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I helped an ex-amish escape... she's living her best life now. We cut her hair, bleached it, took her to new places, she got a job. She is happy she left.
@@Average_FooFighters_Fan unfortunately true, the good thing is one of these is Russia's currency which will hopefully help Ukraine in the war against Russia. If Russia wins and eventually invades a country in the NAVO ww3 will def start
@@galacticspaceGuy yes. I do hope no war happens. So many people have already died or were forced to leave there families. Imagine how it will be if a war does happen
@@chlorhex6785 it's not hard to recognize when someone is part of a community you used to be part of when they dress the same way you used to dress and behave the same way you used to behave. the woman obviously recognized that she was amish, and slipped her the phone number on a piece of paper or whatever. as for the phone, it was either given to her by the woman as well, she bought it with the money she spent years saving up (though i doubt, since she obviously didn't know the value of things before she escaped), or it was stolen (which i also doubt, because that's definitely a sin to the amish). so probably given to her along with the phone number.
In middle school there was a Mennonite girl in my class and I just remember how hard it was on her. She was the only Mennonite girl in the school and other students as well as a couple of substitute teachers would really bully her. I could tell how she had such a hard time fitting in since she was home schooled before and how hard her parents were on her at times and told her not to hang out with anyone that was wearing shorts.
I just visited the Amish last weekend and it definitely was quite bizarre. The guide who took us through the town boasted about how no babies cried and mothers only fed the children but other than that they were left to fend for themselves. We did end up seeing a baby that looked about maybe 1 almost 2. He didn't utter a word. Never laughed or smiled. Just sat stock still with no curiosity at all. It was so sad
@@bigclitenergy The Amish make me sad whenever I think about them. The physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of children is very prevalent in Amish communities. They keep to themselves and live as though they were in the 1800s to be "closer to God", but they do so many barbaric things to each other and their animals that, if their God approves of behaviour like that, then I can't imagine what their heaven is like. It's distraught to learn about the reality of these people.
@@okapibibiCan I get a statistic on this? Or are you just touting a load of fear monger and nonsense? I’ve never heard of any of this happening and I lived near several Amish communities.
I still remember one time when I was 4-6, my Uncle had an Amish family come over for something, and I was sitting on the couch playing with my Ds. The family had kids over, they seen me, and immediately came over to see what I had, so I introduced them to Pokemon and tried teaching them how to play it. It was the first time I met Amish people, and I was so shocked at how they didn't know what Pokemon was or Spongebob, and just kept telling them all about it, and watched some episodes of Spongebob with them to show them more. The parents didn't like me though, I remember them making dirty looks at me when they came over
i cant imagine sitting there judging a ~5 year old like something disgusting, its petulant behaviour to give dirty looks to a *small child* for christs sake
It’s crazy to think that she called a stranger, ran away from her parents and known life with said stranger and then had to build a life for her self with no qualifications and $50
Yeah it's like they gaslight you into thinking the world outside is dangerous and wrong while at the same time not knowing much about it so it's hard to leave
When the girl said she was pulled out of school at 15 and she was so sad because she had dreams of going to college, I suddenly got choked up and was really surprised how hard that hit me emotionally. I was raised jehovah's witness and I was pressured to leave school before I graduated. When I went to college against my mother's wishes, I was basically cut off. I got kicked out about a year later and have been shunned ever since.
This seems really hard but i‘m proud of you for following your dreams. What you did takes courage and strength. I hope you‘ve built a good and peaceful life for yourself! Wishing you all the best :)
Someone in my family escaped a long time ago, before my grandparents were born, & I later had a chance to meet some Amish that were able to show in their family bible that we were indeed cousins some generations back, but they said they could not acknowledge the relationship. I was 7 or so & I observed how the women & children were treated & the general vibe of the whole thing made me grateful that my great-great whatever got out of there.
This could easily have a Part 2. I was so intrigued by their stories that the video felt short. I guess I expected more on the topic, still a great video as always.
I really wish Anthony had included more about Amish/Mennonite history. It really helps explain why these communities are the way they are today. Also I wish they would have pointed out that the Amish are just a branch of the broader Mennonite church. Most Mennonites today are more liberal.
There’s also an alarming amount of incest that goes on. It seems to be that in a lot of Amish communities, the men control the women and children as property at a level that even fundamentalist Christians could never achieve. The way she said that a group of men decide out which of them would spend time with each girl was bone chilling.
@HAILEY MILLER That's literally the definition victim shaming, how are u deny *HER* experience, are u from the same exact community she was? I highly doubt it. How do know diff communities don't differ from eachother 🙄🤦🏽♂️
@HAILEY MILLER YOU aren't Amish, YOU didn't grow up in these communities. You only know what your Amish family members decided was okay for you to know. That's the funny thing about disgusting cults, they present a nice front and hide the gross 💩 they do from those outside the cult, even family and friends. Your parents are FORMER Amish for a reason and it's not because they liked tv too much...
In all honesty, I used to watch Breaking Amish on TLC. I get random thoughts about Kate all the time and have been wondering how she’s been or what she’s been doing. This gives me closer knowing that she wanted to stay in the outside world and that she’s been loving it more than in that show. She’s always deserved the best in my opinion
I don't know if this was intentional but I noticed that all the ex amish were wearing cool/pastelle colors and Anthony, the outsider, came rocking a bright, red shirt with graphics on it.
A few years ago I went to the beach with my friends and I remember it being windy so there weren't that many people around. We wanted to take a picture together so we asked a girl that happened to be the only person near us. She smiled apologetically and said she wasn't allowed to touch the phone, then I noticed she wasn't exactly dressed for a day at the beach. Amish people aren't common at all in my country so I remember me and my friends being very confused but we understood something wasn't right and left her alone. It's been a long time but I will never forget the sadness in her eyes and the way she kept apologizing for not being able to take a picture for us. I hope she is free and fine wherever she is. :(
The only question I was kinda missing is how are their relationships with their fammilies now? Did they stay in the Amish community, do they have some contact with them, did maybe some of their siblings leave too?
It all depends on their church. Since they seem to have a much stricter church than the ones around me they probably are not in touch with their family anymore and may have been shunned. Not all Amish churches are like this though because I have lots of Amish family and live in an area with lots of Amish communities and I know most people around here do not get shunned when they leave the Amish.
Around here, if you are Amish and you leave the community/church before you are baptized into it, you will not be shunned, because you aren't considered a member. It's only if you become baptized (they don't baptize infants) that then leaving becomes an issue as far as being shunned. Although I know some Amish families who had family members leave and while technically the person who left is shunned, they still stay in contact with them.
@@harlee4587 usually it means that people will neither interact with you, nor respond to your calls or other means of establishing contact. They will cut you out of their lives sometimes even pretending you never even existed. They won't talk to you ever again.
I searched for the definition of "Amish" on Google and looked into some of their rules, and apparently, the use of zippers and buttons is prohibited... ✨ w o w ✨
@@HereticalPuppy Depends the the community. Amish communities can vary wildly in beliefs and customs. The strictest communities don't use buttons but these days most do.
FunFact: The Amish were founded by a swiss guy called Ammann. The amish language is actually some kind of ancient swiss-german. "Rumspringa" literally means "jump around" / "run around", and refers to "not behaving / run around when you shouldn't / not being quiet in an inproper moment".
That’s false, the Amish were founded by a medonite guy named Joshua miller and Pennsylvanian Dutch is a dialect of German made when the Amish moved to the us
I grew up around a few Amish people. We usually only saw them riding to town, to the main store or at the fair, but they were always kind and I was always so interested in their lives because it was quite different from my upbringing. . . This is so interesting!
Hey, as a survivor myself, can you please interview survivors of the troubled teen industry? I think that more people really need to know about the troubled teen industry
@@menopriezvisko94 so basically it’s an industry where people have businesses to help “misbehaving troubled teens” a lot of them are exploiting, abusive assholes preying on desperate parents and mentally Ill teens
can you do "I spent a day with Satanists." The misconceptions around them are insane and they are always treated as terrible human beings. But no one ever hears their side of the story. Idk, I just think it'd be nice to learn
I did hear about a satanist church that did some really helpful things, minority citizens that were scared to walk home or anywhere because they could be hurt or harassed could go to the church and someone at the church would help them out and walk them home or where ever they needed to go and I think that’s such a great thing. People always think they’re bad people but that just proves that they’re good people who simply have their own beliefs.
watch the serie Son of sam, for me it was a huge explanation about satanism, obviously the extreme ones, but that gave me the idea that they often hide those beliefs to not have problems
Im a Luciferian, something similar to Satanism in a way. Im secretly one tho since the people around me have very different beliefs than me. It hurts my soul deeply that people say bad things about these two religions and beliefs. It's always about "respect all religions" until it comes to Satanism or Luciferianism. I was even called a devil worshipper even tho i do not worship to Satan or pray to him. Im also a baby witch, who is trying to work with demons. Being a witch is also looked down upon sometimes which should be also normalized. I also might add that theres a huge stigma about working with demons, which is so wrong to me. Because if you look at demons like Stolas or even Paimon they are actually pretty helpful in some situations. I hope anthony could make a video about that.
Wow I was really surprised when I saw Anthony release this since I really don’t hear many people talking abt the Amish on the internet, and as someone from Amish ancestry I really appreciate it. My dad was Amish and my mother was what’s called Beachy which is basically like Amish except they have access to limited technology (cars, electricity, flip phones, etc) I’ve heard so many stories from my parents abt the Amish community and I still experience it a lot from my relatives who are still apart of it. I remember my mother telling me abt how whenever she got a new car that was anything other than black, she had to paint it because the church wouldn’t allow anything else. And my dad actually showed me some of his papers he wrote and his report cards back when he was in school. They had to write completely in cursive and also did some of their work in German so I literally couldn’t read anything lol. Idk if a lot of people know this but all Amish people speak what is usually just referred to as Dutch (also called German-Dutch or even Pennsylvania Dutch), it’s a type of dialect that u can only find in the Amish communities, it’s kinda like if German, Dutch, and English had a baby, that’s the best I can describe it. It is a completely spoken language and has no written form, that’s why German is normally used in schools. And I can 100 percent tell u that all the formerly Amish featured in this video can speak it. Now, there definitely are Amish communities like Emma’s where they don’t do very *ahem* nice stuff, which is awful. But there are also lots of communities that are super peaceful and that don’t do stuff like that. And school definitely depends on the community, both my mother and father actually stopped at 8th grade but unlike Emma they were actually taught all of the American history and geography and science (creation science of course) and all that. Honestly I could rant on forever but I think my paragraph is plenty long lmao
You could make another 20 videos of you just talking to these awesome people about their stories and I would watch every second. It's so phenomenal to learn in such a positive setting about their culture & rules & daily life, significant memories, examples of what they were taught & how they thought, how they felt after leaving... It's so cool that they are willing to share this stuff with others. Obviously these are so incredibly fascinating to me.. Cheers for speaking to these really nice people and making them feel comfortable & asking them to share their stories. I love the way you interview ppl & how you treat people in general, it's just really positive & kind and it's refreshing to see that.
The Amish know about Covid 😂 They don't live under rocks. They go to town to go shopping, or go to the dentist or doctor just like the rest of us. And many will also get news from the people that drive them around
His videos are so informative and nicely laid out that I would definitely be able to show it to people who think it's crazy that I don't wanna have kids and hopefully they'll at least get a better understanding of it ya know
@@hey_lavenderboy4208 Exactly, I think it would be genuinely helpful to show the perspectives of different childfree people - not to mention that there are probably a lot of young people in his audience to whom it never even occurred that procreation is optional, so it might be their first introduction to the concept!
Would it really be that interesting? The reasons for not having children, especially in America, are really quite obvious. Everyone knows why the idea of children is becoming less and less appealing in today's world.
My great grandpa was Amish , he joined the army, that caused a huge fight and his dad "banished" him. I never got to meet any of his brothers or sisters , and it's crazy to think there's a huge possibility that I have relatives out in Amish country right now.
Please do an episode to raise awareness for indigenous people and survivors of residential schools!🧡 what happened to those 215 kids was genocide and more people should be aware. This can not go on like this.
What about what’s happening to white countries, with influx on immigration killing out our bloodline over time. That’s real genocide. Not natives living perfectly fine on reservations.
I hope you’re aware that you got your episode!! It’s, “I spent a day with indigenous people.” I haven’t watched it yet, but knowing Anthony, it’s gonna be good!
Anthony, I believe I'm writing this on behalf of all your fans and even those who still aren't: We're super thankful for your content. There are so many things that we've never been aware of, and thanks to your videos, we now know better that life isn't the same for everyone
In light of the 215 children who were discovered buried under a Canadian residential school last week, I would love to see you spend a day with a residential school survivor.
This is very interesting, some things remind of being a Jehovah's witness. They're not the same, but the whole thing about being shunned if you leave, not really being able to be a part of the world, like not watching certain shows or not listening to certain music, dressing "modestly" etc. It's similar in that sense. I would love to see a video with ex Jehovah's witnesses!
@@hey_lavenderboy4208 It is! If you want to check out a channel that debunks the beliefs and has a nice community of ex JW's, I reccomended Lloyd Evans' channel. I remember I ca6m across his videos was I was doubting myself if I did the right thing to fade & leave. I've been watching him since 2015 & his videos take an in depth look at some JW material.
Interview with survivors Who stopted using drugs Their starts using and winning those addictions What were problems during druging How their families lived with those people What addicted people do so they can have drugs What were they using ? Etc...
@@aresblanque9916 i’d love to share my story because at first i was nervous about what people have to say but then i realized that it’s nothing to be ashamed about but rather something to embrace and be proud of because you don’t have to do anything for anyone except yourself ☺️💛
@@aresblanque9916 eh, you'd be surprised. You'd probably see a lot more positive than negative. Especially in a community like this. Obviously, you'd still see the toxicity if you scrolled down far enough, but that's any place on the internet. Just makes 'em less special at the end of the day.
I'm a recovered heroin addict. Been clean for almost 5 years. Got all my kids home. The things i did to get drugs were shameful. I can't believe i ever used to be a junkie. Thank God I'm alive
well, he gets onto the roof- jk. he prob jumps from a higher block of foam (or something easily moveable) that is next to the couch he sits on but out of view and cuts out the side where he jumps from. then you edit in the effects and there ya go. looks like you jumped in from the top but you really didn't
Cults aren't always extreme, men in robes, dark candles. Cults can be high demand religons that control members. This one is very controlling, they have minimal access to the outside world, no way to question their lifestyle/rules, and no way to challenge the abuse.
@@ponykazy3725 finally! Never seen someone talk about this. Cults aren’t only tall people in robes. Many religions can become cults. Of course, not all religious people are victims of this, but sometimes the people handling the religion can use it as an excuse to threaten and control the victims.
anthony has the special gift of being able to make every single guest feel like they are fully understood and appreciated and i can just see in their face how good they feel. amazing job dude
Some ideas/requests for this series :) -I spent a day with service dog handlers (Drew Lynch??) -I spent a day with type 1 diabetics (I have t1d, so i would love to help with that one in any way i could) -I spent a day with blind people (Molly Burke??) -I spent a day with survivors of suicide attempts (edit: spelling)
2 decades ago I was going nuts over these guys about my age who had done a Transformers Rap video. Not many other young adults were into the Transformers back then. I was so stoked to find something so unique and yet very personal to me. Now I went looking for some info on the Amish and found this video. Had no idea it was you. My brain started that "hey, you know that guy..." itch and it all came back to me. Great interviews, excellent questions. Very informative. Good job keeping a lighter tone as well. Thanks & Cheers!
I would love to see an episode like this one about the mormon community! coming from a family who’s ancestors were all mormon, I would love to hear more about it from those who have been directly affected!
Sorry but why is Anthony laughing as this girl is telling him about men crawling into her bed? That's really uncomfortable for me to even watch. I feel terrible for that girl having to sit through that and tell her traumatizing story, literally say she was terrified, and have the interviewer cracking jokes and laughing.
Anthony Padilla, you have had such an amazing metamorphosis during your years as an Internet personality. You went from filming Smosh videos in the early 2000’s, to filming interviews in hopes to raise awareness for people who deserve it. And you know what? You’ve been amazing the entire time. Thank you for taking the time to listen to others, staying true, and being a staple in all of our childhoods 😊🙏🏼
@@laurenwilson4065 to answer your question as an american we were only really told about amish people in the past tense, and even then it was mostly skipped
AYO SOUTHWEST PA IN THE HOUSE!!!!!! Love the Amish but everyone do what’s best for you! But fr tho yall you were so interesting and all the best! I love bright colors!!!! I Hope y’all are wearing all the bright red you want tbh lmao
This is one of the best episodes of this series. Good on you Anthony, I've been a fan since early Smosh and I loved Smosh Games and those guys. I am so happy that you've found content that you enjoy making and brings you fulfillment. It's amazing to me, you're journey is very inspiring to me. So thank you for sharing your life with us. Much love and respect.
I spent a day with people w/ OCD. I would love to see this because there are so many types of OCD's and it would be so interesting to hear people's takes on their OCD.
Anthony, I think you really found your calling.. Been watching almost all of your video's and I think you would be a great therapist! Positive vibes only :)
ANTHONY! Please make a video about Domestic Abuse survivors. During Covid there has been a spike in cases of domestic abuse and even murders between spouses. It's important to talk about.
I just happened upon this through my UA-cam front page. I never would have expected anyone to cover this subject matter on UA-cam. Much less one of the most prominent UA-camrs on the platform. I go to a family reunion in Andover, OH every year and have been doing so for over 20 years. There is a massive Amish population out there. You will literally see people in horse drawn carriages going down state highways. But it's amazing how accurate this is. Well done, Anthony.
I remember watching Kate on "Breaking Amish". It's great to see that she seems to be happy and doing well 😁 Shout-out to her escaping down I95, it is the main highway on the east coast of Florida. I drive it to work from Titusville to Cocoa.
Loving the content Anthony! It’s awesome seeing how passionate you are about what you’re doing and how genuinely happy you are now. I’m really happy for you man.
I’m so glad things aren’t like this for the most part in the area I live in Ohio. Most of the Amish here intermingle with other people just fine. It’s actually quite common for Amish teens to break away from the community, to the point we have a name for it. I even go to a Mennonite school, where many of the rules are weird, but decently manageable
My whole life I was always taught that Rumspringa was the same thing Anthony thought. Very interesting to see that it's not. Even documentaries portray it that way, you get thrown into the outside world and after it's over you have to decide whether to come back home, or stay outside and get banished from the community forever.
@@LadyViscera Well yes. Because the very core of the abrahamic religions is to relinquish your own soul and body to another entity. It is slavery through indoctrination.
I mean yes it would be interesting, but idk if an Amish person agree to an internet interview 🤔 (and in general many cults have the idea that the outside world is evil, so they might not be inclined to be interviewed by someone on the outside, especially if the interviewer is clearly on the side of the escapees)
The Amish as a whole are NOT a cult. Only some of the extremely conservative communities are. I really wished we could have seen an ex-Amish from one of the more liberal communities. The Amish are also just the more conservative branch of the Mennonite church. Most Mennonites these days (including myself) live modern lifestyles.
Are you from another country? The Amish have been here a long time. I'm surprised they are allowed to keep children from going to high school, but the other aspects like not having technology is just a religious choice. Those religious choices cannot be restricted unless it were to be truly abusive, not just because it doesn't conform to the mainstream. It's a bit sticky, there's limits to how much the government can intrude.
@@andromedaspark2241 the way a lot of Amish communities treat women and girls is truly abusive, though (ex. forcing young girls to basically mother their siblings, forcing women to wear restrictive clothing, LITERALLY PUTTING THEM ALONE IN A ROOM WITH A MALE STRANGER WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT)
Thatd be cool, I'm having a mad gender identity crisis and I think this is particular would help me out a bit given I can hear different peoples perspectives and see if I relate or if im totally delusional and im not actually gender fluid
I hope this isn't insensitive because I'm genuinely wondering and I'm confused as to how this works... Does "genderfluid" mean you switch between genders? Could he hypothetically be interviewing a genderfluid person and they change their gender in the middle of the interview? And if so, does he need to change the pronouns accordingly?
@@KreeZafi Personally my gender shifts and ebbs and flows more gradually, over days or even weeks sometimes, and my preferred pronouns change accordingly, but depending on the person this scenario could potentially be the case.
I live in philly and have been to the amish area so so many times for farmers markets and gardens and have always thought of the amish lifestyle as just another religion and thought it was safe and just a way of life for some but after listening to this my eyes have been opened and i can't belive all of this has been going on so close to me and ive had no idea. Thank you for this
@@andy8357 well yeah but coping mechanisms are to help the abused, she awkwardly laughed at it but Anthony burst out laughing which is extremely insensitive. If he matched her energy and just chuckled then sure, but he didn’t he exceeded her energy by a lot. She later said she was terrified so it was clearly something that affected her a lot. Anthony made a mistake there imo , hopefully he will be more careful in the future
@@botanicalitus4194 He responded to one of these comments and said it was well said (meaning he agrees) and he would work on it. It was insensitive, but sometimes self preservation takes over, doesn’t mean he’s a bad person, he just need to self improve. It’s not a natural reaction for everyone to be empathetic.
@@botanicalitus4194 imagine if someone is seriously talking about something that's so wrong you'd only see it in your nightmares. I'd laugh at least a little.
Here's how you know you were gaslighting: Based on your comment and others like it, i was expecting something so bad, that I didn't even recognize the moment in the video when i saw it. Watched the whole video an was like wait what? But upon rewatching with the mindset of WANTING to be upset over any little thing i could twist, i found the moment in question. So, some thoughts: A.) He wasn't laughing at sexual harassment, he was laughing at the idea of a grown man in full amish drip (sans the shoes) trying some kinda weird rockabye baby move his way into some nookie. Im sorry, thats a funny MENTAL image. Is the REALITY funny? Not at all. Its sick and its evil. But considering im not a sick evil person, I didn't really add all that into my personal mental image. That cool? B.) This is a fluid conversation, so that can create a few misfires. Anthony was kinda hitting on how absurd and odd the DATING RITUALS were and laughing at that, that was the initial vibe BEFORE she said she felt terrified. It evolved into that direction, and i think you got your microscope a little unfairly zoomed onto the point of transition. Lastly and most importantly C.) Do you understand at all what intention means? You really think this man thinks sexual harrassment is funny? You honestly think the intention of his actions was to laugh at this victimized girl and offend his audience? There's this thing called 'intent vs impact' and its basically the two opposing sides of how actions are intentioned versus how they were impactful. You are SO obsessed with how it impacted you, you are ignoring his intentions. And that kinda unfairly strips him of the possibility that.... hey, he just kinda accidentally made a social fo paux. Its called a mistake, and when done without evil intention, we usually forgive them. Try that instead of furthering victimization.
I think that you should 100% do a residential school survivor in Canada episode. Especially with all the recent things coming to light. It would be an extremely interesting episode.
this may sound ignorant because I am to the Amish lifestyle, but I'm surprised by how normal these people are. It's great to see obviously, but I just assumed living such a sheltered and strict life would do some damage to a person's social and emotional skills. I'm not saying the lifestyle isn't bad at times, but it's not all bad.
I liked this video a lot! hearing everyone's stories was really interesting! I hope, eventually Anthony might do something on maladaptive daydreaming, if he hasn't already of course.
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Dope, I’ll definitely stick around for that.
can't wait for Green bean man
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@@catffiend yeee
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I helped an ex-amish escape... she's living her best life now. We cut her hair, bleached it, took her to new places, she got a job. She is happy she left.
So happy to hear she is doing better! You are amazing for helping that woman. 😊👍
@Sumeyo Hassan the introduction of the video explains what amish is; now, an ex-amish is someone who used to have that lifestyle but doesn't anymore.
love how u have like a 2month old account and a picture of a child as your pfp either youre a bot, a child, or its just a coincidence
@@acog_is_good1650 or you could just have made a new account?
@@skyward8893 it looks like the definition of a fake account tbh
The concept of having saved money for a year thinking you'll be set, only to have it actually just be $50 is actually low-key terrifying
Sadly some countries function like this even today
Ikr
@@Average_FooFighters_Fan unfortunately true, the good thing is one of these is Russia's currency which will hopefully help Ukraine in the war against Russia. If Russia wins and eventually invades a country in the NAVO ww3 will def start
@@galacticspaceGuy yes. I do hope no war happens. So many people have already died or were forced to leave there families. Imagine how it will be if a war does happen
thats like 13 cents per day
I feel like Anthony is like one of the most open minded and respectful people on youtube.
@@meatismurderbevegan4224 I can smell the fish bait from here
@@meatismurderbevegan4224 be respectful of others lifestyles they don’t hav to be vegan!
Your pfp gives me hope that the fandom is still alive 💀🤚
Easily
If I don't want to be vegan I don't have to
The woman who gave Emma her number and picked her up is an angel. I love that she’s helping other young women escape the Amish community.
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“turns out she had left the amish 30 years before” wow! and she’s helping other amish leave when they’re ready. that’s wild
That woman is a hero!
im sure this comment nor the reply is meant to be a joke.
_but _*_boy_*_ does my brain like to think it is-_
@@daisydee5398 i think the way it’s written reads as sarcasm, even if it’s not
@@StarField369 yeah its the !
@@chlorhex6785 it's not hard to recognize when someone is part of a community you used to be part of when they dress the same way you used to dress and behave the same way you used to behave. the woman obviously recognized that she was amish, and slipped her the phone number on a piece of paper or whatever. as for the phone, it was either given to her by the woman as well, she bought it with the money she spent years saving up (though i doubt, since she obviously didn't know the value of things before she escaped), or it was stolen (which i also doubt, because that's definitely a sin to the amish). so probably given to her along with the phone number.
In middle school there was a Mennonite girl in my class and I just remember how hard it was on her. She was the only Mennonite girl in the school and other students as well as a couple of substitute teachers would really bully her. I could tell how she had such a hard time fitting in since she was home schooled before and how hard her parents were on her at times and told her not to hang out with anyone that was wearing shorts.
the teachers fuckin bullied her?
I grew up in a mennonite heavy town so I want to school with a few and they were also given a hard time by teachers and other kids
That's not real Amish tho
@@howiegruwitz3173 doesn’t matter they are similar enough
@@cajdoesstuff9454 They have similar beliefs but their distinctions are important.
I just visited the Amish last weekend and it definitely was quite bizarre. The guide who took us through the town boasted about how no babies cried and mothers only fed the children but other than that they were left to fend for themselves. We did end up seeing a baby that looked about maybe 1 almost 2. He didn't utter a word. Never laughed or smiled. Just sat stock still with no curiosity at all. It was so sad
That honestly sounds like emotional neglect
@@bigclitenergy The Amish make me sad whenever I think about them. The physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of children is very prevalent in Amish communities. They keep to themselves and live as though they were in the 1800s to be "closer to God", but they do so many barbaric things to each other and their animals that, if their God approves of behaviour like that, then I can't imagine what their heaven is like. It's distraught to learn about the reality of these people.
@@okapibibi god everything you said was beautifully accurate
@@okapibibiCan I get a statistic on this? Or are you just touting a load of fear monger and nonsense? I’ve never heard of any of this happening and I lived near several Amish communities.
Living in an Amish community was so incredibly boring that even the babies were just staring into the distance, having nothing better to do
I still remember one time when I was 4-6, my Uncle had an Amish family come over for something, and I was sitting on the couch playing with my Ds. The family had kids over, they seen me, and immediately came over to see what I had, so I introduced them to Pokemon and tried teaching them how to play it. It was the first time I met Amish people, and I was so shocked at how they didn't know what Pokemon was or Spongebob, and just kept telling them all about it, and watched some episodes of Spongebob with them to show them more. The parents didn't like me though, I remember them making dirty looks at me when they came over
theyre just mad they couldnt be pokemon masters
@@softie_vinyl lmaoo
First time I ever played a Pokémon game was at an Amish person’s house because they had Pokémon Blue on a Gameboy Color.
Wow- ty for telling
i cant imagine sitting there judging a ~5 year old like something disgusting, its petulant behaviour to give dirty looks to a *small child* for christs sake
It’s crazy to think that she called a stranger, ran away from her parents and known life with said stranger and then had to build a life for her self with no qualifications and $50
Just like Madonna!
(sorry this is a joke, don't hate me)
The person that gave the phone seems like they're on a mission to get people out of there.
That's scary 😂 But she had the courage to do so! And look where she is now
Yeah it's like they gaslight you into thinking the world outside is dangerous and wrong while at the same time not knowing much about it so it's hard to leave
When the girl said she was pulled out of school at 15 and she was so sad because she had dreams of going to college, I suddenly got choked up and was really surprised how hard that hit me emotionally. I was raised jehovah's witness and I was pressured to leave school before I graduated. When I went to college against my mother's wishes, I was basically cut off. I got kicked out about a year later and have been shunned ever since.
This seems really hard but i‘m proud of you for following your dreams. What you did takes courage and strength. I hope you‘ve built a good and peaceful life for yourself! Wishing you all the best :)
As a fellow ex jw, I'm proud of you for following your heart 💖 you'll be much happier living the life you want, not the life you are expected to have.
different cultures are so so interesting, i’m south east asian and my family would be BEYOND disappointed if i weren’t in university right now
My best friend is an a ex Amish and they have no family left in the Amish community but we’re trying to find them on the outside world
good luck to you both! I'm sure it's hard not knowing where their family is.
I hope you find them! Best of luck :]
wait, so they all escaped separately?
@@ABAO2009 I think yhat that person escaped alone and then a long while later their family escaped separate
Someone in my family escaped a long time ago, before my grandparents were born, & I later had a chance to meet some Amish that were able to show in their family bible that we were indeed cousins some generations back, but they said they could not acknowledge the relationship. I was 7 or so & I observed how the women & children were treated & the general vibe of the whole thing made me grateful that my great-great whatever got out of there.
This could easily have a Part 2. I was so intrigued by their stories that the video felt short. I guess I expected more on the topic, still a great video as always.
I really wish Anthony had included more about Amish/Mennonite history. It really helps explain why these communities are the way they are today. Also I wish they would have pointed out that the Amish are just a branch of the broader Mennonite church. Most Mennonites today are more liberal.
Agreed, I’d love to see more about this
Kate's actually from a show called Breaking Amish on TLC. If you have a chance, check it out!
@@mandieeXD that show has some prooooblems tho
@@stratosphere94 You don't have to watch it 🤷♀️
I feel like the Amish "dating" practices are worse than fundamentalist purity culture. Like what about consent is so hard to understand?
Yeah... I didn't think the purity culture could GET WORSE.... But here we are... It's mutated. 😡
Reminds me of Midsommar
There’s also an alarming amount of incest that goes on. It seems to be that in a lot of Amish communities, the men control the women and children as property at a level that even fundamentalist Christians could never achieve. The way she said that a group of men decide out which of them would spend time with each girl was bone chilling.
@HAILEY MILLER That's literally the definition victim shaming, how are u deny *HER* experience, are u from the same exact community she was? I highly doubt it. How do know diff communities don't differ from eachother 🙄🤦🏽♂️
@HAILEY MILLER YOU aren't Amish, YOU didn't grow up in these communities. You only know what your Amish family members decided was okay for you to know. That's the funny thing about disgusting cults, they present a nice front and hide the gross 💩 they do from those outside the cult, even family and friends. Your parents are FORMER Amish for a reason and it's not because they liked tv too much...
"The Amish community is typing"
Wait....
No they aren't
LOL
BYE-
me rn: 👁👄👁
(I'm Amish btw)
@@user-eg9nr2im6f Is your sect more lenient on technology?
Yea the whole thing about the Amish not being aloud technology is false:)
In all honesty, I used to watch Breaking Amish on TLC. I get random thoughts about Kate all the time and have been wondering how she’s been or what she’s been doing. This gives me closer knowing that she wanted to stay in the outside world and that she’s been loving it more than in that show. She’s always deserved the best in my opinion
I don't know if this was intentional but I noticed that all the ex amish were wearing cool/pastelle colors and Anthony, the outsider, came rocking a bright, red shirt with graphics on it.
I noticed that too! CJ was wearing the most colourful ( still blues but kinda bright) shirt compared to the women.
He should spend a day with Residential School Survivors. Or Residential day school survivors.
residential day school survivors?
@Adam ok that happened in Anne with An E
@Adam ok whoa I didn’t know it ended so recently, that sounds like something from the 1700s
if you wanna know more when i was in middle school i read a book called “my name is not a number”
@Adam ok watch we were children
The irony of interviewing ex Amish over video call is not lost on me
A few years ago I went to the beach with my friends and I remember it being windy so there weren't that many people around. We wanted to take a picture together so we asked a girl that happened to be the only person near us. She smiled apologetically and said she wasn't allowed to touch the phone, then I noticed she wasn't exactly dressed for a day at the beach. Amish people aren't common at all in my country so I remember me and my friends being very confused but we understood something wasn't right and left her alone. It's been a long time but I will never forget the sadness in her eyes and the way she kept apologizing for not being able to take a picture for us. I hope she is free and fine wherever she is. :(
Aw I hope she's free now ):
I hope one day she leaves ,it’s not a good life having so many restrictions
She might have been Mennonite. Different sects are stricter than others. They dress like the Amish but have slightly more relaxed rules.
The only question I was kinda missing is how are their relationships with their fammilies now? Did they stay in the Amish community, do they have some contact with them, did maybe some of their siblings leave too?
It all depends on their church. Since they seem to have a much stricter church than the ones around me they probably are not in touch with their family anymore and may have been shunned. Not all Amish churches are like this though because I have lots of Amish family and live in an area with lots of Amish communities and I know most people around here do not get shunned when they leave the Amish.
Around here, if you are Amish and you leave the community/church before you are baptized into it, you will not be shunned, because you aren't considered a member. It's only if you become baptized (they don't baptize infants) that then leaving becomes an issue as far as being shunned. Although I know some Amish families who had family members leave and while technically the person who left is shunned, they still stay in contact with them.
@@avat.7857 what is getting shunned? Im sorry if this is offensive, i just wanna learn!
@@harlee4587 usually it means that people will neither interact with you, nor respond to your calls or other means of establishing contact. They will cut you out of their lives sometimes even pretending you never even existed. They won't talk to you ever again.
@@SirisLayer thank you!
I love how Anthony really cares about peoples mental health so much that he even has sponsors from therapy mechanics. This dude is so wholesome.
I remember watching Kate on TLCs Breaking Amish. It's nice to see she's still enjoying the "outside world "
She’s still a successful model I believe!!! It’s so amazing.
I searched for the definition of "Amish" on Google and looked into some of their rules, and apparently, the use of zippers and buttons is prohibited...
✨ w o w ✨
Damn.
I know zippers are but I think buttons are fine. Its different for every community but that's how my neighbors are
@@HereticalPuppy Depends the the community. Amish communities can vary wildly in beliefs and customs. The strictest communities don't use buttons but these days most do.
Lmao *wow*
Oh yeah its wild, I live near some Amish people and all the women/girls have to keep their clothing together with pins
It’s Kate from Breaking Amish! So glad to see she is thriving!!
I knew I recognized her from somewhere !!
I was just about to comment that! So glad to see her again
Omg i noticed her too! I'm glad she's doing okay!!
"Wasn't allowed to wear red" Sounds a lot like the village 😳😂
Well I’m pretty sure M Knight Shamala (is that his name?) lived in PA so he probably was aware of the Amish.
@@ravenpotter3 its pronounced shamallamadingdong 🤗 yea he from pa tho lol
And the handmaid‘s tale
You gotta love how respectful Anthony is to everyone. He’s a good person and not problematic.
Pero igual se burla de los amish
FunFact: The Amish were founded by a swiss guy called Ammann. The amish language is actually some kind of ancient swiss-german. "Rumspringa" literally means "jump around" / "run around", and refers to "not behaving / run around when you shouldn't / not being quiet in an inproper moment".
That’s false, the Amish were founded by a medonite guy named Joshua miller and Pennsylvanian Dutch is a dialect of German made when the Amish moved to the us
I grew up around a few Amish people. We usually only saw them riding to town, to the main store or at the fair, but they were always kind and I was always so interested in their lives because it was quite different from my upbringing. . . This is so interesting!
Hey, as a survivor myself, can you please interview survivors of the troubled teen industry? I think that more people really need to know about the troubled teen industry
What is troubled teens industry?
@@menopriezvisko94 Idk
@@menopriezvisko94 so basically it’s an industry where people have businesses to help “misbehaving troubled teens” a lot of them are exploiting, abusive assholes preying on desperate parents and mentally Ill teens
can you do "I spent a day with Satanists." The misconceptions around them are insane and they are always treated as terrible human beings. But no one ever hears their side of the story. Idk, I just think it'd be nice to learn
That's something I would most definitely watch just to clear things up for me
I did hear about a satanist church that did some really helpful things, minority citizens that were scared to walk home or anywhere because they could be hurt or harassed could go to the church and someone at the church would help them out and walk them home or where ever they needed to go and I think that’s such a great thing. People always think they’re bad people but that just proves that they’re good people who simply have their own beliefs.
watch the serie Son of sam, for me it was a huge explanation about satanism, obviously the extreme ones, but that gave me the idea that they often hide those beliefs to not have problems
I wasn’t sure who they were helping exactly, but now I found out they help Muslim people get around if they are scared which is awesome!
Im a Luciferian, something similar to Satanism in a way. Im secretly one tho since the people around me have very different beliefs than me. It hurts my soul deeply that people say bad things about these two religions and beliefs. It's always about "respect all religions" until it comes to Satanism or Luciferianism. I was even called a devil worshipper even tho i do not worship to Satan or pray to him. Im also a baby witch, who is trying to work with demons. Being a witch is also looked down upon sometimes which should be also normalized.
I also might add that theres a huge stigma about working with demons, which is so wrong to me. Because if you look at demons like Stolas or even Paimon they are actually pretty helpful in some situations.
I hope anthony could make a video about that.
Wow I was really surprised when I saw Anthony release this since I really don’t hear many people talking abt the Amish on the internet, and as someone from Amish ancestry I really appreciate it. My dad was Amish and my mother was what’s called Beachy which is basically like Amish except they have access to limited technology (cars, electricity, flip phones, etc) I’ve heard so many stories from my parents abt the Amish community and I still experience it a lot from my relatives who are still apart of it. I remember my mother telling me abt how whenever she got a new car that was anything other than black, she had to paint it because the church wouldn’t allow anything else. And my dad actually showed me some of his papers he wrote and his report cards back when he was in school. They had to write completely in cursive and also did some of their work in German so I literally couldn’t read anything lol. Idk if a lot of people know this but all Amish people speak what is usually just referred to as Dutch (also called German-Dutch or even Pennsylvania Dutch), it’s a type of dialect that u can only find in the Amish communities, it’s kinda like if German, Dutch, and English had a baby, that’s the best I can describe it. It is a completely spoken language and has no written form, that’s why German is normally used in schools. And I can 100 percent tell u that all the formerly Amish featured in this video can speak it. Now, there definitely are Amish communities like Emma’s where they don’t do very *ahem* nice stuff, which is awful. But there are also lots of communities that are super peaceful and that don’t do stuff like that. And school definitely depends on the community, both my mother and father actually stopped at 8th grade but unlike Emma they were actually taught all of the American history and geography and science (creation science of course) and all that.
Honestly I could rant on forever but I think my paragraph is plenty long lmao
Emma's story sounds like it can be a movie
I'd love to watch it!
So Emma looked basically like the Amish version Wednesday Addams when she was younger
Yes 🙌
Highly recommend Emma's book; it elaborated on her circumstances even more and some of the unbelievable things she went through.
You could make another 20 videos of you just talking to these awesome people about their stories and I would watch every second. It's so phenomenal to learn in such a positive setting about their culture & rules & daily life, significant memories, examples of what they were taught & how they thought, how they felt after leaving... It's so cool that they are willing to share this stuff with others. Obviously these are so incredibly fascinating to me.. Cheers for speaking to these really nice people and making them feel comfortable & asking them to share their stories. I love the way you interview ppl & how you treat people in general, it's just really positive & kind and it's refreshing to see that.
Normal people: How's this going in quarantine?
Amish people: wut?
They told Amish when it started
@Bia Oliveira screenshot from Twitter. Someone asked if Amish knew what was happening and someone responded by news article.
My brother in law works with someone who is either Amish or German Baptist and he just thought it was a joke for awhile lol
My dad is a driver for Amish. They knew about covid early on but most didn't care about it and would go to large events without masks.
The Amish know about Covid 😂 They don't live under rocks. They go to town to go shopping, or go to the dentist or doctor just like the rest of us. And many will also get news from the people that drive them around
1:54 looks like they’re milking a horse 😭😂
glad CJ just straight up said it's a cult. I feel like a lot of people, ex Amish or not, are hesitant to call it that.
Can you do an episode with childfree people? That is, those who voluntarily choose to never have kids in any way.
His videos are so informative and nicely laid out that I would definitely be able to show it to people who think it's crazy that I don't wanna have kids and hopefully they'll at least get a better understanding of it ya know
@@hey_lavenderboy4208 Exactly, I think it would be genuinely helpful to show the perspectives of different childfree people - not to mention that there are probably a lot of young people in his audience to whom it never even occurred that procreation is optional, so it might be their first introduction to the concept!
I'm childfree..I hope I can get to where I'm happy about it. I am for the most part, but some days I'm not.
@@parisinthe30sx I'm sorry, what do you mean?
Would it really be that interesting? The reasons for not having children, especially in America, are really quite obvious. Everyone knows why the idea of children is becoming less and less appealing in today's world.
My great grandpa was Amish , he joined the army, that caused a huge fight and his dad "banished" him.
I never got to meet any of his brothers or sisters , and it's crazy to think there's a huge possibility that I have relatives out in Amish country right now.
Please do an episode to raise awareness for indigenous people and survivors of residential schools!🧡 what happened to those 215 kids was genocide and more people should be aware. This can not go on like this.
215 were originally found there were far far more
What about what’s happening to white countries, with influx on immigration killing out our bloodline over time. That’s real genocide. Not natives living perfectly fine on reservations.
I hope you’re aware that you got your episode!! It’s, “I spent a day with indigenous people.” I haven’t watched it yet, but knowing Anthony, it’s gonna be good!
What happened ik this comment is from 2 years ago BUT WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED.
Anthony, I believe I'm writing this on behalf of all your fans and even those who still aren't: We're super thankful for your content. There are so many things that we've never been aware of, and thanks to your videos, we now know better that life isn't the same for everyone
In light of the 215 children who were discovered buried under a Canadian residential school last week, I would love to see you spend a day with a residential school survivor.
As someone who grew up in Canada, I feel this is very good idea because people tend to think Canada and Canadians did nothing wrong.
Yea I’m Canadian, and I agree
Excuse me what? What happened?
This only happened a DECADE ago too! They try to make it seem like it was 50-100 years ago with black and white pictures, but NOPE! That was recent.
@@AHandleFul a DECADE?????? I ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS WAS A 1700S THING
This is very interesting, some things remind of being a Jehovah's witness. They're not the same, but the whole thing about being shunned if you leave, not really being able to be a part of the world, like not watching certain shows or not listening to certain music, dressing "modestly" etc. It's similar in that sense.
I would love to see a video with ex Jehovah's witnesses!
Same! It's nice to find a good amount of ex jws in this comment section
@@hey_lavenderboy4208 It is! If you want to check out a channel that debunks the beliefs and has a nice community of ex JW's, I reccomended Lloyd Evans' channel. I remember I ca6m across his videos was I was doubting myself if I did the right thing to fade & leave. I've been watching him since 2015 & his videos take an in depth look at some JW material.
@@t_m_420 oo that sounds interesting. I've seen his name in a couple of other comments as well so I'll definitely check him out
Glad you made it out too :)
So glad everyone made it out
9:22 Emma as a young girl looks like Ofred from The Handmaid's Tale
TRUE
Emma’s escape story is like The Promise Neverland
:O kinda is
YES EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING ABT
And she's named Emma
I was thinking the same exact thing
Interview with survivors
Who stopted using drugs
Their starts using and winning those addictions
What were problems during druging
How their families lived with those people
What addicted people do so they can have drugs
What were they using ?
Etc...
this is a great video idea!!!! i hope your comment gets more likes so that anthony sees 😊
I would be willing to participate for that but too many ppl will be nasty in the comments.
@@aresblanque9916 i’d love to share my story because at first i was nervous about what people have to say but then i realized that it’s nothing to be ashamed about but rather something to embrace and be proud of because you don’t have to do anything for anyone except yourself ☺️💛
@@aresblanque9916 eh, you'd be surprised. You'd probably see a lot more positive than negative. Especially in a community like this. Obviously, you'd still see the toxicity if you scrolled down far enough, but that's any place on the internet. Just makes 'em less special at the end of the day.
I'm a recovered heroin addict. Been clean for almost 5 years. Got all my kids home. The things i did to get drugs were shameful. I can't believe i ever used to be a junkie. Thank God I'm alive
I like how Anthony is so understanding
Okay Anthony PLEASE tell us how you do that intro 🤭
Well he gets onto the roof and jumps through the ceiling
Well he gets onto the roof and jumps through the ceiling
well he gets onto the roof and jumps through the ceiling
well, he gets onto the roof- jk. he prob jumps from a higher block of foam (or something easily moveable) that is next to the couch he sits on but out of view and cuts out the side where he jumps from. then you edit in the effects and there ya go. looks like you jumped in from the top but you really didn't
i THINK he gets on the roof and jumps through the ceiling but i've also heard he plunges from a helicopter
I absolutely love how’s there’s examish that come and save others! Like they’ve saved sooo many people.
Amish life almost sounds like being in a cult. I'm so happy these people managed to get out and live for themselves.
It IS A CULT
Cults aren't always extreme, men in robes, dark candles. Cults can be high demand religons that control members. This one is very controlling, they have minimal access to the outside world, no way to question their lifestyle/rules, and no way to challenge the abuse.
@@ponykazy3725 finally! Never seen someone talk about this. Cults aren’t only tall people in robes. Many religions can become cults. Of course, not all religious people are victims of this, but sometimes the people handling the religion can use it as an excuse to threaten and control the victims.
@@tsk961 there’s a big difference between cult and religion. not all amish people are this extreme. but this… yeah this was a cult.
It should be considered child abuse.
I was getting a snack when he said "Kate", so I wasn't looking at the screen and it surprised me😂
I love how he makes the guests feel comfortable
One of last authentic UA-camrs on this platform. These vids are wholesome. 🤗
anthony has the special gift of being able to make every single guest feel like they are fully understood and appreciated and i can just see in their face how good they feel. amazing job dude
Some ideas/requests for this series :)
-I spent a day with service dog handlers (Drew Lynch??)
-I spent a day with type 1 diabetics (I have t1d, so i would love to help with that one in any way i could)
-I spent a day with blind people (Molly Burke??)
-I spent a day with survivors of suicide attempts
(edit: spelling)
@Satan Overlord PERIODT
the only good one is service dog one the rest are no
2 decades ago I was going nuts over these guys about my age who had done a Transformers Rap video. Not many other young adults were into the Transformers back then. I was so stoked to find something so unique and yet very personal to me.
Now I went looking for some info on the Amish and found this video. Had no idea it was you.
My brain started that "hey, you know that guy..." itch and it all came back to me.
Great interviews, excellent questions. Very informative. Good job keeping a lighter tone as well.
Thanks & Cheers!
These things get more and more interesting every episode I swear
The word escape used in religion means its not a religion that means its a cult
I would love to see an episode like this one about the mormon community! coming from a family who’s ancestors were all mormon, I would love to hear more about it from those who have been directly affected!
He's done one with ex Mormons before!
Sorry but why is Anthony laughing as this girl is telling him about men crawling into her bed? That's really uncomfortable for me to even watch. I feel terrible for that girl having to sit through that and tell her traumatizing story, literally say she was terrified, and have the interviewer cracking jokes and laughing.
It's uncomfortable laughter, some people do things to deal with uncomfortable situations or hearing uncomfortable things
@@BBQMork right
If a person can't control their laughter when interviewing someone about sexual abuse, then maybe they shouldn't be doing the interview.
Anthony Padilla, you have had such an amazing metamorphosis during your years as an Internet personality. You went from filming Smosh videos in the early 2000’s, to filming interviews in hopes to raise awareness for people who deserve it. And you know what? You’ve been amazing the entire time. Thank you for taking the time to listen to others, staying true, and being a staple in all of our childhoods 😊🙏🏼
I didn't even know what amish is until i searched up because of this video
same, the more you know💫
are you from America?
@@laurenwilson4065 Not everyone is American.
@@marny3559 alright calm down mate. I was just asking as they are known for poor education on minorities??
@@laurenwilson4065 to answer your question as an american we were only really told about amish people in the past tense, and even then it was mostly skipped
AYO SOUTHWEST PA IN THE HOUSE!!!!!! Love the Amish but everyone do what’s best for you! But fr tho yall you were so interesting and all the best! I love bright colors!!!! I Hope y’all are wearing all the bright red you want tbh lmao
don’t mind me just waiting for the video 👀
Frr
What time is it in EST
This is one of the best episodes of this series. Good on you Anthony, I've been a fan since early Smosh and I loved Smosh Games and those guys. I am so happy that you've found content that you enjoy making and brings you fulfillment. It's amazing to me, you're journey is very inspiring to me. So thank you for sharing your life with us. Much love and respect.
I spent a day with people w/ OCD. I would love to see this because there are so many types of OCD's and it would be so interesting to hear people's takes on their OCD.
man it sounds horrible there. I'm glad that they were able to escape.
Anthony, I think you really found your calling.. Been watching almost all of your video's and I think you would be a great therapist! Positive vibes only :)
7:59 is so cute!! showed “CORPSE”. we love to see it
love that
ANTHONY! Please make a video about Domestic Abuse survivors. During Covid there has been a spike in cases of domestic abuse and even murders between spouses. It's important to talk about.
I just happened upon this through my UA-cam front page. I never would have expected anyone to cover this subject matter on UA-cam. Much less one of the most prominent UA-camrs on the platform.
I go to a family reunion in Andover, OH every year and have been doing so for over 20 years. There is a massive Amish population out there. You will literally see people in horse drawn carriages going down state highways.
But it's amazing how accurate this is. Well done, Anthony.
Wow seeing this really opened my eyes about the Amish community and how people feel leaving.
I remember watching Kate on "Breaking Amish". It's great to see that she seems to be happy and doing well 😁
Shout-out to her escaping down I95, it is the main highway on the east coast of Florida. I drive it to work from Titusville to Cocoa.
As someone who lives next to a Amish community in PA, I loved learning about how they lived! Thank you!
We are waiting for Dream! Where is Dream?!?
Its coming out tomorrow!! (tusday the 8th)
Loving the content Anthony! It’s awesome seeing how passionate you are about what you’re doing and how genuinely happy you are now. I’m really happy for you man.
this one seems so interesting i’m so excited
I love these videos! They’re addictive
I’m so glad things aren’t like this for the most part in the area I live in Ohio. Most of the Amish here intermingle with other people just fine. It’s actually quite common for Amish teens to break away from the community, to the point we have a name for it. I even go to a Mennonite school, where many of the rules are weird, but decently manageable
I love the fact that Anthony is now sponsored by something about therapy, helping people even more ❤
My whole life I was always taught that Rumspringa was the same thing Anthony thought. Very interesting to see that it's not. Even documentaries portray it that way, you get thrown into the outside world and after it's over you have to decide whether to come back home, or stay outside and get banished from the community forever.
Organized religion can be so harmful. It's upsetting what these three went through being denied a better life due to "the church"
Organised religion is a double edged sword. It unites and divides humanity.
@@marny3559 It has never united "humanity" it has only managed to unite a few groups of people out of fear.
religion in general is quite harmful when forced upon, or highly influenced. if there is no freedom of choice than its just not right
Abrahamic religions in particular are extremely harmful to mental health
@@LadyViscera Well yes. Because the very core of the abrahamic religions is to relinquish your own soul and body to another entity. It is slavery through indoctrination.
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Its coming out tomorrow!! (tusday the 8th)
i loved watching "leaving Amish" but it's awesome how you are doing these interviews! please keep educating us!
Love the shirt, it’s like quagmire is interviewing formerly Amish peoples (in the cool laid back way, not the creepy way) and it makes me happy
i think it'd be interesting when interviewing former members of cults to interview also someone who's still there just to get an inside point of view
because people who leave those organizations will talk about it in a negative way (that's why they left)
I mean yes it would be interesting, but idk if an Amish person agree to an internet interview 🤔
(and in general many cults have the idea that the outside world is evil, so they might not be inclined to be interviewed by someone on the outside, especially if the interviewer is clearly on the side of the escapees)
The Amish as a whole are NOT a cult. Only some of the extremely conservative communities are. I really wished we could have seen an ex-Amish from one of the more liberal communities. The Amish are also just the more conservative branch of the Mennonite church. Most Mennonites these days (including myself) live modern lifestyles.
this feels like a cult
It can be. There are strict communities and more liberal ones.... But yeah, it *all* smells pretty culty to me, personally.
This is such a fantastic series, every time I learn something about someone or some people that I hadn't known prior
I can't believe America lets Amish people do this to their children :/
Are you from another country? The Amish have been here a long time. I'm surprised they are allowed to keep children from going to high school, but the other aspects like not having technology is just a religious choice. Those religious choices cannot be restricted unless it were to be truly abusive, not just because it doesn't conform to the mainstream. It's a bit sticky, there's limits to how much the government can intrude.
@@andromedaspark2241 the way a lot of Amish communities treat women and girls is truly abusive, though (ex. forcing young girls to basically mother their siblings, forcing women to wear restrictive clothing, LITERALLY PUTTING THEM ALONE IN A ROOM WITH A MALE STRANGER WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT)
@Amirah g So true. I have Amish cousins that never went through the forced "dating." They got to choose when and whom they wanted to date.
You should do “spending a day with maladaptive daydreamers”
video idea: I spent a day with genderfluid people
idk, I'm genderfluid myself and I think it would be interesting to see Anthony interview some of us
Thatd be cool, I'm having a mad gender identity crisis and I think this is particular would help me out a bit given I can hear different peoples perspectives and see if I relate or if im totally delusional and im not actually gender fluid
I hope this isn't insensitive because I'm genuinely wondering and I'm confused as to how this works... Does "genderfluid" mean you switch between genders? Could he hypothetically be interviewing a genderfluid person and they change their gender in the middle of the interview? And if so, does he need to change the pronouns accordingly?
@@KreeZafi good question, that may be the case deffo but im fluid and I just stick with my assigned pronouns because I don't mind them :)
@@KreeZafi Personally my gender shifts and ebbs and flows more gradually, over days or even weeks sometimes, and my preferred pronouns change accordingly, but depending on the person this scenario could potentially be the case.
I live in philly and have been to the amish area so so many times for farmers markets and gardens and have always thought of the amish lifestyle as just another religion and thought it was safe and just a way of life for some but after listening to this my eyes have been opened and i can't belive all of this has been going on so close to me and ive had no idea. Thank you for this
The sexual harassment ritual was glossed over?? How could Anthony just sit there and laugh at that story...
@@andy8357 well yeah but coping mechanisms are to help the abused, she awkwardly laughed at it but Anthony burst out laughing which is extremely insensitive. If he matched her energy and just chuckled then sure, but he didn’t he exceeded her energy by a lot. She later said she was terrified so it was clearly something that affected her a lot. Anthony made a mistake there imo , hopefully he will be more careful in the future
I think he was trying to. comfort her and her know it's ok and hes happy shes willing to talk about this
@@botanicalitus4194 He responded to one of these comments and said it was well said (meaning he agrees) and he would work on it.
It was insensitive, but sometimes self preservation takes over, doesn’t mean he’s a bad person, he just need to self improve. It’s not a natural reaction for everyone to be empathetic.
@@botanicalitus4194 imagine if someone is seriously talking about something that's so wrong you'd only see it in your nightmares. I'd laugh at least a little.
Here's how you know you were gaslighting: Based on your comment and others like it, i was expecting something so bad, that I didn't even recognize the moment in the video when i saw it. Watched the whole video an was like wait what? But upon rewatching with the mindset of WANTING to be upset over any little thing i could twist, i found the moment in question. So, some thoughts:
A.) He wasn't laughing at sexual harassment, he was laughing at the idea of a grown man in full amish drip (sans the shoes) trying some kinda weird rockabye baby move his way into some nookie. Im sorry, thats a funny MENTAL image. Is the REALITY funny? Not at all. Its sick and its evil. But considering im not a sick evil person, I didn't really add all that into my personal mental image. That cool?
B.) This is a fluid conversation, so that can create a few misfires. Anthony was kinda hitting on how absurd and odd the DATING RITUALS were and laughing at that, that was the initial vibe BEFORE she said she felt terrified. It evolved into that direction, and i think you got your microscope a little unfairly zoomed onto the point of transition.
Lastly and most importantly C.) Do you understand at all what intention means? You really think this man thinks sexual harrassment is funny? You honestly think the intention of his actions was to laugh at this victimized girl and offend his audience? There's this thing called 'intent vs impact' and its basically the two opposing sides of how actions are intentioned versus how they were impactful. You are SO obsessed with how it impacted you, you are ignoring his intentions.
And that kinda unfairly strips him of the possibility that.... hey, he just kinda accidentally made a social fo paux. Its called a mistake, and when done without evil intention, we usually forgive them. Try that instead of furthering victimization.
I think that you should 100% do a residential school survivor in Canada episode. Especially with all the recent things coming to light. It would be an extremely interesting episode.
this may sound ignorant because I am to the Amish lifestyle, but I'm surprised by how normal these people are. It's great to see obviously, but I just assumed living such a sheltered and strict life would do some damage to a person's social and emotional skills. I'm not saying the lifestyle isn't bad at times, but it's not all bad.
Yeah it’s good to see that they’ve adapted so well into modern society! The adjustment period must have been pretty difficult though
"Is this real? Where are these dogs???" Omg I CACKLED
I liked this video a lot! hearing everyone's stories was really interesting! I hope, eventually Anthony might do something on maladaptive daydreaming, if he hasn't already of course.
I'd love to see this. I am a maladaptive daydreamer, and it would be interesting to see other's experiences
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