# 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:** 464
**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:** [March 19, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9266 "2024-03-19T22:58:06Z")
I could only make it about 20 minutes in before I got tired of Elmo’s trying to stammer out excuses for his words and actions in a way that he thinks won’t make him look like a racist shithead. My two takeaways are that I now believe him when he says he’s autistic, and that this interview probably would’ve gone better if he had been high on K that afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9267 "2024-03-19T23:18:30Z")
I was brave (and bored) enough to watch the whole thing. It did not go well for Musk, at all. I felt that Lemon should have been more agressive in many respects, but he got his answers, then switched topic. The answers were not pretty, and certainly not for Musk. I kind of wish Lemon had humiliated him, ended the interview with Musk in tears, on the floor, in a ball in the corner, but that would be unkind. A man-child, is, after all, part child. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9268 "2024-03-20T04:37:04Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Wimpy behavior from a mentally stunted jerk. Have we dated? 🤔 ---
**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:** [March 20, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9269 "2024-03-20T16:10:25Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > but that would be unkind. For as much damage as Elmo has done, humiliating him until he pisses himself on camera still wouldn’t have gone too far. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9270 "2024-03-20T21:32:40Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > > > Wimpy behavior from a mentally stunted jerk. > > Have we dated? 🤔 Hah, no, but I gotta say, that’s not the best pick-up line I’ve ever heard. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9271 "2024-03-21T22:47:23Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The thing that confuses me a bit is why Musk even consented to start down this road. I think the simplest explanation was that since he was sponsoring Lemon’s show, Musk thought Lemon would ask him softball questions and puff up him and is platform. I mean who actively tries to humiliate their boss on the first day on the job? Of course Lemon saw the purpose of the interview, as demonstrating his independence and demonstrating in stark terms the supposed free-speech ideal of X. As it turned out this was based on faulty assumptions, that Musk actually believed in free speech. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9272 "2024-03-22T04:15:54Z")
Elmo says the gays need to start having babies. You know, for the sake of ~~white~~ civilization. > ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9273 "2024-03-22T17:43:57Z")
Musk’s obsession with breeding is seriously creepy. Especially since it’s white people he wants to breed. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9274 "2024-03-22T17:45:47Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Musk’s obsession with breeding is seriously creepy. As time goes on, the evidence continues to mount which proves that Musk is a real life Bond villain. Everything about him screams “Comic Book Bad Guy”. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9275 "2024-03-22T19:13:26Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > As time goes on, the evidence continues to mount which proves that Musk is a real life Bond villain. Can you think of anyone in real life closer to _Moonraker_’s Hugo Drax? Just look out for a seven-foot-tall bodyguard with steel teeth… ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9276 "2024-03-22T19:46:38Z")
Satire is dead when things like this exist in the real world. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJSISRuWYAAvIUG?format=jpg&name=900x900) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJSISRuWYAAvIUG?format=jpg&name=900x900) ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9277 "2024-03-22T19:50:06Z")
The Trump crap is oddly compatible with that piece of shit. Two kinds of ugliness all in one package. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9278 "2024-03-22T19:57:45Z")
“Whether you’re headed to work, the mall, or just cruising, the Cybertruck’s impenetrable steel body will fully protect your tender feelings while literally everybody\* has a good laugh at your expense.” \*Racists not included. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9279 "2024-03-22T19:59:50Z")
What are they up to in Hummers? ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9280 "2024-03-22T20:29:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Satire is dead when things like this exist in the real world. Is that thing faux-riveted? Jesus H Christ. j ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9281 "2024-03-22T22:01:41Z")
I hope you weren’t planning on needing your fingers after you get your cybertruck. Demonstration of how safe and effective trunk closing is at ~2:03 using carrots. Four of them. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lFloLGmPKl0/maxresdefault.jpg "Tesla Cybertruck: A Tragedy On Four Wheels") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFloLGmPKl0&t=125s) ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9282 "2024-03-22T22:20:59Z")
That video is great. “Trucks for divorced middle aged men who find their teenage daughter’s friends hot.” ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9283 "2024-03-22T23:03:31Z")
And here I thought there was no way to make the cyber truck uglier than it already is. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9284 "2024-03-23T01:49:51Z")
Elon is like a robot or something in that interview. I just love that you can peel your carrots on the door, but eek, I predict at least one lawsuit for chopped off fingers someday. How in the heck did that pass muster? ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9285 "2024-03-23T02:55:03Z")
omg those guys who shot up their cybertruck because Elon told them it was bulletproof [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=463) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=465)