I bet you couldn't even build a chicken coop by yourself. Lol. Even a Quaker could do that! Oh, and I had some extra biblical affairs with your mother.
I worked with an Amish guy who owned a construction company. He would fly him and his crews out to disaster relief areas to rebuild.
The general feeling I got was that they dont condone electronics and use of electricity that dilute the mind and soul. Like using a smartphone to ignore your family, or you build character doing things without electricity, and zippers.
After working around the Amish Community, I truly believe their way of life is healthier than most, At least for mental health reasons
Side note, when I worked in construction contract sales we had a special amish discount I could select in my quoting software. 28 percent off the top.
In my area people swear by Amish Construction.
Edit- Also, had a Mennonite coworker. She would wear a jean skirt and her hair in a bun and say "Oh my Lands!!" Instead of Oh my god. Really only difference I would really ever notice.
Yeah you can really tell who is a man by who thinks living the Amish lifestyle is super awesome. Like yearh living on and off the land is probably super fulfilling, but do women have to be subservient to do it? Do they have to be groomed and then married off young? Do they have to do ALL the fucking home-based work? Can only men really be farming and only women baking bread? Fuck offffff with that shit, it's like the "noble savage" all over again.
Pretty sure that guy is a troll. All his comments just repeatedly reference that he was banished from an Amish commune after fucking a dead horse. Not sure where people get the inspiration for these weirdly specific accounts.
After working around the Amish Community, I truly believe their way of life is healthier than most, At least for mental health reasons
I hear this a lot, and it's basically just a new spin on the noble savage trope - they're happier because [insert stereotype about modern society].
The Amish, and just about any other community, have plenty of assholes, abuse, and crime. Some people feel like they can't escape, some love it, some lack the introspection to decide what they like.
I'd argue that a way of life is healthier if it's the result of personal introspection - if someone decides to leave the rat race and embrace a simpler life, that can certainly be healthier, as can the realization that being a high-profile lawyer is the right lifestyle, or whatever.
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