# 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:** 365
**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:** [October 27, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7286 "2023-10-27T05:30:57Z")
(Postscript, yes I know Musk officially denied the recent report about exiting Europe and his mouthpieces say they will comply with the DSA. But I am not a fool and I don’t take anything he says at face value. Others’ credulity may vary.) ---
**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:** [October 27, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7287 "2023-10-27T05:32:20Z")
To paraphrase the old axiom about journalism; if Elon Musk says the sun will rise in the morning, see if a second source can confirm it. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7288 "2023-10-27T05:45:19Z")
I would rank Musk just below phone scam artists in the category “People I trust with my money”. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7289 "2023-10-27T06:19:17Z")
So according to the wackadoodles, is the guy who murdered 18 people in Maine gay or trans? For the life of me, I can’t tell by looking at him, er or her, whichever, not here to judge. ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7290 "2023-10-27T12:34:48Z")
I used to work for a fintech company whose software handled a good chunk al the world’s electronic payments. One of the products was even developed in South Africa and maintained by a mostly South African workforce. And the amount of effort required to just keep up with local regulations in each region never mind develop new features was staggering. For every developer working on the core teams making new things there where 4 to 5 working support and regional customizations. Banking and payments in the virtual space is a massively complex and regulated area that X will never get to grips with it in 10 years never mind one. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7291 "2023-10-27T12:42:07Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > > “It would blow my mind if we don’t have that rolled out by the end of next year,” Musk said. > > Yeah man, that would be completely mind-blowing. I predict that by the end of next year “X” will be the universal global financial platform on Mars. There won’t be a single person on Mars who isn’t wholeheartedly devoted to X for all their banking needs on the red planet. Meanwhile, back here on Earth, CNN reflects on the one-year anniversary of Elmo taking the helm at Twitter. They seem less than impressed. 😉 [https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/27/tech/elon-musk-twitter-x-one-year-changes/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/27/tech/elon-musk-twitter-x-one-year-changes/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7292 "2023-10-27T13:09:45Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > It wasn’t cute at all, but we got a lot of double takes. How could it not be cute? There were goats! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7293 "2023-10-27T14:46:25Z")
This is Axios’ take on One Year of Elon Musk’s Twitter. [https://www.axios.com/2023/10/26/elon-musk-twitter-x-bad-bet-private-equity](https://www.axios.com/2023/10/26/elon-musk-twitter-x-bad-bet-private-equity) (It’s pretty consise, but in case TL;DR: by any rational measure, Musk’s ownership has been an unmitigatable disaster. The only person it’s made happy is Elon Musk.) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7294 "2023-10-27T15:00:08Z")
I doubt Musk is happy. By all appearances he is a chronically unhappy man. Happy people don’t behave like that. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7295 "2023-10-27T15:43:25Z")
I dunno. There are plenty of white supremacists and would-be fascists who seem to be happy to have a major (semi)legitimate online forum that actively supports them ---
**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:** [October 27, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7296 "2023-10-27T15:53:45Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > There are plenty of white supremacists and would-be fascists who seem to be happy to have a major (semi)legitimate online forum that actively supports them That’s not happiness, that’s trying to compensate for unhappiness through false validation. The rich folks who are truly happy are the ones you hear about the least. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7297 "2023-10-27T19:59:05Z")
Elmo is taking a stand for the truly oppressed, downtrodden, and persecuted people of the world, by which I mean (checks notes) the descendants of Robert E. Lee. > ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7298 "2023-10-27T21:03:26Z")
I’m slightly confused. When Ron Filipkowski says “ancestors” does he mean “descendants”? When Thad says “literally” does he mean “figuratively”? (The phrase “my kind” seemed odd if he meant he was literally one of the few dozen descendants of Robert E. Lee.) ---
**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:** [October 27, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7299 "2023-10-27T21:11:33Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > When Ron Filipkowski says “ancestors” does he mean “descendants”? I assume so. I’ve seen many people make that slip. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7300 "2023-10-27T21:16:17Z")
What is his kind and who are the “they” seeking his extinction? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7301 "2023-10-27T21:49:28Z")
“his kind” are bigots are racists, and “they” are people that want him to have actual consequences for hate speech. “extinction” is that he cannot say whatever he wants, consequence free. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7302 "2023-10-28T00:03:33Z")
Mr. GigaThaad is referencing this: > **[Confederate monument melted down to create new, more inclusive public art](https://www.npr.org/2023/10/26/1208603609/confederate-general-robert-e-lee-monument-melted-down-charlottesville-virginia)** > > A project in Charlottesville, Va. seeks to upend the narrative around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the center of deadly white nationalist protests there in 2017. The Robert E. Lee statue at the center of the Charlottesville neo-Nazi tiki torch procession was just melted down. “They” that want “your extinction” isn’t even a dog whistle. These were literal Nazis chanting “Jews will not replace us.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7303 "2023-10-28T23:02:14Z")
Tickle me Elmo! 😄 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7304 "2023-10-29T14:21:09Z")
Archaeologists have often wondered how the pyramids were constructed. This, my friend, is how pyramids are constructed: [X launches two new subscriptions to boost your replies - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23935317/x-premium-basic-subscriptions-reply-boost-no-adsIn) the game ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7305 "2023-10-29T15:04:54Z")
> [@Filipkowski](#): > > Taking down Jim Crow era statues honoring traitors only means we want to stop honoring traitors. I recently saw those Civil War statues referred to as “participation trophies,” and I’ll forever think of them that way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=364) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=366)