# 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:** 172
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3424 "2023-02-27T02:56:04Z")
Agile racism! ---
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3425 "2023-02-27T07:01:21Z")
> > > Zoë Schiffer @ZoeSchiffer **AGILE!** ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3426 "2023-02-27T10:40:29Z")
She wasn’t hardcore enough obviously. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3427 "2023-02-27T11:21:46Z")
Disgusting human being. We have Starlink and I’m wishing we didn’t - I’m hate giving that creep any more money. There’s Fiber service coming soon to our area and I cannot wait to switch. > **[Musk defends ‘Dilbert’ creator, says media is ‘racist against whites’](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/26/elon-musk-scott-adams-dilbert-racist/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjM2NTAzMDQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjc3NDc0MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjc4NzY2Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE2Nzc0NzQwMDAsImp0aSI6ImJjMzg1OTQ3LTIyMWEtNDNkYS1iNTQ1LWFiZjM3ZTc2NTdhZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjMvMDIvMjYvZWxvbi1tdXNrLXNjb3R0LWFkYW1zLWRpbGJlcnQtcmFjaXN0LyJ9.i8LHv0x-FpW9sqvEvMhlmX9vs2xWr9m1_a-_Fs71t38&itid=gfta)** > > The Tesla and Twitter chief blasted media outlets for dropping Scott Adams' cartoon following Adams' racist rant against Black people. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3428 "2023-02-27T12:02:10Z")
Should be clear by now that Musk is white-supremacist adjacent/sympathetic, if not a supremacist himself. I googled but wasn’t able to find anything on Musk’s history during apartheid - does anyone else know his positions then? ---
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3429 "2023-02-27T12:14:27Z")
His mommy wants everyone to know it’s totally not his fault if he was openly pro-apartheid. > > > The New York Times @nytimes ---
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3430 "2023-02-27T13:40:44Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > To me it looks like he’s trying to imitate George Takei. I don’t see that at all. IMO … Takei is striking that authorly pose of deep thought while looking impassively, but not expressionlessly, into the middle distance. He is a man of ideas, surveying the world with wise eyes. And with that classically Japanese self-controlled Zen-like reserve. Observe the world as it is; do not be troubled by it. Musk is expressing disgust. His face is a sneer. The arched eyebrow shows that who/whatever he’s looking at, he is affronted that it dare to be in his sight. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3431 "2023-02-27T14:50:01Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Musk is expressing disgust. His face is a sneer. The arched eyebrow shows that who/whatever he’s looking at, he is affronted that it dare to be in his sight. You’re describing George Takei’s character in _Heroes_. (The difference is that George is an actor, Elon is just Elon.) ---
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3432 "2023-02-27T18:09:31Z")
Am I to assume from this that the pic you posted is a shot of Takei taken in his role in the _Heroes_ series? I’d never heard of it until this post sent me to wiki. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3433 "2023-02-27T19:03:52Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Am I to assume from this that the pic you posted is a shot of Takei taken in his role in the _Heroes_ series? Naw, just something that seemed close to that character and was in a profile similar to the Elon photo. Here’s a real photo from the show: [https://www.comingsoon.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2007/02/file\_18743\_1\_georgetakeiheroes2.jpg](https://www.comingsoon.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2007/02/file_18743_1_georgetakeiheroes2.jpg) Takei is great at playing a villain when he wants to. He has plenty of gravitas when a role calls for it. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3434 "2023-02-27T19:16:34Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > gravitas That man’s voice is like an auditory definition of the word. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3435 "2023-02-27T19:42:42Z")
Damn, I miss that show. Of all of the superhero genre TV shows that have come by over the years that was still the best IMHO. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3436 "2023-02-27T20:27:39Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > She wasn’t hardcore enough obviously. Well just look -she was sleeping on the job! ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3437 "2023-02-27T20:40:07Z")
Literal LOL. Sounds like something Sam would say (except he would be serious). ---
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3438 "2023-02-27T21:06:37Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > AGILE! Looks to be part of a new wave of layoffs. > **[Twitter reportedly lays off 200 more employees](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64784368?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA)** > > The cuts account for about 10% of Twitter's remaining 2,000 workers, down from 7,500 in 2022. > As staff learned of their fate, Mr Musk tweeted: “Hope you have a good Sunday. First day of the rest of your life.” What a class act. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3439 "2023-02-27T21:12:13Z")
Just think: If he cuts more workers, earnings will go up more. If he cuts a further 1800 workers, then the twitter earnings will be … INFINITE! That’s a superior mind at work. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3440 "2023-02-27T21:19:19Z")
I’m just picturing “Wrath of Khan” here, namely the appropriately ironic (both here and in the film) “Yours is a superior intellect”. Though Elon does not have Montalban’s physique and I rather think he’d post dumb internet memes over quoting any sort of literature, much less “Moby Dick”. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3441 "2023-02-27T22:45:29Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Just think: If he cuts more workers, earnings will go up more. > If he cuts a further 1800 workers, then the twitter earnings will be … INFINITE! Here’s Elon in the near future, enjoying his empty Twitter empire: [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/56/83/79/5683797e067d884241aec39427131441.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/56/83/79/5683797e067d884241aec39427131441.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 28, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3442 "2023-02-28T01:53:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > That man’s voice is like an auditory definition of the word. Beautifully put. I am not particularly sensitive to facial characteristics - what people consider movie-star handsome or beautiful often barely registers with me - but I am highly attuned to voices, and I just love George Takei’s. (Another favorite was Alan Rickman.) ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3443 "2023-02-28T06:06:58Z")
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