# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442 "2022-04-25T22:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2061 "2022-12-15T13:51:24Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > OK, I’ll point it out. His mother was Canadian-born So, exactly what I fucking said, then. As a throwaway joke. Because Canadians are _soooo_ famously shitty that being even _half_-Canadian must be a great blot on one’s character…🙄 That’s why Canadians wear American flag patches on their bags when they travel overseas, I’m sure. Really, no need for a gods-damned lecture. Especially not the bit on growing up in South Africa. I will just note, as a multiracial South African also “born a crime” but more than a decade before, that it’s amusing Noah has made quite a lot of hay out of a circumstance that persisted for literally only the first year of his life. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2062 "2022-12-15T14:13:34Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > So, what I fucking said, then. > > As a throwaway joke. It was a joke? It sounded to me more like the kind of nitpicking that someone does when they don’t have an actual argument. Followed later by the famous “it was just a joke” remark that we hear from the Trumps and Elmos of the world when confronted by the indisputable record of their own idiotic remarks. I thought you were better than that. > [@MrDibble](#): > > Because Canadians are _soooo_ famously shitty that being even _half_-Canadian must be a great blot on one’s character…🙄 That’s why Canadians wear American flag patches on their bags when they travel overseas, I’m sure. I have no idea whether this is some bizarre form of sarcasm or you’re just delusional. My simple point is that the birthplace of Elmo’s mother is absolutely irrelevant to any discussion of his background. Whatever point you thought you were making is … rather opaque. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2063 "2022-12-15T14:28:42Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It was a joke? Yeah. **JohnT** certainly got it. > [@wolfpup](#): > > It sounded to me more like the kind of nitpicking that someone does when they don’t have an actual argument. And this sounds like the ass-covering of a humourless twat who just now realized they were whooshed. > [@wolfpup](#): > > I thought you were better than that. And I thought you had a sense of humour. Guess we’re both set up for disappointment. > [@wolfpup](#): > > I have no idea whether this is some bizarre form of sarcasm or you’re just delusional. You really are _this_ humour-impaired? _Of course_ it’s fucking sarcasm. Are rolleyes emojis disabled in your personal theme or something? > [@wolfpup](#): > > My simple point is that the birthplace of Elmo’s mother is absolutely irrelevant to any discussion of his background. Gee, ya _think_? \* > [@wolfpup](#): > > Whatever point you thought you were making is … rather opaque. Apparently, my point was that there’s no joke so obvious some humour-deficient idiot won’t see it fly right by them. \* Sarcasm alert… . ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2064 "2022-12-15T15:07:03Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > And this sounds like the ass-covering of a humourless twat who just now realized they were whooshed. Not true. Working back through the various comments, it seems I was overly sensitized to the “half-Canadian” comment as either a defense of Elmo – a person I have come to despise – or an attribution of his eccentricities to my homeland, which has no such attributes at least in recent history. So yes, it appears I was overly sensitive and misinterpreted that remark. No ass-covering. I fucked up. Hey, I hate Elmo, I love Canada – so sue me! 🇨🇦 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2065 "2022-12-15T15:11:33Z")
I have no love of him either, trust me. Even if I corrected a couple factual errors about his background in this thread, I’m pretty sure his upbringing has a lot to do with his personality. And even though I’ve never been, all the Canadians I know are great people. Sorry I was overly abusive there. I think I was on edge from an _actual_ asshole trying to tone police me in GD earlier today. We good? ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2066 "2022-12-15T15:21:16Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > And I do love the use of Elmo’s preferred ‘pronouns’ in this thread. I’m not a big fan of using Fauci. IMHO Fauci dosen’t deserve the association. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2067 "2022-12-15T15:21:53Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52565664463_0e3778912f_z.jpg "74fhb6") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52565664463/) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2068 "2022-12-15T15:23:48Z")
Cute, but I think you mislabeled the contestants in that image. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2069 "2022-12-15T15:24:57Z")
? I capitalized the ‘p’ in Wolfpup, but… ? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2070 "2022-12-15T15:35:18Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > We good?   👍 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2071 "2022-12-15T15:38:25Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I capitalized the ‘p’ in Wolfpup, but… ? I _think_ if you flip 'em, you’d be closer. Anyway, I think quite a lot of Elon’s attitudes can be chalked up to “rich white man who runs tech companies.” Not all of it, but quite a lot. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2072 "2022-12-15T15:39:10Z")
I think they’re alluding to my non-Whiteness. But a) I’m not that dark-skinned, and b) have no idea what wolfpup’s skin tone might be. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2073 "2022-12-15T15:39:22Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > > [@MrDibble](#): > > > > We good? > > 👍 (wipes tear) it’s a Christmas miracle, peace was declared in a Pit thread ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2074 "2022-12-15T15:39:54Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > That’s why Canadians wear American flag patches on their bags when they travel overseas, I’m sure. As sarcasm (which I assume that was), this comment is consistent with my personal experience as an American living in majority Islamic countries (Indonesia and Egypt) from 1993 to 2018. A lot of Americans I knew chose to (falsely) identify as Canadian if asked their nationality by the locals. I understood the sentiment, and sympathized. But, I’m also chronically honest. When Indonesians or Egyptians asked me where I was from, I always told the truth, even when I felt ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2075 "2022-12-15T15:41:46Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > I’m not a big fan of using Fauci. IMHO Fauci dosen’t deserve the association. How about “Fauxci”? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2076 "2022-12-15T15:41:47Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > A lot of Americans I knew chose to (falsely) identify as Canadian if asked their nationality by the locals Yep, that’s the very real practice I was riffing off. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2077 "2022-12-15T15:43:40Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > > [@naita](#): > > > > Now back to bashing Elmo Mush! > > I prefer Muskmelon, but that’s not bad. I prefer [**Ely Cologne**](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4562262/). ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2078 "2022-12-15T15:54:16Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > This is the guy they’re calling a genius of some sort. Buy high and sell low. Isn’t this how all billionaires are created? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2079 "2022-12-15T16:13:41Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Isn’t this how all billionaires are created? When a mommy billionaire and a daddy billionaire love eachother very much, the daddy gives the mommy a special deposit… ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2080 "2022-12-15T16:16:02Z")
He’s so rich he was conceived by wire transfer… …wait. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=105)