# 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:** 182
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3624 "2023-03-07T21:22:36Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > The way that this goes, I have no idea if this is satire or fact. > > If satire, excellent job. If fact, do you have a cite so I can schadenfreude it? The numbers I’m seeing on the exit package bounce around between “tens of millions” to “a hundred million”. It depends on the valuation of the company at acquisition, and how much he owned, which I don’t think anyone knows precisely. But I’ve seen that it attracted around 100 million of VC investment before Twitter bought it. Whatever the number, the mechanics of it don’t seem to be in dispute: > > [https://mobile.twitter.com/\_ElizabethMay/status/1633130517296996360](https://mobile.twitter.com/_ElizabethMay/status/1633130517296996360) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3625 "2023-03-07T21:24:25Z")
Here’s Halli’s Wikipedia page. > **[Haraldur Ingi Þorleifsson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haraldur_Ingi_%C3%9Eorleifsson)** > > Haraldur Ingi "Halli" Þorleifsson (born 1977) is an Icelandic entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist. The founder of the company Ueno and the 2019 Icelandic businessman of the year, he sold his company to Twitter in 2021, then worked for Twitter until 2023. > Haraldur was born with a genetic congenital muscle disease that forced him to use a wheelchair at the age of 24. His mother, Anna Jóna, died when he was 11 in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. > In 2014, Haraldur founded the creat... He’s awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3626 "2023-03-07T21:31:53Z")
I wonder, did Elmo not know who Halli was when the tweets started flying? Did he actually know that Halli sold his business to Twitter before Elmo bought it and was owed millions of dollars, payable upon his termination? Did he actually not know the name of someone being paid millions of dollars a year? Or, did he know exactly who he was talking to, and decided to just put himself on the hook for a big payout in order to get a few cheap shots in? ---
**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:** [March 7, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3627 "2023-03-07T21:38:37Z")
Halli had some really tough breaks in life. Reading about it almost brought me to tears. I sincerely hope that this interaction helps to bring Elmo down about half a dozen notches. And no, it’s no longer an obscure story. It’s now on CNN. > **[Elon Musk publicly mocks Twitter worker with disability who is unsure whether...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/07/tech/elon-musk-twitter-employee-disability/index.html)** > > Elon Musk publicly scoffed at a Twitter employee's uncertainty about whether he had been laid off in a recent round of cuts and spoke dismissively of the employee's disability in a series of tweets Monday night. It's the latest example of the... ---
**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:** [March 7, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3628 "2023-03-07T21:42:52Z")
Thanks, it sounded just dumb enough to be true, but I wasn’t finding anything about it. I was mostly looking on Halli’s twitter. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3629 "2023-03-07T22:09:00Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > I wonder, did Elmo not know who Halli was when the tweets started flying? Did he actually know that Halli sold his business to Twitter before Elmo bought it and was owed millions of dollars, payable upon his termination? Did he actually not know the name of someone being paid millions of dollars a year? I get the impression that about halfway into the slapfight, Musk started to sense that he’d stepped in something, but he lacks the tingling danger-sense that would lead a normal man to proceed with caution. So by the time he fully grasped how exposed he was, he had committed so strongly to the dick-measuring contest that his ego wouldn’t permit him to withdraw from it. Expect more horrendously provocative and cringey meme activity from him in the next few days. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3630 "2023-03-07T22:13:33Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Holy shit this is some follow up. That may be one of the gentlest beatdowns I’ve ever read. He absolutely dismantled Elon. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3631 "2023-03-07T22:27:16Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > So by the time he fully grasped how exposed he was, he had committed so strongly to the dick-measuring contest that his ego wouldn’t permit him to withdraw from it. Again, 10 kids. He’s terrible at withdrawing when he should, even after figuring it out. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3632 "2023-03-07T22:35:20Z")
I think in one of our earlier Musk threads, I said something like “I don’t hate the guy, I just think he could do better.” So let me hereby correct myself. I do hate him now, still mostly for limiting Starlink to Ukraine, but also for the above. He’s an insufferable, irredeemable cretin. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3633 "2023-03-07T22:48:19Z")
Musk has irretrievably exposed himself as an undisciplined megalomaniacal fool, and anyone who is still defending him at this point is a turd. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3634 "2023-03-07T23:58:44Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Or, did he know exactly who he was talking to, and decided to just put himself on the hook for a big payout in order to get a few cheap shots in? Meh. At this point, he’ll just light up another and fall back on “Sue me, bro.” Halli is going to have to get in line. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3635 "2023-03-08T00:08:45Z")
Musk apologizes to Halli: > ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3636 "2023-03-08T00:12:00Z")
So, Elon missed that it was an Onion article too! ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3637 "2023-03-08T00:12:20Z")
“I’d like to apologize for the idiots who made me say those things.” ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3638 "2023-03-08T00:15:48Z")
Interesting discovery. We now know that the threshold which makes Musk back down and apologize for being a jackwagon is somewhere below $100,000,000. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3639 "2023-03-08T00:16:48Z")
At first, I didn’t like Musk because I don’t think individual people should control that much wealth based solely on principle (I won’t get into it here because it is really tangential). As the Cult of Musk started to form, I felt there no good reason to put him on a pedestal. The rhetoric was ridiculous and still is (as we can see from people like @Sam_Stone); however, that in and of itself wasn’t Musk’s fault. I guess I would have liked to see some humility from him but whatever. But really I was more laughing at the Muskrats more so than feeling anything in particular about Musk. Then the submarine thing happened and my first thoughts of “Wow, this guy is a real asshole” formed. However, as of late, I’ve really come to realize that he’s a truly repulsive person. Much like Trump, a lot of it seems to be driven by latent insecurities, which really tells you that money cannot buy you happiness. It has to come from a place inside. So, in a way, I would kind of feel bad for him, except he really is a colossal asshole, so I hope he keeps being miserable, and hopefully loses all of those billions as well. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3640 "2023-03-08T00:17:12Z")
And higher than a horse. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3641 "2023-03-08T00:31:22Z")
To be a bit fair to **Sam** , he’s not even the worst we’ve had on this board. He’s no **nate**. Musk has done a lot of dumb things lately, making a lot of us question what we thought we knew about him. Sam’s response seem to be more to dig in on that stuff, while the rest of us have become far more skeptical of the image he portrayed. Even though I already didn’t like him, I did not envision his running Twitter like this. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3642 "2023-03-08T00:36:57Z")
I guess I haven’t seen nate’s posts with respect to Musk as much. It has been mainly Sam that I’ve seen. I’ve only really been discussing Musk on this board since Twitter so you’re quite almost certainly correct. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3643 "2023-03-08T00:37:13Z")
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