Amish Mafia

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December 17, 2012, 02:21:48 AM

Anybody watch this..?

I'm not sure this is "real" or not, but it is interesting.

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Reply #1 – December 17, 2012, 09:06:17 AM

i wondered the same thing, if real then this group is the dregs of the community.

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Reply #2 – December 17, 2012, 11:42:08 AM

There's a lot of Mennonite folks in this area, I've partied with some of the younger guys when they had their time of experiencing the "outside" and the ones I know are pretty ed down to earth.

Not to say hey don't have their..uhh..methods of dealing with certain issue, but if they do, they keep a tight lid on it around here lol.
I'd guess a lot of the content on the show is scripted, but then again, the weather report isn't exactly true either lol

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Reply #3 – December 17, 2012, 03:03:56 PM

I know a guy named travis that was on the first season of jungle gold. He said the show didn't even reflect what was happening there, and it was edited to make a bunch of drama. Travis was a mechanic at my last work. He actually quit to go and do the show.

All of these reality shows are scripted. There is an element of truth to everyone, but still. Do a youtube for bear grills near the freeway. Its hilarious.

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Reply #4 – December 17, 2012, 04:53:35 PM

There is a pretty big amish community south of me. I work with a couple of Mennonite guys. There's no doubt that show is as fake as it gets.

Amish are pacifists. They don't believe in war or violence.

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Reply #5 – December 17, 2012, 05:44:42 PM

There was a large Mennonite community near my old house in rural Nova Scotia. I don't know about other Mennonites, but I think these ones have collectively lost their way. When I first started deer hunting 25 years ago I would hunt that area and you'd see oxen pulling ploughs, horses pulling buggies, and candles in the windows. They kept to themselves and led very simple lives making and selling things, usually farm products, baked goods, woodworking-type things and lumber. Used to be you could get very well made products at very good prices. Go through the area now and you're not likely to even know you're in a Mennonite community. There are big spoogemins Dodge trucks and 15-passenger Ford vans in every driveway, the finest of farm equipment in every field, and their old farm markets have become full-on retail outlets. Power wires lead to every house and there are satellite dishes everywhere. You can still buy Mennonite-made products but the quality has gone way down and prices way up (for example their rough-cut lumber now costs as much or more than the finished lumber at any building supply store, and unlike the finished lumber, rough cut is not grade stamped and therefore not even legal to build with). They still make much of their own clothes but you commonly see them with fashion footwear. It's actually rather funny to see the Mennonite women dressed right out of 1890 except for the bright pink Nikes...

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Reply #6 – December 17, 2012, 06:51:27 PM

Different groups decide how strict they want to be. There's plenty of amish and mennonite groups around here. Some are so strict, they can't even have zippers on their clothes. Others, well, heh. I saw a buggy with headlights, tail lights, and the rider talking on a cell phone.

These shows are all fake. I wish we'd just go back to sitcoms. Funny, scripted and fake ON PURPOSE, without the BS guise of "reality". I haven't had cable for over 2 years now and I don't miss it.

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Reply #7 – December 17, 2012, 07:16:35 PM

The mennonite folks here all have the modern stuff, but there's an Amish settlement about 40 miles, they're the horse and buggy, candlelight, no cell phone folks..lol

All the Mennonite families here are involved in construction, or basp00get building, etc, and all have money. Lots of it.

Reminds me, years ago, when I was just starting high school (summer of '91) the neighbor lady (Mennonite widow) ran out of gas by my dad's house. I was mowing the yard, had on camo fatigues and a pair of hand me down combat boots from my cousin who was a recruiter and 4 years older than me. Anyway, the gal walked up on me, asked if I could help her with a little gas to get on into town. I said sure, follow me and I'll set ya up. She asked if I was wanting to go fight (the first Iraq skirmish was still on my mind) and I said someday, yes. She said god bless me for the gas and to watch over my soul if I went to a war she didn't understand and support.

They're good people, I've got no issues with 'em, but I thnk that show is all about making some of the outcast Amish money, if nothing else....

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Reply #8 – December 17, 2012, 08:27:04 PM

It makes sense that most of these "reality" shows are scripted, or else we wouldn't be watching them, because we live in reality... All these shows are to show how these people's lives are, because most people that don't know, find it interesting. Of course you're not going to watch 20 episodes of an amish guy riding a buggy, so they have to spice things up. Like those Storage sale shows, you're not going to watch it if every episode all they find is used clothes and furniture, so of course they have to hide a samurai sword in the back to keep people interested.

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Reply #9 – December 17, 2012, 08:53:06 PM

If more people would simply get a real life, these total reality shows could finally disappear.