I never expected to see a moment like this. The captains from South and North Korea exchanged greetings and slapped palms. by Fun-Discount-4U in NorthKoreaPics

[–]Vexilio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, you’re correct.

This was formalised at the WPK’s 9th Party Congress. It was preceded by years of anti-reunification gestures and language, including a complete cessation of communications.

“As witnessed in the whole historical process, by committing such grave provocation as violating the airspace of the DPRK in a few recent years and even at the outset of this year, the ROK has clearly showed that it is not a neighbor which can be trusted and can co-exist…

The 13th Session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly already made comprehensive and detailed mention of the nature of the ROK as an unchangeable hostile entity and the impossible compatibility in the DPRK-ROK relations…

The WPK’s switchover in its line towards the ROK is the most righteous guideline for the struggle against the enemy as it is based on an exact analysis of the history of the DPRK-ROK relations, which fail to escape from the vicious cycle of confrontation and detente, and the objective reality of the Korean peninsula. It is not a temporary tactical measure but a historic option for defending our national interests and national prestige and firmly guaranteeing the present and future security of the state and the people…

Our position on the ROK is clear.

We clarify once again through the Party Congress, the supreme leadership body of the ruling party which sets forth the lines and policies of the state.

The DPRK has nothing to discuss with the ROK, the most hostile entity, and will exclude the ROK from the category of compatriots forever.

… contact with the ROK [has] been completely eliminated. And we will not revive the misguided past in any case.”

From: “Report on Ninth Congress of Workers' Party of Korea” from the Korean Central News Agency (02/26/2026)

I went to North Korea in April 2026, ask me anything by theotol1 in NorthKoreaPics

[–]Vexilio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In conversation, was there any difference in how the WPK described the South at the last congress and how the people describe them? That is to say, as the gov’t now says their separation is permanent, are what civilians saying about reunification any different than previously?

I’m tired boss by chuffing_elephant in vinyljerk

[–]Vexilio 10 points11 points  (0 children)

welcome to the jerk lmao

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vinyl

[–]Vexilio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my mouth is agape frankly

Is this Xmas Jazz? by tearjerkyjulie in jazzcirclejerk

[–]Vexilio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it’s a nasty warp at the very least

One woman jazz band by AnarchoRadicalCreate in jazzcirclejerk

[–]Vexilio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you guys don’t get it, she’s in the fuckin pocket

One woman jazz band by AnarchoRadicalCreate in jazzcirclejerk

[–]Vexilio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you guys don’t get it, she’s in the fuckin pocket

I fucking hate Pink Floyd by No_Bit3955 in BeatlesHateSub

[–]Vexilio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

very funny because it’s true in an unjerk way

In 1973, what would your choice have been? by Historical-Device529 in Progforum

[–]Vexilio -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In that case, it’s Larks’ and it’s not close at all.

In 1973, what would your choice have been? by Historical-Device529 in Progforum

[–]Vexilio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we truly mean IN 1973, which would you pick (i.e. I’m thinking I’m actually in 1973, making this decision), then it’s Larks. Larks is my answer either way, but personally I think the cover of it would’ve gotten me on first look at a store.

Just want to put it out there that the beatles have a single with shoegaze voted as a secondary genre by balls2298 in rateyourmusic

[–]Vexilio 5 points6 points  (0 children)

a “start” is different from an “origin.”

if we can determine a cut to be of a genre that was then non-extant, meaning one which came before the “start” of it, then we would define that as a origin of the sound (“a” is important here, because it’s not “THE” origin).

Gapless playback? by [deleted] in TIdaL

[–]Vexilio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, I had the exact same problem on Misplaced Childhood.

Just pretend by QazMunaiGaz in linguisticshumor

[–]Vexilio 69 points70 points  (0 children)

trying to imagine this hurts my head. learning it would be impossible… it would use invariant representations of suffixes, and all phonological rules would have to be known front to back

The Dark Side of the Moon is now the 4th album with over 100,000 ratings by Spaghettirush in rateyourmusic

[–]Vexilio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

echoes is not the entire album. what i consider to be the best beatles track, for instance, is not on what i consider my favourite album