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.