Posted On: Saturday - February 8th 2025 9:25PM MST
In Topics: Music Humor Political Correctness
Political Correctness, started way back in the 1980s perhaps, at least named such by then, was a bit more innocuous than its roided-up version Wokeness. Back when it was called PC, there really were lots of well-meaning people who thought we could make people feel better by using inoffensive terminology:
Euphemism creep has been going on, the idea being that we need to introduce new terminology to hide whom or what we are talking about, cause... connotations. "Oh, whenever they say 'teens", they mean..." Someone get to work on a new one, stat!
Expert Michael Scott explains some more:
The Wokeness, seen for a decade or so at its worst (hopefully), is much more edgy. Names and terminology are changed to erase history. That's the Communist Way, the Communist Truth, and the Communist Shining Path. It makes one pine for the old innocent days of Political Correctness.
Apparently the word "jungle" has been out of favor for a few decades already. It took me a couple of years to figure out that those people trying to "save the rainforest - like these people* - were talking about the jungle. "Jungle" has certain connotations though, snakes and bugs and such, so who wants to save it? The Rain Forest sounds very nice. We really SHOULD save it. (The check's in the mail.)
Now, for over 50 years, many small airliners have been built in Sao Paulo, Brazil by the Embraer company. There were nearly 500 EMB-110 18-passenger Bandeirante turboprops built, and that model was dubbed affectionately as The Bandit by pilots. Embraer came out with the EMB-120 Brasilia next, followed by their regional jets. There are plenty of the EMB-135 and many more EMB-145 ERJ's flying around still.** Due to the simple fact that they were built in Brazil, and Brazil has a huge jungle, the -135s and -145s have long been dubbed The Jungle Jet. Truly, there was nothing slur-like about this.
Pilots and air traffic controllers have had their affectionate names for lots of airplanes. The grand old Boeing 747 was The Whale - no slur there, as it was and still is a hell of an airplane. The shortest version of the narrow-bodied Airbuses (319/320/321), the 319 has been called The Baby Bus. (Yes, "short bus" for it is indeed a slur, but then the planes do call the pilots "retards" during landings!).
Well, about 20 years ago, my friend was going on a long trip, and I asked him about the equipment. The first leg was to be on an ERJ-135 or -145. I told him about the name, so he'd sound familiar with the lingo. When the day came, he went up the built-in stairs into the plane and commented "Hey, this is the Jungle Jet." Of all things, it turned out that both pilots and the flight attendant were Black!. Remember, folks, if you're in customer service, "The customer is always right." My friend survived the journey unscathed.
The new and very-improved President Trump has been a real trooper by not putting up with the PC/Wokeness name-changing business. Peak Stupidity figures we should get on-board with this and un-rename the Rain Forest. So, we will feature 3 Rain Forest songs with their originally changed names to see how dumb this PC stuff sounds.. These songs go back about half a century.
Run through the Rain Forest was by Creedence Clearwater Revival. This is one of my top 10 favorites from a band that made nothing but favorites. That's John Fogerty with the best voice ever in Rock & Roll.
Bungle in the Rain Forest (too bad that doesn't rhyme!) was by Jethro Tull. That's not a guy - the leader of this great rock band was Ian Anderson. I have no idea who Jethro Tull himself was. This band played some much longer and weirder material, but this was more of pop song. Good stuff! And, what other rock bands had flautists? Marshall Tucker, and I know I've been reminded of some others...
Rain Forest Love was by The Steve Miller Band. This is not the same Steven Miller who works for Trump, though he was also from California. I doubt the immigration invasion mattered to this Steve Miller. It was the mid/late-1970s. He did sing a song about USAID, though. What was it... oh Take the Money and Run. "Whooo, hooo, hoooo, go on ..."
I know I missed Guns & Roses' Welcome to the Rain Forest, but it's just not one of my favorites of theirs.
* That link goes to a movie review of The Green Inferno. There's a Part 2... of the review that is, not of the movie. The latter would be more than I could stomach, pun intended.
** The most recent and fairly successful models have been the EMB-170/175/190s. These things stand tall and look like Airbuses. They could be called "cross-overs", as they are between regional jets and "mainline" aircraft.
Comments:
Hail
Monday - February 10th 2025 10:47AM MST
PS
-- Kanye West praises Whites, excluding one religious group --
https://www.unz.com/isteve/my-substack-stevesailer-net/#comment-6988689
The stupidest/strangest Super Bowl commercial, pointing to a website selling a single t-shirt.
-- Kanye West praises Whites, excluding one religious group --
https://www.unz.com/isteve/my-substack-stevesailer-net/#comment-6988689
The stupidest/strangest Super Bowl commercial, pointing to a website selling a single t-shirt.
Hail
Monday - February 10th 2025 10:45AM MST
PS
"If you have specific claims or themes from the site [PeakStupidity.com) that you'd like analyzed through a conspiratorial lens, feel free to share."
"If you have specific claims or themes from the site [PeakStupidity.com) that you'd like analyzed through a conspiratorial lens, feel free to share."
Moderator
Monday - February 10th 2025 10:44AM MST
PS: What, nothing about "random right-wing ranters"?! Nah, can't be the #RealRonUnz.
Nah, but the AI doesn't have me connected to said RRwR commenter, which is find by me. The phrasing is something that the AI gets down fairly well.
Thanks for that, Adam
Nah, but the AI doesn't have me connected to said RRwR commenter, which is find by me. The phrasing is something that the AI gets down fairly well.
Thanks for that, Adam
Adam Smith
Monday - February 10th 2025 10:33AM MST
PS: ๐โ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐
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Hail
Monday - February 10th 2025 10:22AM MST
PS
What are the Ron Unz Chatbot's views on the menace of Peak Stupidity (PeakStupidity.com)?
What are the Ron Unz Chatbot's views on the menace of Peak Stupidity (PeakStupidity.com)?
Hail
Monday - February 10th 2025 10:21AM MST
PS
-- Unzbot output fails to impress. --
Part of what the Ron Unz Chatbot told you, Mr. Smith, reads like a parody of Ron Unz. But then, part of it reads like the Chatbot just got lazy and slunked down into Random Right-Wing Ranter mode. The real Ron Unz would not have written about two-thirds of that.
-- Unzbot output fails to impress. --
Part of what the Ron Unz Chatbot told you, Mr. Smith, reads like a parody of Ron Unz. But then, part of it reads like the Chatbot just got lazy and slunked down into Random Right-Wing Ranter mode. The real Ron Unz would not have written about two-thirds of that.
Adam Smith
Monday - February 10th 2025 10:08AM MST
PS: Good afternoon, y'all...
https://i.ibb.co/qY2nb95M/Ron-Unz-Chat-Bot.jpg
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Hail
Monday - February 10th 2025 9:47AM MST
PS
-- Artificial Stupidity LLMs vs. PS --
I asked the Twitter/X-infochatbot ("Grok") a simple question, one which any idiot can easily check for himself:
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(Q.) How many posts has Peak Stupidity (PeakStupidity.com) published so far?
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The response:
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(quote from "Grok")
(A.) I was unable to find the total number of posts published by Peak Stupidity (PeakStupidity.com) from the provided search results. The website itself does not appear to provide a readily accessible count of total posts on its main pages, and the search results only reference specific post numbers (e.g., the 3,000th post on May 31, 2024) without giving a current total.
If you'd like to find the exact number of posts, you might need to check the website directly for an archive or sitemap, or contact the site owner for more details. Alternatively, if you'd like assistance with a web search to locate this information, I can help with that.
(end quote from Grok)
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This actually took more than twenty seconds to load, which in AI-LLM years is a very long time.
The answer can easily be found within two seconds of the main-page loading: 3,186.
(It did get the 3000th post right, but only because it was extremely explicitly stated:
https://peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=3000
-- Artificial Stupidity LLMs vs. PS --
I asked the Twitter/X-infochatbot ("Grok") a simple question, one which any idiot can easily check for himself:
________________
(Q.) How many posts has Peak Stupidity (PeakStupidity.com) published so far?
________________
The response:
________________
(quote from "Grok")
(A.) I was unable to find the total number of posts published by Peak Stupidity (PeakStupidity.com) from the provided search results. The website itself does not appear to provide a readily accessible count of total posts on its main pages, and the search results only reference specific post numbers (e.g., the 3,000th post on May 31, 2024) without giving a current total.
If you'd like to find the exact number of posts, you might need to check the website directly for an archive or sitemap, or contact the site owner for more details. Alternatively, if you'd like assistance with a web search to locate this information, I can help with that.
(end quote from Grok)
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This actually took more than twenty seconds to load, which in AI-LLM years is a very long time.
The answer can easily be found within two seconds of the main-page loading: 3,186.
(It did get the 3000th post right, but only because it was extremely explicitly stated:
https://peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=3000
Moderator
Monday - February 10th 2025 9:34AM MST
PS: Mr. Hail, I know that some commenter had put an AI-written summary of one of his "America did COVID!" article within the comments. Mr. Unz thought it was pretty good. Hell, yeah, I mean, it wasn't like I was going to read the whole article. (... though I will read his current Lindbergh one.)
AS, Artificial Stupidity, seems to be more like it though, as per some results I've seen. I wonder what Ron Unz will think about the job being done by that AI Chatbot. I imagine all articles will start with "I never really thought about ABC most of my life, but some dumbass commenter on my site brought up a very good point about ABC, so I read 18 books about it over the weekend. And, Syd Herch!" Actually, it's hit or miss with Ron Unz. I appreciate his enthusiasm for digging deep into things.
AS, Artificial Stupidity, seems to be more like it though, as per some results I've seen. I wonder what Ron Unz will think about the job being done by that AI Chatbot. I imagine all articles will start with "I never really thought about ABC most of my life, but some dumbass commenter on my site brought up a very good point about ABC, so I read 18 books about it over the weekend. And, Syd Herch!" Actually, it's hit or miss with Ron Unz. I appreciate his enthusiasm for digging deep into things.
Moderator
Monday - February 10th 2025 9:29AM MST
PS: That's hilarious about the use of the different band names for that reason, Mr. Anon. My favorite Jethro Tull song is probably Aqualung just due to that build-up to the great guitar jam. It should have gone on for twice or 3 x as long, but, alas, you had to be able to fit the song into (FM) radio playlists, and the vinyl records are limited to a certain diameter.
Moderator
Monday - February 10th 2025 9:26AM MST
PS: I'm glad you pasted that instrumental Sweet Child 'o Mine back in, Mr. Smith. I forgot how great a job that was! I do like the singing by Axel Rose too though, of course.
Hello, Mr. Anon. I'd never heard Open Sesame, and I'm not sure about Rain Forest Boogie. The latter was about as disco-esque as one could get. The Wikipedia entry on "Disco" ought to have that song embedded even.
The phrase "Get down" was heard in a lot not just in Kook and the Gang songs but, say, "Get Down Tonight" by KC and the Sunshine band. (I'd first thought that was the 1st Kool & the Gang song. People were getting down a whole lot during the latter years of the 1970's. One wonders if this phrase came out of the ghetto, as used by single moms often during mostly peaceful disagreements by the youts.
Hello, Mr. Anon. I'd never heard Open Sesame, and I'm not sure about Rain Forest Boogie. The latter was about as disco-esque as one could get. The Wikipedia entry on "Disco" ought to have that song embedded even.
The phrase "Get down" was heard in a lot not just in Kook and the Gang songs but, say, "Get Down Tonight" by KC and the Sunshine band. (I'd first thought that was the 1st Kool & the Gang song. People were getting down a whole lot during the latter years of the 1970's. One wonders if this phrase came out of the ghetto, as used by single moms often during mostly peaceful disagreements by the youts.
Hail
Monday - February 10th 2025 6:23AM MST
PS
-- Ron Unz Chatbot released --
I regret to inform you all of this, but I feel it my duty to do so: A "Ron Unz Chatbot" has been released. It is currently in operation. The consequences so far are unknown.
The description:
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Ron Unz Chatbot
By Felipe Pena
Creates original writings
from provided samples by Ron Unz.
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-- Ron Unz Chatbot released --
I regret to inform you all of this, but I feel it my duty to do so: A "Ron Unz Chatbot" has been released. It is currently in operation. The consequences so far are unknown.
The description:
__________________
Ron Unz Chatbot
By Felipe Pena
Creates original writings
from provided samples by Ron Unz.
__________________
Mr. Anon
Sunday - February 9th 2025 7:04PM MST
PS
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The story I heard about Jethro Tull was that they were so hated by club owners that they had to give a different name every time they tried to get booked.
I don't know why they were considered so bad - maybe they just didn't fit in with the club vibe. I always liked them, especially Bungle in the Jungle, Locomotive Breath, and Living in the Past. They had some good songs in the 80s too:
Broadsword:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itp81Q7XGk
and Steel Monkey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z56Qr7xmkEk
@M
The story I heard about Jethro Tull was that they were so hated by club owners that they had to give a different name every time they tried to get booked.
I don't know why they were considered so bad - maybe they just didn't fit in with the club vibe. I always liked them, especially Bungle in the Jungle, Locomotive Breath, and Living in the Past. They had some good songs in the 80s too:
Broadsword:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itp81Q7XGk
and Steel Monkey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z56Qr7xmkEk
Mr. Anon
Sunday - February 9th 2025 6:58PM MST
PS
Rainforest Boogie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGKiC2suCHQ
Not my favorite Kool and the Gang song. That would be "Open Sesame":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuKzkYcgxsA
Rainforest Boogie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGKiC2suCHQ
Not my favorite Kool and the Gang song. That would be "Open Sesame":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuKzkYcgxsA
Adam Smith
Sunday - February 9th 2025 12:35PM MST
PS: Sweet Child O' Mine
I know I've posted this one b4, but here goes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok5d8nXAngw
The Original...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4
Beautiful here today. I think I'm going to go wash the cars. โฎ๏ธ
I know I've posted this one b4, but here goes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok5d8nXAngw
The Original...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4
Beautiful here today. I think I'm going to go wash the cars. โฎ๏ธ
Moderator
Sunday - February 9th 2025 8:07AM MST
PS: Thanks again for the vids, Adam. I've only watched the bass guitar one so far. I liked G&R when I first heard "Sweet Child of Mine". That one is fantastic.
M, thanks for that wiki info. Bands may change names a number of times, but once they get famous, well, they need to stick to whatever it happens to be at the time. Like, you know, the Quarrymen. Do you know that Paul McCartney was in a band after the Quarrymen?
Then there was Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship, whatever. And Prince, but he was a bit off.
M, thanks for that wiki info. Bands may change names a number of times, but once they get famous, well, they need to stick to whatever it happens to be at the time. Like, you know, the Quarrymen. Do you know that Paul McCartney was in a band after the Quarrymen?
Then there was Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship, whatever. And Prince, but he was a bit off.
M
Sunday - February 9th 2025 7:08AM MST
PS
Jethro Tull was an Englishman who invented a horse-drawn seed drill which made for a lot less work during planting, among other inventions.
Not sure why the band was named that. According to Wikipedia, they were booked into clubs under various names by their agents. One of the agents was a history buff and once booked them under "Jethro Tull". The band liked the name, though apparently thought better of it years later.
Sounds about as likely as any other explanation.
Jethro Tull was an Englishman who invented a horse-drawn seed drill which made for a lot less work during planting, among other inventions.
Not sure why the band was named that. According to Wikipedia, they were booked into clubs under various names by their agents. One of the agents was a history buff and once booked them under "Jethro Tull". The band liked the name, though apparently thought better of it years later.
Sounds about as likely as any other explanation.
Sunday - February 9th 2025 1:36AM MST
PS: be = bed
Adam Smith
Sunday - February 9th 2025 1:33AM MST
PS: Last one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmYrqZhJ3Rk
(I promise.)('cause I have to go to be like an hour ago.) โฎ๏ธ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmYrqZhJ3Rk
(I promise.)('cause I have to go to be like an hour ago.) โฎ๏ธ
Adam Smith
Sunday - February 9th 2025 1:13AM MST
PS: Good evening, or morning, or whatever this is...
This is the video most worth watching...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ligr9aMFcQ
The others are good too.
But this medley is like a quick five minute master class.
Good night friends. โฎ๏ธ
This is the video most worth watching...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ligr9aMFcQ
The others are good too.
But this medley is like a quick five minute master class.
Good night friends. โฎ๏ธ
Bring Out Your Dead
Sunday - February 9th 2025 12:09AM MST
PS: ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ & ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌโ
Welcome to the Rainforest...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg
October Snow...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE
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Welcome to the Rainforest...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg
October Snow...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE
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A Quick Bass Tutorial
Saturday - February 8th 2025 10:43PM MST
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