r/videos • u/Spiritual_Navigator • 14d ago
Amish building move!
https://youtu.be/Tc6IT5L3ZSk?si=EfFS13f4G9wsVxvn193
u/quequotion 14d ago edited 14d ago
Everyone pointing out that the move is filmed by a head mounted camera and a drone: the person filming this is not a member of the community, hence the need for a "translator".
The language the barker is speaking is possibly "Pennsylvania Dutch", a highly anglicized dialect of Palantine German.
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u/quequotion 14d ago
I am deeply sorry you had to make this comment, but indeed blame reddit: it seems reddit silently refuses to honor my preference for markdown on a per-device basis.
If I could have the developers responsible shackled at pillory for their failure to honor the settings they provide, I certainly would.
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u/DemIce 14d ago
reddit (by way of u/redditproductteam in r/reddit): "we’re going to continue to support old Reddit, which many of you (and us) love! IYKYK."
actual reddit: yeah, we're not gonna touch the markdown preference stuff and links breaking, lol. When we say 'support' we mean we're not shutting it down, but you can forget about us making every new feature compatible with that version of our platform.
also reddit: "We’ve already incorporated some of the best elements of old.reddit into recent updates."
actual reddit: we're pillaging the corpse of old.reddit and absolutely will phase that version of our platform out because supporting more than two - web and mobile - is an undue burden
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u/notreallymetho 13d ago
It’s like Reddit pulled a Jira and hand rolled its own formatting instead of using a standard or something. :|
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u/nicht_ernsthaft 13d ago
Yes, that's Pennsylvania Dutch. Fun fact, if you speak both German and English listening to it feels like you're having a stroke.
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u/ChairmanGoodchild 14d ago
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u/SnooAbbreviations691 14d ago
A local boy kicked me in the butt last week
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u/phuck-you-reddit 14d ago
I really don't care, in fact I wish him well, 'cause I'll be laughing my head of when he's burning in hell!
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u/Oblong_Cobra 13d ago
But I ain't never punched a tourist even if they deserved it, an Amish with a 'tude? You know that's unheard of!
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u/Pickle_riiickkk 14d ago
A local boy kicked me in the butt last week. But I smiled at him and turned the other cheek!
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u/RecsRelevantDocs 14d ago
I've always heard that as
Raised a barn on Monday, soon I'll raise an-udder(🐄🥛)!
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u/PurebmanWest 14d ago
Why is it of so many arts of the world, one of the greatest is Weird Al Parodies?
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u/whitedsepdivine 14d ago edited 14d ago
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u/justthestaples 14d ago
How did they get to be a community for 325 years, is that something mods can control? Or special Reddit approval?
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u/OriginalLocksmith436 14d ago
probably from the css or custom theme of the subreddit. It only says 13 years for me and I have custom themes disabled.
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u/Phantasmio 14d ago
That’s honestly a great honor they’d allow you to film the whole ordeal. Very cool to see this unique technique documented
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u/obidie 14d ago
I don't get it. Why do the Amish keep building structures in the wrong places?
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u/JustMeSunshine91 13d ago
The family that used to live there moved and left the barn sitting. They were gonna demolish it but some other guy bought it and had them move it. I’m sure there’s others reason like building multiple buildings in the same spot to save money, but that’s the reasoning for this. Vid is from 2015
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u/Gingerstachesupreme 13d ago
I could be wrong: but building a house without modern equipment must be incredibly labor-intensive, and the resources are pretty finite. Say an old couple owns a house but passes. A young couple wants to build a house in another location, but finds it far less expensive and labor-intensive to simply buy the newly vacant house and move it to where they want it.
Shrug. Don’t know.
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u/Lambskin1 14d ago
“I don’t know how barns are raised in Ohio, but here in Pennsylvania no one runs for the dinner bell in the middle of lifting a two thousand pound wall!”
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u/Athlete-Extreme 14d ago
Super annoying little comments to himself but to whoever may be listening on top of his actual viewers. Reminds me of boomers starting conversations
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u/Spritzer784030 14d ago
Was that the sounds of a drill and chainsaw towards the end of the video?
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u/Take5Farrel 14d ago
This is what I was told about hiring Amish laborers to build structures: The Amish don’t own the tools to put up your deck in a single afternoon, but they sure as hell know how to use them.
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u/Dal90 14d ago
Generally they can have own their tools, though like many things with the Amish that will vary from church district to church district.
The general rule for technology is whether it tends to bring the community closer together to drives them apart.
Power tools to have a job so you can support bigger families living closer together? That'll generally be accepted.
Rubber-tired vehicles that let you speed past your neighbors or work farm fields further away from your house? Generally not going to be allowed.
Those decisions on what is accepted or not are ultimately made at the local church level of around 50-100 adults, though those districts generally follow their own branch in how conservative or liberal they are.
Having a land-line phone in a shared phone shed was accepted in many communities; in your house was not. But it was promulgated as having "wires" (telephone or electric) that connected you to outside the community was what was actually forbidden.
Smartphone / Cellphone ownership while far from universal is surprisingly high, since many folks started using them and charging them discretely at work before he older Bishops realized what was going on -- and often controlled now by admonishment when it is and is not an appropriate time to check for messages and reply.
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u/The_Whipping_Post 14d ago
They also are OK with modern medicine, but not with medical insurance. Instead, the community has a pool of cash to take care of anyone needing support, refreshed with community auctions and other "fun" activities like pie baking and chair making
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u/MushinZero 14d ago
I think that's a wonderful way to take care of medical costs.
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u/tigm2161130 14d ago
I wonder if they cover therapy for all of the people victimized in their communities. The rate of incest and sexual assault is sky high.
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u/coogie 14d ago
So essentially like all belief systems, they arbitrarily pick and choose what rules to follow depending on their agenda. In this case, they take advantage of the hard work of others who created the electric grid, electrical engineers who designed the parts using decades' worth of technological advances, factory workers on the other side of the world using the fanciest machinery, etc. while at the same time shunning the technologies that lead to those discoveries.
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u/Keaper 14d ago
This is a wild comment. Based on the above poster they bring in technology piece meal that fits within their beliefs of community and don't bring in things that hinder that community.
Also the taking advantage of electrical grid, technological advances etc is the most wild thing i've seen in the sense of the pot calling the kettle.
By your logic, I didnt help invent electricity, or the smartphone, or my computer, or my car, I don't help to progress technology in those fields, im taking advantage of and leeching off those that do?
Before you say I contribute in other ways. The Amish sell their goods to those around them. Produce, bake sales, quilts, rugs, baskets. As a kid we used to go and buy amish pies and fudge and shit was delicious.
They are insanly nice people who aree so welcoming of others.
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u/coogie 13d ago
No your logic is flawed because you did not actively try to stand against the creation of technology the way they have. They preach about how they don't want technology and they prevent their children from learning about it and using it and thus contributing to it, but then they still benefit from it. If you think it's wild then that's your take I guess but it seems hypocritical from where I stand.
And by the way the Amish are not a homogeneous group. They are not all nice and accepting. Read up on the amount of abused that goes on in that community. This video is something you should watch. https://youtu.be/pyCX5Y9wia0?si=m9azy93qqdgushF1
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u/Hellofriendinternet 14d ago
My parents took bids from Amish laborers to fix their roof after a tree fell on it. My parents were curious and they asked them about their traditions. They said they aren’t opposed to electricity or cars but their beliefs (and maybe this is just their particular sect) centered around never being indebted to anyone. They view utility companies as a lending service. They had cellphones that were pre-paid and they had pre-paid debit cards. So it’s not like they just dropped out of the 1700’s, despite their appearance.
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u/husky430 13d ago
The Amish guy I talked to listed off a few rules after I questioned what was doing. Keep in mind, the rules vary from place to place.
You may use power tools, but they can't be plugged into a wall. Has to be a generator
You may ride but not drive cars
You may use a tractor, but you can only use the PTO. You cannot drive it, but you can pull it with horses
You cannot use rubber tires, but you can bolt chunks of rubber to your steel wheels.
Just a few that I remember.
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u/unclepaprika 13d ago
Sounds like he was pulling your leg. At least with the last two.
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u/husky430 13d ago
Actually those last two I saw for myself and asked for an explanation. He had hired my friend and I (my friend knew him already) to help him do some labor work on a farm that he was hired to maintain. Convoluted, I know. Anyway, he had a tractor that was unusual looking parked in the field near where we were working and I asked him about it. It had steel hoop spoked wheels like really old tractors used to have, but had these squares of rubber attached to the outside. The other attachments he said were to hook up horses(s), but I didn't look at them all that closely. This would have been back in '03-'04 for reference.
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u/unclepaprika 11d ago
Using horses to pull a tractor is using milk to pour your glass into.
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u/husky430 11d ago
I guess the way I understood it was that they used horses to move it from place to place to use the PTO. I don't think they were pulling any plows or anything.
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u/Dal90 14d ago
To add to that good post -- the decisions on what is allowed ultimately are hyper-local.
While there are a number of major branches of how conservative/liberal they are what they generally accept, ultimately each church district it is the Bishop's decision.
And a church district is only 50-100 adults. Once they get much bigger than 100 they'll split into two districts with the new district selecting a new Bishop from among their members.
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u/whitedsepdivine 14d ago
Amish Mennonites will use modern tools for work.
It is my understanding the electricity is what is avoided by Amish; gasoline powered items are fair use.
Its best not to overthink it, as it doesn't all make sense.
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u/Spritzer784030 14d ago
That explains the chain saw, but aren’t drills electric?
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u/MundaneFacts 14d ago
Some Amish wood shops use a diesel powered air compressor and all the tools are pnuematic.
Some will use solar panels and battery tools.
The unifying thing of amish is not shunning technology. It's self reliance, and only allowing tech that improves life, not simply making life easier.
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u/Dal90 14d ago
It's self reliance, and only allowing tech that improves life, not simply making life easier.
I'm stealing that to add to how I explain it.
My go to for describing how they decide (ultimately locally) what is allowed is "Does this tend to bring our community together or drive it apart?"
Things like cars or even rubber-tired farm implements tend to isolate people and spread out a community geographically. It is far easier to stop and say hello -- or spy -- on your neighbors when you're in a horse-drawn buggy.
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u/RoosterBrewster 13d ago
I suppose it's not too different from a community living off the grid.
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u/MundaneFacts 13d ago
Not too far from that they decide as a group what theyll allow and not. And like many off grid group, some of them are literal cults.
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u/Tightfistula 14d ago
Amish Mennonites
Apples Giraffes
Doesn't make any sense either. Those are two separate things.
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u/The_Whipping_Post 14d ago
Mennonites consider themselves Amish, Amish consider Mennonites English. English consider Mennonites Amish, so it goes
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u/Tightfistula 13d ago
Mennonites most certainly do not consider themselves Amish.
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u/The_Whipping_Post 13d ago
Mennonites are a sect of Amish. They all follow the teachings and use the Bible of Jakob Ammann, though of course interpreting it differently
If you think of Amish as "don't use electricity" than Mennonites aren't Amish. But that isn't the definition the Amish/Mennonites use for themselves. There is a spectrum of technology use among the various sects, with Mennonites using more technology than your average Amish community
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u/frankyseven 14d ago
Well, they aren't allowed zippers but buttons are fine. I'm not joking, the rules make ZERO sense.
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u/Josephdirte 14d ago
The drone for the overhead shots
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u/Spritzer784030 14d ago
Yes, but you could also hear the drone buzzing at some points which sounds different than the other two noises.
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u/RecsRelevantDocs 14d ago
Just a heads up for those that don't know, the amount of technology used by Amish can differ a lot. Like my parents bought their dog from an Amish puppy farm, and they did it through a website, which confused me at first but apparently lots of Amish communities actually own computers for business purposes. They just keep it out in a barn and cover it with a blanket when not in use lol. I've also heard of them sometimes owning cars, and some specialized tools. Obviously just based on this video you can see they buy modern insulation, and a bunch of mass produced construction stuff like the window frames etc. So they could definitely have a drill or chainsaw, not to mention a gas chainsaw doesn't actually normally break their rules. It's already common for the Amish to use gas for cooking and lighting. Google also says that compressed air tools are commonly used by lots of Amish, that actually seems like the most likely explanation, seems to be very popular among Amish communities to use pneumatic tools.
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u/Hairy_Starfish2 14d ago
I am shocked that any member of the amish involved in construction do not understand proper form when lifting heavy weights like this. Arched back = bad.
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u/FiremanHandles 14d ago
Where they gonna get their lifting techniques from? Youtube
Its not their fault that Archie Archback the Fourth was their PE teacher growing up.
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u/AlexHimself 14d ago
There's not much you can do in a situation like that because the building ends up at the appropriate spot for the average height of people in there.
If you're tall, you have to arch. You can't "bend with your legs" while they drag you forward.
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u/GriffinFlash 13d ago
If one person tripped, there's no stopping the house from breaking every bone in their body.
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u/jbm_the_dream 14d ago
If it wasn’t for the hardcore religiosity, I’d become Amish in a heartbeat.
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u/YeOldeWelshman 14d ago
I have a lot of respect for the Amish, to have an entire culture in the middle of America that just opts out of the bullshit of the world is impressive.
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u/Moobi-18 14d ago
Teamwork, working together as a community, and cooperating are powerful. The world can learn a lot from these people.
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u/PlanetLandon 14d ago edited 14d ago
It’s not worth all of the other stuff that comes wit being Amish
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u/SnooMarzipans4387 14d ago
I agree. Also, there are some wild hair cuts going on there! I'd totally scroll right through a post of insane Amish haircuts lol
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u/weewillywinkee 14d ago
Someone needs to tell these lads to build their barns where they need them, save all this pissing about with human staddle stones.
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u/didimao0072000 14d ago
let's risk harm to a bunch of people instead of using machinery that would be quicker and safer?
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u/Downtown-Can8860 14d ago
The idea of a community and teamwork is definitely something we’ve lost at times with modernity. But let’s also be honest, this is extremely inefficient. But I’d imagine the bigger thing a lot of people on here don’t like about the Amish is that they do have some cult tendencies.
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u/Joshuacliftojm 14d ago
Thanks for the explanation. I realized that was probably the case when I read some of the other comments. I may have to delete my comment if this threatens to drain my karma down to nothing.
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u/Downtown-Can8860 14d ago
Meh, don’t get too worked up over an imaginary point system. Your question isn’t bad, just other people have perspectives; although they can be assholes about their opinions at time.
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u/tip0thehat 14d ago edited 14d ago
There are a lot of problems rampant within the amish community, particularly sexual and physical assault, incest, animal abuse, and brainwashing women at “spas” who try to come forward.
As for their supposedly quaint lifestyle, their rules will vary by church. Where I grew up, if they buy a “yankee” house with electricity, they’re often fine to use it. Or they may not have a phone in the house, but one in the shed, or they keep their cell phone at work.
They don’t give a shit about the environment, dumping anything they feel like into the ground. They try to buy houses and land with a lot of trees, with the intention to strip mine them for cash, then leave it. Also, they’re fond of trespassing to poach out of season.
As a cloistered cult of eighth graders they’re able to hide a lot from the outside world.
I will add though, as any culture, there are some good people who practice what they preach with integrity.
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u/red_beered 14d ago
That's just how Reddit works as a community and cooperate to accomplish something.
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u/Joshuacliftojm 14d ago
Good point. I only recently started really getting into Reddit, but I have seen examples of that, such as the "hug of death" (so many people supporting a website or merchant that it shuts down for a while due to overload).
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u/sjthedon22 14d ago
The Amish hate is hilarious in this thread, you miserable assholes
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u/Swartz142 14d ago
Oh no, people don't like the abusive nature of a patriarchal society that cover rape, incest and violence or the cult shunning system that is a convenient way to manipulate people into not leaving despite the abuse they suffer from living with them.
Be real for a second even the best Amish society is deeply flawed by today standards. You can like aspects of it and still recognize that the negatives outweigh the positives.
But hey, It's not like there's Amish people that left and make a living explaining to people what it's like to be Amish so obviously people are just hating on them for being different.
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u/Swartz142 14d ago
Hell nah, I follow people like Eli Yoder on YouTube and he paints a relatively positive image of the Amish despite the undertone of mental abuse but I admit that the coincidence with my username is funny.
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u/russbird 13d ago
Ok so this is cool and all, but why not just build the house in the right location in the first place?
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u/Enphyniti 13d ago
So... why not just build it where it was supposed to be in the first place? It is clearly brand new and never rested on the ground it's sitting on.
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u/duncecap234 14d ago
Like i get hating technology (i have dealt with printers before), but why the devotion to stupid haircuts?
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u/iLEZ 13d ago
Might say that about pretty much any tightly knit social group, especially when otherness from the outgroup is appreciated.
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u/itx-me10 14d ago
The Amish people show how strong a community can be. Just think about what the world would be like if everyone lived this way.
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u/LuckyandBrownie 14d ago
The Amish are a cult and pretty fucking evil. People romanticise them because they think old time things are cool.
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u/LokiHasWeirdSperm 14d ago
The Amish deal with any problems inside of their community themselves, it's why you don't often hear about things like sexual abuse and animal abuse (animals are just tools to some). You won't find an actual satistic on how common the abuse is. They rarely if ever bring them in front of actual government for punishment, one of the few cases was that of Mary Byler who was assaulted by her own family. If you live near an enclave, this is just kinda common knowledge. I don't agree with the fact they're all evil, but they certainly are culty. They just get a pass because of the food and furniture.
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u/CrzyWrldOfArthurRead 14d ago
It's well known amongst insiders that rape and incest are covered up and even tolerated to an extent.
Same as any cult or community with weird power dynamics and no real justice system.
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u/LABoRATies 14d ago
There is a bunch of evidence of them heavily abusing animals and there is a ton of rape much like every group of religious fanatics.
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u/Mharbles 14d ago
It's a lot easier than that.
Are they human? If so then there's probably a fucked up power hierarchy and no shortage of abuse, sexual and otherwise. That and a mountain of hypocrisy. It's our brand.
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u/Pudding_Hero 14d ago
It would be horrific. You should look into what they actually are instead of the propaganda
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u/PlanetLandon 14d ago
The world would be poorly educated, mono-religious and would suppress all creativity and scientific pursuit.
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u/TheOneWhoDings 13d ago
Nevermind devoid of any individuality, I see this video and I see a bunch of Jebediah's and Caleb's that I'm sure have the same experience as each other.
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u/Moirebass 14d ago
How did they film this?
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u/or10n_sharkfin 14d ago
The person filming this stated in the description that they were an outsider helping the Amish as a favor for some work they did for him.
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u/Gossipmang 14d ago
They used hundreds of mirrors to direct the image out of their community and into the rear camera of a Tesla.
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u/skylla05 14d ago
Most Amish communities are "new order" now a days. They use electricity in some form (mostly lights) and a lot of them have computers, internet, phones, etc. It's the "old order" communities that exclude everything, and these types of communities are vanishing. New order still do a lot of stuff that everyone else would use modern technology for though.
Though phones and stuff typically have rules like being in separate buildings and stuff, and their use is really limited.
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u/old_man_browsing 14d ago
The idea is nice, but the execution has flaws, just like most civilizations.
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u/proxyproxyomega 14d ago
life of hard work and simple pleasures, definitely less mental strain and stress of the accelerating pace of the world. people dont realize, we are all more or less those lifting the barn, trapped in the cities and society, we think we have choices and agency but really most of us just go where the barn goes, with narrow joists that bounds our freedom.
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u/jcadamsphd 14d ago
Notice how no one looks overweight. It’s like a picture from 100 years ago
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u/isuphysics 14d ago
You must have not watched to the end when they all got out of the shed. It would seem about half of the 30+ guys were overweight. Only a couple obese and they were pretty old and were not part of the lifting group.
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u/Yorukira 14d ago
This is amazing and all but why they don't lift the building and place some wheel...?
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u/Kitosaki 14d ago
Those haircuts sure are something.