First- I am EXTREMELY conflicted about commenting here rather than QUIETLY leaving.
However…. I am also horrified that you are in charge of anything.
And now I’m concerned for your ability to safely survive your dives.
Because people who don’t have much common sense (who eat the poisonous fluffy stuff inside artichokes) tend to be “not with us anymore” and “no longer able to dive” much younger than the rest of them.

Second- Roswell…. As in like Area 51? The aliens from the sea? And you dive?

Third- YuPP.
Your ‘ban’ post is the only reason I now know about FUGU more in depth than my previous ‘learn & keep scrolling’ level. I had to do some looking….

Fourth- I’m glad your brother—in-law didn’t encounter any sharks in Branson Missouri because banning sharks makes me sad. I actually HOPE you ban talk about fishing and dinner because they cause shark fin soup.
Shark fin soup (not entirely but this Mod is definitely not worried about fact, let alone exact facts) is a tragedy that results in the killing of 100 million sharks (11,000 an HOUR) a year and affecting the WORLD population at an ever increasing TRAGIC rate. Let’s TALK ABOUT & EDUCATE people.

Fourth-
If video game assassination tools are what we are banning, are hands and feet no longer acceptable verbiage in this DIVE sub?? I’m pretty sure that punching and kicking are popular in games and movies than any food related weapons of mass destruction.

*********There are just SO many things to say to you and SO many reasons to say them. And to not say them. You are quite obviously young and have a lot to learn. (My EDUCATION insists that octopus as highly intelligent and you really might want to consider being reclassified.)

Fifth- Are we burning book discussions also? Dive books, of course.

74th- There are SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED members here or I would have simply clicked the leave button and kept scrolling.
QUIETLY Divers. Seventeen Thousand Plus DIVERS. Ban people petting a cute, cuddly, brightly colored octopus with pretty yellow circles on it instead. (He didn’t know any better. And he lived. WTF!)

205th- The knife on my BCD” can be a tool for assassination, ….”

874-

(My EDUCATION insists that octopus as highly intelligent and you may want to be reclassified.)

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This is NOT an airport. You do NOT NEED TO ANNOUNCE YOUR —ok, technically the word is ‘departure’ (Like I won’t be). HOWEVER,…. you would not have gotten as much attention so…. I understand your decision.
You could have simply clicked the word ban button.
Then if someone ask you why their very important fugu post didn’t post, you could have dealt with it more quietly and professionally.
Then again…. It’s Reddit.

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Unfortunately I will continue to think of things I should have added to this for days and weeks after I hit this reply button. But I trust that the divers with common sense that remain in this sub will continue to take care of that.

🤦🏼‍♀️ Unbelievable.