# 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:** 213
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4244 "2023-04-11T21:27:27Z")
> LOL GET IT YOU GUYS IT’S THE WEED NUMBER AREN’T I SO CLEVER ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4245 "2023-04-11T21:48:15Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > He Is Risen! Agile blasphemy. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4246 "2023-04-11T22:28:13Z")
_Bong gurgling sound_ Dude! When it gets close to 4/20 he can postpone the deadline to 6/9! Funny sex number HAHAHAHAHA ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4247 "2023-04-11T22:48:18Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > He Is Risen! He is risen indeed! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4248 "2023-04-11T23:04:03Z")
Good gawd. That joke was old twenty years ago. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4249 "2023-04-11T23:25:00Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > LOL GET IT YOU GUYS IT’S THE WEED NUMBER AREN’T I SO CLEVER Heh heh heh heh heh heh. You said weed! ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4250 "2023-04-11T23:26:10Z")
I wouldn’t have thought this thread could go more downhill … and yet here we are. And I’m happy to join you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4251 "2023-04-11T23:37:21Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Did he really change his name to Harry Bolz? 💩 🤦 Yep. I saw it myself. I shook my head, shrugged, and closed the tab, just like every other time I check what he’s saying. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4252 "2023-04-12T01:30:33Z")
4/20 is Also Adolph Hitler’s Birthday (I know that because it’s mine, too). Just sayin’ ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4253 "2023-04-12T06:32:46Z")
Elmo is now globally blocking tweets critical of the government of India. > **[‘Free Speech’ Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critical Of The Modi...](https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/11/free-speech-twitter-is-now-globally-blocking-posts-critical-of-the-modi-government/)** > > A few weeks ago we wrote about how Elon Musk’s Twitter was now blocking tweets in India at the request of the government. As we noted, there’s a lot of important history here. India had demanded su… ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4254 "2023-04-12T12:45:20Z")
Elmo says he lives on a couch in a seventh-floor library in Twitter HQ and that his dog is now CEO. > **[Elon Musk says he’s sleeping on a couch at Twitter and his dog is in charge](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/12/elon-musk-twitter/)** > > The Twitter CEO provided a six-month update on his takeover in a live interview with the BBC. He’s really gone full Caligula. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4255 "2023-04-12T13:00:37Z")
Nyah, just full Mr. Burns. ([The Simpsons - C.E. D'OH - Mr. Burns (Canary M. Burns) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwpx0UckXys)) ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4256 "2023-04-12T13:11:55Z")
At least no one can claim that he did this for free speech anymore. That has clearly been exposed as a lie. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4257 "2023-04-12T13:56:47Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > That has clearly been exposed as a lie. That’s silly. Elmo has never been freer to say any damn thing he wants. Oh, for his users? Screw them. It was never about their freedom of speech. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4258 "2023-04-12T15:45:11Z")
NPR will no longer post content on Twitter, following their “state-affiliated media” label. > **[NPR to quit Twitter after being labelled ‘state-affiliated media’](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/12/npr-leaves-twitter-elon-musk-state-media)** > > Radio network ‘officially de-emphasizing Twitter across the organization’ after platform refused to remove ‘inaccurate’ label ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4259 "2023-04-12T16:58:05Z")
Pansy-ass liberal NPR, I mean NPR is exactly like RussiaToday, and the information is just as reliable, amiright? > ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4260 "2023-04-12T18:17:01Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > NPR will no longer post content on Twitter, following their “state-affiliated media” label. Our local affiliate, WBUR, is following suit. I hope other NPR affiliates do the same and other media companies follow. I would love nothing more than for this to be the start of a mass Twitter exodus. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4261 "2023-04-12T19:00:35Z")
I don’t think my local NPR station is leaving unfortunately. This is their statement. > If they were leaving I think they’d say so. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4262 "2023-04-12T22:59:22Z")
I support them leaving. I am weaning myself off. I’m hoping I can be off by 420. It feels ridiculous to be addicted to a website. But I’m also addicted to this place, so there’s that. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4263 "2023-04-12T23:48:03Z")
WUNC seems to be t(w)eeting happily. I don’t know if they talked about it this morning, because I couldn’t get my Nest to stream properly (there’s a known Google-related outage). \>:( [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=212) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=214)