"Open-circuit and finning are for peasants"

[undrwater]

plebeian? Or something more modern?

Something less provocative. How about "strokes".

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

Something less provocative. How about "strokes".

That harkens to GI3, and that in my opinion is far worse.

 

[Trace Malinowski]

Deleted by someone who loves to swim very far using fins.

 

[johndiver999]

Or CC and scooters are for this guy:

 

[Marie13]

There’s nothing wrong with peasant. Sheesh, some people have no sense of humor.

 

[Manatee Diver]

We often make that joke "You want to swim to there, what are we peasants?"

 

[Trace Malinowski]

I just didn't think "peasants" was used much. Guess I'm wrong.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Something less provocative. How about "strokes".

Or scumbags, dirtbags, losers, whatever.
“Peasants” just sounds so old english or something.

 

[OTF]

"Peasants" sucks the humor out because everyone knows CCRs and DPVs are disgustingly expensive... even more so than diving already is. It makes it sound like you're flexing how rich you are. A shirt that says "HA HA I MAKE MORE THAN YOU" is not really funny.

Any other phrasing of "for losers" "for suckers" etc. gives the shirt a less gross vibe. But I still wouldn't buy the shirt and tend to mildly lose respect for people I see wearing such dorky dive shirts unironically.


I would wear a CCR re-imagining of this shirt though:

As to the accusations of "no sense of humor"... it appears that the majority of posters here are using their quite keenly developed senses of humor to sense a distinct lack of humor.

 

[MarkA]

Looking at getting T-shirts made:

OPEN-CIRCUIT & FINNING
<image of CCR diver with DPV>
ARE FOR PEASANTS

As we can never have enough dive related T-shirts, who would want one?

As a peasant I am totally offended. The peasants are revolting!