# 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:** 375
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7486 "2023-11-05T16:37:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Remember when Elmo was going on about how AI was going to destroy mankind in like a couple of years? He’s always had a weird flexibility about that. I mean, he named one of his children after AI [checks notes] sorry, named one of his children after the _Elvish_ word for AI. According to the mother.\* \*Note however, that while Elmo had to ‘remind’ her what the name of ‘her’ favorite plane was, Elmo did _not_ dispute that the Æ in X Æ A-Xii came from the Elvish word for AI. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7487 "2023-11-05T17:57:36Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Remember when Elmo was going on about how AI was going to destroy mankind in like a couple of years? He was talking about Artificial Insemination. /sarcasm ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7488 "2023-11-05T19:24:49Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > He was talking about Artificial Insemination. > /sarcasm You only thought you were being sarcastic. God how I long for the days when I was blissfully ignorant about Elmo’s sex life. [Elon Musk’s Children: Meet His Kids and Their Mothers (businessinsider.com)](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-children#:~:text=Did%20Musk%20use%20IVF%20to,were%20born%20through%20a%20surrogate.) > ## Did Musk use IVF to conceive his children? > > Yes, Musk used IVF to conceive five of his children with his [first wife Justine](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-kids-ivf-surrogacy-cut-twitter-fertility-benefit-2023-1), as were [Musk’s twins](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-neuralink-exec-twins-via-ivf-no-romance-report-2022-8) he had last year with his Neuralink employee, Shivon Zilis. His [second and third children with Grimes](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-grimes-2nd-baby-girl-y-vanity-fair-2022-3) were born through a surrogate. That’s just definitive fact, there’s also the Hollywood gossip. Remember the threesome Elmo had with Amber Heard? I wish I could forget it, but anyway: > **[Amber Heard and Elon Musk's Alleged Legal Battle Over Frozen Embryos Revealed...](https://www.ivfbabble.com/new-gossip-emerges-amber-heards-legal-battles-elon-musk-frozen-embryos/)** > > Actress and model Amber Heard, best known as Johnny Depp’s ex-wife was embroiled in a legal battle with Elon Musk over frozen embryos > Amber Heard and Elon Musk’s alleged legal battle over frozen embryos has been revealed In this latest trial with Johnny Depp > > Actress and model Amber Heard, best known as Johnny Depp’s ex-wife was embroiled in a legal battle with Elon Musk over frozen embryos > > This strange bombshell was released during a London High Court trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. > > Recent documents leaked by Jennifer Howell, a close friend of Heard’s sister Whitney Henriquez and mum Paige, allege that Elon Musk, the Tesla billionaire, sued Amber in the past. Their issue was over frozen embryos comprised of the couples’ genetic material – he wanted to prevent her from using them. > > Family friend Jennifer stated that Amber “was in a legal battle with him over the rights to embryos they had created together > > He wanted to destroy them and Amber tried to keep them to have a baby. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7489 "2023-11-05T21:19:33Z")
I’m prolly gonna’ regret this: Can’t he do it the usual way? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7490 "2023-11-05T21:23:51Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > Can’t he do it the usual way? Agile breeding. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7491 "2023-11-05T21:30:44Z")
True. I got to thinking that maybe the women in these programs thought artificial anything was better than having to have sex with that guy. I know that’s my opinion. The only question is why they did it at all. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7492 "2023-11-05T21:36:00Z")
Maybe he wants to preserve his precious bodily fluids. ---
**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 5, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7493 "2023-11-05T22:16:53Z")
I’ll speculate that maybe they did some kind of screening on which sperm to keep and which eggs to keep. Then IVFed the winners of that screening. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7494 "2023-11-05T22:19:08Z")
This thread gets a little more surreal/entertaining every time I open it. ---
**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 5, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7495 "2023-11-05T22:20:32Z")
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**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:** [November 5, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7496 "2023-11-05T22:25:24Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > True. I got to thinking that maybe the women in these programs thought artificial anything was better than having to have sex with that guy. I know that’s my opinion. The only question is why they did it at all. ⁢ The most obvious would be if he paid them. Though Grimes at least seemed to genuinely have affection for him, lamenting that it didn’t work out. She says she still cares about 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 6, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7497 "2023-11-06T00:46:19Z")
It’s fine, I didn’t want to be able to see traffic on my right anyway. > ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7498 "2023-11-06T01:14:49Z")
That’s not an “A Pillar”, it’s an “A Squared Pillar”. I’d hate that! ---
**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 6, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7499 "2023-11-06T01:32:18Z")
In my invincible armored personnel carrier I don’t care where other traffic is. - Elmo! ---
**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 6, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7500 "2023-11-06T02:16:35Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > In my invincible armored personnel carrier I don’t care where other traffic is. The good news is Elmo has finally brought a classic sci-fi story to life. The bad news is that that story is Red Barchetta. I did always wonder what a “gleaming alloy air car two lanes wide” was supposed to look like. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7501 "2023-11-06T02:28:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The good news is Elmo has finally brought a classic sci-fi story to life. If someone would be so kind and slip Elmo a copy of [_The Roads Must Roll_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roads_Must_Roll) I’d be ever so grateful. Really, I just want so see Elon say he invented a new form of transportation that is absolutely not _just_ a, badly designed, conveyor belt. ---
**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 6, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7502 "2023-11-06T02:34:35Z")
What a cornball classic. Maybe Elmo will invent a whole new society based on it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7503 "2023-11-06T02:39:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It’s fine, I didn’t want to be able to see traffic on my right anyway. Not just that, but the rear-view mirror looks awfully small, and I’ve got to wonder how much useful real estate is in that sharply angled side-view mirror. The incredibly cautious driving in that off-road vehicle upthread is making more sense. The guy in the truck can’t see a fucking thing. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7504 "2023-11-06T03:26:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > The guy in the truck can’t see a fucking thing. And he was surrounded by goons in zoot suits with Tommy guns. ---
**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 6, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7505 "2023-11-06T03:42:50Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > And he was surrounded by goons in zoot suits with Tommy guns To say nothing of Henry V’s army, fresh from their victory at Agincourt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=374) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=376)