# 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:** 376
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7506 "2023-11-06T03:44:39Z")
Unfortunately, Bing AI art doesn’t seem to know what a Tesla Cybertruck is. The guy in the red jacket does give off strong Elon Musk vibes, though. “Tesla Cybertruck on way to Starbucks surrounded by goons in zoot suits with Tommy guns and Mongolian Steppe archers” [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.zfO0wcJroX52rGspLGsu?pid=ImgGn&w=1024&h=1024&rs=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.zfO0wcJroX52rGspLGsu?pid=ImgGn&w=1024&h=1024&rs=1) [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.7PDxQilTNMtmh7QgsEcI?pid=ImgGn) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.7PDxQilTNMtmh7QgsEcI?pid=ImgGn) [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.8B4614Ic9UnzUVTlclSn?pid=ImgGn) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.8B4614Ic9UnzUVTlclSn?pid=ImgGn) ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7507 "2023-11-06T03:49:09Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I’ve got to wonder how much useful real estate is in that sharply angled side-view mirror. Not much. This is typical Elmo – or, more accurately and indisputably, typical bad design, whether or not Elmo was directly involved with the mirror design. The side view mirror must be sharply angled to match the sharply angled body of the monstrosity it’s attached to, dontcha see? Like the Cybertruck itself, the fact that it’s virtually useless doesn’t matter. I was doubtful that very many of these grotesque behemoths would ever be sold, but now I’m wondering if even Elmo is stupid enough to even try to put it into production. On second thought, yes, yes he is. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7508 "2023-11-06T03:57:28Z")
Oh, people will buy them, especially if they think Elmo might acknowledge them somehow. ---
**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, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7509 "2023-11-06T04:00:36Z")
‘Damn it, they’re not mirrors! They’re a vitreous substrate flattened to within one half of a xometre (that’s one order of magnitude smaller than a Planck unit that I invented) covered with a platinum nano-film from my metal mines on Mars.’ ‘IT’S A XIRROR!!!’ Elon ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7510 "2023-11-06T05:58:44Z")
Has he actually, you know, driven a car or truck? ---
**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, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7511 "2023-11-06T06:12:56Z")
Ripley: How many drops is this for you, Elon? Lieutenant Musk: Thirty eight… simulated. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTHibe5KnTScC8m3rH-DUWabi4uyt9p4w3eQg&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTHibe5KnTScC8m3rH-DUWabi4uyt9p4w3eQg&usqp=CAU) ---
**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 6, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7512 "2023-11-06T15:43:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > 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 first rule of Musk motorcar driving: “What’s behind me is not important!” ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7513 "2023-11-06T16:24:02Z")
“Always look ahead, never behind! That’s my motto!” The next version of the Cybertruck has no reverse gear because you should be “always going forward”. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7514 "2023-11-06T16:38:28Z")
He at least once [crashed his uninsured multi-million dollar McLaren F1 while not wearing his seatbelt.](https://www.thedrive.com/news/32191/did-you-know-elon-musk-wrecked-an-uninsured-mclaren-f1) With Peter Thiel as a passenger, raising a bonus significant ‘what-if’ question. ---
**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, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7515 "2023-11-06T17:01:09Z")
So close … ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7516 "2023-11-06T17:16:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > “Always look ahead, never behind! That’s my motto!” The Cybertruck should always be going forwards, not backwards! Upwards, not forwards! And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards irrelevance ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7517 "2023-11-06T21:32:23Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards irrelevance Not that many twirls. Already there. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7518 "2023-11-07T00:07:33Z")
Yeah, this is pretty twisted: > > [@](#): > > Brookings, South Dakota. A university LGBTQ+ group is hit with a flood of hate mail, culminating in a bomb threat that terrifies students. > > San Lorenzo, California. A drag queen story hour is one of several Pride events across the country stormed by suspected members of the extremist street gang the Proud Boys. The men shout homophobic slurs and threats, and a performer hides in a back room, waiting for police to arrive. > > Philadelphia. Boston. Pittsburgh. Washington, D.C. Akron, Ohio. Threats hit hospitals and medical clinics, and some temporarily evacuate their patients while law enforcement assesses the danger. > > Then comes summer and fall 2023, at least two dozen public schools and libraries start receiving bomb threats. In California, Colorado, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, they cancel classes and evacuate students. > > These cases, and many more, share a common link: The victim of each threat had also been targeted, in the days before, by the enormously popular conservative social media channel Libs of TikTok. > **[When Libs of TikTok tweets, threats increasingly follow](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/11/02/libs-of-tiktok-tweets-death-bomb-threats/71409213007/)** > > The pattern – Libs of TikTok tweets, then a bomb threat arrives – is more pervasive than previously known. And it has ratcheted up in the past two 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:** [November 7, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7519 "2023-11-07T00:13:05Z")
Libs of TikTok is a terrorist organization as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7520 "2023-11-07T00:28:58Z")
A _stochastic_ terrorist organization. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7521 "2023-11-07T00:38:55Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > The guy in the truck can’t see a fucking thing. From what I’m reading, you really can’t when that cover is in place over the back as shown in that set of photos. Agile bed covering? ---
**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:** [November 7, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7522 "2023-11-07T00:53:45Z")
That’s what Neuralink is for — you can just plug your brain directly into the truck and see in all directions simultaneously with the parking cameras. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7523 "2023-11-07T02:12:46Z")
Hey, none of you guys are rich enough to be criticizing anything Elon does. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7524 "2023-11-07T04:00:24Z")
Hey, only one of the two of us is living debt-free. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7525 "2023-11-07T04:31:56Z")
I was once laid off from a large but loss-making corporation. Promptly started my own small business. Come year end I told my wife the good news. > Hey Honey, we’re rich! We made over 225 million dollars more than old XYZ Corp. As in I made a few tens of thousands and they lost 225 million. But it was a great story for a few seconds. 😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=375) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=377)