Random Silly Grins

chgoliz · July 16, 2018, 2:48pm

A Mennonite and a Buddhist monk, on their cell phones. Gave me a giggle.

LearnedCoward · July 16, 2018, 3:14pm

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.

TobinL · July 16, 2018, 3:21pm

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.

LearnedCoward · July 16, 2018, 3:22pm

Nah, don’t lie. She’s playing Candy Crush and you know it.

nimelennar · July 16, 2018, 3:38pm

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.

chgoliz · July 16, 2018, 4:45pm

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.

nimelennar · July 16, 2018, 5:26pm

Good catch. I didn’t spot that; I hadn’t even heard of that.

ChickieD · July 16, 2018, 6:43pm

Woah. You know your Mennonites! Impressive.

LearnedCoward · July 16, 2018, 7:10pm

It’s a regional thing. There were so many of them in NW Indiana when I was living there.

Chaz1 · July 16, 2018, 7:49pm

I like to think they are challenging each other in slither.io.

chgoliz · July 16, 2018, 8:52pm

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.

Wisconsin_Platt · July 17, 2018, 12:08am

Is it the Mennonites where only the women drive? Or was that some offshoot of the backwoods I grew up in?

Wisconsin_Platt · July 17, 2018, 12:10am

And now since this is in my head, I’ll share

Nightflyer · July 17, 2018, 1:42am

Thank you, Weird Al is always appreciated!

Nonentity · July 17, 2018, 1:45am

(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. )

chgoliz · July 17, 2018, 2:38pm

I’ve never heard of that before, FWIW. What ‘backwoods’ did you grow up in?

Wisconsin_Platt · July 17, 2018, 5:30pm

NW Montana. We had Amish and Mennonites, but this was after I’d left and was back on a visit.

IronEdithKidd · July 17, 2018, 7:14pm

Every time I’ve gone to Cedar Point, there’s been a large group of Mennonites there.

kxkvi · July 17, 2018, 8:31pm

In case you haven’t looked at TOS in a while, this is the BEST parody I’ve seen in a long long time.

Wisconsin_Platt · July 18, 2018, 12:20am