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[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I think some people should spend a week or two with the Amish to reset themselves mentally. Just to take a break from modernity. Don’t get me wrong, technological advancements are good, but we need to stop back from them every now and then just to remember that we are animals.

[–]Freetochoose 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Is this really sometihng one can do, in relation to the Amish? I find their culture interesting and the thought of volunteering has come across my mind.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

As long as you respect the Amish, they will respect you, at least I think so. I hear that young Amish men have to spend a year in the modern world as part of a right of passage to get a feel of modernity, many of them return to the Amish village because it’s the life they are used to.

[–]fuck_reddit 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Might also face the problem that a lot of amish communities don’t use English. Many maintain german or dutch as a native tongue.

[–]MBMayfair 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, they learn English, but don't speak it amongst themselves. Instead, many of them speak Pennsylvania Dutch, which is unique to America, and despite the "Dutch" in the name is an offshoot of German.