The Amish Trick Everyone Falls For
In a Nutshell
The video reveals how an Amish man named Marcus exploited the creator for a free 2-hour ride by falsely promising access to film an Amish shuffleboard event. This demonstrates the Amish's sophisticated social coordination and information networks, which operate faster than digital communication despite their limited technology. The creator uses this experience to highlight how Amish self-sufficiency and community structures gained cultural appeal during the pandemic, alongside brief comparisons to Hasidic communities and the benefits of periodic digital disconnection.
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The creator is filming a series in Amish country. The Amish have different groups with varying levels of conservatism. The Schwarzen Trubers are the most conservative, having no phones or electricity. The Beachy Amish are the most liberal and drive cars.
Amish identity comes from being part of the church and living by their ways. There is no formal plaque or documentation. Amish appearance rules include specific beard cutting styles that make modern hairstyles unacceptable. Technology usage depends on the specific Amish type.
While staying in an Airbnb in Amish countryside, the creator got locked out in underwear after feeding cats. The phone with the door code was inside. Hearing approaching Amish carriages, two options emerged: approach the most conservative Amish (Schwarzen Trubers) in underwear or break a window. The creator chose to break the window with a rock.
The Amish are highly connected, described as "aspen trees" where they're all connected. Information travels faster than the internet among them. The creator called the Airbnb owners to apologize for the broken window.
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In Amish communities, anyone who is not Amish is called "English," regardless of ethnicity, race, or nationality. This includes Black people, Japanese people, and women.
The creator met Marcus, an Amish man who needed rides since Amish people cannot drive. Marcus offered to introduce the creator to his friends playing shuffleboard in an Amish barn. The creator drove an hour to pick up Marcus, then another 45 minutes to the location.
During the drive, the creator tried to start filming but Marcus declined. At the shuffleboard event, the creator sensed the Amish men weren't comfortable with being filmed. The creator didn't shoot the video. Days later, another Amish person revealed Marcus had intentionally played the creator to get a free ride, with no intention of allowing filming.
The story demonstrates Amish social sophistication despite their "primitive" technology appearance. The creator was completely outmaneuvered by Marcus's strategy.
Before the pandemic, people viewed the Amish as being "left behind." During the pandemic, attitudes shifted as people envied the Amish lifestyle of self-sufficiency, community, and rural living without modern worries.
The creator has visited Hasidic Jewish communities with different sects. The Satmars are the most conservative, while the Lubavitch are more liberal. Some Hasidic women shop at Gucci despite living in Brooklyn's urban setting. The creator filmed a Shabbat dinner with Lubavitch after getting rabbinical approval.
At a friend's bachelor party in Houston, the group attempted a secular Shabbat without phones on Friday evening. The creator broke the Shabbat by ordering pizza after seeing only 2 pounds of crawfish for 25 people. The group also held a Jeffersonian dinner with a single discussion question.
The creator sees value in periodic disconnection from screens, noting the growing practice of digital Sabbaths. After a 7-day silent meditation retreat, the creator recognizes the benefits of cultural and social technologies that can be adapted for modern life regardless of religious affiliation.
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