# 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:** 191
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3804 "2023-03-12T13:43:23Z")
Rich people in the USA don’t go to prison unless they break the one cardinal rule: Do not steal from the rich. You can steal from the poor all you like, but you touch your fellow elite, and they will turn on you. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3805 "2023-03-12T16:01:54Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I’m skeptical this will go any further than his off-the-cuff tweet reply, but considering Musk’s well-established contempt for laws and regulations of any kind, the thought of him attempting to acquire and manage a highly-supervised institution like a bank is _hilarious_ to contemplate. No kidding. I worked in financial services for 40 years (not banking specifically, but highly regulated), and the regulators are up your ass constantly, and you do not get a choice. They can and would shut you down for serious non-compliance. Picture nerdy guys in bad suits with expressions that suggest they smell something bad and blame you. And who have the power of Thanos. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3806 "2023-03-12T21:27:35Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > we’d all still be thinking he was smart. Some of us still think he was smart. Was. He’s no longer smart. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3807 "2023-03-12T21:50:12Z")
I still think of Musk as being like the Pakleds who stole engineering expertise from other species so they could “make things go” [![](https://ruthlesslyhelpful.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/pakleds.jpg?w=600) ](https://ruthlesslyhelpful.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/pakleds.jpg?w=600) > **[Samaritan Snare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Snare)** > > "Samaritan Snare" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the 43rd episode overall. It was first released on May 15, 1989, in broadcast syndication. > Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, while Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) heads to a nearby Starbase to undergo surgery on his artificial hea... ---
**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:** [March 12, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3808 "2023-03-12T21:52:47Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > Bannon has called out Musk for his support of Russia. Hold on, is Bannon anti-Russia? I thought the general idea in that corner of the pigsty was that Russians are misunderstood and that it’s easy to end the war by giving them everything that they want? ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3809 "2023-03-12T21:56:04Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Hold on, is Bannon anti-Russia? I think his “principles” will change depending on the situation, as is the case for many of his ilk. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3810 "2023-03-12T22:41:49Z")
I can’t find specific comments about Russia, but I do see that Elon and Steve have no love lost between them: [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/elon-musk-calls-steve-bannon-evil-as-ex-trump-aide-denounces-him-as-owned-by-the-chinese-communist-party/ar-AA18v3gB?ocid=hpmsn&li=BBnbfcL](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/elon-musk-calls-steve-bannon-evil-as-ex-trump-aide-denounces-him-as-owned-by-the-chinese-communist-party/ar-AA18v3gB?ocid=hpmsn&li=BBnbfcL) > “Elon Musk is a total and complete phony,” Mr Bannon said. “He is owned — lock, stock, and barrel — by the Chinese Communist Party, and he acts like it.” I don’t have enough brain cells to devote to this, so maybe someone else can find comments about Russia. ---
**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 13, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3811 "2023-03-13T02:07:10Z")
![](https://media.tenor.com/2hLnLe93160AAAAC/family-guy-youre-a-big-fat-phony.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3812 "2023-03-13T09:04:43Z")
I don’t have a dog in this fight, but this thread makes me want to watch _Glass Onion_ again, just because of the [Elon Musk/Miles Bron](https://movieweb.com/glass-onion-parallells-between-miles-bronn-and-elon-musk/) similarities. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3813 "2023-03-13T10:20:16Z")
> **[Twitter Finances Reportedly Tank Under Elon Musk's Brilliant Leadership](https://futurism.com/the-byte/twitter-finances-tank-under-elon-musks)** > > According to the Wall Street Journal, Twitter's year-over-year revenue and adjusted earnings took a big hit in December not long after Musk took the reins. It is going well. Really really well. If you’re seeing things from 20,000,000,000,000,000 feet. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3814 "2023-03-13T18:39:04Z")
> **[Wall Street Journal: Elon Musk is planning to build his own town | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/tech/elon-musk-texas-town/index.html)** > > What do you get for the billionaire who has everything? Perhaps his own town. 🎵 Saint Peter, don’t you call me, 'cause I can’t go. I owe my soul to Elmo. 🎶 ---
**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 13, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3815 "2023-03-13T21:23:28Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > It is going well. Really really well. If you’re seeing things from 20,000,000,000,000,000 feet. Wow, just a little while ago Elmo was seeing things from 20,000 feet. Now, at nearly 3.8 trillion miles, he’s way beyond the Oort cloud. If he wasn’t such a total genius, one might surmise that from there he couldn’t see anything at all! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3816 "2023-03-13T22:01:56Z")
Well, for us mere mortals… 🤣 ---
**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:** [March 14, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3817 "2023-03-14T12:08:49Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Now, at nearly 3.8 trillion miles, he’s way beyond the Oort cloud. So, he missed Mars then? Some genius. ---
**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 14, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3818 "2023-03-14T13:07:45Z")
That’s the better part of a light-year. Dude has invented interstellar travel, and all you can do is marvel at the fungus that grows on the bottom of his feet. ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3819 "2023-03-14T14:35:07Z")
How did you eliminate the possibility that the whole thing is because the fungus that grows on the bottom of his feet wants to go back to it’s star system? ---
**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:** [March 14, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3820 "2023-03-14T20:14:20Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/tech/elon-musk-texas-town/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/tech/elon-musk-texas-town/index.html) Great, so when he fires you on a whim, you lose not only your paycheck but also your home. No thanks! ---
**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 14, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3821 "2023-03-14T21:47:17Z")
A company town? He’s the very model of a 19th century robber baron. He’s already got the dangerous, exploitative factories, almost certainly takes advantage of overseas child labor, and now wants a company town. Now, if he’d only follow their example more faithfully and do something useful with all that money, like fund public libraries, public museums, or orchestras or something, instead of getting high and buying a company to run into the ground costing thousands of people their jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3822 "2023-03-14T22:42:19Z")
Did you know that SpaceX employees at Starbase are living in essentially a trailer park filled with Airstrream trailers? Have you looked at a map for places people could live other than that? The closest village is Boca Chica, and Musk simply wants to incorporate it so they can expand the roads, buld housing, etc. It sounds like Musk might be trying to do something a little better for the workers there. ‘Company town’ means lots of things. It can mean an exploitive situation where everyone has to buy everything at inflated prices from their employer, keeping them in wage slavery. But it can also mean a healthier, better living environment for remote workers. Sometimes ‘company towns’ means subsidized rent and other amenities the workers get as a perk of employment. It may look like a normal town with normal, non-SpaceX owned businesses. There have been over 2,500 company towns in the US. Most were fine. Some turned into regular cities. They are commonly set up around remote sites that require a lot of workers, like copper mines, steel smelters, whatever. There’s nothing wrong with them in the abstract, and the abuses that occurred in them in the past are largely regulated away now. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3823 "2023-03-14T22:43:44Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Did you know that SpaceX employees at Starbase are living in essentially a trailer park filled with Airstrream trailers? …that…doesn’t sound very _pleasant_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=190) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=192)