# 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:** 32
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/621 "2022-11-08T00:34:09Z")
This line cracked me up: > Even my children don’t really seem to like me. Although to be fair, I’m not sure how many of them there are. One or two of them might like me Of course this part is the key information: > Because look: Frankly, it’s not enough to have spent my childhood wanting for nothing due to my father’s massive wealth, to have struck it rich off of a fairly dull money-transfer service idea that I didn’t even come up with, to have alienated and berated everyone I’ve ever worked with, to lie repeatedly that I was the original founder of Tesla, to amass enormous wealth off of taxpayer-funded subsidies while insisting that I’m self-made, to wield my influence and inane ideas for unworkable projects to prevent actual functional improvements in multiple cities, to receive uncritical adulation from the fawning business and tech presses, to foster a repressive and even racist workplace in my factories replete with numerous labor violations, all in the name of making cars that don’t even really fucking work—no. It’s not enough. What I desperately, desperately need is for you to think that I’m cool and funny. I need this. Please give me that satisfaction. > I brutally tortured some monkeys for literally no reason, for Christ’s sake! That’s so cool! Doesn’t that count for anything? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/622 "2022-11-08T00:34:26Z")
Elon now wants to sue people for protesting him. [https://twitter.com/mmasnick/status/1589674892106305536](https://twitter.com/mmasnick/status/1589674892106305536) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/623 "2022-11-08T00:44:50Z")
Circling the drain: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IRUdOzND2jM/maxresdefault.jpg "The Twitter DEATH SPIRAL - Elon Musk at the Helm") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRUdOzND2jM) This is a great YouTube channel explaining how fucked things are at Twitter right now… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/624 "2022-11-08T02:28:22Z")
One has to wonder if, like the late Michael Jackson, he has acquired a soon-to-be-fatal relationship with mind-altering drugs. Lots and lots of mind-altering drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/625 "2022-11-08T02:32:07Z")
Well, I think we know he is into psychedelics. Unfortunately probably not surgery-grade anaesthetics though. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/626 "2022-11-08T02:43:29Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Unfortunately Musk is an erratic, entitled shit posting troll, but I don’t think we should wish death on him. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/627 "2022-11-08T02:46:16Z")
I’ll settle for him being visited in the night by three ghosts. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/628 "2022-11-08T02:49:44Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Musk is an erratic, entitled shit posting troll, but I don’t think we should wish death on him. Make the case that we all wouldn’t be better off. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/629 "2022-11-08T02:54:32Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Make the case that we all wouldn’t be better off No. I’m not going to wish someone dead. Do as you will. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/630 "2022-11-08T03:13:50Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [https://twitter.com/cpoliticditto/status/1589725917899034625?t=O97EKtIAdVZGZv0fwXYgpg&s=19](https://twitter.com/cpoliticditto/status/1589725917899034625?t=O97EKtIAdVZGZv0fwXYgpg&s=19) Comnsidering that drop in Tesla stock price, I’d be very surprised if Musk is still the richest person in the world. Probably not even in the top 5 anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/631 "2022-11-08T03:21:29Z")
Moderating: > [@squeegee](#): > > Musk is an erratic, entitled shit posting troll, but I don’t think we should wish death on him. > [@Acsenray](#): > > Make the case that we all wouldn’t be better off. > [@Terms of Service and FAQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-service-and-faq/823562/1): > > You are free to express your views in a forceful manner provided you remain civil. Hate speech, insults, and purposely inflammatory remarks (i.e., trolling) will not be tolerated. Do not post threats or state **or imply that any individual or group is deserving of harm**. (Emphasis mine.) @Acsenray, your comment exceeds what is allowed under our rules. Please refrain from making comments like the above. Not a warning. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/632 "2022-11-08T03:25:03Z")
Elon’s plan to cut ads in half for Twitter Blue users will actually lead to the service losing money for each subscriber. > ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/633 "2022-11-08T03:36:52Z")
This whole thing has taken on a slapstick Keystone Kops tone. I’m reminded of catching your 5yo in a lie. When you corner them they invent some patently silly excuse / story using their “best” 5yo lying skills. So you call them on this new whopper and they double down on some other excuse / story thing that’s not only unrelated to their first story, but is even less plausible. Lather rinse repeat until they finally realize they’ve climbed the trunk of sense and are now all the way out to the tip-most flimsy twig of totally unbelievable nonsense. And then, overwhelmed, they start crying. It’ll be entertaining to watch Musk get to the point in his evolution equivalent to toddlers crying. Maybe not enjoyable, but entertaining. A veritable singularity of wacky self-destructive blather. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/634 "2022-11-08T04:36:00Z")
> I have changed my display name to “Parodylon Musk” and will report if and when my existence makes his dick sad. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/635 "2022-11-08T05:15:09Z")
Things have gotten weirder. Daniel Radcliffe had changed himself to a Weird Al parody account (with parody noted multiple times), and has now been suspended. Chaos reigns! ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/636 "2022-11-08T05:23:54Z")
The good news is, 50% of the departure of Twitter employees might be balanced by a **[departure of Twitter subscribers](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/07/opinions/quitting-twitter-elon-musk-jones/index.html)**. Win-win, or something. Hey, if you don’t gotz no subscribers, ya don’t needs no employees! From the above link: > According to one cyber research organization, Network Contagion Research Institute, the use of the N-word jumped by nearly 500% on the platform a day after Musk, the self-declared “free speech” absolutist, took over. > > A study out of Montclair State University also found that homophobic, antisemitic and racial hate terms have dramatically escalated. > > Welcome to Musk’s Twitter. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/637 "2022-11-08T05:51:22Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Daniel Radcliffe had changed himself to a Weird Al parody account (with parody noted multiple times), and has now been suspended. Daniel Radcliffe didn’t have a Twitter, and the account by that name was suspended all the way back in 2011. Turns out this was just Weird Al fucking with people. 🙂 > **[Claims that Daniel Radcliffe was suspended from Twitter untrue despite Musk...](https://www.yahoo.com/tech/daniel-radcliffe-suspended-twitter-no-030908491.html)** > > Rumour appears to have originated with Weird Al Yankovic ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/638 "2022-11-08T06:06:23Z")
Aw, well, that’s classic Weird Al then. ---
**Author:** ![DeadTreasSecretaries](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deadtreassecretaries/32/4817_2.png) [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/639 "2022-11-08T13:02:14Z")
So looking at the (I assume new) [parody rules](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/parody-account-policy) it looks like you’re supposed to get a warning to change before getting suspended. Not that it really matters but I’m curious if that is what has happened to these “impersonation” accounts. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/640 "2022-11-08T13:20:57Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > Now now, a permanent ban is not the same thing as a permanent suspension. They’re totally different words! Musk could have just given people ninety-day suspensions. Considering the direction Twitter is heading under his management, those would have the same effect as a permanent ban. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=33)