# 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:** 394
**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:** [November 29, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7866 "2023-11-29T23:46:01Z")
At the rate things are going, X’s ad revenue will be almost entirely dependent on companies selling survivalist supplies and QAnon t-shirts. “I bought this toy and if I wanna smash it to bits, you can’t stop me.” Maybe he’s auditioning to be Trump’s running mate. Or FDA commissioner. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7867 "2023-11-29T23:52:13Z")
Aren’t such drugs still illegal? Would obvious public use of illegal drugs merit a conversation with law enforcement? Or is that not a thing for rich people? ---
**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:** [November 29, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7868 "2023-11-29T23:52:56Z")
Telling his advertisers to go fuck themselves is a brilliant 5D chess move. Guaranteed to increase revenue. Folks love that kind of stuff, especially the MAGA folks. Agile insults. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7869 "2023-11-29T23:58:23Z")
So I went to see what the latest news was on twitter and the first thing I see is the suggested follow of Disney. It looks like Disney is still advertising heavily on there. So I blocked them. I only go there to block any and all advertisers and trump supporters. Elon is in need of rehab. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7870 "2023-11-30T00:04:41Z")
He can have all the money in the world, but he will always be craving the one thing he needs more than anything else. More than electric cars, social media platforms. More than government subsidies. Attention. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7871 "2023-11-30T00:06:28Z")
That interview was the first time I’ve actually seen him talk (I guess I live in a bubble then - also aversion could be involved) and goodness gracious what an unhinged motherfucker he is. Yes, pharmaceuticals are in play. I couldn’t take more than two minutes. Quite scary that one of the richest (and one of the most powerful?) men on earth is such a completely wound-up dingbat. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > At the rate things are going, X’s ad revenue will be almost entirely dependent on companies selling survivalist supplies and QAnon t-shirts. > > “I bought this toy and if I wanna smash it to bits, you can’t stop me.” > > Maybe he’s auditioning to be Trump’s running mate. Or FDA commissioner. Excellent post. Or maybe Trump’ll croak soon and Elmo will somehow try to go for no. 1. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7872 "2023-11-30T00:13:21Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > He can have all the money in the world, but he will always be craving the one thing he needs more than anything else. More than electric cars, social media platforms. More than government subsidies. > > Attention. I had a cat like that once. Wee Sophie thought the whole world loved her and wanted to pay her attention; she demanded acknowledgement from visitors to the home, even at the vet’s office she reveled fearlessly in being with people. But she was soft and fluffy and sweet-natured and mostly harmless. Can’t say that about Musk. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7873 "2023-11-30T00:21:04Z")
Oy. Read some of the comments under the Twitter post and good gnarly goddess but there are a lot of blue check sycophants slobbering at his feet. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7874 "2023-11-30T00:29:00Z")
And the folks who are acting like jilted lovers, such as the majority of the participants in this thread, can’t help themselves in providing it. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7875 "2023-11-30T00:34:00Z")
The attention whore has it correct: Go fuck yourself. Seriously. Twitter was a great news resource and this loser has destroyed it. Documenting this destruction on the SDMB, a site he would never visit, is hardly giving him the attention his drug-addled mind so desperately craves. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7876 "2023-11-30T00:34:41Z")
Are you saying that someone who controls a ruling stake in maybe a trillion dollars of companies, some of which are involved in our national defense, and who is melting down should be ignored? ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7877 "2023-11-30T00:39:52Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Excellent post. Or maybe Trump’ll croak soon and Elmo will somehow try to go for no. 1. Much like the office of vice-president, Elmo isn’t eligible for the office of president, either. He’s not a natural-born citizen. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7878 "2023-11-30T00:45:06Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > And the folks who are acting like jilted lovers, such as the majority of the participants in this thread, can’t help themselves in providing it. And his white knights can’t stop themselves either. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7879 "2023-11-30T00:48:22Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > In the longer clip I linked, watch the 30 seconds starting at 1:30. That is pharmaceutical speech. Oh, holy shit. Yeah, Elon, you do you. All that is way too familiar to me, but we grew out of it in our early 20s. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7880 "2023-11-30T00:53:04Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > The interviewer has no idea where to go with things. Jesus, for real for real. “What this advertiser boycott is going to do,” Musk said, “it’s gonna kill the company.” High. As. Fuck. Or sorry, HAF. “Let’s see what Earth thinks.” ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7881 "2023-11-30T01:00:51Z")
Lol, no doubt HAF: Elon: “I will certainly not pander. And Jonathan, like, the only reason I’m here is because you are a friend. Like, what was my speaking fee?” Andrew Ross Sorkin: “You’re not making any – first of all, I’m Andrew…” ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7882 "2023-11-30T01:21:55Z")
I think he’s trying to say that if a company doesn’t advertise, it will die. Has he ever heard of a company named Tesla? ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7883 "2023-11-30T01:25:02Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I think he’s trying to say that if a company doesn’t advertise, it will die. No, he’s saying “this isn’t my fault. History will prove me right. These companies are all out to get me! You’ll see! You’ll all see! You’ll be so sad when I’m gone! And Disney will be sad too! You’ll all be so sad!” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7884 "2023-11-30T01:29:32Z")
Oh his next revenge cosplay NFT wil be _supreme_. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/7885 "2023-11-30T01:39:11Z")
So as best I can gather from this interview, Musk’s entire business plan at this point is: 1. Watch the company fail. 2. Document which parties are to blame. 3. Present this information to People of Earth and await judgment. I’m not making it up. That’s literally what he said. His only thought right now is to present the public with a case that Twitter’s failure isn’t the fault of anyone named Musk. I suppose we’re meant to think this means something dire. But he’s already launched the “thermonuclear lawsuit” with a tweet that admitted the conduct in question. That makes this whole thing sound like the face-saving bluster of an egomaniac who knows he has no cards left to play. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=393) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=395)