What newbies should know about our arguments

Lawman · Aug 14, 2003

On ScubaBoard we argue about two things:
1. Training agencies. We are all divers well past initial certification.
We still argue about which agency trains new divers the best. It has the same relevance as grad students debating how good their high school was. Some instructors take this very seriously.
Don't try to joke with them. Oh, PADI certified most of us but we have to pretend it's no good and littering the bottom of lakes with dead divers. Mike will tell you all about it.

2.DIR/GUE. This is a training method complete with jargon and equiptment. It's supposed to be a good way to dive. The followers reguard joking about DIR in the same way that Baptist preachers reguard joking about the Bible. They respond to any jibes with outrage. They have no sense of humor when it comes to DIR. Be careful what you say or they will consign you to the depths of Hell with the dead PADI divers.

There, you're ready for ScubaBoard. Go get 'em!

HarleyDiver · Aug 14, 2003

That does cover just about all the flame wars exexpt the Regulator vs. freedom of expression war that often rages.

learn-scuba · Aug 14, 2003

Can we start an argument about diving naked or not just to see what happens? A change of pace might be fun ~smile~

bottom_sucker · Aug 14, 2003

your post "Thank Heavens For PADI". I seriously expected it to cause network failure or disk space problems.

I was seriously LMAO in the office after reading the initial post and then contented myself with watching the number of responses climb and climb.

Well done on both counts!

Dave

Big-t-2538 · Aug 14, 2003

Lawman forgot to add one key thing....

In order to start all these flame wars...you need some sort of spark/ignition.....

Lawman has an uncanny ability to spark fires at will.....thus he is known to many as "Super-Troll"

BigJetDriver · Aug 14, 2003

learn-scuba once bubbled...
Can we start an argument about diving naked or not just to see what happens? A change of pace might be fun ~smile~

As one of our writers says: "Dive naked! Sharks love hot-dogs!"=-)

learn-scuba · Aug 14, 2003

If you want to teach people how not to crash into corals and to trim their "equipment" so it doesn't drag across the reef, just take their clothes away from them. A guy's only gonna drag his "depth gauge" across fire coral once in that case. ~grin~

diverbrian · Aug 14, 2003

Hey Lawman,

You forgot about the evil money-stealing LDS who supports poor training vs. the engineers who buy their gear on the internet and are completely self-sufficient.

Fire Coral that way? YEOUCH!

Northeastwrecks · Aug 14, 2003

Big-t-2538 once bubbled...
thus he is known to many as "Super-Troll"

Among other things. Personally, I regard him as a waste of bandwidth. The other names I have in mind would be edited if I were to try typing them.

Lawman is intimidated because of his poor dive skills and lack of motivation to improve. He expects other divers, whether DIR advocate or not, to learn to bang around on the coral, or at least to accept that Lawman doesn't care that he does. Doing so will allow Lawman to feel better about his skills and all the coral he's destroyed.

Note that this has nothing to do with DIR/anti-DIR.

GQMedic · Aug 14, 2003

And I propose a new dive agency to debate.

DIN

Doing It NAKED

Yeah, I am up for that...

learn-scuba once bubbled...
Can we start an argument about diving naked or not just to see what happens? A change of pace might be fun ~smile~

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