Sometimes I'm really amazed at the things I see on forums. Maybe it's just that my perspective is different. But JEEEEEESUS PEOPLE!!!!!
When I left for work this morning this thread had about 200 posts. In the next 6 hours or so the post count had risen to around 250. Most of these posts were made by about 8 or so members. That works out to about 1 post every 8 minutes. And most of them were about a damn smiley ( Or some analogy thereof). While I do understand that the debate is more about the underlying reasons than the smiley itself, IT'S STILL JUST A FORUM PEOPLE.
If you consider the time it takes to read all these posts, analyze them, pick out the parts you don't like, then type out a response you have wasted half a work day. Nothing seems to have been accomplished in this thread anyway.
If I had that kind of free time on my hands I would be in the water somewhere and the smileys and administration of SB wouldn't even enter my mind. Don't get me wrong. SB is a great place to learn about diving and meet other divers. But I also know a quite a few divers who choose not to participate here simply because of threads and debates like this one.
OK. Rant over. Feel free to indulge in all the flame cooked popcorn you can handle. I'll catch up on the thread when I get back from diving. Have fun and try to play nice. And remember..... Burnt popcorn is nasty.
When I left for work this morning this thread had about 200 posts. In the next 6 hours or so the post count had risen to around 250. Most of these posts were made by about 8 or so members. That works out to about 1 post every 8 minutes. And most of them were about a damn smiley ( Or some analogy thereof). While I do understand that the debate is more about the underlying reasons than the smiley itself, IT'S STILL JUST A FORUM PEOPLE.
If you consider the time it takes to read all these posts, analyze them, pick out the parts you don't like, then type out a response you have wasted half a work day. Nothing seems to have been accomplished in this thread anyway.
If I had that kind of free time on my hands I would be in the water somewhere and the smileys and administration of SB wouldn't even enter my mind. Don't get me wrong. SB is a great place to learn about diving and meet other divers. But I also know a quite a few divers who choose not to participate here simply because of threads and debates like this one.
OK. Rant over. Feel free to indulge in all the flame cooked popcorn you can handle. I'll catch up on the thread when I get back from diving. Have fun and try to play nice. And remember..... Burnt popcorn is nasty.
and it tastes almost as bad as it smells 
