# 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:** 222
**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 20, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4424 "2023-04-20T20:46:40Z")
[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuLerCuaUAEHuv4?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuLerCuaUAEHuv4?format=jpg&name=medium) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7uQNPS9v_VU/hqdefault.jpg "Under Our New Price Structure... (The Simpsons)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uQNPS9v_VU) ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4425 "2023-04-20T20:52:20Z")
Nyah, he can afford better drugs than crack. … I may have missed the point. 🙂 But wow. That’s crazy. I was kind of wondering why Microsoft had pulled out. I bet their bill was much much _MUCH_ higher than 42K a month. ---
**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 20, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4426 "2023-04-20T21:24:47Z")
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**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 20, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4427 "2023-04-20T21:26:24Z")
Elmo has deliberately not taken away Stephen King’s checkmark, because Elmo is a petulant man-baby. > ---
**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 20, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4428 "2023-04-20T22:19:41Z")
The best. > ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4429 "2023-04-20T22:53:32Z")
Poor Matt Gertz has been mistaken on Twitter for Matt Gaetz soooooo many times. ---
**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 20, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4430 "2023-04-20T23:02:47Z")
> > > > Elon Musk @elonmusk What a clown. On an unrelated note, Elmo has personally lost $13 billion in the last 24 hours. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-20/elon-musk-net-worth-tumbles-on-day-tesla-earnings-miss-spacex-rocket-explodes](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-20/elon-musk-net-worth-tumbles-on-day-tesla-earnings-miss-spacex-rocket-explodes) ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4431 "2023-04-20T23:04:35Z")
What would be great is if his Muskrats were to start begging from free Twitter Blue as well. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4432 "2023-04-20T23:05:52Z")
Sadly, he could lose all but one of his billions and still be much than probably many of us combined. He will neve be poor and that’s a shame. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4433 "2023-04-20T23:10:31Z")
Semi-factual question, but one that will probably drip with malicious glee… Who is currently floating all of the loans that the Muskrat used to buy twitter, and are they still verified? Did they pay, or were they also comped? And with the value of the shares backing all those loans at least temporarily tanking, I wonder if they’ll join in the investor efforts to push EM away from the businesses whose reputation he taints with nearly ever titter? ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4434 "2023-04-20T23:12:14Z")
Right, once you get past a certain point of massive, unfathomable wealth that has been dispersed through many different enterprises and investments, it’s almost impossible to lose it all. Wealth does not, however, protect the wealthy individual from becoming a public laughingstock. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4435 "2023-04-21T00:10:23Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/r0GIBjl.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/r0GIBjl.jpg) Well, this seems fine. ---
**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 21, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4436 "2023-04-21T00:12:08Z")
![](https://media.tenor.com/sTzRKKt05nMAAAAC/two-spiderman.gif) What a twist! ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4437 "2023-04-21T00:16:03Z")
In the interest of full accuracy, which Musk clearly values. I think accounts where Musk is paying for the Twitter Blue should be labelled as “100% Musk Funded”. ---
**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 21, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4438 "2023-04-21T00:20:26Z")
[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuMfsLRaIAEDncX?format=jpg&name=900x900) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuMfsLRaIAEDncX?format=jpg&name=900x900) ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4439 "2023-04-21T00:22:18Z")
It makes more sense from 20,000 feet in the air you see. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4440 "2023-04-21T00:28:47Z")
He was just celebrating 4/20 with his own personal $3 billion SpaceX fireworks show while puffing on a blunt, dude. Misunderstood genius guy, he just a misunderstood genius. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4441 "2023-04-21T00:37:18Z")
Do you ever watch Musk’s antics and wonder if this is the most horrible stealth remake of [Brewster’s [B]illions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1985_film)) ever? But without any fun, heart, or lessons learned of course. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4442 "2023-04-21T00:38:05Z")
I love the movie so much. I’ve owned it on VHS, DVD, and Bluray. I’ve no idea how many times I’ve watched it. ---
**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 21, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4443 "2023-04-21T01:42:09Z")
Even actual Muppets are dunking on Elmo now. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuMcoKOaQAAqQbj?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuMcoKOaQAAqQbj?format=jpg&name=large) To quote another Teet I saw, “Imagine your $3 billion rocket exploding just after launch and it isn’t even the most embarrassing part of your day”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=221) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=223)