# 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:** 308
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6146 "2023-08-09T01:07:05Z")
Hmm. If Twitter is now X, how come the links are still to [twitter.com](http://twitter.com), and if I try clicking the [https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1688994698608742403](https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1688994698608742403) link I get taken to a page telling me I have to make an account to log into Twitter, sorry ‘X’ to be able to view the page. The page on [twitter.com](http://twitter.com). That is no longer Twitter. Only it is, I mean the http is literally [twitter.com](http://twitter.com). Agile rebranding? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6147 "2023-08-09T10:15:07Z")
> **[ABC exiting Twitter: Australia’s national broadcaster shuts down almost all...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/09/abc-australia-leaves-twitter-x-elon-musk)** > > The public broadcaster says interactions on the platform are ‘toxic’ as it closes almost all its Twitter accounts The exodus continues. (My own company terminated its Twitter presence many weeks ago.) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6148 "2023-08-09T13:53:23Z")
I’ve popped into the site to see just how bad it is and I noticed they no longer tell you that an ad is promoted. I saw that Tom Selleck is trending. As always when a celebrity is trending, someone will post the Denzel Washington meme expressing relief that the person hasn’t died, but instead of relief that Tom isn’t dead, most are expressing relief that their parent DID NOT buy a reverse mortgage. I really did laugh out loud at that this morning. I do miss that sort of thing on twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6149 "2023-08-09T14:00:56Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > With the new sensitivity settings for advertisers, using the “relaxed” setting, advertisers will be free to place they’re adverts next to “gratuitous gore”: > > [https://twitter.com/xDaily/status/1688994698608742403](https://twitter.com/xDaily/status/1688994698608742403) A couple of things I find amusing. Some conservatives on Twitter, not being good at reading comprehension, have jumped on the “conservative” advertising option, claiming they are being oppressed by being held to different standards, because they don’t understand what “conservative”, in context, means. Other conservatives, the ones that know how to read and know how to post hate speech, have decided they are being unfairly oppressed and censored because advertisers can choose not to have their ads placed next to their hate speech, claiming this will reduce their still largely imaginary ad share revenue. They mostly blame woke Linda Yaccinaro. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6150 "2023-08-09T15:07:44Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > They mostly blame woke Linda Yaccinaro Which demonstrates Ms. Yaccinaro’s value to Elmo: lightning rod or scapegoat. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6151 "2023-08-09T18:54:53Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Which demonstrates Ms. Yaccinaro’s value to Elmo: lightning rod or scapegoat. Yep: [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3GrybBb0AACz8e?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3GrybBb0AACz8e?format=jpg&name=small) Meanwhile: [https://twitter.com/MattBinder/status/1689295191318937601](https://twitter.com/MattBinder/status/1689295191318937601) Having only started visiting Musk’s Twitter account a few weeks ago, I was a bit shocked and surprised to see how much he’s into nutty alt-right/hard-right/far-right stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6152 "2023-08-09T19:52:48Z")
Twixxer was fined $350,000 by the judge overseeing Jack Smith’s investigation of Trump after they refused to turn over subpoenaed materials. Although they eventually complied, the appellate cpurt upheld the fine. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6153 "2023-08-10T11:28:25Z")
Anyone in the market for a blue bird? Or a DJ booth? [Elon Musk to auction Twitter signs and other memorabilia - BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66457814) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6154 "2023-08-10T21:25:56Z")
Elmo wants to fight with his words now. > **[Terrified Elon Musk Suggests "Debate" With Zuckerberg Instead of Cage Fight](https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-debate-zuckerberg-instead-fight)** > > Elon Musk has already come up with plenty of excuses to wriggle out of sparring with Mark Zuckerberg. Now he wants to have a "noble" debate. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6155 "2023-08-10T21:40:15Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I understand Trump has wrestling experience. > … Trump has silly WWF experience. When real life Trump wrestles, it’s with a bag of chips he’s struggling to open. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6156 "2023-08-10T22:53:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Elmo wants to fight with his words now. Too bad! He already issued the challenge. Maybe he should use his unused muscle—which is flab—and make himself a flab rope ladder so he can crawl back down the hole he came out of back to his crybaby wife and children. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6157 "2023-08-10T23:30:56Z")
Is it ok if I read that in SNL Hanz and Franz voice? ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6158 "2023-08-10T23:33:09Z")
No it was perfect! I went back and read it that way; it was so much better. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6159 "2023-08-10T23:48:40Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > his crybaby wife and children. Ex-wife and deadnamed children. Yes, he screwed that up too. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6160 "2023-08-10T23:54:06Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > > > I understand Trump has wrestling experience. > > … > > Trump has silly WWF experience. > When real life Trump wrestles, it’s with a bag of chips he’s struggling to open. Trump would never open his own chips. That’s Walt Nauta’s job. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6161 "2023-08-11T00:09:29Z")
Holy shit, read as Hanz and Franz, it 100% sounds like something from one of their sketches. Elon is such a girlie man. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6162 "2023-08-11T00:22:24Z")
He wishes he had girl strength! He’s a coward, a racist, whiny, coward. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6163 "2023-08-11T03:37:33Z")
Seriously, every time I hear desantis talk he sounds like a toddler having a tantrum. “ron, such and such is this” ron: “no it’s not” stomps foot. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6164 "2023-08-11T04:11:35Z")
> > > Aaron Rupar @atrupar ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6165 "2023-08-11T05:35:50Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Is it ok if I read that in SNL Hanz and Franz voice You know, hear me now and believe me later, talk about it sometime soon but make a note of It now. 😎 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=307) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=309)