# 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:** 411
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8206 "2023-12-15T02:39:26Z")
Looks like Elmo’s gonna have to start calling Meidas Touch pedophiles now. > ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8207 "2023-12-15T04:06:42Z")
Oh, now the jerkoff pant advertisements make more sense. When you blackmail women online, you’ve got to be super-ready to whip it out, not just the ordinary kind of ready that unzipping your fly affords. It’s like an emergency quick release harness. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8208 "2023-12-15T08:18:50Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > It’s like an emergency quick release harness. Parachute Pants Ripcord ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8209 "2023-12-15T08:59:13Z")
> An AI app that creates deep-fake nudes of women for the purpose of blackmail is currently advertising to users on X > [@Dissonance](#): > > Oh, now the jerkoff pant advertisements make more sense. Gotta give Elmo credit – advertising on Xitter is being elevated not only to new levels of distinction, but new levels of cross-selling synergy! I bet Xitter is already turning a profit with all these exciting new advertisers. Who needs Disney, IBM, or Warner Bros Discovery when Jack Off Pants is backing you! ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8210 "2023-12-15T12:51:45Z")
[https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4361551-bidens-alarming-harassment-of-elon-musk/](https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4361551-bidens-alarming-harassment-of-elon-musk/) So, as I read it, her thesis is basically Biden is persecuting Musk now. There seems to be this view among the MAGA crowd that any criticism of any of them is simply unacceptable. wwg1wga I guess. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8211 "2023-12-15T12:56:01Z")
Oh wow, that is some first-class simping. My favorite part is where she quotes Starlink’s own website as evidence that Starlink is great. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8212 "2023-12-15T13:28:21Z")
Liz Peek is a simpering Trumper. Who cares what she says? ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8213 "2023-12-15T15:45:11Z")
Literal 1984! Orwellian Ministry of Truth! Biden Crime Family! Hunter Biden Laptop. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8214 "2023-12-15T15:51:34Z")
Baphomet is trending on Twitter/X this morning. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8215 "2023-12-15T15:54:36Z")
Not giving in to Musk’s every whim is persecution. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8216 "2023-12-15T16:09:32Z")
I owe my soul to the company bank. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8217 "2023-12-15T19:54:02Z")
I don’t understand. Please explain. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8218 "2023-12-15T20:05:56Z")
+1 (and words for Discourse.) j ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8219 "2023-12-15T20:38:36Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I owe my soul to the company bank. I assume that Sylvanz is referencing the song [16 tons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTCen9-RELM) which also discusses the danger of the employer having financial leverage over the work force, and has the refrain “I owe my soul to the company store”. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8220 "2023-12-15T20:59:37Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > which also discusses the danger of the employer having financial leverage over the work force, and has the refrain “I owe my soul to the company store”. To give a bit of background, it was common at one time for a mining company to be very benevolent employers that generously provided a place to live for its workers near the mine, provided clothes, food, and other goods, so they didn’t ever need to go anywhere. All was provided. Except those items were provided on credit and in many cases folks were charged prices and interest that they could never pay with the wages they received. They were essentially slaves in a way. > **[Company store](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_store)** > > A company store is a retail store selling a limited range of food, clothing and daily necessities to employees of a company. It is typical of a company town in a remote area where virtually everyone is employed by one firm, such as a coal mine. In a company town, the housing is owned by the company but there may be independent stores there or nearby. > A company store may also refer to a company's merchandise store, in which fans of a company or brand may purchase clothing and collectibles related... > Company stores were monopolistic institutions, funneling workers’ incomes back to the owners of the company. This is because company stores often faced little or no competition for workers’ earnings on account of their geographical remoteness, the inability and/or unwillingness of other nearby merchants (if any existed) to accept company scrip, or both. Prices, therefore, were typically high. Allowing purchases on credit enforced a kind of debt slavery, obligating employees to remain with the company until the debt was cleared. That’s the sort of thing being referenced here (and in the original song). ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8221 "2023-12-15T22:37:23Z")
Heh, Twitter’s debt is getting harder for the lenders to stomach: > [@](#): > > Large hedge funds and credit investors on Wall Street held conversations with the banks late last year, offering to buy the senior-most portion of the debt at roughly 65 cents on the dollar. But in recent interviews with the Financial Times, several said there was no price at which they would buy the bonds and loans, given their inability to gauge whether Linda Yaccarino, X’s chief executive, could turn the business around. > > One multibillion-dollar firm that specializes in distressed debt called X’s debt “uninvestable.” > **[Elon Musk told lenders they would not lose money on Twitter deal](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/elon-musk-told-bankers-they-wouldnt-lose-any-money-on-twitter-purchase/)** > > Banks are facing serious losses on the debt as social media platform’s business deteriorates ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8222 "2023-12-15T22:41:19Z")
I’m seeing some reports that the cause of death for Matthew Perry was acute affects of ketamine use. Elon better be careful. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8223 "2023-12-15T23:06:20Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I’m seeing some reports that the cause of death for Matthew Perry was acute affects of ketamine use. Have you seen them on Twitter? Because > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Elon better be careful. to censor such anti-free speech absolutist nonsense on his platform! ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8224 "2023-12-15T23:14:45Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I’m seeing some reports that the cause of death for Matthew Perry was acute affects of ketamine use. > > Elon better be careful. I’m ashamed to admit that my first thought was “imagine the resulting conspiracy theories“. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8225 "2023-12-15T23:17:25Z")
Something that came up in a different forum I’m on is the fact Elon called college a waste of time and just for fun and goofing around. Changed his mind on that pretty quick. I’m guessing that happened as soon as he figured out how to grift some suckers to his personal benefit [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=410) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=412)