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[–] 49 points 3 months ago (19 children)

To be honest, I think the Amish might be on to something. If we could create a sect that stopped at '90s tech, I'd be tempted to convert.

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  • [–] 37 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    The only phone you get is a landline, a plastic Garfield whose eye open when you pick up the handset. So it is written, so shall it be.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

    Cory Doctorow explained in one of his articles that the Amish don't avoid technology indiscriminately, they weigh the harm against the use. His example was that it's bad when electronic communication replaces face-to-face contact, but it's no good either if you can't call a vet when your cow falls ill.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Amish communities can have phones if they vote for it amongst themselves. The one I saw was a community landline. They had just one in a little shed along the driveway.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Back in the ‘90’s if you go for a walk in a wooded area in the park you could find pornographic magazines with half the pages glued together.

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