# 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:** 123
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2442 "2022-12-30T21:15:34Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …LOL. So this just happened. > > It just logged me out and won’t let me log in again. :: sigh :: …so it turns out that this was this: [https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-down-thousands-users-downdetectorcom-2022-12-29/](https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-down-thousands-users-downdetectorcom-2022-12-29/) The really weird thing about this was how my cellphone went wonky at the same time as my Twitter app went wonky. 4G stopped working, everything went back to what appeared to be factory settings, I was no longer in dark mode, just a lot of weird things happened. It almost certainly was a coincidence. So it wasn’t Elon’s fault. However, I’m gonna blame Elon anyway. So thanks, Elon. ---
**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 30, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2443 "2022-12-30T21:26:46Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > 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.” Twitter sounds like such an exciting and inspiring place to work that I think I may come out of retirement and apply there! 🤣 Though one should not underestimate Elmo’s four-dimensional chess. With Twitter being evicted from the Seattle office, Elmo has told those employees to work from home. Elmo had also previously said that anyone working from home would be fired. Win-win! It’s genius! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2444 "2022-12-30T23:37:33Z")
I’m like Chuckie in _Good Will Hunting_. One of these days I’m going to go to Twitter and it’ll just be … gone. And I’ll get in my beat up Caddy, get Morgan on up in the front seat and off I’ll go with a smile on my face. Alas, it showed up for work again. ---
**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 31, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2445 "2022-12-31T00:09:21Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > one should not underestimate Elmo’s four-dimensional chess I think his 4-D chess strategy must be to run for president. He has carefully researched the toxic sociopathic behaviors that appeal to much of the U.S. electorate, and is acting accordingly. The voters don’t want a _real_ billionaire entrepreneur, they want a lying sham one, so he’s also attempting to lose all his money. Will we see the [Arnold Amendment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Opportunity_to_Govern_Amendment#:~:text=The%20Equal%20Opportunity%20to%20Govern,2003%20by%20Senator%20Orrin%20Hatch) resurrected as the _Elon Opportunity To Govern Amendment_? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2446 "2022-12-31T04:29:32Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Will we see the [Arnold Amendment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Opportunity_to_Govern_Amendment#:~:text=The%20Equal%20Opportunity%20to%20Govern,2003%20by%20Senator%20Orrin%20Hatch) resurrected as the _Elon Opportunity To Govern Amendment_? I believe Elon and his bots are tweeting hard, pushing for the _“Election Laxity for Musk is Okay!”_ amendment… … not realizing it’ll be referred to as **ELMO**. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2447 "2022-12-31T10:25:34Z")
Found this on the interwebs: [![](https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/0e10153/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F2f%2F86%2Feab14440475e9cecdc0ab17a776f%2F9-bagley-salt-lake-tribune.jpg) ](https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/0e10153/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F2f%2F86%2Feab14440475e9cecdc0ab17a776f%2F9-bagley-salt-lake-tribune.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2448 "2022-12-31T12:25:36Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Twitter sounds like such an exciting and inspiring place to work that I think I may come out of retirement and apply there! Well, I would certainly encourage any young family member to jump at the opportunity to work there and attach their star to such a visionary leader. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2449 "2022-12-31T18:31:22Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Well, I would certainly encourage any young family member to jump at the opportunity to work there and attach their star to such a visionary leader. Indeed! This is why only the best and brightest chose to stay at Twitter, while all the deadwood left. The smart choice is to work for a company that cannot pay the rent on their offices, and tells you all to work from home (while threatening to fire anyone for working from home. Clearly a company on the rise for a young go-getter! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2450 "2022-12-31T18:47:11Z")
Doubly so for a young go-getter with their own supply of toilet paper. ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2451 "2022-12-31T19:21:32Z")
With the amount of BS involved here, I hope they bought the Mongo-Gargantuan pack of TP at Costco. They’re gonna need it. ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2452 "2022-12-31T19:40:28Z")
Just in case Elmo is reading this … Elmo, I want to stress my amazing suitability to be one of your star Twitter employees: - I don’t give a shit about getting paid (I have a modest retirement income) - I keep weird hours, so I can give the impression of working 24x7 even if I’m not doing shit - I’m fine with being fired if I don’t come in to the office for any reason, including because the office no longer exists - I don’t actually want to sleep on a mattress in a Twitter office, but see above about my cheerful willingness to be fired - Most importantly: I own a mega-pack of 3-rolls-in-1 double-ply toilet paper - Also, just like you, I hate Twitter. Please hire me, Elmo! ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2453 "2022-12-31T19:44:17Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Please hire me, Elmo! - Weirdest Muppet product ever. ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2454 "2022-12-31T19:47:53Z")
This one seems more appropriate: > **[Kolcraft Sesame Street Elmo Hooray! 3-in-1 Potty](https://www.target.com/p/kolcraft-sesame-street-elmo-hooray-3-in-1-potty/-/A-52819478?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&fndsrc=tgtao&DFA=71700000012735142&CPNG=PLA_Baby%2BShopping_Local%7CBaby_Ecomm_Baby&adgroup=Infant%2BBasics%2Band%2BFurniture&LID=700000001170770pgs&LNM=PRODUCT_GROUP&network=g&device=c&location=9030507&targetid=pla-1731815647115&ds_rl=1246978&ds_rl=1242884&gclid=CjwKCAiA2L-dBhACEiwAu8Q9YDr4fJTC-kIvEgQgFi4R3o2_ntvinsEmHlwQW6j566Ohcu1MGau23xoCNLQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)** > > Read reviews and buy Kolcraft Sesame Street Elmo Hooray! 3-in-1 Potty at Target. Choose from contactless Same Day Delivery, Drive Up and more. ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2455 "2022-12-31T19:58:07Z")
I want that!!! Based entirely on this ad claim: > Pretend flush handle moves up and down, and plays fun Elmo phrases and flush sounds ---
**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 31, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2456 "2022-12-31T20:14:26Z")
Having just gone through XMas with my wife’s daughter and her 7 little foster kids … We played a large role in wrapping presents from the horde of gifts she’d received from the charity agency that runs the kid shelter. Despite the fact most of her kids are the perfect age for something that makes happy musical sing-song noises over and over and over when little hands push the brightly lit buttons, almost none of those presents got wrapped. Most got returned to the toy warehouse. Daughter would totally NOT approve of a perky Elmo flushing toilet. Sing-song “Pooping is fun! Sploosh!”, “Time to brush our teeth!” over and over and over … And OVER. She has the patience of a whole platoon of saints, but that’d be enough to make even her scream “Please, Lord, make it stop!” Which is a long way of saying I totally want one too. But not to give to her. ---
**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 31, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2457 "2022-12-31T20:17:30Z")
Musk must have feuded with at least one other billionaire. Can we convince someone to order a few hundred of these and ship them to the Twitter offices? I would sell my Tesla stock and do it myself, except - you know. ---
**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 31, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2458 "2022-12-31T20:22:11Z")
At $32.00 each plus tax & shipping we could start a go-fund-me or kickstarter equivalent campaign. The appeal would simply be: > No donations, just order one directly yourself, send it to Elmo at [address], and crow about it to your friends on FB, Twitter, NextDoor, whatever. We might get 10, 20 _thousand_ takers if we had a real influencer to get things rolling. Paging @JohnT to Target Childcare Department Aisle 12. ---
**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 31, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2459 "2022-12-31T20:23:06Z")
Any way to get the company to put in some custom sounds for a nominal fee? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2460 "2022-12-31T20:58:20Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > perky Elmo flushing toilet. Sing-song “Pooping is fun! Sploosh!” Heck, I want to connect the thing to the grown-up toilets where I work… Maybe that would convince certain people to give the damn thing a second flush if the first one didn’t quite clear the bowl. ---
**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 31, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2461 "2022-12-31T21:13:49Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > We might get 10, 20 _thousand_ takers if we had a real influencer to get things rolling. Paging @JohnT to Target Childcare Department Aisle 12. Lol, no, I’m good. Elon is doing fine at destroying his reputation alllll by himself, thanks. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=122) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=124)