The Amish who refused to use modern toilets – and the people who came after them 11.2%
The Guardian - By Britta Lokting - 5/7/2026, 2:00 PM
Negativity Bias 9.3% - Anecdotal 7.5% - Hasty Generalization 6.4%
They went to the bathroom in buckets. When the Delagrange family moved to Lenawee county, Michigan, in 2015, they refused to use modern toilets. For religious reasons, they used an outhouse. Every couple of days, once the container became about half full, someone in the family would remove the 5-gallon pail from their handbuilt outdoor... more