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Fake Fail?
Still funny!
“Between ages of 18 and 99″.
Well, at least that limits it somewhat!
That and the 005 new members.
*squeeze*
Heck, that’s more choice than I had as an Electrical Engineering major in college! There was only 1 female student in my class.
*squeeze*
How about video game and computer programming. I have one choice, oh and she has a boyfriend. So that lowers it to 0.
I asked one of my guy friends why he became a hair stylist. He told me, “So there’d never be a shortage.”
That’s some funny *shhhhhhhhh*
Were there Internets in middleages?
well, aren’t you sheltered…
Sounds like my classes.
Well at least I haven’t cut ties with my friends from high school.
Dumbasses, this is what humanities gen-eds are for!
just cuz there’s a goalie, doesn’t mean you can’t score!
One thing I love about being a French major is the chicks in my courses. Guaranteed gorgeous girl in each class, physically and mentally. Most of them do like video games though.
Would that be you?
Just checking ,what with the squeeze after your comment and all…
Ur mother is a fail!
Your momma is so stupid, she failed a blood test.
hahaha, WIN
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!
the Amish don’t use things such as computers…so online dating is the fail here
*facepalm*
*high five*
*shocker*
OK, i get it now!
*Captain Obvious to the rescue*
I think that your needle is stuck.
Yeah, and I don’t think that one guy handmade that stroller out of wood. Fake amish. And I thought I’d seen everything.
The Amish in my area wear rollerblades and skate board. There’s nothing wrong with using products made with modern technology.
Oh, and very few of the Amish (in Indiana at least) truly follow the strict behavioral doctrine. Lots of them have computers and lights in the barn, but not the house. And own a car (but hire a driver).
Funny site, but definitely fake. Check out CornHusk4You’s link – it goes to twitter (with tweets about making humorous websites)
Fair enough they use stuff made my modern inventions, but it’s still a strict rule that they can’t use electricity. So they could own a computer, just not power it… Unless, of course it was wind-up desktop they’ve got
not a “strict” rule… all depends on the bishop.
True – the Amish in Penn. drive cars and have electricity in their homes (In the one community I spent time in). Some of them do have computers to run businesses with. I ordered furniture online from an Amish company in Wis. (Great furniture by the way!).
You are thinking about the Mennonites that have electricity and drive cars. The Amish broke off from the Mennonites in the late 1600s because they were becoming too liberal.
Nope. Lived with an Amish family for two years. They had running water and electricity in the house. No tv or radio, but they did have a computer for their quilt business. Some of the teens have cars on the rumspringe, but usually give them up when they join the church. Every community is different. I had a chance to visit three different communities while I was there. One was very strict and didn’t even use closed buggies or have running water. The others were less so. Depends on the Bishop.
You may find that many Amish will at least have a weather radio though. A concession when a great many of them were killed in modern times due to inadequate warning of severe weather in one incident.
amish broke off mennonites regarding how to treat someone that left the church – excommunicate them (amish) or try to interact w/ them to bring them back to the faith (mennonite). nothing to do w/ being liberal or not.
I thought it was because the Amish took the whole “no technology” thing to a whole new level and wouldnt flush after making a doot.
I could care less as an Atheist I’m opposed to all religion.
*I hate all of you equally*
Ok, I take it back
Actually I think the strict rule is that they won’t connect to the grid. Some use generators or batteries that they pay someone to charge. I’ve even been hearing about some who are using solar or wind power for stuff. But yeah as I understand it, even those still limit all that to the workshops and stuff. I’m not sure where any of those fall in the bell curve of strictness as Amish communities go. All that said, I admit I chuckled when I saw this.
A lot of it depends on their USE and impact. THey aren’t STUPID. they make great use of items but they make it fit into their chosen lifestyle.
For example, a phone for their work and business? Sure! But NOT at home and certainly not at dinner time. THat is family time and visiting locals needs to be done in person.
This is what I was told when I went to Lancaster, PA. They are allowed phones to be in the barn, can ride in cars but cannot drive them, can drink beer until they join the Amish church (underage of course), and use propane/butane in the house for heat and cooking.
It is impossible that you live near an Amish community. The amish have a strict code against using any form of technology including electricity. I’m wondering if its a mennonite community, since they are very much like the amish but use electricity and drive cars.
Faux-Mish. It’s all the rage.
Certain sects of the Amish do indeed use computers. All depends on what the bishop allows. Very few of those computers, however, are used while plugged into a power outlet. But they use internet hookups.
And then there is rumspringer – during which older Amish teenagers drink, drive, date and get pregnant.
no electricity….. but what about batteries???
*looks hopeful*
Yes, although I still strongly suspect this is a fake.
Since only married men have beards.
And since they believe a photograph steals your soul…
No not true. They don’t want to draw attention to themselves. Actually again that depends on the bishop.
American Indians in the early settling of the west thought that taking your picture would steal your soul.
whileyou seem to have the right answers I beleave you are railing against the wnd. These Fools do not care.
Can you prove it doesn’t?
How shallow and hollow do the lives of people like Paris Hilton, who’s photographed all the time, seem?
The biggest fail to this IS single amish men shave, the do not start growing their breads until they get married!
You’re right! I totally forgot about that.
Lies! The women grow the bread.
yeah i dont think they even own cameras
ohhhh i get it now. im a bit dumb
Thank you. that is the fail. they dont believe anything that modern. which includes computers, cars,……..
Actually The Amish do use things like Electricity and computers and the internet. They just don’t personally own them. And the thing against technology is a tie to the modern world. Cellular modems and phones are allowed in some areas. I had an Amish neighbor who i would occasionally drive into town who had a computer and a generator in his barn for typing up sales invoices for his furniture business.
So this isnt so much a fail but a dumb attempt at a joke.
wow he coulda just written them..
Very good!
=P
*Captain Obvious to the rescue!*
Actually, the Amish can use computers if they wish, they just can’t be the owner. They’re generally allowed to use technology, but not own it. But, this is still really funny.
When you explain it, it makes it less funny. And if you fail so hard you don’t know that, well, I think we ought to at least take away your laptop before you hurt yourself with it.=)
you’re wrong the Amish certainly use computers. cell phones, too
Actually some do use computers… Education fail?
More than just that. The Amish don’t believe in having their photos taken either. They believe it will make them vain.
My thoughts exactly.
o_O not fake, it really does exist…
In a very strange kind of way.
Click the BirdJello link at the bottom and then click on their Twitter link.. very much a fake
Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.
Started out this morning feeling so polite
I always though a fish could not be caught who wouldn’t bite
But you’ve got some bait a waitin’ and I think I might try nibbling
a little afternoon delight.
Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.
where the blazes is gracie and her bat?
sooooo FAKE!
For reals….. http://amish-online-dating.com/
It’s a fake that exists. Check the link to BIRDJELLO at the bottom.
well the website does exist, anyway. at least it s a LOL win
No way, it’s real. I thought the same thing, I looked it up right then.
amish-online-dating.com
Just check who made the website (link at the bottom of amish-online-dating.com), and then go to his twitter :
# Need more Silly Site Ideas :::: Twit us UP3:25 PM Oct 24th from web
# we have Amish Online Dating , Pigeon Punching , Safeearsex [Inspired by Family guy]3:24 PM Oct 24th from web
Well, I personnaly think this prove it is a fake
Next are you going to say there is no such thing as Santa, the Easter Bunny doesn’t exist and I do look like the mailman? What a downer you are!
*notices the pixels around Brojoko’s name*
PHOTOSHOPPED!!!!!!!!
First BITCHES!
…then breakfast.
Hoe made pancakes coming up.
After that we go outside, hosebag riding.
Twat comes next?
A picnic. Fruits, cheese, bread fresh from the sloven… Mmmm.
Punrun ran into a brick wall.
wtf
So this isn’t a fail, but in fact is a win?
No mate!!! At least you can go to the website, just google it!!! hahahahahahahahaha
Go to the website; it exists.
ever been at the site? silly question:
Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.
HAHA
nope…its a real site
no its real, just go check out the web site lol
It’s a real website.
Google it lol
I know, I’ve been on it since seeing this fail… This website in itself is a fail, and not a fake one, but the fail is that the amish don’t use technology, so no online dating for them…..
(unless someone made this website for a joke, so, in both cases, high five to them!)
it isnt fake i’ve looked it up to see
its a real website
No it isn’t I typed in the website that is the exact home page
This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.
Horse & cart, check
Barn, check
Laptop
Haven’t you ever assembled a laptop from wood and nails?
Not lately I will admit- but I have built a super computer from a pizza box, 2 cans of hairspray and a paperclip…
MacGyver? Is that you?
Erm no, ^^^^
Nah, MacGyver would only have needed 1 can of hairspray.
And he would assemble it while tied up in the back of an airplane that is careening out of control down towards a remote mountain range.
…and escape in the nick of time!
I’m all for seeing the outtakes reel here.
I do remember having a wooden 300 baud modem back in the day. (Well, the casing was made of wood, anyways.)
*Mutters at kids to get off my lawn.*
Had a 1200 and thought it was WAY COOL to get a 2400 baud.
Yep. Nerdy.
I love the Amish.
And the Amish love you, Hanna. And the Amish love you…
Hiya, Leila. I like your Shiny New IgnoreButton. Is there some reason there’s no space between the Ignore and the Button?
I think the button was pushed to the left.
Mmmm. Perhaps if she got rid of the Toxic Cocoa there’d be more room?
I figured it would be edgy if I kept the words together. You no likey? Maybe it will look better if I had the tiny TM next to it. Got any?
Here ya’ go, sweetie.
*hands Leila ā¢*
Eeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! Ssssssankooooo!!!!!!
*models the button*
How is it now?
It’s lovely!
*admires*
*spits on ShamWowā¢*
*buff’s Leila’s ā¢*
Ooooh yeah!! A little t-t-t-to the left. Yup, aaaaaaahhh…right theeeeeeere.
Pfft. Get a room.
*tosses head and walks away*
*picks up Gracie’s head*
*peers inside*
*too much brain, and no excrement*
*tosses back down*
I would feel so violated if I were you Gracie.
Some people like to be violated.
*picks up head*
*reattaches to neck*
*sticks tongue out at LGB*
*saunters away*
Who is the button supposed to ignore?
Anyone who irritates you.
Like say, um…t****s?
you have my name backwards!
THUMBS?
TREATS?
Yes!!
*boops LGB in the nose*
*rubs nose*
TONKAS?
*boops Leila on her ā¢*
*sneezes all over FB*
Okay, it’s TONKA. You win!!!!
Yaaayyyay!
*runs around room waving hands over head*
*stops*
*gasps for breath*
What do I win?
Tell her what she’s won, Johnny!
*Johnny sez:*
…A lifetime supply of Spamā¢ !!!
*crowd goes “ooooooooh!!”*
Or, take a chance on door #2!!
Sounds like you win the flu.
Erm … I guess I’ll take Door #2 — don’t want the flu.
I’ve heard of swine flu. But Spam flu?
Swine flu……spam flu…hamthrax…..baconic plague……
…and a cold Coca Cholera to go with it.
pssst….gracie….notice there is no response to your question?
*looks at replies above*
*raises eyebrow at zooomz*
I think you need to get your eyes check, hon.
*pats zooomz on shoulder and skips away*
You are suffering from ‘ed’. Here’s an extra ‘e’ and ‘d’…just for you.
Thanks, I needed that.
Nobody needs E.D. Just ask Bob Dole.
thanks Gracie!
I needed that
Refresh is your friend, zooomy.
Nuh-uh. Refresh is my friend!
*sticks tongue out at LGB*
Now, Gracie, there’s plenty of Refresh to go around. Share with zooomy, or it’s off to the naughty corner for you, young lady.
*pouts*
Fine! I’ll share, but I don’t have to like it!
*stomps away childishly*
Keep that up, young lady, and you’ll be in for one heck of a spanking!
Promises, promises!
Im sure this is a very popular service
Yep, you can log on here:
ht tp://amishonlinedating.com/
Judging by the comments so far, this is gonna turn ugly, isn’t it? *sighs*
I’m thinking more stupid than ugly, but I’m just splitting hairs.
You could be right. I’m kinda glad I won’t be around much today then.
I’m debating whether or not I’ll need to break out my personalized sparkly pink bat that Dragon gave me yesterday.
You got a laser for that, Scotty?
Of course I do, the Federation makes sure I’m equiped with the latest weaponry.
However, I’m trying to stick to the petition I signed shortly after de-lurking. It’s tough, but I’m trying.
Ah, I see. What petition was that?
(LOL @ “de-lurking.” Sounds like “de-lousing.”)
There was an “I promise to ignore the Trolls” petition that lots of peeps *sign, sign, pass*ed around, just about the time there started being cake in the break room as well.
I do my best to ignore them so as not to feed them. It doesn’t always happen but, i try.
I too, have succombed to temptation on occasion. Please forgive me Ben!
*says 5 Hail Emily’s*
*seems to remember something about a petition*
Does this mean I have to give back my new personalized pink sparkly bat?
Gosh I hope not. I enjoy it when you make sport of trolls and feed the remains to the zombies. It Makes My Day.
Thank you. Goodness knows I can use the exercise.
*squeeze*
Ever had a cat come to your door and you feet it because it looks so helpless? Or you are friendly to the mailroom guy because no one else is? Good things lead to bad intentions.
I’d NEVER foot a cat! That’s just TERRIBLE!
:p
Well, bad intentions killed the cat, even without feet, curiously.
I KNEW you would catch that T damnit!
That’s the story of my life. Then the guy from the mailroom thinks you’re in love with him or you’re his best friend and the cat gives your cats fleas.
*sigh*
Heheh…some things never change.
I tawt I taw a footy cat.
Feet it and it will come!
*sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches*
*moves on*
Fripp, Robert & Brian Eno
MRN ā, very funny!!
That’s heavenly.
I’d be a LOT more concerned if your haunches were being particularly talkative, MRN.
*moves on*
*changes*
*Gurns*
a good honest fail
Ohhh man Katje Smith is gonna be shunned :O!
Or is this a FAIL at recognizing parody?
See, here’s the thing, we know it’s a parody. We still think it’s funny.
So what? Lots of things are funny. That doesn’t mean it belongs here. This is failblog, not funnyblog.
Oh my!
*desperately searches for the IgnoreButton*
your failure to recognize funny is why you need a date with gracie’s bat.
Gracie’s bat only removes the heads of bigoted trolls, not the heads of those who lack a sense of humor. Thanks for thinking of me, though.
It may be time for the next semester of Humor 101 to start. We’ll have to check with the professor.
Quick! Someone post a Far Side cartoon under the heading “Cow Fail.”
“Oh snap, dogg! Cows can’t talk. This artist be failing, yo!”
cows can’t talk??
*look of shock!*
Like this?
Suzie Q
Where are you?
Moo, moo….moo, moo, moo, moooo
*looks up*
Erm, sorry…just watching an episode of ‘South Park’…you rang???
yes!
I am so amish when it comes to computers.
*suspicious*
Are there any non-Amish here?
Hey czuhc! Why were you at yesterday’s barn raising?
Say, check out this new site! clickie!
^weren’t
*bukkits*
Oh Brewski, are we still on for that buggy ride this evening?
He said he’d come over and churn butter with me!
You’re going to do what to SuzieQ?
You know what churning butter leads too?
Grilled cheese sandwiches.
I certainly hope so!
*snickers*
Methinks this is getting a little dangerous for me here… I don’t need churned and I most certainly don’t want to ne nom’d…
*praying for another fail*
*shuffles off to another thread*
*waits for threat to clear*
*bukkit*
AAAAAAGH! See what you made me do?!?? I was so nervous, I mistyped!
*quickly replaces ‘n’ with ‘b’*
*adds a ‘to’ and a ‘be’ to Suzie’s post, just for further clarification*
I am non-Amish living in Amish paradise. Not that Paradise (the one just down the road from Intercourse and Blue Balls) but the haven-type.
Hold the phone – was that a (sort of) Life of Brian quote or are my eyes playing tricks on me?
Hello, my name is Hezikiah, I’m from western Pennsylvania and I enjoy getting up early and hurrying through my morning chores so I have more time for woodworking. I’m looking for a wholesome woman who makes good mince meat pie, an excellent seamstress, yet can still let her hair down at the occasional barn raising. If you think you can churn my butter or quaker my world, grab a buggy and come see me!
are you looking for an inside woman or an outside woman?
*writes email to Hezikiah, puts it in envelope and drops it in his mailbox*
*snork*
*drops miscellaneous ads in Hezikiah’s mailbox*
Forsooth! I knoweth not where this spam cometh from. I’ve been verhoodled!
What’s the fail? Amish want to date too xD (I know they don’t use elec’s)
I live in Lancaster County, PA. Not even the most modern of Amish around here would have internet, let alone a damn dating site! Too bad, since there are a lot of Amish hotties. Bathe them and have at them!
you must live in the city and not get out much.
try calling decks’r'us (an Amish company) and ask them to send you an email.
āŖWe been spending most our lives livin’ in an Amish paradiseā«
*snerkles*
A ‘Weird’ Al classic…
I’m glad I’m not the only one who had that song pop into her head.
Fake WIN! Duh, the Amish don’t even allow themselves to be photographed, so…Internet? LOL! And men only grow a beard when they are married. That guy would have to be a widower. Very funny parody though!
A beard, really?
I guess then that’s the “Amish Fail” stated in tht title.
not just any beard… a beard cut in a certain fashion (just like a wedding ring tends to be worn in a certain fashion).
you must not have seen the pictures of mourning amish at the Nickle Mines School House from 2 years ago, eh?
It is real guys. Not all Amish are completely removed from society and technology. Many these days have fairly up to date technology, but simply avoid mainstream culture and outside groups. There are almost no remaining ultra-orthodox Amish left, they are the ones that had no electricity and so on.
Um, no, not real. A parody.
Just because you met one Amish person in your life who doesn’t keep traditional ways does not mean there aren’t still plenty of Amish communities that do. If you don’t believe me, visit parts of Iowa or Pennsylvania.
And the site is an obvious attempt at humor. So you fail twice.
RUMSPRINGA!!!
Thank you! I was trying to remember that word!
ROFL!!!!
i was thinking the same thing. during rumspringa they get a chance to do anything the english world does even online dating, so that once they join the church there is no temptation to leave.
Check out the names of the new members. One of them is “CornHusk4You”. Lolz
Do they get to see each others mennonities on the first date?
Most of all i like the embedded video of the internet in the 1969s.
What I can’t comprehend is people assuming it’s fake just because it’s such a staggering failure of logic. Welcome to the world folks, look around and you’ll find worse.
I assume it’s fake because I clicked for a “profile” and was taken to BirdJello’s twitter page
Haha ROFLMAO.
*recognizes her last date from ad*
*puts on collar and flees*
Who let Leila into the flea collars?
I figured I might as well put it on myself because Gracie will come along and douse me with some poisoned powder of sorts. Preemptive strike on my part.
*frowns at Leila*
DE is perfectly safe for humans. It’s organic, no poison involved.
I will wait till you test it on someone first. Perhaps the next troll that rears its ugly head.
Here’s more info on it:
ht tp://www.flea.net/diatomaceous-earth/de-flea-control.html
Sorry…I’m still *snork*-ing at your association that organic things can’t be poisonous.
*snorkity-snork!*
…Okay, I’m done now.
I like how dry cleaners advertise “we use organic solvents” like it’s a good thing.
What a horse produces the most of is organic. However I ain’t eating it!
Hey! They use that for swimming pool filters!
No, don’t use that one! It’s not people/animal friendly! That’s the black one.
actually, leila, the fellow with the beard has it cut in the manner of a married man. in the Amish world, only married men are allowed to wear beards in that fashion.
*runsAwayCrying*
Actually I read somewhere that that’s a regional thing. Some of them start growing beards at a certain age, married or not, just depending on what area you’re in.
This fail isn’t bringing out the haters or the stupidity so much as it is bringing out the Amish Experts.
or those of us who live next door to the Amish.
like me.
Doesn’t Malicite live close by as well?
dunno… the amish are fanning out due to the shortage of available land in central pennsyltucky, ohio and indiana. it’s more likely that someone in those areas would live near amish.
There’s quite a few in rural Upstate NY.
I have never met an Amish person before, but in college I almost made the bus for the day trip to visit Amish people. Unfortunately, due to a serious hangover and the fact that the trip didn’t affect my grade any – I slept in. This means I know “a lot” about Amish. If I wanted to be an expert, I would have actually had to show up and say hello to someone who actually was Amish.
More like Amish-Lookalikes-Online-Dating
true, dat. I’ve never seen any Amish with perfectly cut teeth like that. Indeed, the Amish tend to avoid the dentist. Something about a religious practice.
Fake…if you click on one of the pics it leads you to the twitter site of the person who created it…still funny though.
*facepalm*
Yup!
Fake as religions!
…This is why we can’t have nice things.
I didn’t think this was real. I went to the site and laughed twice as hard as I did at first, because this is some real shit.
*headdesk*
*facepalm*
*fingerskeyboard*
*fingersJules’keyboard*
*eyesLGB*
That was a good key stroke.
*keys in the innuendos*
I’m all keyed-up, now.
*takes note*
Good record keeping is the key.
Keep up that good record keeping, and they’ll elect you as chairman of the board.
Here’s an ice pack, you’re gonna need it with all the *facplams* and *headdesk*’s I’m seeing today.
er heh heh heh…can I buy an “e” please, and are there any movers of “l’s” in the house?
I dunno, I kinda like “facplams.”
*haddesk*
*can’t find it*
*gives Brewski a desk*
Silly goose!
Some Amish do use computers. I am Facebook friends with an Amish midwife, and her midwifery service also has a website. Ultra-orthodox Amish are becoming more rare these days…many around here drive cars, use cell phones, and wear modern clothing. Sometimes the bonnet or the beard is the only thing giving them away!
God, grant me the serenity…
and send another fail please
God: “Your prayer will be answered in another 50 minutes, or so. Here’s some serenity while you wait.”
*emerges from serene state*
This is from a Fark photoshop contest.
I don’t give a Fark!!!!
Isn’t FARK the Colombian rebel alliance?
Verb – to fark
Third person singular – farks
Simple past – farked
Past participle – farked
Present participle – farking
To subject a website to a high volume such that the server stops responding. See slashdot effect.
Perhaps it’s for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova?
Definitely fake fail. Amish don’t grow the beard until after they are married.
Not always. My next door neighbor is a 20 year old single Amish man and he has a beard just like that one.
Corn Husk 4 You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beardy fail.
*makes note in logbook*
using city internet cafe or so =)
Its kind of smart, hell think of all the inbreeding…. If they don’t already have an online dating website, they should.
The guy on the first picture is very sexy. Except for the beard of course.
A-HEM!
You like beards, I take it. *teehee*
Nooooo. Lookit the name!
*cough*points to teehee*cough*
This isn’t going to be a close shave.
What if they start splitting hairs?
there are so many things wrong w/ this picture:
1. In the box for you to select the state, it says Alabama… Location Fail.
2. The “No Photo” picture has a guy with a hat and a beard… Stereotypical Fail.
3. Note the name CornHusk4U… Corny Fail.
4. It says that there are “005″ new members, it shows 4 people… Stupid Fail.
well, then I guess it is in the right place… FAIL BLOG!
and the fifth new member is the person READING IT (giving you 4 people to choose from).
Believe it or not I just saw Charlie Sheen logged on at RichDater.
Determined to believe it, aren’t you? Make a date with him – what will turn up is most likely some pimply weed or a dirty old man!
Amish can use computers, cell phones, anything they want really. they just can’t own them. so i guess they could go into town to use the library computer or something.
Is that what you did?
New age tech meets no tech.
Too technical for me.
*puts $20 on Ga Tech*
anyways, this site was created by “BirdJello,” if you look them up on twitter they are still asking people for more “silly website ideas,” hence this.
I go to Uni in Amish country. The computers at the public library are always filled with Amish women and girls. That might be a fail, but this site isn’t.
I’m also scared of Tyrannosaurus. Good thing they died out.
You are scared of everything you big ninny.
I’m not! Just heights, deep water, dark deep water, sharks and everything that is as big as a house, has many teeth and is always hungry.
*big, toothy grin*
ht tp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569764,00.html
That might be a problem…
*shudders*
It is!
Ever seen an Amish girl on rumSpringa break? It’s crazy!
I saw a documentary on the Amish and the teenagers have wild parties seriously.
Party like it’s 1699?
(OK, so I stole that from Weird Al.)
Zing!
These are *obviously* new age Amish….
how did you get your text to do that upside down backwards thingy *impressed*
I’m fairly certain that this appeared on an MLIA a couple of weeks ago.
I am sooo glad Dilly isn’t here to give me a hard time about this site.
LOL
only 5 members?
cornhust4u?
wow……
I think the fail is that only married Amish men have beards.
Aren’t Amish marriages arranged by the family?
I think the website would be accessed by Mum and Dad, browsing for a fair and God-fearing woman to marry dear Daniel.
The scope of human ignorance and stupidity with the comments on this site boggles the mind!!!! I feel like I’m reading comments by the people who get their pics up on “people of walmart . com”!!!!
Oh goody! With the approach of Halloween the brain dead rise from their grave. What is the name of this mobile putrefaction? Thanatos! Fear him.
I don’t know about the people of walmart.com, but in the “Women of Walmart” issue of Playboy the scope of Photoshop misuse actually boggled the mind. (They are beautiful already!!!)
WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?
BirdJello
lol it’s a fail because the amish don’t believe in using electronics whatsoever. Like, no TV and shit, so obviously a website for the amish would be pointless, and is extremely fake. lol
Anyone who thinks for a second this is real is stupid. Yes, it is a real WEBSITE. So in that regard it is NOT a fail. It is also NOT A FAIL because the whole point of the website is a joke. Just click on BIRDJELLO at the bottom of the page that shows it is a fake site. So if anything this is a FAKE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you considered reading any of the previous comments, Fake Capt Obvious?
to consider, one must think. it’s fairly obvious that the fakers do not think.
CornHusk4U. epic win.
Even if it’s fake, it’s totally possible. I’m from the Amish capital of the world and several of them are more up to date on technology than I am.
You live in a cave down by the river??
And, some Amish sects allow Amish businesses to own computers for business purposes (minimal internet use for things like sales and ordering, and all non-business software removed), and even electric lights in a furniture show-room, that they are only allowed to turn on to let a customer look at a piece, then must turn them off after that part of the sale process. (I’ve shopped at such a furniture manufacturing and sales business)
The rules are much more lax for purposes of the tools to make a living, for a community or extended family owned business. The prohibitions are for things that would be considered luxuries, and things that would be individual-oriented.
Fake fail that is still funny= win (in this case)
AMISH DON*T USE ELECTRONICS
Not true, I once saw one using a petrol strimmer and another using a calculator.
A few years ago I was looking for a dog… specifically an Aussie Shepard. One Easter Sunday I saw an ad in the paper for pure bred Aussies. I ignored my inner monologue telling me to wait a day or two to call the phone number… at least until it wasn’t easter sunday. Still, my inner child was a lot louder than my inner monologue, and I called the number. I waited only two rings before I got an answer. I immediately apologized for calling during dinner time on a holiday, and asked if it was a bad time. The man on the other end said something along the lines of
“Not at all. I was sitting in church, but I’m used to getting phone calls in the middle of mass. Do you need a ride somewhere?”
Turns out the guy, aside from breeding and selling Australian Shepherds, he also ran a private limo service. The number I called was his cell phone, which he left on 24/7 in case someone needed a ride somewhere.
Did I mention he was Amish?
Just to recap… I spoke with an Amish limo driver on his cell phone during Easter mass about buying a dog.
And as a footnote… I know a lot of former Amish that are current trailer park tweakers.
the amish do not attend mass. only catholics attend mass. and many amish look upon catholics as blasphemers.
Thats okay, as a Catholic who actually attends mass, I forgive them.
LOL. speechlessness.
Several posters here (such as Fish) got it right. Amish aren’t luddites. They can appreciate technology and use it. But a big part of Amish ethos is self-sufficiency. Their social isolation is one aspect of that. If all social services and utilities failed tomorrow, Amish communities would still hum along, more or less the same as before. And that’s important to them, not because they expect things to fail tomorrow but because they would like to stand separate from and not dependent on the world that they see as corrupt.
just because many plain folk hold themselves away from the english does not mean they are socially isolated. the amish are very social (and friendly) people. but it’s all on their terms.
This is not as farfetched as it may sound. All it would take is one good sized coronal mass ejection and most of us who rely on electricity are in deep ca-ca. The Amish would be among the few who could not only continue to have food and water but basically continue in relatively normal fashion.
The biggest fail to this IS single amish men shave, the do not start growing their breads until they get married!…had to repost, don’t where it got stuck…
This is so fake that it’s gay.
Agreed. Makes it a worse fail.
The real highlight here was the rational, constructive discussion of the Amish that started off the thread.
It’s the only thing I never thought I’d see on the internet.
living in an amish paradise
Faaaaake
Haha, I went to the website, and only the front page works. Apparently it’s a ning.com site. lol, I think it’s just a practical joke.
lol.
ahahahahhaa wanna meet any amish people 1313
A joke web site gets 5 thumbs? this shit is wack
how u think business is for that site
My buddy runs that site. It’s a joke, people.
I like the MaryJo’s Sacred Underwear ad if you go to the site.
That beard is the hotness.
is it just me?
surely a fake webset, set up for a laugh, that then goes on to get this much attention, is a win not a fail?
OMG this is a legit website! idk if its a wroking dating website but its there haha
Yes the website exists.
No it’s not real. It’s not a fail, it’s a joke.
lol Just goggle ‘amish online dating’ its a real site for sure XD
theres only like 5 members wow omish is the lonley country
The website exists, but the Amish don’t use computers, so they wouldn’t have an online dating service. You can check out the fact that they don’t use the Internet at http://www.amish.net/faq.asp
How does Amish even know what onlines is?!
Hey, I live in Lancaster. The amish are in fact allowed to USE the interwebz (no, i am not amish, but I know plenty of them) The only thing is that they cant OWN things in the “grid”, but I do know amish who use “the grid” for business. So all in all, they do use the internet and power and stuff, but dont keep it at home. HOWEVER!!!! I will say that the concept of amish going online to find dates is funny, as they tend to date locally.
rofl i laugh
christ this blow is FAIL. this shit isn’t real you dumbasses
So I just tried going to that website… and it’s real -_-
Sorry to burst your fail, but not all Amish shun technology.
aren’t Amish ppl don’t use electricity? so how can they use inet? lol
well I was sure it’s fake. so I registered
the questions in the registration form were so stupid it just can’t be real… (“how familiar are you with lanterns”)…
and i got this pending approval notification.
so now i wait.
Your stole their souls!!
Amish now have the Internet ! they don’t even have electricity ! WTF !
I wonder how they power their computer for Amish don’t have electricity!
It is a real website, just checked it out. 0.o
Only married Amish men wear beards. Unmarried Amish men are clean shaven. So this means the man in the ad is looking to have an affair since he has a beard and is therefore married.
i actually do not find this that hard to believe.
read on… ;]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Playground_(film)
now a comment after checking the credibility…
haha!
I checked and this website is real. However, the 5 members are NOT Amish. In the Amish religion, all electronics are banned. This defeats the whole purpose of this photo, sort of. Sad, but somehow a bit funny.
2 out of 5
Forgot the website.
http://amish-online-dating.com/
There Baby is possessed by a demon
Quick call the exorcist!!!
I thought it was funny until they said alabama as the location. there arent really any amish in alabama as far as I know
let me introduce you to a concept called rumsprina. the amish leave the dutch world for a year and go into the english world. This includes the use of technology, the more conservative amish may want to return to the church, yet during that year they have access to technology.
What I find humorous is that some of you keep insisting that the Amish don’t “believe” in modern technology etc. They know it’s out there, and it’s comin’ to get ‘em!
just went on, and I am determined to go on a date with “Cornhusk4you” guy
don’t get it, do the Amish people have any kind of power resourch?
I’m number 100!!!!!! :-p
they are not supposed to use the internet!