AernaLingus
joined 3 years ago
I think a dance belt is the move here
I thought the edit was gonna be a constipation joke
Ride the Lightning is definitely up there, but I think my favorite is probably Blackened. Kirk's soloing can be kind of directionless and sloppy/wanky, but the structure of the rhythm section gives his solo more of an arc and the frenetic tempo makes the slop more stylistically appropriate. And the dumb 14 year old boy in me is never not gonna love the silly whammy bar abuse that ends the solo (I think it's a big reason I got the LTD version of his signature guitar with the locking nut as a teen). Also solo aside, godDAMN does the intro/verse riff go fucking hard. The blistering place and off-kilter rhythm never fail to get me headbanging.
Despite the signature guitar, I'm not a big Kirk fan. I feel like he's a nice guy and a serviceable guitarist who is lucky that Dave Mustaine is such a colossal prick (honestly not so different from Kirk as a soloist, but an undoubtedly gifted songwriter). Not exactly a hot take, but I'll always be partial to Marty Friedman; his Tornado of Souls solo is legendary, of course, but his Lucretia solo is sublime (if less flashy). Always find it funny how after Marty ties a neat bow on his solo Dave comes crashing in with like the dumbest conceivable opening to a solo.
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They allow seeking on longer shorts (not sure what the threshold is, maybe 20 seconds?), but it's stupid that they don't just enable it on everything (and apparently it's straight-up impossible to seek shorts on desktop, very cool). Also I hate that there isn't a way to hide the UI on mobile so a good 15-20% of the screen is permanently covered by buttons and text. Personally I only watch the handful of shorts a day published by the channels I subscribe to, so I only deal with it for a few minutes at a time.
I've seen some YouTube streamers experimenting with vertical streams (I'm assuming it's something YouTube has been pushing to try to attract the younger demo) and it's so dumb because while, yes, the streamer can now take up nearly the entire screen, it means there's nowhere left to put chat or titles or anything else (god forbid you try to play a game) and is thus a substandard experience. I can sorta understand it for like a casual IRL stream where you just prop your phone up while you're eating or hold it while walking around or whatever, but I just don't see the point for someone who's streaming from a desktop setup. If I'm on mobile I'd rather have a normal horizontal stream so I can choose between no UI with the stream using the whole phone screen (for passive viewing) or all the UI (chat, buttons, title, etc.) while still being able to type and still being able to see the whole stream smaller but unobstructed.
Idk, maybe it's just boomer Twitch mentality and I'm just failing to understand the other perspective. I guess if you're only typing very short messages or using the little react thing you tap on in the corner the UI thing is less of an issue, and if the stream is someone's body from the waist up it doesn't really matter if the bottom part of the stream is covered by chat. Not for me, but if other people enjoy it it's cool that they're getting an option that better suits their preferences.
Relevant text of the resolution
Expresses concern that DPRK nationals continue to work in other States for the purpose of generating foreign export earnings that the DPRK uses to support its prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile programs despite the adoption of paragraph 17 of resolution 2375 (2017), decides that Member States shall repatriate to the DPRK all DPRK nationals earning income in that Member State’s jurisdiction and all DPRK government safety oversight attachés monitoring DPRK workers abroad immediately but no later than 24 months from the date of adoption of this resolution unless the Member State determines that a DPRK national is a national of that Member State or a DPRK national whose repatriation is prohibited, subject to applicable national and international law, including international refugee law and international human rights law, and the United Nations Headquarters Agreement and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, and further decides that all Member States shall provide a midterm report by 15 months from the date of adoption of this resolution of all DPRK nationals earning income in that Member State’s jurisdiction that were repatriated over the 12 month period starting from the date of adoption of this resolution, including an explanation of why less than half of such DPRK nationals were repatriated by the end of that 12 month period if applicable, and all Member States shall provide final reports by 27 months from the date of adoption of this resolution
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Decides that all Member States shall not provide work authorizations for DPRK nationals in their jurisdictions in connection with admission to their territories unless the Committee determines on a case-by-case basis in advance that employment of DPRK nationals in a member state’s jurisdiction is required for the delivery of humanitarian assistance, denuclearization or any other purpose consistent with the objectives of resolutions
1718 (2006),
1874 (2009),
2087 (2013),
2094 (2013),
2270 (2016),
2321 (2016),
2356 (2017),
2371 (2017),
or this resolution, and decides that this provision shall not apply with respect to work authorizations for which written contracts have been finalized prior to the adoption of this resolution;
edit: unrelated to the meat of this post, but somehow I never noticed that the astronaut holding the gun has an Ohio flag patch until just now.
Love that little Internationale quote during the turnaround right before the verse. If that's not already the socialist version of The Lick, it should be.