Comment on Anon lives in the midwest

m0darn@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Fosheze@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My grandpa rents some of his fields out to an amish guy who also rents a lot of other fields in the area. The amish in our area are known to be pretty loose with their rules so my grandpa wasn’t surprised when the guy showed up with combine harvester but he was kind of surprised with how new it was. My grandpa asked him how he could drive a combine when they weren’t allowed to drive cars. To which the amish guy responded, “Well, I don’t actually drive the combine; it drives itself. I just sit in it.”

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  • NABDad@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sounds like the Amish would be ok with a robotic vacuum as long as it charged itself from a solar panel.

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    • janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Quite possibly. A lot of their electricity aversion stems from avoidance of relying on an electric grid owned and maintained by outsiders.

      (Which to be fair is also pretty based)

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  • PoTayToes@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Jewish people on Sabbat vibes.

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  • Blaze@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nice ha ha

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  • Randomgal@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most based Amish dude I’ve ever heard about.

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• JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good for them. Culture should evolve.

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• bluewing@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The “rules” the Amish live by are determined by the Elders of that group. They can be quite strict or fairly loose. And can vary by a fair bit from colony to colony even as neighbors. Cell phones can be fine for one group and be forbidden for the next.

  Like some much in life, the rules are open to interpretation.

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  • MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I saw some Amish or similar community teens freaking out in a Sheetz over the touch screens. They were having so much fun.

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    • janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I remember freaking out over the first touch screen I ever encountered (at mom’s bank ATM when I was a kid). It really is magical until it’s mundane lol

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  • JustAnotherRando@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    On top of that, many people will see a Mennonite and think “Amish.”

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    • Croquette@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m one of those, but I will educate myself. Thanks for the information.

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  • m0darn@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Right I get that, but the underlying value that the prohibitions are designed around is promoting humility and preventing vanity.

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    • medgremlin@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If they jewelery was given as a gift in good will, it would be worse to reject it or to accept it and never use it.

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      • Baaahb@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That sounds like pride and pride sounds like sin!

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    • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But they’re people. People can revisit and reconsider the values they live by. They can change things despite the tradition they were born into or even the tradition they helped establish.

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• jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe it depends on the branch of Amish. I’ve heard the ones in the Midwest are a little more relaxed than the ones in Pennsylvania.

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  • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Everyone’s just making shit up based on their feelings anyway, let them do as they wilt will.

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    • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      wollen

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  • SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Amish around where I live (Midwest) run a bunch of great little stores (which is most of the contact I have with them personally, but my partners mom has friends in their community who come to visit now and then.) The stores all take credit cards and have refrigerators for the cheeses/dairy, and many of them do use machinery for farm work. Some even use cell phones.

    I haven’t noticed any jewelry (haven’t paid attention), but they really do seem to pick and choose which portions to adhere strongly to.

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    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My understanding is the faith has exclusions to the rules for when its necessary for work, so an Amish IT Administrator wouldn’t be impossible!

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    • Crashumbc@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It mainly depends on if it makes them money or not.

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      • SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That does, honestly, seem to be the threshold for the communities around me.

        Can they use it in a way they can argue complied with their religion? If yes, and money, do thing. If yes, no money, do thing. If no, but money, try harder to argue, then do thing.

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• webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Really depends on the community, some have cars.

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  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also worth noting often if you see what looks like Amish folks driving a car, especially if its for personal errands they’re often not Amish but Mennonite.

    I very consistently manage to shop at the same time as one Mennonite family, so I’ll see them getting groceries then load up their car and drive home

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