The Amish Explained

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  @ReligionForBreakfast · 2 years ago · pinned

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  @lpc9929 · 2 years ago

  I am infertile from eating scented candles. The

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  @charliemopps4926 · 2 years ago

  If you live in an area where there&apos;s a lot of Amish, they don&apos;t go under the radar at all. They are everywhere, and a huge part of the community. You run into them at the store, on the road, and it&apos;s impossible to do any sort of business without running into them because their needs are often unique. Some don&apos;t wear the outfit most people are used to, and even work &quot;normal jobs&quot; others are hard-core no-technology and all that. If you want Organic food? or really, organic anything? You can&apos;t get any more organic than buying your stuff from the Amish. You want some hardwood for projects? Like walnut? oak? cherry? It&apos;s actually pretty hard to find that sort of the thing at the hardware store these days... and very expensive. But every Amish community has a giant, old school, sawmill that runs 24/7 selling that very sort of thing. They buy land/houses, farms... they&apos;re often surprisingly independently wealthy. If the Amish buy your house? They pay CASH. So most communities love their Amish folks, though, they don&apos;t use modern deodorants and soaps so they often smell bad. But they are also incredibly generous and helpful so, if there&apos;s any sort of disaster or problem in the community, the Amish are usually the first people there offering help, prayers, whatever... they&apos;ll show up with a dozen very muscular young men and just get to work, because that&apos;s what the amish are all about. They are a hard people to dislike.

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  @jasonblalock4429 · 2 years ago

  OK, the idea of bonnet-rippers being made by, basically, Amish-weebs makes so much sense.

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  @apike_72 · 1 year ago (edited)

  The Amish that built our last pole barn were really awesome. They rode in a van driven by an “English” employee/driver every morning and immediately started working when they got off - six guys built a 48x120 ft building in its entirety in five days.. they had the first wall up within 15 minutes on the first day. <br><br>They were really cool and we ate lunch a few days together (they brought their own microwave to warm up the food their wives prepared) and talked about our cultural differences. They told me their Ordnung allows them to have cell phones and computers for work and school - most homes in their community use solar panels to power their lights, equipment and internet; internet can only be used for work or school. They were very interested in my car collection and allowed one of the younger guys to go for a quick ride with me in my 1991 GTI - the joy that brought him and the smile on his face is a core memory for me

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  @BenSpectre-oh3ws · 2 years ago

  Years ago, I used to hang out in a Goth club in Detroit. There was a guy who came in on his rumspringa and went wild. He was about six foot five, very handsome, entirely sweet-natured and soon became the darling of the club...in every way imaginable. &nbsp;I always found it funny that he went from one place where everyone dressed in dark clothing to the libertine opposite where everyone dressed in dark clothing.

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  @ddewittfulton · 2 years ago (edited)

  I taught English at a community college in Los Angeles and one semester I had an Amish student on rumspringa in my 101 class. &nbsp;Her &quot;running around&quot; involved wearing make-up, painting her fingernail in all different colors, and dressing like she was in the cast of Godspell! &nbsp;She was a FANTASTIC writer...except... she was evidently never taught punctuation! &nbsp;But she essentially memorized the rules over one weekend! &nbsp;Planned on returning to her community (I guess it was a tiny one in Oregon) after the semester but had always wanted to see what college life was like! As a gift, she made me an apple-peach pie, which was something of a speciality in her community. &nbsp;I remember her bright personality and insatiable curiosity! &nbsp;She wasn&apos;t shy at all and enjoyed participating in class discussions.

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  @grapeshot · 2 years ago

  Yep, he said his homies say he looks good in Black, and they&apos;re going to party like it&apos;s 1699.

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  @-Thauma- · 2 years ago (edited)

  Weird Al Yankovic explained it perfectly

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  @OrcOfOrchestra · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCFff38wPV8&amp;t=112">1:52</a> welcome to the town of <i>Intercourse.</i>

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  @ShayneHeluk · 2 years ago

  My grandfathers best friend lived directly next to an Amish community, they had told him that they could use technological equipment, but just not own it. So they would often come over and ask to borrow his power tools and newer farm equipment at times. He was paid back generously though.

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  @Catmint309 · 2 years ago

  I work at a library in Pennsylvania and the popularity of bonnet ripper Amish romance is genuinely astounding. Amish and English alike just want to read the sweet nothings of a strapping young Amish bishop apparently.

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