# How have you guys not pitted Elon Musk yet?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [July 16, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047 "2018-07-16T22:40:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@Warm\_blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Warm_blood)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/1 "2018-07-16T22:40:35Z")
I mean, he called one of the British divers who rescued the Thai kids trapped in a cave a pedophile on Twitter. And then he doubled down on the claim after being called out on it. Just what the fuck is wrong with him? No, seriously, what the fuck?
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### Author:  [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/2 "2018-07-16T22:41:32Z")
[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=848142](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=848142)
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### Author:  [@Warm\_blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Warm_blood)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/3 "2018-07-16T22:42:22Z")
Mods, close/delete this thread because I can’t search to save my life.
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### Author:  [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/4 "2018-07-16T22:46:50Z")
So, you were pitting the Board for not pitting someone but, upon learning that the Board actually had pitted him, have now turned this into a self-Pit? 😃
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### Author:  [@Warm\_blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Warm_blood)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/5 "2018-07-16T23:05:11Z")
Hey, at least I can admit when I’m the fuck-up.
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### Author:  [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/6 "2018-07-17T01:29:59Z")
Excellent question. I for one haven’t pitted him because I was waiting for you to pit him while pointing a finger at everyone else after someone before you pitted him. Is now a good time?
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### Author:  [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/7 "2018-07-17T01:35:15Z")
Ok, so now I did.
[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=858839](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=858839)
Happy?
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/8 "2024-12-26T16:08:17Z")
It’s Pits all the way down.
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/9 "2025-02-26T00:14:58Z")
I resurrected this thread because I didn’t feel that the story justified starting a new one. Anyway, there’s a story going around that one of the three young children he had with the entertainer Grimes is seriously ill, and she’s claiming that she can’t get treatment until she gets his permission. I do not know which child is sick, or what is (allegedly) wrong, and of course, one has to wonder why she can’t just go ahead and proceed with treatment anyway. Mothers can unilaterally make big decisions regarding their children; fathers usually cannot unless the mother is deceased or not in the picture.
> **[Grimes Pleads with Elon Musk on X to Stop Ignoring Her About Their Child's...](https://people.com/grimes-pleads-with-elon-musk-to-stop-ignoring-her-about-their-child-medical-crisis-11683855)**
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> Grimes took to X on Thursday, Feb. 20, to plead with Elon Musk to reply to her concerning their child's "medical crisis." She said the situation is dire, and asked Musk to "respond asap" or "our child will suffer life long impairment."
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/10 "2025-02-26T14:20:51Z")
It’s been a bit, but it still seems that most of the Pitting of Musk is going on in that thread about him buying Twitter, even when discussing things not related to that site.
Just might get more eyeballs there, is all I’m thinking. ^^
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/11 "2025-03-10T15:03:14Z")
Saw a Twitter meme today, proposing that SpaceX take over maintenance of Air Force One.
Seems kinda mean. But think of the money that could be saved!
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### Author:  [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/12 "2025-03-11T00:19:51Z")
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Stranger
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### Author:  [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/13 "2025-03-21T17:51:38Z")
Boy, am I feeling unreasonably pleased with myself. Bethnal Green Road, London
https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!4v1742579356158!6m8!1m7!1sTIbm6MkFD7m6MI6wBwAj6w!2m2!1d51.52663588527556!2d-0.06371368818674736!3f239.59071426657982!4f0.8430851577523555!5f0.7820865974627469
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/14 "2025-03-22T08:05:44Z")
Okay, what are we looking at here (apart from east London)?
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### Author:  [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/15 "2025-03-22T08:20:09Z")
You are looking at the storefronts in the picture with the 0-1939 billboard.
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### Author:  [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-guys-not-pitted-elon-musk-yet/818047/16 "2025-03-22T08:44:39Z")
Yep. Apologies for my slight obsession. I’m trying to remember if you can get a killer beigel just up the road and to the right. But that’s an aside.
j
ETA: historical note - we can’t be too far from Cable Street. That’s a nice touch.