Water as weight rather than lead?

[dweeb]

BTW, telling someone that they are acting like a jerk and calling someone a jerk are close but still worlds apart. Without even looking at my previous thread I am sure that I used the former, and not the later.

Wrong:

"Dweeb,
you chose to be a jerk"

Then, an ad hominem:

"The only real point that you have made is that you have zero patience and even fewer people skills"

AND THEN, in the same post:

"if you have anything to add to the original subject of the THREAD (humor acceptable) and not the personalities involved, please do so."

It's good to be the king, eh?
Here's an idea you might want to think about: leadership by example.

If I did not, then I apologise for being a jerk... won't be the first time, and it surely won't be the last time I have erred on this board or in real life.

Apology accepted - hopefully I won't be scarred for life by the experience, as you seem to think Andy will.

It just caused me pain to see people so willfully attacked for asking a question. Maybe somebody forgot their meds today???

Not me, but a good serotonin uptake inhibitor would help you with that pain.

If you want to attack someone for making an unsafe (or illegal) comment, I could almost understand that. If you take issue with someone presenting fallacious concepts or promoting something that you feel is wrong, I don't have as much of a problem with that.

I consider the implied endorsement of someone getting as far into diving as Andy has (I think he's a caver) without understanding such a basic concept is wildly unsafe. In another thread, Andy asks about the prospect of government regulation. I can see public questions about OW Module 1 material from cave divers being read as testimony on the Senate floor when they consider the SCUBA regulation bill.

But attacking someone for asking a question is not cool.

You know, I bet you, with a new username so no one knew what was happening, I could post some real questions that would get even you steaming. The statement that there are no stupid questions is a gross generalization, and gross generalizations almost always prove to be fallacies.

attack dog antics,

Attack dog antics? Reality calling.....

I suggested the question was a joke (as most others) and provided references for looking up the answer.

If that's your definition of "attack dog antics" I wonder how you manage to get by in the world.

 

[Scubaguy62]

Can't you just stop this, as is with a lot of your posts, you always seem to find something to critisise people over. Can you not just let people have their opinions without shouting them down all the time and pointing out that they must be 'lousy divers' to have even contemplated asking certain questions.
What is it that makes you do this? Is it because you need to have the last word on a subject, does THIS prove that you are a more experienced diver? You know what they say about people who brag eh?

:wave-smil

 

[H2Andy]

here's a poem in honor of Dweeb:

Dweeb is a bulldog
he won't let go
when it comes to thinking
he just says NO!!

 

[dweeb]

Dweeb, You were quick to dis him but you actually listen to the question? Do you know *why* Andy was asking this?

As far as I know mod1 doesn't mention submarines.

You know, the irony here is I said Andy's first move should have been to DO THE HOMEWORK AND LOOK IT UP. Then you pipe in with this comment, without doing exactly that. Ynot was the first to mention subs, in post #12.

Pete -- I think you should back away now and just close the thread.

Oh yes, by all means let's use the "Fahrenheit 451" solution.

 

[Hank49]

here's a poem in honor of Dweeb:

Dweeb is a bulldog
he won't let go
:

?
If you don't rattle his cage, he stops growling.

 

[Scubaguy62]

Anyone has any valium, prozac, or zoloft???? Someone here needs it badly ("if the fin fits")

 

[H2Andy]

?
If you don't rattle his cage, he stops growling.

dude, that doesn't rhyme

 

[Mrs Mares]

Wrong:

"Dweeb,
you chose to be a jerk"

Then, an ad hominem:

"The only real point that you have made is that you have zero patience and even fewer people skills"

AND THEN, in the same post:

"if you have anything to add to the original subject of the THREAD (humor acceptable) and not the personalities involved, please do so."

It's good to be the king, eh?
Here's an idea you might want to think about: leadership by example.



Apology accepted - hopefully I won't be scarred for life by the experience, as you seem to think Andy will.



Not me, but a good serotonin uptake inhibitor would help you with that pain.



I consider the implied endorsement of someone getting as far into diving as Andy has (I think he's a caver) without understanding such a basic concept is wildly unsafe. In another thread, Andy asks about the prospect of government regulation. I can see public questions about OW Module 1 material from cave divers being read as testimony on the Senate floor when they consider the SCUBA regulation bill.



You know, I bet you, with a new username so no one knew what was happening, I could post some real questions that would get even you steaming. The statement that there are no stupid questions is a gross generalization, and gross generalizations almost always prove to be fallacies.



Attack dog antics? Reality calling.....

I suggested the question was a joke (as most others) and provided references for looking up the answer.

If that's your definition of "attack dog antics" I wonder how you manage to get by in the world.

The jury retires to decide their verdict....

 

[dweeb]

The mere fact that this thread has engendered 20-something pages of responses and over 5,000 views has to tell y'all something here ...

Yes, that Pete's objections are really based on the increased traffic and potential need for him to purchase more hardware.

 

[H2Andy]

i bet Dweeb $20.00 that this thread makes it to 300 posts (if i have to post 32 posts myself)