A Mennonite and a Buddhist monk, on their cell phones. Gave me a giggle.
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Mennonites use cell phones? TIL.
On the other hand, my sister knew a guy who designed web sites for the Amish. No joke. The Amish have no problems with modern technology existing, as long as it’s other people using it and not them.
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They probably don’t have any games on them. Mennonites are down with technology just not excessive use of it such that it takes away your focus on living a godly (holy? meh whatever the word is) life.
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Nah, don’t lie. She’s playing Candy Crush and you know it.
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From the ad in the background, that’s in Salt Lake City. Are you sure that’s a Mennonite and not a Mormon? Some LDS factions dress as simply and conservatively as Mennonites do.
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Good question. I haven’t seen the skull cap with long ties-that-are-not-tied hanging down in front (white if you’re single, black if you’re married) on Mormon women, but that doesn’t mean they don’t do it that way too.
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Good catch. I didn’t spot that; I hadn’t even heard of that.
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Woah. You know your Mennonites! Impressive.
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It’s a regional thing. There were so many of them in NW Indiana when I was living there.
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I like to think they are challenging each other in slither.io.
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Exactly. And Illinois too. Plus, my cousin married a woman who grew up with Mennonites and I visit them often in Lancaster, PA, so I’ve spent quite a bit of time around both that group and the Amish too.
Fun fact: they like to come to Chicago to go to the Museum of Science and Industry. I’ve started seeing them at other museums, like the Art Institute, but the MSI is destination central for Amish/Mennonite families. My guess is that the fact they can take a train from Indiana and get off a few blocks from the museum is one reason why. But they probably also enjoy learning about all the science and technology now available.
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Is it the Mennonites where only the women drive? Or was that some offshoot of the backwoods I grew up in?
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And now since this is in my head, I’ll share
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Thank you, Weird Al is always appreciated! 
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https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1018954847658434560
https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1018955478590730240
(very occasionally I happen to take a look at Minecraft development.. this just happens to show up this time around, and what the heck, that’s pretty random, and silly. )
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I’ve never heard of that before, FWIW. What ‘backwoods’ did you grow up in?
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NW Montana. We had Amish and Mennonites, but this was after I’d left and was back on a visit.
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Every time I’ve gone to Cedar Point, there’s been a large group of Mennonites there.
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In case you haven’t looked at TOS in a while, this is the BEST parody I’ve seen in a long long time.
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