# 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:** 480
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9616 "2024-05-02T21:53:52Z")
Proposed law: if an immigrant has a problem with American free speech, their citizenship is immediately revoked, all of their property is forfeit, and that person is immediately dropped off in international waters, with orders to shoot upon return. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9617 "2024-05-02T22:03:05Z")
Can we please fast-forward to the “Elon living in a hotel room surrounded by jars of his own urine” phase? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9618 "2024-05-02T22:33:21Z")
I’m ready for “I picked up (the late) Elon hitchhiking in Nevada and he willed me all his money” phase. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9619 "2024-05-02T23:27:24Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Proposed law: if an immigrant has a problem with American free speech, their citizenship is immediately revoked, all of their property is forfeit, and that person is immediately dropped off in international waters, with orders to shoot upon return. Huh. Are you thinking of anyone in particular? 😉 It reminds of me of TFG and his xenophobic rants. Meanwhile he has a revolving set of Eastern European wives he’s made anchor babies 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:** [May 5, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9620 "2024-05-05T07:32:24Z")
And now, here’s one from the “even a stopped clock” file; [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMwg1O3XcAACT43?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMwg1O3XcAACT43?format=jpg&name=medium) I’m not sure there’s a word to describe the levels on which “Guy who blew 11 figures on a website because his trans daughter won’t talk to him anymore telling JK Rowling to lay off the anti-trans stuff for awhile 'cause he’s bored” is utterly hilarious. To quote the replies; “This is like Leatherface texting you and recommending you lay off the chainsaw massacring for a while, cause it’s kind of played out.” “It’s like Cheech holding an intervention for Chong.” “It’s like being told by Richard Spencer that maybe you should tone down the antisemitism.” ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9621 "2024-05-07T11:50:31Z")
> > > Kate Burns @Katerqburns Here’s “Andrew Dittmann” on a Twitter Space chatting with the newly reinstated white nationalist Nick Fuentes. If you’re thinking geez that voice sound a bit familiar, the media’s already been speculating that for months: [Is “Adrian Dittmann” actually Elon Musk? - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/19/24077300/is-adrian-dittmann-actually-elon-musk) ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9622 "2024-05-07T11:53:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Elon reinstated white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who immediately posted a Kanye anti-Semitic tweet and got resuspended. > > [Nick Fuentes Twitter account suspended less than 24 hours after reinstatement | The Hill](https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3830106-nick-fuentes-twitter-account-suspended-less-than-24-hours-after-reinstatement/) Oh, and because it doesn’t appear this has been reported in this thread yet, after letting Nick Fuentes back on Twitter in January and then having to ban him again 24 hours later for anti-semitism, Elon had yet another change of heart and let Nick Fuentes back on the platform _again_. > **[Musk Lets Nick Fuentes Rejoin X—And Quickly Picks Fight With ADL](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2024/05/04/musk-lets-nick-fuentes-rejoin-x-and-quickly-picks-fight-with-adl/)** > > White supremacist Nick Fuentes criticized the Anti-Defamation League and engaged with controversial kickboxer Andrew Tate in his first day back on X. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9623 "2024-05-07T20:51:07Z")
I heard that Andrew Dittman is actually just John Barron. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9624 "2024-05-09T01:32:42Z")
The Neuralink implants are already falling out of people’s brains. > > > Rolfe Winkler @RolfeWinkler ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9625 "2024-05-09T05:55:22Z")
If you can’t trust Elmo to build a truck that won’t rust, or turn a profit on Twitter, why the hell would you let him put something in your brain? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9626 "2024-05-09T19:53:26Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Neuralink implants are already falling out of people’s brains. Wait till the guy finds out what happens when he goes through a car wash. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9627 "2024-05-10T23:05:28Z")
Method acting… > **['Planet of the Apes' actor studied Elon Musk to play bonobo villain](https://ew.com/planet-of-the-apes-actor-studied-elon-musk-to-play-bonobo-villain-8646345?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR31UTAZV9Ut-YtyG1m6l6cq08CIxLSLmUFY2ZyNL2fSOJgeSUKRkSNDbVo_aem_ARUVMS0-VN-z4YcbbBOfkrD1YBSdePqQuKExkoZbovzneHfYg_jkb69TdabPmvDBluK7sYckNX0a7-N4rxNihG4e)** > > 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' star Kevin Durand says that he studied Tesla CEO Elon Musk when preparing to play the villainous bonobo Proximus Caesar in the new sci-fi adventure. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9628 "2024-05-13T20:00:25Z")
Inna and I saw our first CT yesterday. She noted that the drivers looked like they were from Duck Dynasty. So we took to calling it the Duck Truck. Which seems apropos. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9629 "2024-05-13T23:09:38Z")
I heard the opinion yesterday that the Cybertruck is what happens if Deloreans inbreed. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9630 "2024-05-14T05:11:54Z")
[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNd_X57W0AEcZTt?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNd_X57W0AEcZTt?format=jpg&name=small) (For those of you what can’t see Twitter images, it’s a picture of a cybertruck with the right rear steel panel off, and it looks like a Hot Wheels car under the skin.) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9631 "2024-05-14T05:25:43Z")
If Back to the Future were made today, Marty McFly would have to incredulously ask Doc Brown “Are you telling me you built a time machine - out of a CYBERTRUCK?!” ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9632 "2024-05-14T05:39:11Z")
Pish posh, who needs a frame when that steel panel will stop bullets. Oh wait, the steel panel fell off. Hmm, I’ve got it, obviously caused by user error, they must not have read the owner’s manual warning against getting the panels wet. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9633 "2024-05-14T12:23:21Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I heard the opinion yesterday that the Cybertruck is what happens if Deloreans inbreed. I’ve seen it described as a Pontiac Aztek crossbred with a DeLorean and can’t disagree. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9634 "2024-05-14T12:46:24Z")
How do we know the panel just fell off? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9635 "2024-05-14T12:54:29Z")
The mere fact it is plausible is quite sufficient. Tesla isn’t exactly known for having the highest build standards in the industry even in the best of times. Each of their models has had numerous reported issues in each of their first years before settling down to a more acceptable (but still below industry average) rate. It should have come as no surprise to anybody that the Cybertruck would be no different, and yet people were still signing up on long waiting lists to be the lab rats that let Tesla work those kinks out of their assembly line. I imagine most of these issues will get resolved within a year or so, but in the meantime, this is literally the history of each of their models repeating itself yet again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=479) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=481)