Becoming a snob

[Uncle Pug]

OK... help me understand the reason why anyone would care that someone else was a snob.

 

[roakey]

OK... help me understand the reason why anyone would care that someone else was a snob.

Because non-snobs know they're superior?

Roak

 

[ElectricZombie]

And I'm thinking to myself, "Why am I reading this crap?"

You'll find out that 99% of what you read in SCUBA mags is crap.

Roadales and a couple of other mags keep sending me free subscriptions. I ended up putting about 30 of these mags in a cardboard box and using it for target practice...that's about all their good for. It's a great way to show your disgust for worthless dive mags.

 

[Rick Inman]

OK... help me understand the reason why anyone would care that someone else was a snob.

Knew you wouldn't get it.

Rick Inman,
Running the risk of sounding like a "snob," did you mean "bottom line"?

I standing corrected.

 

[neil]

Nope ... you're not a snob until you can walk up to a stranger and, with a perfectly straight face, tell them they're an accident waiting to happen ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

No, a snob is just someone who thinks they're superior. What you describe is an a$%hole.

N

 

[Diver0001]

<snip> Rodale's is technically correct <snip>

Airplane wing?

Dude, with all due respect it should be obvious to you that they have their collective head up their collective be-hind.....

R..

 

[Diver0001]

I would have to say that about half the divers I've met fall into the "snob" category. The most common denomination are the folks who have a rescue c-card, followed next by brand new OW instructors, and then it's a split between the aow divers and people with drysuits. Every tech diver I've met has been a snob. The same follows for the AAUS "scientific divers" with a single exception. For some reason all the NOAA divers have not been snobs. Southern divers seem to be distinctly less snobbish than Californians and New Englanders, while Floridians are a mixed bag.

I don't know why I'm surrounded by snobs. Perhaps I'm just lucky.

I've seen some pretty snobbish divers too. To me the most obvious examples are

(a) the ones on vacation boats who moan like sick cows about getting paired up with less experienced divers and then display the most appalling buddy skills under water. This is what I call the "I'm - too - sexy - for - my - suit" types. You could also call it the "ME ME ME ME ME" types.

(b) (quasi) tek types who believe that dressing like their heros makes them a hero. These are the ones who, when they were children, were saying things like "my daddy can beat up your daddy".

If you equate snobbish and arrogant behaviors then the list gets much longer.

R..

 

[chrpai]

You'll find out that 99% of what you read in SCUBA mags is crap.
QUOTE]

As is 99% of the what I read online is crap.

 

[Big-t-2538]

Dude, with all due respect it should be obvious

Fine...both you and walter call it what you want....I could argue their miniscule point that makes a large assumption about improper trim in the water in the first place...or...I could just drop it.

I agree that the statement in Rodal'e mag is crap....can we just leave it at that.

 

[Walter]

"I standing corrected."

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!