i think sven was molested by the family dog when he was a baby.
and try some café cubano, it'll put some hair on your chest!
yeah karma is a wierd thing here. and me, le grande kok (king of karma) even gets negative ones. granted it came from a non-freediver, i still irratated someone. and that makes me wanna cry!
and although i would like to take it as water off a duck's back, it's more like an unavoidable waterfowl enima!
i think the karma is supposed to signify a person's level of competence and not their level of social heirarchy. it's easy to post appeasing remarks, but it takes kahones to oppose an issue with something you strongly believe in. that's why it's a forum. everything's up for discussion.
personally, i'd rather see more subject matter in our profiles than using the trendy karma(no offense stephan, please don't yank MY karma now
). i'd prefer to see members' history, prof. training, prof. experience, physiological experience(swbo's, sambas, rescues, etc), and most importantly, how long they've seriously been into freediving/spearfishing. then, i'd tend to weigh suggestions from the more decorated members a bit heavier than the inexperienced.
but it's not like i don't know everyone here already. so, this probably wouldn't help me much, but i think it would safen(word?) up things for our new members. i still shudder at the thought of having people misinterprate techniques and taking them past the mortal threshold.
so, don't use the karma for blackballing!
step up to the plate if you've got a beef w/ someone and pm them!
anderson
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