Neo-Amish Drop Outs (2008)

Re:Neo-Amish Drop Outs (2008) by garrickvanburen on Monday October 25, 2021 @04:29PM (#28992733)

I've recently heard, that while many Amish communities didn't adopt the telephone, they have adopted the mobile phone - "because it can be turned off."

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Re:Neo-Amish Drop Outs (2008) by ksaj on Monday October 25, 2021 @08:02PM (#28994840)

That might be a generalization. Some Amish families also allow their teens to buy gasoline powered cars. I'm sure they come up with a handy excuse for it, but the real reason is it keeps the family together.

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Re:Neo-Amish Drop Outs (2008) by garrickvanburen on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @04:40PM (#29018808)

I like to consider things like that as the community mechanism for how new things/tech/tools are introduced to the community.

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