'Non' DIR or DIR diver?

[Cacia]

DIR curious

although non

a pick and choose knowledge mooch, happy to be in the same ocean with guys with doubles

 

[Rainer]

Other. I dive for the fun of it.

LOL. And other tech divers dive for the hate of it?

 

[Tanked]

Other
Why do we need labels? If I said "non DIR", is that admitting I'm "doing it wrong"?

 

[texdiveguy]

'Non' DIR and doing just fine thank you.

 

[texdiveguy]

Other
If I said "non DIR", is that admitting I'm "doing it wrong"?

NOPE!

 

[Teamcasa]

LOL. And other tech divers dive for the hate of it?

No no no! I did not mean that at all. I'm sure if it was not fun for them, they would not do it either.

I mean I dive because I have fun doing it, I just don't concern myself with whether or not someone else thinks my gear is not the same as theirs. I find it a bit funny (not in any way a ridicule) that in order to be considered DIR, I have to have the same gear configuration as everyone else I’m diving with. I don’t much care if they do, but that sort of rigid conformation to a myopic philosophy is not my style.

I prefer to relax and focus on the pure enjoyment of diving with my lovely bride, insure that she is safe and have fun!

 

[texdiveguy]

No no no! I did not mean that at all. I'm sure if it was not fun for them, they would not do it either.

Understood what you were saying, bet others did to!!!

 

[MSilvia]

I find it a bit funny (not in any way a ridicule) that in order to be considered DIR, I have to have the same gear configuration as everyone else I’m diving with.

Do you understand the reason for it?

 

[RJP]

I think of mysef as "mostly DIR"

I also wonder how many people who responded to the poll assumed "non-DIR" meant "anti-DIR"?

 

[daniel f aleman]

Other

And, by using the term, 'Non' DIR diver , one assumes that those that describe themselves as such, have considered DIR in the first place, and rejected it. Point: DIR is a non-factor in 99.999% of all diving activity...