Meet the Hutterites

[softspot]

Does anyone else watch this? I have been sucked in.

[berbles]

Yes! They are so so strange. And their accents are bizarre and confusing.

[lucky513]

I love this show

[softspot]

Aug 23, 2012 20:19:15 GMT -5 @jehc said:

I actually have met the Hutterites. Twice.

Oooohh, tell me more. Did you meet the strict Canadians or the more laid back Americans.

Yes! The accents. Between them & honey boo boo I need permanent subtitles.

[pbear]

I don't get their accents.

And Honey Boo Boo makes me homicidal

[lucky513]

I was going to ask if they look like that because of the inbreeding but I didnt know if it was ok to type
but you said it first Jehc

[softspot]

I had the same thought lucky. The show intro says there "many" of them are related. I'm assuming they bring in new blood every once & a while.

[lucky513]

you can tell its staged with the mom
she always smiles at the camera

[lucky513]

I like how she yells ClinTON

[MrsBunnyfoo]

My H and I watched this show. We liked Claudia.

[lucky513]

I hope Claudia goes to college
I was yelling at the tv when the other girl decided to drop out of school

[Bonita]

We've watched this several times...It does kind of suck you in! I kind of like their accents reminds me a little of how some of the locals talked where I went to college - ha ha

[berbles]

Aug 23, 2012 20:43:00 GMT -5 lucky513 said:

I hope Claudia goes to college
I was yelling at the tv when the other girl decided to drop out of school

Ditto, on both accounts. Especially when the girl decided to drop out of high school and her mom was "so proud" of her.

[softspot]

www.hutterites.org/news/hutterites-defy-gag-order-demand-justice-national-geographic/

[MrsBunnyfoo]

Aug 23, 2012 20:51:39 GMT -5 berbles said:

Aug 23, 2012 20:43:00 GMT -5 lucky513 said:

I hope Claudia goes to college
I was yelling at the tv when the other girl decided to drop out of school

Ditto, on both accounts. Especially when the girl decided to drop out of high school and her mom was "so proud" of her.

I hope she goes to school too. I felt that if she was curious about the world then she should be able to form her own opinions.

[softspot]

Aug 23, 2012 21:42:12 GMT -5 MrsBunnyfoo said:

Aug 23, 2012 20:51:39 GMT -5 berbles said:

Ditto, on both accounts. Especially when the girl decided to drop out of high school and her mom was "so proud" of her.

I hope she goes to school too. I felt that if she was curious about the world then she should be able to form her own opinions.

I agree. They should be allowed to have their version of a rumspringa (sp?) like the Amish. It makes me so sad to see these women forced to quit going to school. Like Claudia said when you drop out at 8th grade you don't have much knowledge. I read that the women make all the clothes & rugs by hand in addition to the cooking & cleaning.

Tonight's episode makes me wonder why Bertha's husband committed suicide.

[G22]

Lurker here. I live in a state with a huge hutterite population. I'm not originally from here (H is military). I work in a clinic where a lot of them are patients. My experience with them are they are nice enough, but kind of pushy and overbearing at times. They have the.reputation of being kind of cheap ( constantly asking for med samples they aren't on, or asking other patients in our waiting room for money). Other than seeing them in the office, I havent really interacted with them. Depending on who you ask, the locals all seem to have a different opinion of them. They have very thick German accents and I have a hard time understanding some of them. Honestly, some of the men creep me out a little when I'm in the room getting vitals on them.

Edited because my tablet keeps posting before I'm done.