# 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:** 219
**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 18, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4364 "2023-04-18T17:55:47Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > ’m certain that Elmo is totally unaware of the statutory protection of editorial independence provided under the Broadcasting Act. Elmo is totally unaware of many things… ---
**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 18, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4365 "2023-04-18T17:57:26Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I’m certain that Elmo is totally unaware of the statutory protection of editorial independence provided under the Broadcasting Act. I’m sure that’s just another thing he would mock, even if he were aware of it. ---
**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 18, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4366 "2023-04-18T17:58:58Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > _Elmo!_ Honestly. Fucking genius. My dear sir! I am most terribly sorry, and I propose to rectify my egregious behavior in a most expedient manner for your most esteemed satisfaction. (monocle drops from eye) ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4367 "2023-04-18T18:14:32Z")
How do people do this? How does someone unironically defend _Elon Musk_ (a middle-aged man using poop emojis as official corporate correspondence) by accusing his _detractors_ of being low-brow? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4368 "2023-04-18T18:18:53Z")
> [@epbrown](#): > > accusing his _detractors_ of being low-brow? Every accusation is a confession. ---
**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 18, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4369 "2023-04-18T18:23:23Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > I mean, _Elmo!_ Honestly. Fucking genius. Note that this nickname didn’t originate **here** , as you seem to believe. > **[Twitter insiders are calling Elon Musk by a new nickname, Elmo. It's...](https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-insiders-users-calling-elon-musk-by-the-nickname-elmo-2022-11)** > > Elon Musk has owned Twitter for about three weeks and already his new employees are finding new ways to criticize him. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4370 "2023-04-18T18:26:27Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > We’re truly blessed to have so many spiritual successors to HL Mencken and Dorothy Parker haunting these boards. I mean, _Elmo!_ Honestly. Fucking genius. You’re coming to a free messageboard where anonymous people shoot the shit, and navigating to the section of the board where people insult one another, and you’re pissed off that you’re not encountering the greatest satire in the English language? Ask for a refund, asshole. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4371 "2023-04-18T18:27:32Z")
You’re more then welcome to join in criticizing Musk without calling him Elmo if you like. I do. There’s no requirement to call him Elmo. Certainly, in light of recent events, you were not coming to _defend_ Musk, right? ---
**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 18, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4372 "2023-04-18T18:59:42Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > I mean, _Elmo!_ Honestly. Fucking genius. Ok, WalleyedFishMop. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4373 "2023-04-18T20:29:34Z")
[![](https://i.redd.it/dkdkk6xh4pua1.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/dkdkk6xh4pua1.jpg) I like it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4374 "2023-04-18T20:43:23Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > We’re truly blessed to have so many spiritual successors to HL Mencken and Dorothy Parker haunting these boards. I mean, _Elmo!_ Honestly. Fucking genius. Wait… you named yourself after Walter Bishop? Walter Bishop, who would regularly forget his assistant Astrid’s name, addressing her as Ostrich, Aspen, Asbestos, Aphid, Ashcan, Alex, Ashram, Astro, Asterisk, Afro, Astral, Acid, Aspirin, Arsenic, Asphalt, Asgard, Astringent, and Claire? And you’re criticizing us for misnaming someone? You’re either making a subtle and very funny joke, or you’re an idiot. ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4375 "2023-04-18T21:35:26Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Wait… you named yourself after Walter Bishop? Don’t forget there were two Walter Bishops. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4376 "2023-04-18T21:41:14Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Don’t forget there were two Walter Bishops. That’s true. He could be Walternate. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4377 "2023-04-18T22:28:11Z")
Elmo no like being compared to Elon! in Elmo voice. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4378 "2023-04-18T22:34:19Z")
Ok, that made me laugh. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4379 "2023-04-19T00:18:04Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > We’re truly blessed to have so many spiritual successors to HL Mencken and Dorothy Parker haunting these boards. I mean, _Elmo!_ Honestly. Fucking genius. Yes, yes, yes, your criticisms wound us to the core. How will we ever live with our shame? \ ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4380 "2023-04-19T00:26:45Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Elmo no like being compared to Elon! Coming up in the future: tourist in Times Square complaining of being shaken down and groped by Elon Musk impersonator street actor. The twist: it’s not an impersonator. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4381 "2023-04-19T00:55:39Z")
When you’re a celebrity they let you do it. ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4382 "2023-04-19T00:58:10Z")
This next Christmas, the hottest toy will be a Titter Me Elon doll. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4383 "2023-04-19T03:59:50Z")
My games group plays a game called Terraforming Mars, which uses cards to drive game play. Today I added a new custom Event card: ELON MUSK Play immediately Elon escapes from Donald J. Trump Home for the Treatment of Terminal Logorrhea and Tweets. SpaceX stocks tank and company files for bankruptcy. All players either lose 2 MC or discard a random card from their hand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=218) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=220)