# 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:** 341
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6806 "2023-09-21T05:21:16Z")
No. Hiding that shit is exactly the wrong thing to do. It’s exactly why so many people are ignorant of Unit 731, or the Rape of Nanjing, or other activities by the Japanese Empire. But feel free to flag it if you disagree, and Miller can hide it should he so choose. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6807 "2023-09-21T14:08:10Z")
I’ve said this before. I have years of experience with clinical trials. I know how they are done safely. I wouldn’t trust Elmo to safely administer an aspirin, much less touch my goddamn brain. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6808 "2023-09-21T14:32:28Z")
Thanks for the link. I had not heard of Unit 731 before and am quite grateful to be educated. Sadly, that bit of history does not surprise me, other than why I hadn’t learned of it before. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6809 "2023-09-21T14:47:03Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > Elmo is now trying to lovebomb T-Swizzle. > > This is not the first time Elmo has done this. If he had any self-awareness, he’d realize that he’s now become a cheap shill, spamming celebrities to get them to contribute more content to his dumpster-fire platform. All while announcing that he’s soon going to start charging them for the privilege The man is nothing less than an agile genius! Honestly, this seems like the _least_ stupid thing Elmo’s done since he bought Twitter. However badly he’s ham-fisting it, at least he’s trying to draw users to his platform. Granted, this is Marketing 101 stuff, but given that he seems to have no idea how a social media platform works, you take what you can get. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6810 "2023-09-21T15:09:05Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Granted, this is Marketing 101 stuff Well, yeah, that’s what’s so funny about it – this is the kind of thing that would be done by the most junior flunkies in the marketing department, if there was one. But Elmo fired them all, so he’s doing it himself. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6811 "2023-09-21T17:15:55Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > Lament the loss of any future episodes of If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech Device, victim of GW’s lawyer’s ‘zealous’ plans to prevent any competition to the launch the garbage fire that is Warhammer+ protect their IP. Oh god yes, I had that in my youtube subscription list. 🥹 ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6812 "2023-09-21T20:30:05Z")
X/Twitter CEO released 2-minute video advert for X/Twitter, but it included embarrassing X’s/tweets. The video’s been taken down and re-released with those X’s/tweets removed: > > ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6813 "2023-09-21T20:35:07Z")
A total free speech Crusader in search of the Truth and nothing but the Truth. That’s our Savior Elmo. No matter how much airbrushing it takes. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6814 "2023-09-22T00:12:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > A total free speech Crusader in search of the Truth and nothing but the Truth. In fact he’s created a whole ministry for it. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6815 "2023-09-22T01:12:40Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > I wouldn’t trust Elmo to safely administer an aspirin, much less touch my goddamn brain. While I might trust Elmo to remove a splinter or lance a boil, I do not believe he has the knowledge to interface a brain. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6816 "2023-09-22T01:26:11Z")
I think he’s going to find that when his human test subjects start suffering crippling brain damage that he won’t just be able to have them put to sleep and declare that they were probably gonna die anyway. The sad part is that the same people who are convinced that the covid vaccine is full of tracking devices, mind control drugs, and [chemicals that rewrite your DNA so that you’re no longer human](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/20/instagram-posts/did-you-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-good-news-youre-sti/) will probably be lining up to let Elmo staple a Bluetooth adapter to their frontal cortex. ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6817 "2023-09-22T01:29:23Z")
Folks that are bad at risk assessment are … well … bad at risk assessment. If I was actually concerned that Elmo could create an army of e-zombies shambling at his beck and call as he taps at his phone guiding, guiding them to their Great Common Destiny I’d be worried. Knowing he’s just going to kill a bunch of CT-believers and Elmo first-adopter fanboyz, I’m much more sanguine. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6818 "2023-09-22T01:36:56Z")
You think any self-respecting tinfoil-hat-wearing CT-believer is going to submit to having something _literally_ implanted inside their head? ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6819 "2023-09-22T01:48:44Z")
Maybe they will object. Maybe they won’t. Depends on how good the chemtrails are working by then. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6820 "2023-09-22T02:07:29Z")
I just don’t get why this record didn’t stop him from being able to move on to human trials. You should be able to do something safely with your animal analog before human trials start. The FDA is used to dealing with people with a lot of money, so that wouldn’t seem to be sufficient. So what gives? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6821 "2023-09-22T03:10:31Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Knowing he’s just going to kill a bunch of CT-believers and Elmo first-adopter fanboyz, I’m much more sanguine To borrow a brilliant phrase, “Think of it as evolution in action.” ---
**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:** [September 22, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6822 "2023-09-22T03:35:45Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > You think any self-respecting tinfoil-hat-wearing CT-believer is going to submit to having something _literally_ implanted inside their head? We’re talking about people who believe that the world’s financial aid political elite are literal blood-sucking vampires, and that the point man fighting to expose them is Donald Trump. Not big on internal consistency. ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6823 "2023-09-22T03:53:16Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Knowing he’s just going to kill a bunch of CT-believers and Elmo first-adopter fanboyz… But this isn’t who will be the first subjects. It will be people with significant disabilities who have no other hope and are grasping at straws. And they’ll most likely get pain, suffering, and possibly death with no benefit from the treatment. I feel sorrow for them and anger that this could be allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6824 "2023-09-22T05:03:49Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@ekedolphin](#): > > > > You think any self-respecting tinfoil-hat-wearing CT-believer is going to submit to having something _literally_ implanted inside their head? > > We’re talking about people who believe that the world’s financial aid political elite are literal blood-sucking vampires, and that the point man fighting to expose them is Donald Trump. > > Not big on internal consistency. And don’t forget the intersection of people who are in awe of Elmo’s ‘genius’ who would happily volunteer with no regard for the actual risks involved. This wasn’t Elmo’s doing, but it was a group doing one of Elmo’s big goals that his true believers think he’s actually going to deliver on in a non-suicidal manner: colonize Mars. Just a friendly reminder for Elmo, he’s already behind schedule on that brilliant idea. Eccentric billionaire in 2014 comes up with plan to colonize Mars starting no later than 2024, gets 300,000 volunteers to be the first ones to commit suicide in his plan. Surprisingly, I’m not talking about Elmo. > **[Reality Series From Lionsgate TV & Roy Bank To Chronicle Mission To...](https://deadline.com/2014/03/mars-colony-reality-series-mars-one-lionsgate-television-698010/)** > > When eccentric Dutch billionaire entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp unveiled his plan to put together a group that would be trained and sent on a one-way trip to Mars to establish the first human colony, it was hailed as a concept for the ultimate reality... ---
**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 22, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6825 "2023-09-22T21:03:10Z")
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