Posted on 10/07/2023 3:03:08 AM PDT by Libloather
An ex-Amish TikToker revealed that the national smartphone emergency alert got his friends from the religious community in trouble for having phones.
Every US smartphone, television and radio received an alert on Wednesday at 2:18pm ET as part of a nationwide test for an emergency alert system.
Unfortunately for three members of the Amish community, the alert also involved a powerful alarm sound that outed them for having modern devices - which go against their beliefs.
Amish beliefs and traditions condemn modern technology and encourage plain clothing. The community is known for not using any modern devices, dressing in old-fashioned clothes, and even opting for a horse and buggy to get around.
Eli Yoder, a previous member of the Amish community, posted a TikTok to share what happened when the emergency alert revealed the hidden phones of his 'Amish buddies'.
He said: 'Guess what, I just got a couple of my Amish buddies shunned today by the Amish Church.
'Over the few years there’s been quite a few Amish men that reached out and wanted phones, so whenever they request to have a phone I’ll do everything I can to try to get them a phone.
'Not always can I do so, but in some circumstances, I have been able to get them a phone.
'One guy said the elders were coming in his driveway and they were there to speak with him about something that they heard about him, that he might have to get shunned.
'Right when that was going on, the alert went off and it was in his pocket. Now he’s getting shunned for both. Whatever they were about to shun him for and also the cell phone.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
This entire “story” seems like a “journalist’s” daydream. It never happened, but in his mind it did. Which is good enough for today’s media.
If you have a three, you will want a four. : ).
So what this tells me is that, not matter what my settings are, silence, mute, or otherwise, uncle joe pedo will override my quiet mode and SHOVE AN AUDIBLE ALERT IN MY FACE.
Only way to block it would be to power off. But I’ve read somewhere that if you can’t remove the battery, your phone is not really off. Power off is not dead and inactive — systems are still running even if screen is blank.
Oh my God!!! Someone wants to warn you about danger! What an F’ing nightmare.
“driving a buggy and texting”
Can that be legal ?!?
This of course is humorous, but you can bet that more than a few women got the crap beat out of them when their phones were exposed. The deep state’s communications edicts take precedence over their safety.
BTW, a lot of Amish women ARE babes. All that modest clothing creates a certain mystique.
I remember seeing an Amish house and business in Oklahoma that had a pay phone installed in the front yard. I noticed the pay phone was gone on my last trip.
We have a local Amish who drives his tractor to town. On the back he has half a bed of a pickup truck with a camper shell on it. Inside you can see Amish setting while on their way to the local grocery store.
Agreed—this had Babylon Bee written all over it.
I must have one of the few cellphones that didn’t get this message. Weird.
My photography instructor in high school was Mister Yoder. He was a Mennonite but attended our Methodist church since he was away from his Mennonite community.
If the Amish could have a phone book, there would be several pages of the name Eli Yoder. Sounds real to me, especially because he only claims three people were outed with the cell phone ringer.
I didn’t grow up Amish, but they and Mennonites were commonly seen in the part of Northern Indiana where I grew up. I have difficult time believing that having a phone go off over the emergency alert test would result in their immediate shunning/expulsion from the community. If they had phones before, they probably have gone off before—or they took measures to leave them off or at home long before Wednesday.
A sit-down with community leaders I can understand. Immediate expulsion? Shennanigans, IMHO.
From a USA Today article on the net:
“...According to the Young Center, the Amish do not consider technology evil in itself, but believe that it has the potential to bring about assimilation into the surrounding society. “Mass media technology in particular, they fear, would introduce foreign values into their culture,” says an article on the Young Center’s website. “By bringing greater mobility, cars would pull the community apart, eroding local ties. Horse-and-buggy transportation keeps the community anchored in its local geographical base.” Some of the rules are seemingly contradictory — for instance, 12-volt car batteries are permitted by many communities while 120-volt electricity is not. In addition, most Amish are not permitted to drive motor vehicles but are allowed to hire outsiders — known as “English” — to drive them...”
They wouldn’t have been betrayed by their phones if they put them in the microwave...
You’re not Amish.
I agree. It reads like a put-on.
Amish have a decentralized religious culture, the
only authority being the local bishop. He has some flexibility on the matter of adopting modern equipment. So acceptance of the cell phone would likely differ from one community to another.
We have SIM-card Samsungs, with a $20/month fee and no contract. That and our $55/month ISP maxes out our costs. Disney, ESPN, CNN and all the others are getting squat from us. And no alerts.
:)
Should have either turned them off, or enabled Do Not Disturb. But I find this quite amusing.
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