# 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:** 122
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2422 "2022-12-29T14:47:38Z")
My Republican boss bought a Tesla, but he returned it after just a few days. He hated it. He bought a Honda EV instead. He was very uncomfortable with some of the self driving aspects of the Tesla. I don’t remember the specifics. My first attempt to log into twitter this morning took me to an error page. Later attempts have been ok so far. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2423 "2022-12-29T16:35:07Z")
You guys use Twitter? Why not attend a few MAGA rallies too? ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2424 "2022-12-29T17:11:41Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Somewhere in San Francisco Elmo is unplugging servers one at a time to try and figure out what each one does. I know this is a joke, but if Twitter is running on a well-architected Kubernetes cluster, (and I assured that it is,) Elmo should be able to unplug machines at will and the cluster controller will automatically spin up new instances of the affected binaries on other machines. There is no “this machine does X” that can be discovered by shutting physical machines off. (Also, I would hope that the bulk of Twitter is running on cloud servers owned by some other company that Elmo does not have physical access to. Even if they are Twitter-owned servers, I would hope they are at some collocation site, rather than taking up expensive San Francisco real estate). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2425 "2022-12-29T20:55:50Z")
That just makes the joke better. Imagine Elon in an unheated San Francisco office, running around unplugging printers and coffee makers, and then spinning around to his three remaining employees (at least one of whom is clearly janitorial staff) and saying, “Now, see if _that_ changed anything!” ---
**Author:** ![DeadTreasSecretaries](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deadtreassecretaries/32/4817_2.png) [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2426 "2022-12-29T21:02:50Z")
_shoots computer monitor_ “I stopped the virus!” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2427 "2022-12-29T21:04:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Somewhere in San Francisco Elmo is unplugging servers one at a time to try and figure out what each one does. [![](https://www.mememaker.net/static/images/memes/4362139.jpg) ](https://www.mememaker.net/static/images/memes/4362139.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2428 "2022-12-29T21:20:43Z")
It’s working! Every time he unplugs a server, one of his competitors’ cars stops running! #realgenius > > > > David Wells @DavidWells ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2429 "2022-12-29T21:30:29Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > There is no “this machine does X” that can be discovered by shutting physical machines off. And should we conclude that _Twitter cannot be turned off_ if it launches the nukes, sends a Terminator back in time to kill Kamala Harris as a child, etc. etc. …? ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2430 "2022-12-29T22:49:33Z")
Hey, it worked for Jethro Gibbs. ---
**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 29, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2431 "2022-12-29T23:13:18Z")
In other news, [the recent artic blast has been reportedly leaving Tesla owners unable to enter their vehicles](https://nypost.com/2022/12/29/tesla-owners-share-videos-of-their-cars-failing-in-arctic-freeze/) despite [Tesla rolling out a software update back in October that was supposed to alleviate the issue.](https://mashable.com/article/tesla-frozen-door-handle-fix) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2432 "2022-12-29T23:14:46Z")
The only winning move is not to tweet. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2433 "2022-12-30T00:40:09Z")
As of this afternoon I’m logged in on desktop, but if I try to log in on my phone it just tells me I’m already logged in. I guess Elmo has decided using more than one device to access Twitter is “woke” or something. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2434 "2022-12-30T02:56:52Z")
Twitter is being evicted from its Seattle office for not paying the rent. > **[Reports: Twitter to close Seattle office and faces eviction](https://www.geekwire.com/2022/reports-twitter-to-close-seattle-office-and-faces-eviction/)** > > Twitter is reportedly facing eviction at its Seattle office and is asking employees to work from home as the social media giant looks to cut costs under new owner Elon… Read More ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2435 "2022-12-30T03:35:44Z")
Welp, so much for that living at the office thing … ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2436 "2022-12-30T03:40:40Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Welp, so much for that living at the office thing … - Home is Office. Office is Home. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2437 "2022-12-30T14:04:56Z")
Life is Work Work is Life. See also > **[Arbeit macht frei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit_macht_frei)** > > Arbeit macht frei (\[ˈaʁbaɪt ˈmaxt ˈfʁaɪ\] (listen)) is a German phrase meaning "Work sets you free" or "Work makes one free". The slogan is known for appearing on the entrance of Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. > The expression comes from the title of an 1873 novel by German philologist Lorenz Diefenbach, Arbeit macht frei: Erzählung von Lorenz Diefenbach, in which gamblers and fraudsters find the path to virtue through labour. The phrase was also used in French (le travail rend lib... ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2438 "2022-12-30T15:57:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Somewhere in San Francisco Elmo is unplugging servers one at a time to try and figure out what each one does. Heh. From this story: > **[Twitter employees forced to bring their own toilet paper to work after Musk...](https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-twitter-2659041004/)** > > On Thursday, The New York Times reported on the drastic cuts tech billionaire Elon Musk has made at Twitter since purchasing it for $44 billion and assuming control of the company.One of the stranger cuts, noted reporters Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, and... > “Early on Christmas Eve, members of the billionaire’s staff flew to Sacramento — the site of one Twitter’s three main computing storage facilities — to disconnect servers that had kept the social network running smoothly,” said the report. “Some employees were worried that losing those servers could cause problems, but saving money was the priority, according to two people who were familiar with the move but not authorized to talk about it.” > “The data center shutdown was one of many drastic steps Mr. Musk has undertaken to stabilize Twitter’s finances,” said the report. “Over the past few weeks, Twitter had stopped paying millions of dollars in rent and services, and Mr. Musk had told his subordinates to renegotiate those agreements or simply end them. The company has stopped paying rent at its Seattle office, leading it to face eviction, two people familiar with the matter said. Janitorial and security services have been cut, and in some cases employees have resorted to bringing their own toilet paper to the office.” ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2439 "2022-12-30T15:59:41Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > employees have resorted to bringing their own toilet paper to the office. He’s not paying them to poop and pee - do that at home! ---
**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 30, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2440 "2022-12-30T16:05:17Z")
The boss makes a dollar. I make a dime. That’s why I poop on company time. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2441 "2022-12-30T16:32:22Z")
I always said they give me shit at work, the least I can do is give it back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=123)