# 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:** 312
**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 14, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6226 "2023-08-14T16:23:11Z")
Last year, Musk challenged Putin to single combat, with the prize being Ukraine. So a prize that neither party owned. ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6227 "2023-08-14T17:16:21Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Musk, once he’s caught saying/doing something stupid, is the sort to double down That’s sort of how he wound up owning Twitter, isn’t 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:** [August 14, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6228 "2023-08-14T17:50:25Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > That’s sort of how he wound up owning Twitter, isn’t it? Actually he tried to back out and was forced into it. That would be funny if the same thing happened with the fight. ---
**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 14, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6229 "2023-08-14T18:42:33Z")
[Federal authorities are reviewing complaints filed against Mario Nawfal, a Twitter audio star boosted by Musk.](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/mario-nawfal-fbi-sec-twitter-rcna91412) He has more than 913,000 followers-that’s a lot of ears. ---
**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 14, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6230 "2023-08-14T18:49:56Z")
Musk is now posting about teabagging Mark Zuckerberg. ---
**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 14, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6231 "2023-08-14T18:54:06Z")
Musk says he will drive to Zuckerberg’s house tonight and livestream it. > ---
**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:** [August 14, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6232 "2023-08-14T19:01:55Z")
So, his master plan is to announce he intends to drive to a business rival’s home and criminally assault him? That’s…well, totally on brand ---
**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 14, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6233 "2023-08-14T19:08:48Z")
Zuck gives me the impression he doesn’t screw around re: security so this might be fun. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6234 "2023-08-14T19:31:02Z")
I don’t speak emojis very well. Is this a tongue? I don’t get it… “If we get lucky and Zuck my 👅 actually answers the door, the fight is on!” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6235 "2023-08-14T19:34:17Z")
God, who knows. Maybe the “my” wasn’t supposed to be there, and it’s supposed to just be a “neener neener” at “Zuck.” ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6236 "2023-08-14T19:38:20Z")
![](https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExem1mN3U0N2I3dnU2bHAxNzZlZGI1M3Jqemw5aTA5MTMwNXIxZ3d2ciZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/2Y8Iq3xe121Ba3hUAM/giphy.gif "Elon Musk Weed GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY") ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6237 "2023-08-14T19:41:49Z")
He also used that tongue emoji back in this tweet: [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3XsdHzXsAAJE8n.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3XsdHzXsAAJE8n.jpg) Looks like it was intended, although I don’t know what he was trying to say. Kind of like when he brought the sink into the Twitter headquarters. I’m sure it means something to him even if the rest of us have no clue. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6238 "2023-08-14T19:45:55Z")
I don’t speak emojis - wait, I think the problem is nobody speaks Elmo’s emojis very well, including Elmo himself. I’m assuming the juvenile punchline Elmo is going for is using Zuckerburg’s name to try to say ‘Zuck my dick’ or ‘Zuck my balls’ and the tongue emoji looks vaguely like testicles. Who really knows but Elmo himself though? Re: ‘Elmo was probably high at the time’ it certainly makes good fodder for poking fun at the lunacy of Elmo’s decisions, but to be serious for just a moment - does anyone really think his bizarre, narcissistic decisions and views made from 20,000 feet are lapses he makes when he’s stoned out of his mind vs them being his natural bizarre, narcissistic, hyper-rich spoiled man-child decisions and views? ---
**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 14, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6239 "2023-08-14T19:46:33Z")
It stands for “suck my tongue”. The Dalai Lama said it to a child and Musk appears to have adopted the phrase after replying to this tweet: > > ---
**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 14, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6240 "2023-08-14T19:47:45Z")
I’m pretty sure he’s moved on to crack cocaine now. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6241 "2023-08-14T19:49:03Z")
I suspect Mark Zuckerberg is more willing to listen to other people’s advice and is less willing to take a bunch of drugs and then tweet through it, which is why he comes off as the more competent, sane billionaire in this situation. He’s also had many years of experience working with PR and controlling the narrative. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6242 "2023-08-14T19:55:46Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > I’m pretty sure he’s moved on to crack cocaine now. [![](https://i.insider.com/62a9463cac534e00193351ad?width=1300&format=jpeg&auto=webp) ](https://i.insider.com/62a9463cac534e00193351ad?width=1300&format=jpeg&auto=webp) ---
**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 14, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6243 "2023-08-14T20:27:45Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/1BnZ1YX.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/1BnZ1YX.png) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6244 "2023-08-14T20:42:16Z")
Holy shit…the likeness is uncanny! ---
**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:** [August 14, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6245 "2023-08-14T21:53:16Z")
Has Elon started to wear kleenex boxes for shoes and collect his urine in jars yet? If not, wait for it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=311) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=313)