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Amish men ‘shunned’ after nationwide emergency alert outs them for having phones (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by shish_mish to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

How do they charge the phones though

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The Amish community I know aren't super strict. They use gas farm equipment and are fine with solar batteries. They just don't want to be on the power grid.

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