# 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:** 325
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6486 "2023-09-05T01:20:16Z")
Now Musk appears to bring out the Jewish “secret” conspiracy trope: > > ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6487 "2023-09-05T12:02:18Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > shifty [Shiftless](https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=562731675&q=lazy+and+%22shiftless%22+racism&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwja-IuQtpOBAxVJhIkEHeLjAa0Q5t4CegQIEBAB&biw=1272&bih=621&dpr=1.25#ip=1). ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6488 "2023-09-05T17:06:43Z")
A collection of responses to Musk’s latest episode: > **[‘Weak, Weak Man’ Elon Musk Mocked On Own Website Over Latest Meltdown](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-mocked-adl-lawsuit_n_64f6b25ae4b039d86651d87c)** > > Critics are firing back after he threatened to sue one of his company's most prominent critics. > > > > Elon Musk @elonmusk > > > Elon Musk @elonmusk ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6489 "2023-09-05T17:29:31Z")
Elon’s right about one thing. It **is** pretty ironic to sue the ADL for defamation after reinstating Nazi accounts to Twitter and blaming Jews for all of the problems at the company. It’s just not ironic the way he thinks it is. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6490 "2023-09-05T17:45:09Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > …the way he thinks… Does he think? Or just act? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6491 "2023-09-05T19:20:22Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Does he think? Or just act? [![](https://legalbusinessanalysis.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/farside-stimulus-response.jpg) ](https://legalbusinessanalysis.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/farside-stimulus-response.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6492 "2023-09-05T19:29:23Z")
More and more the erratic impulsiveness is just the drugs talking. I’ll lay 4-to-1 there’s a barely-covered-up overdose in the next six months. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6493 "2023-09-05T21:42:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Does he think? Or just act? There is no such thing as “acting without thinking”, that’s a misnomer. All action stems from thought. Even an impulse is a quick thought that leads to instant action. Clearly he had some thought about how ironic it would be for the “ **Anti-Defamation** League” to be defaming someone. The same sort of thought that leads people to claim that BLM is racist or Antifa is a bunch of fascists using violence to force change. Now, _contemplation_ is another thing entirely. I don’t believe that Musk puts _a lot_ of thought into what he posts. He has an idea and it instantly goes on the web without any sort of consideration or filter beforehand. He shares that sort of digital diarrhea with Trump. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6494 "2023-09-05T22:11:51Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > There is no such thing as “acting without thinking”, that’s a misnomer. My knee reflex differs. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6495 "2023-09-05T22:29:51Z")
In that case you didn’t _act_. That’s like saying that a sneeze or a hiccup is an action. It’s something your body is doing on its own, without a need for you to act. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6496 "2023-09-05T22:33:10Z")
Current functional MRI and PET brain scans show that many complex and complicated actions are performed by the body before the ‘thinking’ parts of the brain come on line. Current hypotheses point towards the ‘thinking’ brain parts are busy thinking of a reason for why we just did what we did. Human behavior is amazingly complex and poorly understood. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6497 "2023-09-05T23:19:48Z")
“Post hoc ergo propter hoc”\* Having worked in advertising, I have seen a lot of design work retrofitted to “suit” the brief. I am not suprised that humans are built to reason our way out of instinctive action. \* "after this (an event occurs), therefore because of this (a different event occurs). A logical fallacy. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6498 "2023-09-05T23:31:09Z")
Damn, I knew something seemed off when I wrote that. Ah well, there are plenty of worse things to get wrong than misremembering racist caricatures. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6499 "2023-09-05T23:38:36Z")
I truly wish that these things were not permanently burned into my memory. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6500 "2023-09-06T01:29:44Z")
How many times is Musk going to re-learn how painful discovery is? He gave up and bought Twitter rather than continue the lawsuit that was revealing embarrassing documents. Now he is accusing the ADL of ruining Twitter’s advertising business. A lawsuit will require the release of Twitter’s attempts to court and bring back advertisers, as well as those advertisers’ very embarrassing reasons for cutting ties. Most blowhards know how to lie loudly in public and tell the truth quietly in court. Musk insists on being loudly stupid in every possible venue. At this point I have to assume he has a very elaborate humiliation fetish. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6501 "2023-09-06T01:58:14Z")
and no, you don’t make the marketing teams of Coca-Cola, Nestle, Ford or Procter happy by dragging them into a courtroom … they will def. take their moneys to other, less volatile outlets in the future. IANAL … they probably dont have to follow invitation to court in a civil case, I guess??? sounds like a good idea before you think 10 seconds about it … in line with what we have been seeing for 1,5 years on twitter. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6502 "2023-09-06T02:03:44Z")
> [@Mr.E](#): > > Most blowhards know how to lie loudly in public and tell the truth quietly in court. Musk insists on being loudly stupid in every possible venue. So far, this is just Musk being a blowhard in public. I doubt very much that he will actually sue the ADL in court. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6503 "2023-09-06T02:13:44Z")
> Andrew Torba is the founder of Gab, described by Wikipedia as “a haven for neo-Nazis, racists, white supremacists, white nationalists, antisemites, the alt-right, supporters of Donald Trump, conservatives, right-libertarians, and believers in conspiracy theories such as QAnon”. > ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6504 "2023-09-06T02:18:56Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > A collection of responses to Musk’s latest episode: > > [‘Weak, Weak Man’ Elon Musk Mocked On Own Website Over Meltdown | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-mocked-adl-lawsuit_n_64f6b25ae4b039d86651d87c) Is it just me or does the thumbnail pic of Elmo in that HuffPost article look like he’s turning into Kim Jong Un? For comparison here’s a fresh pic of Kim from last week > **[White House says Putin and Kim Jong Un traded letters as Russia looks for...](https://apnews.com/article/russia-north-korea-weapons-munitions-letter-8c48787c798a50beda774a8ac5cc91ba)** > > The United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea and Japan are urging North Korea to halt arms negotiations with Russia following revelations Russian and North Korean talks on a weapons sale are advancing. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6505 "2023-09-06T02:28:31Z")
Well, you don’t seem to have been the first person to notice a resemblance: [![](https://awsimages.detik.net.id/community/media/visual/2021/12/06/meme-rambut-elon-musk-9_43.png?w=600&q=90) ](https://awsimages.detik.net.id/community/media/visual/2021/12/06/meme-rambut-elon-musk-9_43.png?w=600&q=90) _Kim Jong Un (left); Elon Musk (right)_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=324) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=326)