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Let's look at going OOA.
OK. You actually sound serious, so I'll bite.
What does calling it stupid do.
It makes people thing they shouldn't do it, which was the intent.
There are many stupid activities and normal people typically try to avoid them. Things like walking into a cop bar and saying "Give me all your money!" Or bumper surfing on the interstate.
It labels that activity (and by association the person who performs it). High fives all around. Mission completed.
Yep.
but hold on.. going OOA is not something you do - no one sets out to intentionally go OOA.
It's the end result of some other activity (or lack there of)
ie. improper gas planning, not checking your spg, following someone else's dive plan, losing situational awareness, task loading etc...
Nope. This is all an irrelevant smoke screen. It doesn't matter if you run across the Lost City of Atlantis. There is nothing underwater that's more important than not being dead.
How did labeling the result help to address the precursors? It didn't.
The "precursors" are irrlevant. There are only two questions that really matter on a recreational dive: "Do I have enough air left to safely continue the dive?" and "Do I have enough air to safely end the dive?"
Watch your SPG/computer, stay close to your buddy, and keep your skills sharp and you won't have to worry about what people say about you when you have a close call or worse.
flots.