chrpai
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There was no personal attack--just a light-hearted reference to your implied belief that all divers are regular ScubaBoard readers.
That's a reading comprehension problem on your part. Maybe you should spend more time reading and less time writing.
I only implied that anyone who was reading in the Basuc Scuba Discussions forum was a ScubaBoard reader. I've always known that very few divers know about ScubaBoard. In fact, I see over and over throughout the years that a great many people in this industry overestimate their relevance.
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As for "earning stripes," it is a figure of speech called a metaphor. Metaphors are not literally true, and the writer assumes the reader will recognize that. Apparently I misjudged. Sorry.
I call BS. Sadly, I've met way too many divers who don't see it as a metaphor and I suspect you are one of them. The entire dive industry is built as a giant pyramid with "levels" of accomplishment full of people who think they should be revered because of what they have done.
I begin to tell you how many times I've seen this and I'm positive you have also.
I literally overheard one (recreational) diver say to another (recreational) diver recently:
"You're the senior diver here, what do you think we should do?"
When pressed he said he made that assertion based on highest c-card.