# 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:** 310
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6186 "2023-08-11T20:47:23Z")
Hard to believe it’s the same sneetch…. > **[Tesla’s surprising new route to EV domination](https://www.economist.com/business/2023/07/18/teslas-surprising-new-route-to-ev-domination)** > > Become more like the industry you disrupted ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6187 "2023-08-12T01:39:29Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > _snort_ I used to own a horse known as “Nick the Magnificent Pickle.” yep … same guy ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6188 "2023-08-12T01:40:37Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > It took them that long to find something? Get well soon, Elon!! who recommended the doc? DJT??? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6189 "2023-08-12T04:18:59Z")
Don’t be silly. Any doctor who would have been recommended by Trump would say he’s healthy enough to fight for multiple titles in several different forms of combat, against a bear if necessary. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6190 "2023-08-12T04:25:32Z")
Ongoing efforts to make Jeff Bezos look like the sane one continue. > ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6191 "2023-08-12T04:59:36Z")
I just suddenly remembered a _Friends_ plot line where Monica was dating a tech billionaire who she thought was having a ring made because he was proposing to her but it turned out he was having a fighting ring made because he wanted to become the world’s greatest MMA fighter. ---
**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 12, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6192 "2023-08-12T07:07:10Z")
Yes, that character was played by Jon Favreau, of _Iron Man_ and _Mandalorian_ fame. ---
**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 12, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6193 "2023-08-12T19:34:05Z")
And now, courtesy of Elmo’s latest ketamine high, here’s I TOTALLY TALKED TO THE KING OF ITALY AND WE’RE GONNA HAVE THE FIGHT IN ANCIENT ROME. > ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6194 "2023-08-12T19:45:37Z")
Well, maybe my Nick’s rump, but otherwise that’s an insult to the rest of the Magnificent Pickle. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6195 "2023-08-12T19:59:37Z")
> Everything in camera frame will be ancient Rome Dude, forget electric cars, colonies on Mars and carving out tunnels to use electric cars in. Elmo has invented time travel! \* \*Not as impressive as it sounds, all of this is happening inside the Matrix that Elmo thinks we live in after all. ---
**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 12, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6196 "2023-08-12T20:38:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > And now, courtesy of Elmo’s latest ketamine high, here’s I TOTALLY TALKED TO THE KING OF ITALY AND WE’RE GONNA HAVE THE FIGHT IN ANCIENT ROME. > [x.com](https://twitter.com/TheWapplehouse/status/1689972303361167360) Ironically, Zuckerberg’s porcelainesque visage and bowl cut make him look a bit like a statue of a Roman emperor. Such as this painted statue of the 1st century Roman emperor Caligula. [![](https://i.imgur.com/AQJNrwK.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/AQJNrwK.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:** [August 12, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6197 "2023-08-12T22:44:06Z")
“And in the pedestal these words appear - “My name is Ozymuskias, Chad of Chads! Look on my tweets, ye basic, and LOLOL!” Nothing besides remains…” ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6198 "2023-08-12T23:02:22Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Ironically, Zuckerberg’s porcelainesque visage and bowl cut make him look a bit like a statue of a Roman emperor. Such as this painted statue of the 1st century Roman emperor Caligula. Odd. Usually Roman statues are quite lifelike, but Caligula looks like some sort of zombie automaton there. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6199 "2023-08-12T23:37:55Z")
Elon must be watching old Bruce Lee movies. [The Way of the Dragon](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068935/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_i_2) ---
**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 13, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6200 "2023-08-13T00:20:04Z")
I bet if you charted out the data you’d see a direct correlation between when Elon hits the pipe, starts having manic intrrusive thoughts that he impulsively declares his intent to act on ("I’m gonna put a car in space on 4/20! I’m gonna buy Twitter! I’m gonna fight Mark Zuckerberg in the Coliseum) We should see another tweet in 6-8 hours about how Elmo MEANT that he was going to kick Zuck’s ass at Mario Kart. > ---
**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 13, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6201 "2023-08-13T00:45:30Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Odd. Usually Roman statues are quite lifelike, but Caligula looks like some sort of zombie automaton there. It’s from the ancient Roman animatronic attraction “The Hall of Emperors”. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6202 "2023-08-13T00:55:36Z")
Hmm, never having had a Twitter, sorry, X account (I get confused because it keeps taking me to [twitter.com](http://twitter.com) when I google twitter - why is that?) aren’t threats of violence a violation of their tos? [Twitter’s Violent Speech Policy | Twitter Help](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech#:~:text=You%20may%20not%20threaten%20to,%2C%20civic%2C%20or%20business%20activities.) > **Violent Threats** > > You may not threaten to inflict physical harm on others, which includes (but is not limited to) threatening to kill, torture, sexually assault, or otherwise hurt someone. This also includes threatening to damage civilian homes and shelters, or infrastructure that is essential to daily, civic, or business activities. Agile tos violation immunity for only $44 billion? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6203 "2023-08-13T03:47:00Z")
I believe I read the Italian government felt Rome was not the best place for this engagement, which will definitely happen, without further doubt, at some future time, if not superseded by a civilized debate instead. Which sneetch has the biggest star? ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6204 "2023-08-13T14:13:55Z")
Imagine what must go through your mind when you send this screenshot to a journalist and imagine that the conversation puts you in a _good_ light: > Zuckerberg could not pay enough billions for a PR person this effective. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6205 "2023-08-13T20:31:42Z")
Am I feeling…_respect for Mark Zuckerberg_?? This makes me dislike Musk even more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=309) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=311)