# 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:** 421
**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 31, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8406 "2023-12-31T18:35:23Z")
As always, there’s a cite for that: > **[Working](https://xkcd.com/951/)** > > And if you drive a typical car more than a mile out of your way for each penny you save on the per-gallon price, it doesn't matter how worthless your time is to you--the gas to get you there and back costs more than you save. A year-ish ago I moved a couple miles. My old favorite station is now a bit out of my way for much, not all, routine daily erranding. My change in zip code and county also moved me from a working-class area to a ruling-class area. Gas at my old station is $1.00 to $1.50 per gallon less than at my new nearby stations. Even though all these stations are major name brands. The same-brand difference is about $0.75 to $1.00 per gallon but my old station is by far the closest of its brand to my new residence. My car gets less than great gas mileage and burns premium. A 20 gallon fill (i.e. fumes to brimful) is $20 to $30 cheaper if I make a special trip to drive the almost 5 miles round trip. Which trip burns about a quart, so about $1.10, of fuel. If I can combine that fill-up trip with anything else in that direction the marginal driving is often more like 2 miles, and may in fact be zero. Seems worthwhile to me almost no matter what we assume the non-fuel costs of operation for the car are. The ~15 minutes of worst case drive time are being compensated at ~$100/hour. Not bad wages for a retired dude. Admittedly this is a very odd situation. After a year I remain flabbergasted at the price difference. But it holds up whether absolute prices are high or low. The old station is not especially cheap by comparison to the general Miami metroblob average pricing; my newly local stations are simply engaged in gouging the richie riches Who. Do. Not. Care. Or maybe they’re engaged in barely breaking even after paying absolutely insane prices for their ground lease to some sleazy real estate magnate who long ago bought up all the land in a ritzy area and now is gouging everybody. No way to tell, but I’m glad I have an alternative. ---
**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 31, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8407 "2023-12-31T20:59:24Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I’d expect the Philippines/New Zealand thing to be a typical soft launch and not anything about targeting or price discrimination. It’s quite common when making substantial changes to an app to first launch those in a specific market that’s small enough to not have a huge impact on your entire ecosystem but still large enough to detect any issues before rolling things out to the whole world. But isn’t Elmo supposed to the reigning master of “agile development”? Isn’t he the guy who deployed one harebrained scheme after another – all of them globally – until he finally reduced Twitter to the shambles it is today? Abandoning checkmarks as actual authenticators and then selling them for a monthly fee was a much bigger deal than this. If Elmo is suddenly doing test markets, it’s likely on someone else’s advice. Maybe Yaccarino somehow got through to him. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8408 "2024-01-01T03:03:06Z")
Maybe someone convinced him it was his idea to begin with. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8409 "2024-01-01T10:29:19Z")
And now, once again, a comedy in four tweets; [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCv3KXFXsAEFyfh?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCv3KXFXsAEFyfh?format=jpg&name=large) (btw I checked this time and this one is not a parody, although part of the last tweet has been cropped for comic effect) ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8410 "2024-01-01T14:27:58Z")
The missing line is “I’m down though to test stuff once monetization is really cranking!” which has a comedy of its own. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8411 "2024-01-01T19:01:23Z")
Another down valuation. It’s starting to have a Zeno’s paradox feel. [https://www.axios.com/2023/12/31/elon-musks-x-fidelity-valuation-cut](https://www.axios.com/2023/12/31/elon-musks-x-fidelity-valuation-cut) ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8412 "2024-01-01T22:57:26Z")
> Christ, what an absolute moron. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8413 "2024-01-01T23:59:39Z")
Now, now, I’m sure our resident fanboy will be along shortly after supper to explain how it was actually a brilliant observation. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8414 "2024-01-02T10:10:49Z")
“Masterful gambit, sir.” ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8415 "2024-01-03T02:45:44Z")
Elmo has now pissed away 70% of Twitter’s valuation. [https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/02/tech/fidelity-again-trims-elon-musks-x-valuation/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/02/tech/fidelity-again-trims-elon-musks-x-valuation/index.html) ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8416 "2024-01-03T02:49:48Z")
Didn’t I put that story like four posts up? 😅 ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8417 "2024-01-03T02:55:55Z")
I was simply agile-ly resharing it. 20,000 feet to the moon! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8418 "2024-01-03T04:22:06Z")
I’m suprised the new news from Grimy hasn’t been mentioned yet. > **[Grimes responds to critics labelling her a 'Nazi': "I am happily proud of...](https://www.nme.com/news/music/grimes-responds-to-critics-labelling-her-a-nazi-i-am-happily-proud-of-white-culture-what-if-humans-just-love-each-other-3564495)** > > Grimes has responded to critics online who have labelled her as ‘Nazi’ – saying that she is “happily proud of white culture”. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8419 "2024-01-03T05:22:08Z")
White supremacist? Maybe. Privileged and very stupid? Definitely. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8420 "2024-01-03T11:14:08Z")
Also, IMO, she does not have a good voice. Like at all. Would not vote for her on any singing competition. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8421 "2024-01-03T12:11:39Z")
Is Musk leading a pseudo-intellectual movement? Don’t really know what you’re talking about? No problem, just throw in a couple of buzzwords, reference a few complicated concepts, and you’re good to go. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8422 "2024-01-05T23:34:43Z")
Ad revenue is just fine this is fine everything is fine [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GDFXtPUWoAA51N1?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GDFXtPUWoAA51N1?format=jpg&name=large) Who needs Disney when you’ve got scabmivemiquaten.gq? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8423 "2024-01-05T23:43:40Z")
I shoked! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8424 "2024-01-05T23:54:51Z")
Would Ryan Tanaka lie to us? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8425 "2024-01-06T00:20:46Z")
Depends on whether Elmo gave him $100 for not becoming millionaire for a couple of month. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=420) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=422)