Attitudes Toward DIR Divers

[flymolo]

no doubt - but do those same people claim to be right about the rest of their configuration? and by implication everyone else is wrong? As soon as you make a claim that your way is the best and only way, you immediately put a target on your back irregardless of which agency/ideology you adhere to

There’s nothing wrong with saying something works well no matter how much the anti dir zealots are triggered by it

 

[Seepferdchencam]

There’s nothing wrong with saying something works well no matter how much the anti dir zealots are triggered by it

DIW has a certain ring to it.

 

[MB NZ]

For the love of god, please close this thread

 

[flymolo]

DIW has a certain ring to it.

DIW is an integral part of my life

 

[chillyinCanada]

DIW is an integral part of my life

Do It Well. I like it.

 

[chrisch]

....
This horse is not only dead, its been beaten to a fine pulp, fed to a roving band of hyenas, digested by the hyenas, the hyena shiat collected and used to fertilize tomato plants, the tomatoes allowed to go rotten on the vine, and then the rotten tomatoes are to be thrown at your local PADI dive center.

Have I missed anything?

I think there is some debate about hyperbaric counter diffusion as well?

 

[ofg-1]

For the love of god, please close this thread

No, lets not be hasty. We can still have a discussion about the value of all of the PADI specialty classes. Personally, I think the Underwater Naturalist class should be reserved for nudists.

 

[The Chairman]

For the love of god, please close this thread

This just won't happen. Why should it? If you don't like the subject, just move on. There are plenty of other threads, and doing this kind of posting only makes it more popular and silts out the discussion. It will self-close when everyone finally loses interest.

 

[johndiver999]

That about sums it up.
Now, who want’s to join us for purple urchin removal dive tomorrow?
I don’t care if you’re GUE/DIR/UTD/PADI/SSI/NAUI/SDI/TDI/NASDS/RAID/CMAS/AHOLE, or ABCDEFG, the proof is in the bags you haul in and the poundage you get, and I don’t care how you get it. All the other crap is out the window.

What? Judged on productivity? I think you need to inject a little DEI here!

How about points for buoyancy control, minimizing the amount of lead required, trim while on surface and below, the type of fin kick used, air consumption, the type of gas selected, the use of black wetsuits, and of course an overall lack of cultural appropriation (from tech divers)?

 

[The Chairman]

the use of black wetsuits,

I don't own a wetsuit anymore. I wear just a tie-dyed t-shirt, because no one wants to see me with my shirt off. But then, while I've been mistaken as a DIR diver, I am definitely not.