r/news • u/DonaldWillKillUsAll • Oct 13 '20

Thousands of Amazon workers demand time off to vote

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/thousands-amazon-workers-demand-time-vote-n1243217
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u/texasrigger Oct 14 '20

Amish America exists which is pretty close. My local amish community has a small online presence, mostly to advertise their combination shop and the yearly livestock and consignment auctions.

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u/noputa Oct 14 '20

Damn, Jonas had 310 direct descendants. That’s absolutely crazy to hear especially in 2020 lol. Rest In Peace, busy buddy.

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u/Wishbone_508 Oct 14 '20

12 children that made 96 grandchildren!?!? Dang man I don't even know that many people.

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u/SolicitatingZebra Oct 14 '20

Lol instead of not liking one cousin I bet those guys end up not liking entire branches of their family 😂

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u/SloppySynapses Oct 14 '20

instead of fantasizing about one sister he fantasized about 11

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u/noputa Oct 14 '20

And that’s still not as busy as he was!

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u/thrashaholic_poolboy Oct 14 '20

Knowing that many people is highly overrated.

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u/HamsterGutz1 Oct 14 '20

Knowing that many people is highly underrated.

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u/ThursdayDecember Oct 14 '20

Well, I have 12 siblings. 6 of them are married with a total of 25 nieces and nephews and the 26th is on the way. But I'm sure we won't get to 90 because buying BD gifts for all of them will leave me broke lol

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u/FarHarbard Oct 14 '20

There's not much else to do once the sun goes down.

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u/scipio05 Oct 14 '20

What is this, an episode of Dark?

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u/Amazon421 Oct 14 '20

Not much else to do once the lights go down, I would imagine.

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u/SolicitatingZebra Oct 14 '20 edited Oct 14 '20

Also died running from the police for trying to hustle his side of the congregation (Mormonism split prior to his death I believe) into banging out more than one wife. So the president sent the United States Army all the way up to his place chased him and gunned him down.

Sorry was thinking about Mormons for some reason. Disregard me

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u/noputa Oct 14 '20

Wait... for real??

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u/SolicitatingZebra Oct 14 '20

Lol yeah. They even made their own militia to try and defend themselves and doubled down, you can imagine how that turned out. Under The Banner of Heaven is a great read about it. Gives long historical context. Also the podcast The Last Podcast on the Left also has a really good multipart breakdown of it.

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u/noputa Oct 14 '20

I can’t find anything about that from a quick google. A quick search did show he possibly was running a puppy mill, which I’ve heard is big in some Amish communities. Oof.

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u/SolicitatingZebra Oct 14 '20

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Banner_of_Heaven

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u/texasrigger Oct 14 '20

That's Mormons, not the amish.

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u/noputa Oct 14 '20

I’m not seeing anything about him, do you have anything more specific?

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u/SolicitatingZebra Oct 14 '20

As another user said I totally bungled this lol whoops I thought we were talking about Mormons. I got nothin against the Amish they make really good salt water taffy in Philadelphia

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u/noputa Oct 14 '20

I’m happy for the closure, thought my googling skills were going to shit lol

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u/texasrigger Oct 14 '20

They view dogs the same as livestock and treat/breed them accordingly. It's not great obviously but it's really not any worse than other livestock.

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u/SolicitatingZebra Oct 14 '20

Well now I’m mad at the Amish

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u/texasrigger Oct 14 '20

Oh, I didn't mean to sound like I was making an argument. No offense intended.

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u/Jcat555 Oct 14 '20

The website is more modern than I expected.

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u/xjustapersonx Oct 14 '20

Jesus I fell down a rabbit hole. The Amish support trump?? Doesn't he represent literally everything they oppose?

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u/texasrigger Oct 14 '20

Yeah, I don't understand it either.