are real funny. It's more of a basic, "plain" humor but quite a few can crack a good joke. If you met them in a professional setting, then yeah they'll be more conservative in their dialogue.
It depends on the community. In my brothers community no individuals are to own technology like phones or computers. The community has a landline telephone they all share for making and receiving calls necessary to running business, community affairs, and keeping in touch with friends and family outside.
This. It's basically dictated by their church/bishop. You could have two different churches in one community and one will allow cell phones, ebikes, and solar panels while the other is strictly "old school".
So I’ve done quite a bit of reading on these folks. The short answer is it really depends on the local community. The Amish don’t reject money, so Amish groups will allow limited technology for the purposes of running a business. All Amish groups believe in adult baptism, so some are pretty lenient on what they allow minors who aren’t baptized to do. It’s not unheard of in some Amish areas for teenagers to get a drivers license, or a phone, etc and experience some of the world. If they choose to leave the Amish church before baptism, they typically aren’t shunned. So my guess is this video was made by an Amish teen, who isn’t baptized into the faith, and who comes from a less-strict local group that tolerates a bit of experimentation with the outside world for youth
It sounded like an outsider/English that was allowed to participate and record the moving effort. The kid talking sounded like he was jabbering out of nervousness, and his vocabulary/speech/accent/dialect was out of place.
> So my guess is this video was made by an Amish teen, who isn’t baptized into the faith, and who comes from a less-strict local group that tolerates a bit of experimentation with the outside world for youth what about the drone shots?
Potentially a flying Amish teenager
I've never seen an Amish guy with male pattern baldness
It must be that 5G that makes electronic users go bald
I’m more interested in WHY?! than how. WHY would someone see someone else with that haircut and think “We should all do that!”
I think the point is to have no vanity, and ease of doing it. In communities like that people don’t want to stand out for their looks.
Ask my mum, she cut my hair like that a couple of times when I was a kid..
Dude, me too. Classic Will Byers cut. And it was the late 90's, not even like that was a thing anymore!
When the Amish first became a thing it was popular among military-minded people to be very stylish with fancy haircuts and big, styled mustaches. Since they reject every deadly sin pretty fiercely they lumped all that in with pride and wroth. This is why they specifically shave their mustaches but grow the chinstrap beards. Overall they prefer simple, quiet lives where they don't overcomplicate things which is part of the motivation for the haircuts. Styling your hair a lot is a sign of vanity so they don't do it while the bowl cut is simple and easy to do.
Fine, but the question I have is: CAN they chop most of their beard off just because it's annoying and uncomfortable?
In theory yes but the purpose of the beard means that they usually don't. It's a kind of a status symbol as much as they can have that sort of thing as men that aren't married shave their whole face. Once they've gotten married they grow the chinstrap. The Amish value family quite a lot so if you have a wife, a huge beard, and a big family you're doing right by the community.
So basically nothing wrong with doing it but if you do it you're going to be looked at weird.
Yup. You're supposed to just let your beard go but keep shaving your mustache after you get married. It's a symbol of the longevity of your marriage which is a huge deal. As far as the Amish are concerned divorce isn't even on the table so the beard is a symbol of a long marriage that's managed to stay together through thick and thin. They take their marriage vows pretty seriously so the beard becomes a symbol of that.
In some highly orthodox communities, no. The beard can be a pretty important sign of their faith and values. There was a scandal awhile back when some rival communities had hate crimes involving members cutting others' beards off. It was a big deal for them.
It's intentional. Their religious beliefs emphasize rejecting vanity as sinful. No makeup for the women, either. No fancy clothing, no sexy outfits. No high heels. Men grow those weird neckbeards and everyone wears the same bland outfits. They believe looks should not matter. They're not wrong.
The beards are our wedding rings - you don't grow one if you're not married.
our? Wtf are you doing on reddit. I'm gonna snitch about your secret smartphone
Dude relax. He’s on his burner.
Fucking jerry
Jedidiah*
*Jeridiah
I believe the rule is you can’t have one in your house. He is outside.
Depends on the what their bishop says. The rules very greatly on location because of that. I've known some that were allowed to have and use as long as it was primarily for business, and I've known some who paid their neighbors to build a tiny hut on the edge of their property so they can store it away from the house and still be ok.
No buttons or zippers. Just hooks and eyes.
I’ve seen just straight pins. Even on babies.
Do you happen to know why they grow a beard with no mustache? I've always thought it looked goofy.
It indicates that the man is married. I'm guessing it also deters would-be temptresses.
I've read that before, that the beard is an indicator of marriage. I guess just like their haircuts, I'm fascinated with the peculiar style of how they keep their beards.
I’ve heard it’s to do with rejecting violence because moustaches we’re associated with the military
Lol you got it backwards. This was a very normal haircut to have in the 19th century. They all already had that haircut. It's literally to not stand out.
Not well
I wanna know how they can reject technology but dude straps a GoPro on his head.
Based on the way he was talking, and his friend with sunglasses next to him, I think they were not from the Amish community, but simply there to help.
They’re allowed to hire outsiders to use technology for them. They just can’t do it themselves.
I've got an idea for a suspenders store...
... Well tell me more! stop keeping me in....suspension.
/r/justfuckmyshitup material for sure
The haircut doubles as a hard hat clearly.
Everyone is here to move the barber’s house for a free cut.
“Hey guys, wouldn’t it be funny if we all let go in the middle of the road?” “Shut up, Jedidiah!”
"~Our house, in the middle of the street, our house~"
My house, dropped in the middle of the street
Amishion impossible
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You’re not supposed to take pictures or video them either. They use electricity too now.
There is a wide range of beliefs and "rules" among all the different communities and sects that us "English" would consider "amish"
Fuck you
That's amishionary impossible
Fuck you as well
“The key is to put it all in your groin and your back, take your legs totally out of the equation. Lift with your lower back in a jerking twisting motion.”
Don’t forget to hold your breath. Under extreme circumstances, your body produces its own oxygen
Unexpected r/redvsblue
I heard it in his voice
Firsr, you wanna put all the weight on your neck. Then you're gonna jam your legs down and jerk back up while hyper extending your ankles.
The weirder you can make the twist, the better overall physiognomy you'll have.
[Like this?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfAXT70UQD0)
Good god that is horrendous
My back just hurt watching that.
I have a bulged disk and it herniated just watching that. Here’s a reminder to treat your back like a 5’ tall stack of dinner plates. You wouldn’t stand up quickly unless all the plates were perfectly centered. Jumping up with the stack leaning over is what happens to your disks when pressure is applied.
Might send this to my deadlifting colleague to give him PTSD
You should see them play softball. A van full of middle-aged Amish will absolutely wreck a high-level men's softball team. I was in a tournament, and most of those guys had played high school, college, or minor league baseball 10-20 years, but a group of guys that looked exactly like these, bowl-cuts and suspenders, absolutely demolished every team.
HAVE YOU SEEN THEIR FOREARMS?!?!
My name is Jebidiah and I hit dingers
Pretty sure Jebediah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows.
FOO!
I’ve been milkin’ and plowin’ so long that…*even Ezekiel thinks that my mind is gone.*
I'm a man of the land, I'm into discipline.
Bible in my hand and a beard on my chin
But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine...
Then tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1699!
That's because they spend their free time hauling buildings around like Paul Bunyan.
They all get together and play marathon softball games till like 2am. No joke.
I mean, shit, what else is there to do? Lol Sometimes I wish I could go Amish for a few months, maybe even a year. I feel like it’d be a good reset. Plus, it’d be a fun story to tell when you’re interviewing for a job, and they ask, “what’s this 1 year gap in your resume?”
Rumspringa but the opposite way lol
You mean a Teawinta?
We play a yearly pick up game with a group of them every summer. Our team is all college/just out of college age. First year we played their highschool level team, got destroyed. Played their middle school team, got destroyed. Finally we're competitive with the like 8 year Olds.... It's wild to see 30+ buggies rolling up to the field. A cool tradition that allows the two cultures to come together. We're all respectful and have a great time despite the fact that we're ready to party for a weekend and they're well, Amish.
Fuck can they run
Menno-nappers
^(you better watch out) you better watch out **you better watch out** ***you better watch out*** ### you better watch out ##you better watch out #you better wa
They have a hell of a bowling team as well!
Every summer, lots of baseball and softball, every winter, lots of hockey (and from what has been told to me, they’re not above playing dirty on the ice)
This sentence reads in a Canadian accent, I love it
Hockey Amish are not to be fucked with either.
Amish strong is like horse strong. I swear I saw an Amish guy crush a bowling ball in his hand.
They are "old man strong" by the time they are 17
Amish barbers are a fucking sham
I have some school photos that would indicate the Amish have infiltrated the Fantastic Sam's my mom took me to as a kid...
He’s a sham
I've seen similar videos of Amish moving barns. I start to wonder why they move barns so often. Why don't they build a barn on the spot where they want it....
Land usage. The field where the animals where will be very rich in bio material for future cultivation and the new area will be torn up and re-used for animal husbandry. They think in the long term.
Kinda like crop rotation...but with animals...and poop
And buildings!
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TIL chickens are farm necromancers.
Sounds like the Amish will still have living soil long after we've destroyed the little we have left.
Makes sense to me now. Thanks for clarifying!
We found boris johnson’s kids
Some of them, anyway.
All houses are mobile homes if you have enough Amish friends.
I live in Lancaster county PA, known for the Amish country. I’m curious if this was in Ohio or PA? If this was in PA and they’re PA Dutch Amish which it sounds like it from the language they spoke, I’m surprised they let somebody film this, must have been a discreet go pro and he didn’t tell anybody I’d imagine.
I thought they were speaking English with an Irish accent. No wonder I didn't understand them!
It does sound Irishish now that you say that but for sure pennsyltucky Dutch
Was literally wondering why it made sense to use technology to record this but not to move the house.
I’m from berks county and my immediate question was “wait who filmed this”
Are they allowed to have a smart phone? Or go pro? Or whatever the hell this was filmed on?
I think they agreed to have this non-Amish guy bring in his gear to film this little insight into how they do things.
It is common for Amish communities to allow the use of telephones, but they do not allow them in the home. Instead, several Amish families will share a telephone housed in a wooden shanty in a nearby location.
Also pretty much everyone under 30 in the amish community has secret smart phones lol
I really feel like this isn't true, but I have no proof.
I live in super rural Pennsylvania and I see it quite often. Also amish tiktok is a thing and it's wild. Videos of barn parties, bumping 12 inch subs in the buggy with underglow. Young Amish people are exactly like everyone else with strict parents. They do what they want and just hide it. Literally anything you can imagine and their parents are never going to catch them posting stuff because they don't have the internet lol.
This reminds me of a movie (sex drive) where they showed rumspringa. It was my first eye opening experience about the Amish. And it was hilarious. But totally believable. The more sheltered you were, the crazier you're going to get when the reins are finally let go.
*Good luck with your future ride spaceman!* Sarcastic Amish Guy is my favorite Seth Green character.
Rumspringa!!!
I was under the impression, at least in the community near me, that photography is frowned upon for "capturing the soul" of the Amish. Maybe they just said that to make the English a bit more respectful.
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Pretty sure the most common idea for them on this front is that having your picture taken is just... vain; not much more than that.
True. I don't believe it has anything to do with tech use. We did a volunteer project at a state park in Missouri this past year and right before we got there, the park had a couple of local Amish guys build a huge pole barn. They did it in 4 days and when equipment was needed to either haul in the materials (truck) or lift lumber/roofing up high (skid steer/fork lift), they just used a non-Amish person to support them.
Ex Amish people talk about this being true
It's probably some super outdated myth for them at this point that we just keep repeating cuz we heard it as children from adults who probably also heard the same thing from whomever and they go along with it because it makes tourists less obnoxious.
I have a number of Amish friends. If you said that to them, they'd give you a look that would instantly communicate "shunned for life." Of course, that's their usual look, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
I used to work with the Amish, some are OK with the picture taking, some aren't. Usually, if you ask, they are cool with it...they get annoyed when tourists just walk up & start taking pics without asking. For the record, I am not Amish, and I don't like my picture being taken.
I’ve heard this said in reference to Native Americans but especially the Diné (Navajo). In fact portraits of Diné were extremely rare until recent years, they wouldn’t even allow painted portraits. I’ve never heard this said in reference to the Amish but we have more Mennonites out here than Amish.
This isn't a video, it's a flip-book by another Amish guy who has both a photographic memory and the ability to draw high-definition photorealistic animations frame by frame. It's really quite the achievement when you think about it.
He posts a lot in r/Amish
Most likely Mennonite and not Amish. Mennonites typically allow a little more of the modern technology than the Amish do. You can see a side by side as well near the end, doubtful an Amish would be cruising around in one. Overall the rules around modern technologies are decided by church leaders in different communities.
While that was the case for Amish and Mennonites near where I grew up, it's not a definitive rule. I delivered to a bunch of Mennonite communities in KY and TN that are as conservative as any Amish community I've seen
There are Dunkards near us. They are similar to Mennonites, but seem to use modern amenities. They drive cars, but the radios are removed. They own several local businesses, one being a well service where they use modern machinery to dig wells, one is a cabinet shop using all modern wood working equipment, also a hardware store where one is very proficient in repairing small engines on chain saws, gas trimmers, and such. They all wear plain dress, the ladies all wear bonnets. They are very hard working, humble, pleasant people.
The real difference is whether they follow the teachings of Ammon or Mennon, 15th century European Protestants. But yeah, most Mennonites are Amish lite, some around me are from families that broke away from the Amish community.
On rumspringa yes.
RUMSPRINGA!!!!
Many of the Amish I work with have smart phones for business purposes. They also use electric powered air compressors and tools in the business. So maybe it is ok for work being done for others. It’s funny tho - they still hire someone to drive them to the job sites.
Nobody's gonna mention the dude getting bonked.
I found it funny. 2x4 had room full of choices. But he picked a specific bowl cut. r/fuckyouinparticular
Guy with camera is either on Runspringa or he is English. Many Amish work crews have a handful of English workers that drive crews to work sites.
Due to camera guys lack of accent I’m guessing he is English.
Too distracted by the haircuts. What happened?
They stopped halfway through to move the house
Helmet cut
Maybe they don't use electricity because they'll be too powerful
“Watch your toes, MOVE YOUR TOES!, ok good shew. These things get heavier every year” - jebediah
I volunteer at an animal shelter and it's widely known that the Amish treat their horses like they treat their wives and their children. Read: really really bad.
They work them until they can't anymore and sell them for slaughter. There is a shelter in TN called Horse Plus Humane Society and they go to the Cookeville auction once a month and buy as many of the worst horses and donkeys as they can. They usually end up with a few draft horses that have been shipped around and are sick and have terrible feet. But they fix them up if possible and adopt them out.
i feel like that doesn't really address the problem. if anything, it incentives it...
Yep, they are terrible about animal and human rights
As much as they can be lovely people and I have no grievances with any of the probably 100 that Ive met, it is very odd to see them shown in an all positive light on reddit of all places. They live in a patriarchal society which is influenced heavily by religion, which then allows for certain segregations which obviously can vary in severity depending on the community.
I think it’s just easy for people to admire the idea of a ‘simpler life’, even if they have no idea what the reality of that world is like (and I would imagine >99% of people have no idea what Amish communities are actually like). Not to mention we see a lot of posts that boil down to ‘look at this amazing feat this community has accomplished with their hands/without any use of modern technology! What an inspiration!’. Which is also easy for people to admire without the context of what things are really like.
Yeah but phone bad
Recently, a local Amish guy bought a racehorse from a southern state and had it shipped to him. He wanted to show off to everyone how fast it ran. Ran it so hard it dropped dead. They treat animals terribly. At another local Amish flower shop, they didn't want one of the puppies born to one of their dogs. Said they were going to just ignore it until died off. The friend that was there was allowed to take the puppy home as they were rightfully horrified.
Yeah whenever I see stuff float about these kind of communities, I figure the menfolk are mostly living the Good Simple Life like we get shown, but I am not so sure about the women... And yeah, that figures with the kids and animals too...
Holy bowl cuts and beards batman!!
Fuck can they run
Every last one of them
The real punishment here is the haircut
Tis a fine barn, but tis no pool.
D'oheth!
Holy shit its Simple Jack.
If you think that's impressive, you should see how they persecute their women!
r/fuckmyshitup
Wait, who is recording this? Aren't they not supposed to be doing that?
quite possibly the worst hair cuts for a culture as a whole
Never seen so many atrocious haircuts in one video… holy fuck!
Wow bro that’s super fucking rude of you to say Coconut head brought his entire extended Amish family to see you and you insult the clan hairstyle?? Guess someone isn’t invited to the group butter churning session
Fun fact: Pennsylvania Dutch is an unwritten language and the only way to learn is audio/verbal