Current Events > Would you go on vacation in "Amish Country?"

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Even for the things that would be interesting, there's better options.
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I couldn't go anywhere I couldn't take my smartphone. It's attached to me at the hip.
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I actually did once.

Kinda. I was really there to visit friends but they live right nearby so we went to check it out.

They had a carousel that presumably was powered by a whole bunch of Amish people pushing a big wooden wheel. I was impressed.
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Went there to my grandparents every summer when I was a kid. Hell no.
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I couldn't go anywhere I couldn't take my smartphone. It's attached to me at the hip.

They don't care what you do. They just can't do it themselves. They still do but I mean, in theory.
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Duncanwii posted...

I couldn't go anywhere I couldn't take my smartphone. It's attached to me at the hip.

You can bring your smartphone. You just can't take pictures of them. You can take pictures of their stuff or animals, just not them.

In fact, many Amish have their own smartphones. It's a loophole in their rules, because such things didn't exist when the rules were made. They can't charge them in the house, so they charge them at McDonalds, when visiting an Amish Taxi driver (they can't drive cars, but there are non-Amish that drive them around), or sometimes they have electricity hooked up to their barn.
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do I get to churn butter
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DarkChozoGhost posted...

Duncanwii posted...

I couldn't go anywhere I couldn't take my smartphone. It's attached to me at the hip.

You can bring your smartphone. You just can't take pictures of them. You can take pictures of their stuff or animals, just not them.

In fact, many Amish have their own smartphones. It's a loophole in their rules, because such things didn't exist when the rules were made. They can't charge them in the house, so they charge them at McDonalds, when visiting an Amish Taxi driver (they can't drive cars, but there are non-Amish that drive them around), or sometimes they have electricity hooked up to their barn.

Are there cell towers nearby for calls?
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...Yes? You know it's not entirely Amish that live there, right?

You might have some trouble with T-Mobile though.
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I can respect the lifestyle and I'm not opposed to seeing it. I grew up in ohio and there's a lot of Amish around. I'd more like a nature vacation along the ways of camping and hiking though.
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I used to live in Lancaster Pa which has a large Amish community. I used to have to fight this Amish dog and there'd be cows in my yard when I got home from school
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I'd die without internet.
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iosifsvoboda posted...

I used to live in Lancaster Pa which has a large Amish community. I used to have to fight this Amish dog and there'd be cows in my yard when I got home from school

Yeah me too, it's really shitty. What school did you go to?
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I live in Amish country. Well, just a few hours south of it. Their store is lit. Like, they find expired shit and sell it for dirt cheap. I got like a pound of ground cinnamon for 3 bucks.
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I live in Mifflin County, PA which has a pretty solid Amish family. With that said, fuck the amish. They're seriously a danger on the road with their stupid ass horse and buggies. They are also very nice because I can get produce incredibly cheap from them
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Pros:
-Cheap, quality produce
-Cheap, quality milk
-the best cookies and cream ice cream in the world
-Amish boys have guaranteed jobs
-many are volunteer firemen, and good for it because they're strong and at peace with risk of death

Cons:
-dangerous road hazard
-slow down traffic
-attracts tourists which slow down traffic
-never tip, because the bible tells you to be frugal
-abuse animals
-run disgusting puppy mills
-oppress and abuse women
-make children perform dangerous labor
-frequent child mortality
-only get educated up until 8th grade, and that's not up to standards
-dominate certain industries like construction, and lay off virtually all non Amish workers during the winter
-buy all the liquor licenses for the area, but don't use any, just to prevent other people from having them
-make it difficult for women (or boys) to leave and seek a better life, due to shallow education and shunning
-it literally smells like shit about 70% of the time, because they spread manure several times during different seasons
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I'd totally rail an amish girl that was on Rumspringa though, just for the cultural experience
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iosifsvoboda posted...

I used to live in Lancaster Pa which has a large Amish community. I used to have to fight this Amish dog and there'd be cows in my yard when I got home from school

Wow, thats where my grandparents live, had some good times out there
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Rida_Go_To_Bed posted...

I'd totally rail an amish girl that was on Rumspringa though, just for the cultural experience

Not that easy to do, and more often than not, not something you'd want to do. Also, they have less freedom during rumspringa than they used to because too many people were leaving.

Zurkon posted...

No, I need the internet.

DarkChozoGhost posted...

Cons:
-abuse animals
-run disgusting puppy mills

I was not aware of this.

Yes, it's horrendous. I've personally witnessed some horses being abused and it made my blood boil.

giantblimpN7 posted...

iosifsvoboda posted...

I used to live in Lancaster Pa which has a large Amish community. I used to have to fight this Amish dog and there'd be cows in my yard when I got home from school

Wow, thats where my grandparents live, had some good times out there

Strange, there's not much fun to be had here.A few mediocre hiking trails, better ones, or ones where you can swim, are an hour drive. And nothing except sheetz and terrible dive bars are open after 10:30 PM
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Also what's with this prevailing joke about not having internet there?
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Oh no, Lancaster is pretty shitty, but as a kid who lived in the city, my cousins and I had some fun outside.
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I went to solanco. I lived outside Quarryville

Also the internet joke is because ten years ago nobody was running cable out there at all. So you were stuck with satiellite or a rich mans 56k
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Ooh, Solanco is particularly bad. Pretty much every person in Quarryville is at church 14 hours a week or on serious drugs.

Then again I went to Garden Spot, so I can't really talk to much.
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A friend of my grandparents just drove his Amish Neighbors at their request to the grocery store all the time and they would come over to his place and watch tv, always laughed at that.
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My friend's parents are Amish taxi drivers, and crowds go over to his house to watch Duck Dynasty.
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Hell no, I'm not trying to get eaten by cannibal freaks on my vacation.
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Duncanwii posted...

I couldn't go anywhere I couldn't take my smartphone. It's attached to me at the hip.

Pretty sure they have cell phones themselves, at least the ones I had stay at my hotel did.
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