# 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:** 412
**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:** [December 16, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8226 "2023-12-16T00:39:58Z")
When Elon starts selling gourmet steaks we will know that he has fully learned the ways of the Master and is ready to succeed him and adopt the robes of a Master himself. Alas, Grasshopper, you are not yet ready for that day of final reckoning. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8227 "2023-12-16T01:48:55Z")
Hmmm, maybe I should have explained? I just thought all of that was sort of common knowledge. And really is was a type of slavery though they got to pretend it wasn’t. ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8228 "2023-12-16T01:50:11Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I just thought all of that was sort of common knowledge. I learned about that stuff when I was in elementary school, but it might not be taught anymore, and people may not have gone to school in the US either. ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8229 "2023-12-16T01:50:13Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Heh, Twitter’s debt is getting harder for the lenders to stomach: Channelling Musk fanboy: But this is just proof that Musk’s grand plan is finally taking shape. By tanking twitter’s share value he makes the banks willing to sell the debt at pennies on the dollar, then with the profits he’s made after cybertruck takes the world by storm he swoops in and buys all of the debt. Now with X debt free it instantly starts making a profit, at which point he drops the hapless megalomaniacal, idiotic, man-child act and lets his true brillance show turning X into the marketplace of all things, all owned by him alone. Agile finance > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > 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. I assume that the response would be that all other colleges were a waste of time and just for fun and goofing around, which is why he had to step in an make a college that will actually teach the things you really need to know like the Jews plans to replace the whiteman. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8230 "2023-12-16T01:51:46Z")
True. ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8231 "2023-12-16T02:03:53Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I assume that the response would be that all other colleges were a waste of time and just for fun and goofing around, which is why he had to step in an make a college that will actually teach the things you really need to know like the Jews plans to replace the whiteman. Hell, you don’t need no stinking college degree for that. You can learn all that from old fashioned real life experience from some good ole boys in my hometown ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8232 "2023-12-16T02:21:07Z")
I see you’re now seeing things from 20,000 feet. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8233 "2023-12-16T02:49:00Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Hell, you don’t need no stinking college degree for that. > > You can learn all that from old fashioned real life experience from some good ole boys in my hometown But you _do_ need a college to learn that after taking out tens of thousands of dollars in educational loans from X Educational Loan and Flamethrower Emporium! And that’s the point! ---
**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 16, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8234 "2023-12-16T03:44:10Z")
The point is that he has become so invested in a certain worldview that he thinks he can save others from wokeness while also making money. ---
**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 16, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8235 "2023-12-16T04:20:02Z")
I must have acrophobia because what I see from up here scares the willies out of me. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8236 "2023-12-16T14:51:48Z")
It’s not a phobia if the fear is well-founded. _Yikes!_ 😟 ---
**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 16, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8237 "2023-12-16T15:49:42Z")
Yesterday it was Baphomet. Today Sodom and Gomorrah are trending on Twitter/X. The dark forces are encroaching… ---
**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:** [December 16, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8238 "2023-12-16T17:13:19Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Hell, you don’t need no stinking college degree for that. > > You can learn all that from old fashioned real life experience from some good ole boys in my hometown I learned it from the Illinois Nazis in the Blues Brothers film. [![](https://scontent.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/12821538_10156699750420473_4182029275655231406_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_e15_fr_q65&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=3c63d6&_nc_ohc=brY_FQsQ4oMAX_hjDOc&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr3-1.fna&oh=00_AfDjO6ydgzKtZIcLAUQ06-due5EW6dd1AOiwZvFduB3bNw&oe=65A55880) ](https://scontent.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/12821538_10156699750420473_4182029275655231406_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_e15_fr_q65&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=3c63d6&_nc_ohc=brY_FQsQ4oMAX_hjDOc&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr3-1.fna&oh=00_AfDjO6ydgzKtZIcLAUQ06-due5EW6dd1AOiwZvFduB3bNw&oe=65A55880) ---
**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 16, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8239 "2023-12-16T20:08:21Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Sylvanz](#): > > > > I just thought all of that was sort of common knowledge. > > I learned about that stuff when I was in elementary school, but it might not be taught anymore, and people may not have gone to school in the US either. For myself I have simpler explanation: dumb. I know all that, and just…failed to connect. Sorry. j ---
**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 16, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8240 "2023-12-16T20:36:25Z")
> “Grok, how do I accuse Community Notes of being a pedophile?” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8241 "2023-12-17T07:56:05Z")
Well, whatever you do, DON’T use the word “insane.” ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8242 "2023-12-17T09:15:39Z")
I think his endgame is to engineer a grill that lets out the fat while sealing in the flavor. That will complete the circle, going from one huckster that named all his kids the same thing to a huckster that names all his kids… anything. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8243 "2023-12-17T09:22:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Grok, how do I accuse Community Notes of being a pedophile?” With how Grok has been turning on him, I’m pretty sure it’ll dig up the edited Iron Man scene of Robert Downey Jr. shaking his hand saying “pedophile says what? Get away from me.” ---
**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:** [December 18, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8244 "2023-12-18T11:39:12Z")
> **[Brussels launches legal action against Musk's X over illegal content](https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/12/18/brussels-launches-legal-action-against-musks-x-over-illegal-content-disinformation)** > > The European Commission has launched legal action against social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, under its landmark rules for online platforms, the Digital Services Act (DSA). #EuropeNews EU several weeks ago: Hey Twitter, you may want to change course because you’re going to fall afoul of our laws. Musk: Blow me, you wouldn’t dare. EU now: (dares) ---
**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:** [December 18, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8245 "2023-12-18T12:32:22Z")
P.S. You will be unsurprised to learn that the replies to the regulator’s tweet announcing this action are an absolute avalanche of blue-check taintlickers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=411) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=413)