# 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:** 293
**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:** [July 26, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5846 "2023-07-26T16:20:19Z")
Is there actually anything that Musk might want to make his company into that someone hasn’t already named? So far I’ve checked Xbank, Xvideo (warning porn), Xcoins, Xnote, Xfriends, Xmedia, Xmail, Xcommerce, Xinteractive, Xmobile, Xphone, Xcash, Xnews, Xentertainment, Xtube (also porn),Xmusic, Xtunes … all of them have a brand associated with them. The only one that I checked and didn’t find a match other than a defunct Github was Xidiot, so at least he can probably get that. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5847 "2023-07-26T16:54:40Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Is there actually anything that Musk might want to make his company into that someone hasn’t already named? It’s a peculiar psychological tic common to commercial “visionaries”. They invented everything, even if someone else had invented it months or decades earlier, because it doesn’t count unless it’s invented with their branding after being blessed with the Visionary’s insight. But this is a peculiarly malignant version of the effect. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5848 "2023-07-26T17:00:32Z")
Unfortunately (for him) I doubt that the courts are going to see “genius vision” as a compelling argument when it comes down to adjudicating trademark infringement. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5849 "2023-07-26T19:05:53Z")
Xtended Dance RemiX? Xasperating! X Marks The Spotify? XLon Xerxes Musk? Xpert Twit XanaX Xcaliber X Un Equis Xorcism Xercise More ---
**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:** [July 26, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5850 "2023-07-26T19:12:43Z")
Personally, I’m waiting for: **Press X to close** To be pressed for Musk’s role in running any business. Here’s hoping that other owners / stockholders quietly (or loudly, hell) push him off every and all boards as verifiably being dangerous to other stockholders. Of course, I would also fully accept if Musk got the “[Press X to Shaun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAhG9D9UO7c)” Glitch IRL… ---
**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:** [July 26, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5851 "2023-07-26T19:15:17Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Company scrip making a comeback! Somewhere upthread: > [@Skywatcher](#): > > 🎵 Saint Peter, don’t you call me, 'cause I can’t go. I owe my soul to Elmo. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5852 "2023-07-26T19:21:42Z")
[![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/023/021/e02e5ffb5f980cd8262cf7f0ae00a4a9_press-x-to-doubt-memes-memesuper-la-noire-doubt-meme_419-238.png) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/023/021/e02e5ffb5f980cd8262cf7f0ae00a4a9_press-x-to-doubt-memes-memesuper-la-noire-doubt-meme_419-238.png) ---
**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:** [July 26, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5853 "2023-07-26T21:20:53Z")
Australia man’s Twitter account is suspended for posting child porn. Elmo deletes the tweets and then reinstates the account. > WHAT THE KENTUCKY-FRIED FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS SHITHEAD. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5854 "2023-07-26T21:35:33Z")
You want a list? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5855 "2023-07-26T22:42:23Z")
I think the opposite list is far easier. “What’s not wrong with Elmo MuX” That’s it. That’s the list. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5856 "2023-07-26T22:54:18Z")
One of my more useless skills is being a good calligrapher. When I was little, I was also fascinated by the letter X. It’s a cool letter. But I wouldn’t have chosen a broadway font, so many better ones if deciding to do this thing, which given branding makes little sense (though perhaps a good brand, the circle X?). > **[letter x in different fonts at DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=letter%2Bx%2Bin%2Bdifferent%2Bfonts&t=iphone&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images)** > > DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified. Surprised the choice was made not to go with the Ramsey Bolton style. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5857 "2023-07-26T23:35:08Z")
It gets worse. The person who posted the child porn was a QAnon booster named Dom Lucre. And the material he posted apparently had to do with a guy who filmed himself raping children and sold the video on the deep web as pay-per-views. > > > Matt Binder @MattBinder ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5858 "2023-07-27T00:21:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It gets worse. > > The person who posted the child porn was a QAnon booster named Dom Lucre. The only reason I’m not surprised: every accusation is a confession. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5859 "2023-07-27T01:15:33Z")
Have you tried looking at it from 20,000 feet? ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5860 "2023-07-27T01:20:06Z")
Gonna be a hard pass from me on that. 20000ft is not nearly enough distance to try looking at child rape. Elmo can do Elmo, I guess. I’ll still be over here on the other side of defending pederasty as a means of making money ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5861 "2023-07-27T01:22:10Z")
Anyone who continues to post on Twi–I mean, X–after this latest behavior gets no respect from me. I deleted my account (though to be fair I never used it) the day Elon bought Twitter and I haven’t regretted it for a moment. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5862 "2023-07-27T05:06:40Z")
I’m still active on twitter because the alternatives don’t have the same commentators, but the new logo provides me with a helpful reminder that I should probably be spending my time somewhere else. I don’t feel that bad about it as I figure the website will implode within the next year or so and someone will implement something better. Hot tip for Bluesky/Mastadon/Post: offer free verification to authors, journalists and other significant people that news junkies et al might want to follow. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5863 "2023-07-27T05:29:23Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > the new logo provides me with a helpful reminder that I should probably be spending my time somewhere else. So, apparently the new logo bothers you more than the fact that Elon has reinstated “a QAnon booster named Dom Lucre…And the material he posted apparently had to do with a guy who filmed himself raping children and sold the video on the deep web as pay-per-views.” Now, if the above is incorrect, and there is good reason to believe it is false, okay - I don’t support jumping on hysterical bandwagons. But honestly, if I were still on “X” and I thought there was a decent chance that the above was true, I’d leave in an instant. YMMV. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5864 "2023-07-27T06:08:14Z")
The only reason I’m still there is to observe the chaos and to follow a handful of people who still post good content there, and I’ll probably leave when they do. I have a Chrome extension that autoblocks all paid subscribers and I block every advertiser I see (and at this point the only ads I seem to be getting are for crypto “investments”, right-wing grifters, and hentai games). I never post anything myself and attempt to use the site only in ways that will cost Elmo money. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5865 "2023-07-27T06:26:52Z")
WTF are people still doing on Twitter? Find a doctor to treat your FOMO. There are only nazis and child molesters posting on Twitter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=292) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=294)