# 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:** 366
**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:** [October 29, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7306 "2023-10-29T19:31:06Z")
Presumably feeling sorry for his overworked and demoralized employees Elon decided to give them a really easy assignment to boost their confidence. > [Elon Musk wants more bad news](https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23935197/elon-musk-wants-more-bad-news) > > This was his advice to employees during his first companywide meeting since renaming Twitter to X: “In any given meeting, make sure there is at least one piece of bad news. You can have more than one piece of bad news. If you’re in a meeting with me, always bring up at least one bit of bad news or more than that.” ---
**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 29, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7307 "2023-10-29T20:31:14Z")
quoting Elon M. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > "If you’re in a meeting with me, always bring up at least one bit of bad news or more than that.” “Our CEO is a fuck-wit. How’s that?” ---
**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 29, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7308 "2023-10-29T20:41:24Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “Our CEO is a fuck-wit. How’s that?”   Don’t forget that in compliance with the wishes expressed in the poll he took, Elmo stepped down from being CEO. He’s no longer CEO, he’s now the “X man”: Man, I feel sorry for Linda Yaccarino. She had a real career once. [![](https://codoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Puppeteer-Tutorial-Blog.jpg) ](https://codoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Puppeteer-Tutorial-Blog.jpg) ---
**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 29, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7309 "2023-10-29T21:14:22Z")
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7310 "2023-10-29T21:15:39Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > He’s no longer CEO, he’s now the “X man”: His maleness is of interest only to historians! ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7311 "2023-10-29T23:27:11Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Presumably feeling sorry for his overworked and demoralized employees Elon decided to give them a really easy assignment to boost their confidence. > > > [Elon Musk wants more bad news](https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23935197/elon-musk-wants-more-bad-news) > > > > This was his advice to employees during his first companywide meeting since renaming Twitter to X: “In any given meeting, make sure there is at least one piece of bad news. You can have more than one piece of bad news. If you’re in a meeting with me, always bring up at least one bit of bad news or more than that.” Umm… hey CEO boss, isn’t our ad revenue profit sharing scheme basically an MLM between people dumb enough to pay us for subscriptions? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7312 "2023-10-30T01:44:42Z")
The “Falcon Doors” on the model X were, continue to be, and will be failure points until you give that crap up; the Cyber truck is ugly and the exterior stainless steel is stupid from a dozen different points; full self driving is fake, will never happen in our/your lifetime; you should give your kids real names and, you know, actually meet them. Oh you meant twizzler, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7313 "2023-10-30T02:53:29Z")
I’m not defending this guy, but I gotta ask: Didn’t Grimes have a say in the names of the kids? I know there was a time where Mom’s opinion was neither wanted nor needed for the names of their offspring. However, in these ultra modern, dare I say WOKE, times if both parents are involved at the time of births, both of them sign the birth certificate (whether long or short form.) 😜 When my kids were born both my husband and I were in agreement with names, and signed the document. I don’t think changes could be made without consent of one or the other. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7314 "2023-10-30T03:49:59Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > That was shot with the most cream-puff 45s ever loaded. I’ve always wanted a Soft Tommy Sub! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7315 "2023-10-30T07:56:35Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I’m not defending this guy, but I gotta ask: Didn’t Grimes have a say in the names of the kids? I know there was a time where Mom’s opinion was neither wanted nor needed for the names of their offspring. However, in these ultra modern, dare I say WOKE, times if both parents are involved at the time of births, both of them sign the birth certificate (whether long or short form.) 😜 When my kids were born both my husband and I were in agreement with names, and signed the document. I don’t think changes could be made without consent of one or the other. Grimes is musician of sorts, isn’t she? Nobody expects her type to be sensible. Besides, Musk’s children from his other broodmares also have ridiculous names. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7316 "2023-10-30T12:40:30Z")
Taking into account the fact she chose to breed with Elmo, I’m guessing Grimes is a huge, gaping asshole in her own right. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7317 "2023-10-30T12:51:51Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > His maleness is of interest only to historians! Maleness is determined by having a Y, which I think would be a better name: Y did I buy this god-forsaken company? ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7318 "2023-10-30T17:41:59Z")
“Broodmares”? Seriously!? Ugh! I don’t know if she is expected to be sensible or not, but misogynistic attitudes, and stereotypes are right out in my opinion. She messed up getting involved with musk, the names are another issue. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7319 "2023-10-30T18:15:39Z")
I daresay Musk sees them as broodmares, though. As well as bedwarmers, arm candy, and caterers to his whims. Not how I see them, of course, nor Alessan, I’m sure, but Musk? Can totally believe he’d harbor such stereotypes. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7320 "2023-10-30T18:28:03Z")
Agile devaluations! > **[X, formerly Twitter, is giving employees equity at a $19 billion...](https://fortune.com/2023/10/30/x-formerly-twitter-valued-19-billion-employee-stock-plan/)** > > The Elon Musk owned social media platform is giving employees a new round of equity compensation, in the form of RSUs, that values X at $19 billion. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7321 "2023-10-30T18:32:15Z")
I have shares in a Florida club/ residence valued at 1.8 billion dollars for those of you who may be interested. Comes with a free NFT of the owner. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7322 "2023-10-30T20:26:06Z")
Tweet from His Royal Majesty and Keeper of the X Flame, Elon Musk (may his name be ever revered), 3:38 PM, 10/30/23: _“The great wakening from woke has happened. This is good for civilization.”_ All hail HRM Elon Musk! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7323 "2023-10-30T20:31:26Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > “Broodmares”? Seriously!? Ugh! I don’t know if she is expected to be sensible or not, but misogynistic attitudes, and stereotypes are right out in my opinion. She messed up getting involved with musk, the names are another issue. Musk has 11 children from several women, some of them concurrently. That, along with his stated desire to populate the world with his superior (white) seed hints, to me, at his attitude toward the individuals who bear his children. It does not reflect my own beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7324 "2023-10-30T20:36:58Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Taking into account the fact she chose to breed with Elmo, I’m guessing Grimes is a huge, gaping asshole in her own right. If you’ve ever had the misfortune to read/hear anything Grimes ever had to say, then you know she’s exactly the same kind of full-of-shit, pompous pseudo-intellectual that Musk is. Possibly worse, because while at least Musk is partially grounded in real-world concerns like pretending to run 3 companies, Grimes has nothing but money and time to huff her own farts. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7325 "2023-10-30T20:43:12Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Musk has 11 children from several women, some of them concurrently. That, along with his stated desire to populate the world with his superior (white) seed hints, to me, at his attitude toward the individuals who bear his children. It does not reflect my own beliefs. Not to worry. While I respect @Sylvanz’s desire to fight misogyny wherever it may lurk, I did not read your post as reflecting anything but Musk’s own doubtless objectionable attitudes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=365) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=367)