Amish largely untouched by U.S. financial crisis. - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Eudoxia;32701750]A self-sustaining off-grid community is untouched by repeated economic failure? Not surprising. I say we all band together and build an underwater city.[/QUOTE]Space colony. Anyone can use a boat and diving gear to find and join an underwater city.

The Amish are fucking rich around here. Whenever they buy something they just whip out wads of cash. Shits crazy.

[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;32701778]Space colony. Anyone can use a boat and diving gear to find and join an underwater city.[/QUOTE] Anyone can use a space shuttle to find and join a space colony.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;32701821]Anyone can use a space shuttle to find and join a space colony.[/QUOTE]No, only highly trained individuals could build and pilot a space shuttle to our space colony, and highly trained individuals are exactly type of people we want in our colony.

[QUOTE=KorJax;32701545]<lots of words>[/QUOTE] Nice post on how to survive within the monetary belief system, could do with it's own thread I reckon :P

Better tax them.

amish mugshots [img]http://imgkk.com/i/1w2g.jpg[/img]

top right [editline]9th October 2011[/editline] Dwarf amish

[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;32701863]No, only highly trained individuals could build and pilot a space shuttle to our space colony, and highly trained individuals are exactly type of people we want in our colony.[/QUOTE] Only a highly trained individual could build a boat to our underwater colony.

[QUOTE=hashpipe;32701945]amish mugshots [img]http://imgkk.com/i/1w2g.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Such hunks.

We should go mercantile.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;32702036]Only a highly trained individual could build a boat to our underwater colony.[/QUOTE] *submarine

amish are pretty cool guys, except they ride on the roads they don't help pay for in taxes, which I wouldn't mind, if not for the fact their horses shit all over it in some places here.

[img]http://www.impawards.com/1985/posters/witness_ver2.jpg[/img] (Literally my entire knowledge of the Amish comes from this film)

[QUOTE=hashpipe;32701945]amish mugshots [img]http://imgkk.com/i/1w2g.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Their beards are glorious.

[QUOTE=Squarebob;32701801]The Amish are fucking rich around here. Whenever they buy something they just whip out wads of cash. Shits crazy.[/QUOTE] Probably also because the whole "homemade foods" and organic only movement going on in america. Here in Philadelphia they have a store or two in the Reading terminal market which is like a tourist trap kind of cafeteria/ farners market; They make off like bandits.

[QUOTE=mysteryman;32704270]Probably also because the whole "homemade foods" and organic only movement going on in america. Here in Philadelphia they have a store or two in the Reading terminal market which is like a tourist trap kind of cafeteria/ farners market; They make off like bandits.[/QUOTE] Ironically the Amish are now using genetically modified crops.

At this point even they're modernizing, it's not even really about religion anymore than it is just them continuing how they lived growing up.

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;32699917]Our new economic solution. Horse buggies and agriculture all day erry day.[/QUOTE] and wild incest parties?

These are some insanely fucking intelligent people. However, I don't think I'd survive in my school without electricity, a computer, or the internet. They just require we do too much stuff on the computer.

[QUOTE=rosar0980;32704496]These are some insanely fucking intelligent people. However, I don't think I'd survive in my school without electricity, a computer, or the internet. They just require we do too much stuff on the computer.[/QUOTE] insanely intelligent right because our use of technology shows how utterly backwards we are

[QUOTE=Contag;32704947]insanely intelligent right because our use of technology shows how utterly backwards we are[/QUOTE] I meant in their saving money, and things like that.

When you aren't part of a system, you're generally not affected by it.

When you grow up poor in rural America you kind of understand why the Amish do what they do.

[QUOTE=Nikota;32700080]They don't take out huge loans on useless crap and they tend to grow everything they need.[/QUOTE] Is that socialism?

So I look at the amish. Then I look at my pc. Amish can go fuck themselves. I like my modern technology. Tractors erryday.

I'm surprised their Amish Electric Fireplace business isn't affected by the economy :v: [IMG]http://www.amishshowroom.com/images/landj2small.jpg[/IMG]