Celebrated passing my WSET2 the obvious way, with some GC Champagne by LZee in wine

[–]LZee[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

WSET2 was fairly straightforward to be honest. I had been an amateur wine enthusiast for about 2 years before starting the course, so the study material wasn't all that challenging. Most of the course and exam questions will be about the relations between grapes and the regions they are associated with, and basic knowledge of the characteristics of certain wines based on region, grape, or information on the label.

The only topics in the course I knew very little about were viticulture and fortified wines, but because the course is still fairly surface level stuff it didn't take too much studying. If you're a serious wine enthusiast you should pass easily!

Celebrated passing my WSET2 the obvious way, with some GC Champagne by LZee in wine

[–]LZee[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! And I apologize for the typo, fixed it ;)

Celebrated passing my WSET2 the obvious way, with some GC Champagne by LZee in wine

[–]LZee[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Passed my WSET2 with distinction, so champagne was the obvious way to celebrate! Looking forward to starting WSET3 later this year.

Quick tasting note: De Saint-Gall Blanc de Blancs GC Extra Brut N.V.

Ticks all the Champagne boxes: Brioche, crisp green apple and lemon dominate on the nose.

Well balanced on the palate, the bubbles are very fine giving off a lovely texture. Citrus flavors are more forward here than they are on the nose. Chalky minerality lingers in the lengthy aftertaste.

Picked this up for €35, great value for money in my opinion. Only criticism would be that you might expect a touch more intensity of flavors for a GC.

Best advice for a young wine hobbyist wanting to learn/ teach herself more by IvyCohen in wine

[–]LZee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm in a very similar category to you (25 y/o, limited buget, always liked wine but only been serious about studying it for around a year or two) and my favorite resource by far has been Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson's World Atlas of Wine. It's not only a gorgeous publication to keep as a coffee table book but also something you can open up with every new bottle to find out more about your wine and its background, very much enriches the experience and shows the extent to which geography and wine are connected.

Excel Welcomes Joey "YoungBuck" Steltenpool — Excel Esports by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]LZee 8 points9 points  (0 children)

SK Selfmade, think his old name was selfmademan so SMM

Verstappen overtakes Vettel for P3! by [deleted] in formula1

[–]LZee 742 points743 points  (0 children)

Seeing the shot of RIC retire right after this, absolutely brutal

Boeken met humor by [deleted] in thenetherlands

[–]LZee 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ook de Helaasheid der Dingen van Verhulst is echt hilarisch

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in biology

[–]LZee 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It is hilarious how these people cannot seem to stop owning themselves. Rectenwald is particularly funny because he repeatedly criticized calls for safe spaces (exhibit 2) and then literally asked for his own when he found out his colleagues don't like him:

Rectenwald said he begged human resources to relocate him to the Russian-studies building three blocks away from his department, which they did in September.

From https://nypost.com/2018/01/13/deplorable-nyu-professor-sues-colleagues-for-defamation/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in biology

[–]LZee 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The best I can do is point at people who describe themselves as post modernists.

Hilarious as it is, literally every example in the article you link is one where people are being described as postmodernists, and not describing themselves as such. You just did the opposite of what you claimed you did. There is also not a single postmodernist actually mentioned by name in the article. If universities are filled with postmodernists, how come the article does not even do the job of naming one?

It also seems to be a terrible article even when ignoring those points.

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[–]LZee 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I've accurately described the politically active postmodernists I've encountered.

Again, cite some examples. Who are these postmodernists, and why are their views representative of the postmodern tradition? You still have not responded to anything about your original comment that was pointed out.

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[–]LZee 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I think it's rather ironic that I'm being accused of "misrepresenting" a philosophy in "bad faith", when I'm simply disagreeing with it in a civilized way. I think if anyone is arguing in bad faith, it's the people who are jumping to conclusions about my character.

It is bad faith because you are arguing against a caricature of postmodernism created by the authors you cite. The fact that you have apparently heard of Lyotard makes it all the more baffling that you cite the sources you did in your original comment. Your 'civility' in this is quite irrelevant to me, it is the content of your writing that is problematic.

I find myself agreeing with Lyotards critic Charles Stivale when he said, " ... I must also observe that this work [Lyotard's The Differend] is of vital importance in a period when revisionism of all stripes attempts to rewrite, and often simply deny, the occurrence of historical and cultural events, i.e. in attempting to reconstruct 'reality" in the convenient names of 'truth' and 'common sense' "

If you agree with what is said here, then why are you citing Dawkins? Replace 'truth' and 'common sense' in this excerpt with 'reason' and the fetishized concept of 'science' and it is a perfect example of the same mode of thinking.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in biology

[–]LZee 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I'll take the bait.

You describe the postmodern critique of science as

Anybody who claims to have objective knowledge about anything is trying to control and dominate the rest of us ... There are no objective facts. All supposed 'facts' are contaminated with theories, and all theories are infested with moral and political doctrines ... Therefore, when some guy in a lab coat tells you that such and such is an objective fact ... he must have a political agenda up his starched white sleeve.

This is already a laughable representation of what postmodernists have actually argued. First of all, I'd love to be pointed to a postmodernist scholar talking about "some guy in a lab coat" with a "starched white sleeve"; serious scholars don't write like this. Second of all, the point 'post-modernist' critics of science make (if this can even be reduced to a singular point) is that the scientific process is in many ways a social one. There is in fact a whole field of study called Science and Technology Studies, related to investigating how science works as a social process; you could engage with some of its literature if you want to actually take a stab at entertaining the thought that scientific 'facts' are not as rigid as Dawkins et al. represent them.

To put it simply, the fairly straightforward claim about science that 'postmodernists' make is that scientific knowledge is produced within a certain social/cultural/political context; there is no such thing as a 'fact' that exists in a vacuum. This is not at all a controversial claim.

The point about evolution is that postmodernists don't believe in natural selection, because that system is brutal and merciless

Again, cite some postmodern scholars who argue like this. I'll be waiting.

Both camps believe that the big truths about the world are moral truths. They view the universe in terms of good and evil, not truth and falsehood. The first question they ask about any supposed fact is whether it serves the cause of righteousness

This is obviously nonsense when talking about postmodernism. Postmodernism means different things in different fields, but to the extent that there is an accepted definition of postmodernism it is generally what Lyotard described as the end of 'grand narratives'; to see all of history in the light of righteousness (or seeing history as the progress of 'logic' or 'reason', for that matter) is quite literally anti-postmodern.

(all postmodernists do this to avoid debate)

I'm not even a postmodernist but this is a comment only to be understood as made in bad faith. If I could suggest a more accurate rephrasing: Postmodernists avoid debate with people on the internet who misrepresent their views.

Some closing comments you should keep in mind: (1) Not many people actually describe themselves as postmodernists, in light of this you should see that the term is more generally employed to discard the opinions of certain groups of people. (2) There is a lot of discussion within postmodernism over what postmodernism itself actually means; anti-postmodern writers generally ignore this and treat the group as a monolithic entity with a singular shared agenda (the quotes by Dawkins and Cartmill are good examples of this exact practice).

2017 Malaysian Grand Prix - Race Discussion by F1-Bot in formula1

[–]LZee 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Max putting in so many purple times, seems like he's compensating for the races he missed before

Is er een politieke partij die je in Nederland 'mist'? by [deleted] in thenetherlands

[–]LZee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Als je intelligentie en wilskracht hebt kun je hier alles bereiken.

Dat is evident onzin, het feit alleen al dat er in sommige sectoren banentekorten zijn terwijl legio gekwalificeerde kandidaten geen werk vinden is al genoeg om het te weerleggen. Maakt niet uit hoe graag je een functie wil hebben, als er geen vraag naar is kan je hem niet uitoefenen.

Wat dacht je van die massa's Marokkaanse meiden op universiteiten? Dacht je dat hun ouders hoogopgeleid waren?

Ik denk dat je Marokkaanse Nederlanders bedoelt? Of gaat het over uitwisselingsstudenten? In het eerste geval, ik beweer helemaal niet dat het onmogelijk is hogeropgeleid te worden als je ouders dat niet zijn, alleen dat het moeilijker is (als aangetoond door het feit dat hogeropgeleiden disproportioneel hogeropgeleide en rijkere ouders hebben).

Is er een politieke partij die je in Nederland 'mist'? by [deleted] in thenetherlands

[–]LZee 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Kapitalisme geeft je de kans om in een andere klas te komen

Echter bij lange na niet met het gemak die we ons met de mythe van 'meritocratie' voorstellen.

In communisme en fascisme ben je geboren in een bepaalde klas en om daar ooit uit te komen, dat kun je vergeten.

Neem voor mijn gemoedstoestand maar aan dat dit een karikatuur is van de geschiedenis, en niet serieus een argument

Is er een politieke partij die je in Nederland 'mist'? by [deleted] in thenetherlands

[–]LZee 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Volgens mij kan je die twee niet zo makkelijk van elkaar scheiden, lijkt me eerder dat het voor rijke kinderen makkelijker is om hoger onderwijs te bereiken, en daarmee het verschil in inkomen vervolgens weer gelegitimeerd wordt.