# 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:** 127
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2522 "2023-01-05T23:00:02Z")
I see Cyberfuck. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2523 "2023-01-05T23:11:03Z")
Elmo buying Twitter was really a spectacular event in opening up a public understanding of his basic attributes. Before Twitter (ElmoT-) there was an aspect of unknowability about him, kind of like a quantum superposition. He was definitely known to be an asshole in terms of personality, but still, so are lots of geniuses. After Twitter (ElmoT+) we saw the waveform collapse into a definite state. And that definite state is beautifully exemplified in a line from _Glass Onion_ that I’m just paraphrasing here: “I used to think you were a complicated genius. It turns out that you’re just an idiot.” ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2524 "2023-01-05T23:20:56Z")
A drug- and power-addled idiot. The “best” kind. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2525 "2023-01-05T23:46:14Z")
I know there are loads of truck owners who don’t really do truck things with their vehicles…that being said, I would love to see the Cybertruck in a traditional pickup truck commercial, maybe one set on a farm. What happens when you drop a hay bale in the bed? Would it slide down the sloped side rails? Or would it clip right on through the bed because the truck is still rendering? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2526 "2023-01-05T23:56:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The latest PR from Elmo: the Tesla Cybertruck can pull “near infinite mass” I would much rather Elmo pull my finger. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2527 "2023-01-05T23:58:43Z")
If even one person who has ever used a pickup truck to do actual work was involved in the design of the Cybertruck I’ll eat my hat. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2528 "2023-01-05T23:59:57Z")
Maybe the truck is like a crazy designer dress that’s worn only on a runway, once, and isn’t intended for actual use. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2529 "2023-01-06T00:05:06Z")
It’s the El Camino of the 21st Century. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2530 "2023-01-06T00:08:47Z")
I was thinking more of the Homer. [![](https://media.wired.com/photos/593252a1edfced5820d0fa07/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/the-homer-inline4.jpg) ](https://media.wired.com/photos/593252a1edfced5820d0fa07/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/the-homer-inline4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2531 "2023-01-06T00:25:28Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Or would it clip right on through the bed because the truck is still rendering? That one really got me! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2532 "2023-01-06T03:34:16Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > So the Cybertruck should be able to haul Sagittarius A\*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Harbour Freight Tool gonna make _BANK_ selling Tow Straps! ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2533 "2023-01-06T11:35:14Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I hearing… from accounts I consider credible… that someone very likely scraped 400,000,000 Twitter accounts, including names/phone#/passwords, and is offering this for sale. Washington Post is reporting the recent leak of over 200,000,000 Twitter accounts: > ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2534 "2023-01-06T17:39:13Z")
> [@Mr.E](#): > > If even one person who has ever used a pickup truck to do actual work was involved in the design of the Cybertruck I’ll eat my hat. To be fair, a large number of pickup truck owners never use them to do actual work. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2535 "2023-01-06T17:41:53Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Hey, I can pull a near-infinite mass too - I just can’t move it. Amateur. Just drive away from it and change your frame of reference. ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2536 "2023-01-06T18:06:46Z")
Well, since any finite number is equally “near” to infinity as any _other_ finite number, the Cybertruck could pull only 1 gram of mass and the statement would still be true. Genius! 😆 ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2537 "2023-01-06T18:27:05Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > a large number of pickup truck owners never use them to do actual work Are you suggesting that mounting six giant flags (of near-infinite mass) on your vehicle to own the libs is not work? Do you value doing _God’s_ work less than the work of a man? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2538 "2023-01-06T18:38:01Z")
No, I was referring to people like my five or six co-workers a few years ago. All owned pickup trucks but all had boring office jobs. (To be fair, one of those had a giant 40’ fifth wheel RV so he needed the dually pickup to tow the damned thing but everyone else was basically a poser.) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2539 "2023-01-06T23:57:48Z")
Apparently Elmo wasn’t getting enough attention for his Infinite Mass-claim ad, so he decided to celebrate the second anniversary of the 1/6 insurrection with a bang—the bang in this case being the Twitter reinstatement of “General Flynn”: > [@](#): > > … Flynn was actively engaged in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He suggested Trump should seize voting machines and said Trump could order up the military in some states and rerun the election. At one point, he made his way into the Oval Office to push his ideas directly to Trump. > > An investigation by AP and the PBS series “Frontline” detailed how Flynn has worked since the insurrection to build a far-right movement based on Christian nationalist ideas, and which is attracting election deniers, conspiracy theorists and extremists. … [https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/michael-flynn-restored-twitter-jan-6-anniversary-96270907](https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/michael-flynn-restored-twitter-jan-6-anniversary-96270907) _The news is just FULL of stupid House members doing stupid stuff so how’s the Center of the Universe supposed to get some press??!?!!? Which is fully deserved and his Right??!?!?!?_ ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2540 "2023-01-07T09:17:27Z")
To the surprise of nobody except the dumbest Musk fanboys, despite publically promising that all Twitter employees would receive 3 months severance, no severance has been forthcoming: > > > Elon Musk @elonmusk ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2541 "2023-01-07T11:12:12Z")
I wonder what the Software Engineer Unions think about that;) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=126) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=128)