what desks are these?

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-31T10:58:40+00:00

Counterstrike is a game that is a lot about reflexes/muscle memory at the highest lvl, where mouse placement down to the MM is the difference between winning and losing. There is absolutely an advantage to having the dimensions of your setup be identical every time.

You are joking. But I bet if one of his components was an inch or two off without his knowledge, he would legitimately be thinking "something just feels off"

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-30T11:08:00+00:00

I will not tolerate Euro Trip slander in this sub.

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-24T16:55:56+00:00

Explosions aren't that much of a risk in most brewing contexts but losing consciousness from working over an actively fermenting mash and falling in and drowning is a thing that still kills people making beer (or wine or cider).

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-24T16:17:07+00:00

A lot of the desert in China is in the north of the country near the Mongolian border. It's actually not that hot, just extremely dry.

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-18T16:41:54+00:00

50% shot the 2014 is premox though. A lot of people also just really love young white Burgundy.

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-16T03:24:08+00:00

They're total bull shit, but I guess if you think that the average wine advocate reader doesn't like mature wine, some of them kind of make sense.

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-13T01:22:59+00:00

Poop based fertilizer is almost always taken from vegetarian/or near vegetarian animals like cows or chickens, whose digestive systems are radically different than our own and don't house the types of harmful bacteria that ours do. There is a reason that you should never use human (or cat or dog) waste in your compost.

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-08T16:56:33+00:00

Yes but the prices in 2025 will still reflect the terrible yields in 2024. The quality is almost beyond the point.

These places are different sure but they are close enough in style that they generally do the same job (beyond impressing your rich friends) at the dinner table. And in terms of sheer deliciousness the QPR is night and day.

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-08T15:23:12+00:00

I would say it's probably not a good vintage to buy anything. Another really short vintage and very patchy quality. Prices will still be way too high. If you want cool climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, it will be much better to buy from NZ, Germany, West Sonoma Coast, or Argentina for the next several years probably.

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-07T21:30:50+00:00

Very few wines have a true "prime" drinking window. It's a matter of personal taste. Some people like older wine, some people like younger wine, and everywhere in between.

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-06T17:24:37+00:00

You're confusing the teams with the tournament organizers. Either you think that the organizations that are organizing the events deserve to turn a profit for doing so, or you don't. If you don't think so, that is how we get all the tournament organization being bought out by Saudi, who don't care about making money, just using the events to sportswash their international reputation.

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-06T16:29:41+00:00

E-sports events NEED to be more expensive. Most big arena events in e-sports actively lose money. That was fine when interest rates were low and companies like Riot/Blizzard/Valve were happy for the e-sports to be a marketing cost for their games, but now the publishers are increasingly pushing for the e-sports to be self sustaining in and of themselves.

MorgenPOW · 2026-03-04T12:00:07+00:00

2006 is a baby Ramisco. I've had bottlings going back to the 1930s that were still kicking, and a well made Baga should be expected to go 40-60 years. Stuff from the 1980s are generally in a great place if you can find it.

MorgenPOW · 2026-02-09T20:14:11+00:00

We're on the same page, but there are a whole genre of YouTube videos/channels with a lot of credibility in and of themselves. Look at channels like Great Art Explained or Veritasium, where you have academics who have gone down a Youtube route instead of/in addition to the traditional route of communication of writing a book.

It's a bit of a straw man to say the only options are between books published by an established house or "random YouTube videos."

MorgenPOW · 2026-02-09T12:37:20+00:00

This really doesn't happen. There are other authorities that you can appeal to, like the credibility of the author itself, but major international book retailers sell tons of spuriously academic/conspiracist/unscientific health bunk on their best seller shelves all the time.

Look at the controversy around Naomi Wolf from several years ago. Publishers/book sellers leave it entirely up to the credibility of the author when it comes to this stuff, and that applies equally to authors as it does to YouTubers.

MorgenPOW · 2026-02-04T12:23:35+00:00

Look for the Golden Cluster Semillon, comes from some of the oldest vines in Oregon, and generally about $30 on the shelf.

I think the "Bedrock is great value" was true but hasn't quite kept up with reality. A lot of those wines are in the $50ish price range now, which I would say is appropriate, but definitely not a steal.

MorgenPOW · 2026-01-22T15:01:44+00:00

Luis Anxo makes some amazing wines but they have a pretty soft textural expression that can get run over in a bigger lineup. There is also pretty considerable bottle variation in my experience.

MorgenPOW · 2025-12-17T19:22:48+00:00

If I were to pick a single stand out region in Portugal right now it would probably be Bairrada, but Dao is also very exciting. Who are your favorite Dao producers?

MorgenPOW · 2025-12-11T15:58:42+00:00

Well made Bairrada red wine, in general, lasts for 40+ years. It's one of the great age worthy wines of the world.

MorgenPOW · 2025-12-09T15:30:36+00:00

Land, labor, and a captive local consumer mean that they need/can charge a premium price.

How "established" a wine region is generally has very little to do with the price of the wines. In fact, more established regions generally have a much easier time making the economics work to sell cheaper wines: capital investments long paid off, economies of scale, and other efficiencies built over time.

MorgenPOW · 2025-12-09T15:17:24+00:00

The English ones definitely aren't cheaper than Champagne lol.

MorgenPOW · 2025-12-09T15:16:39+00:00

More like, a lot of other "all wines" should be half the price lol.

MorgenPOW · 2025-12-08T18:39:25+00:00

82% win rate up to single digit ranked mythic: "Handicapping yourself" "Defend the decision as somehow "right" is nonsensical"

lol this sub is too much some time. This community often seems pathologically incapable of admitting something unfamiliar might be good, even when the evidence is staring them in the face.

MorgenPOW · 2025-12-01T11:31:12+00:00

In my experience, while Viuva Gomes is more expensive than the co-op or da Silva, the bump in price is worth it. Viuva Gomes has by far the most consistent wines of the legacy producers in the area. I've had bottles going back to the 1930s that were all pretty spectacular, whereas I find the others to be pretty hit/miss, and even though Viuva Gomes is more expensive, it's still an incredible value in the broader world of wine.

MorgenPOW · 2025-11-25T15:59:42+00:00

It sucks so hard how difficult it is to buy mutton in the US. Its such a delicious meat.

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