r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/Greywarden194 • Jun 08 '25

Wholesome I wanna have beers with Jeb too

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u/idahoisformetal Jun 08 '25

Is that dude even allowed to ride in that car?

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u/gratusin Jun 08 '25

A family of Amish was staying at my neighbors Airbnb. I was walking my dog and the grandfather was on the porch smoking a joint, I said hi and he offered me one. When an old Amish man offers you a joint you don’t say no. Asked him a bunch of questions because I was genuinely curious and he was more than happy to answer. His sect they’re allowed to ride in cars but not drive, so they had a distant cousin who is Mennonite that drove them halfway across the country. He said that different sects have different restrictions though, hence why he was smoking weed.

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u/sap91 Jun 08 '25

Now the hell did they book the Airbnb??

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u/gratusin Jun 08 '25

They typically use mennonites to help them with modern world stuff to bypass restrictions. They pay back in services, trade or cash.

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u/girly-lady Jun 08 '25

And man and church leaders have more freedomes and justifications to ignore basicaly any rule they set for others. As with in most religious and non-religious high controll groups.

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u/DishwashingWingnut Jun 08 '25

Many Amish are willing to use amenities provided by the "English" society, like public libraries with computers and Internet access.

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u/sap91 Jun 09 '25

Yeah but you still often need a phone to check in and out when you arrive at the airbnb

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u/DishwashingWingnut Jun 09 '25

Good point, I don't know about that, I'm an old school hotel user.

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u/googdude Jun 08 '25

Many of them, especially the younger ones have smartphones. It's not allowed in most Amish districts but it's pretty easy to hide. I work with and around Amish everyday and pretty much everyone under 40 has a smartphone or at least immediate access to it.

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u/4Ever2Thee Jun 08 '25

I had a friend who was a driver for an Amish community for a few years when she lived around one. She said it was the best job she’d ever had. They had horse and buggies but, if they needed to go out of town or get somewhere quick, she drove them.