# 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:** 494
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9896 "2024-07-24T01:40:24Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Volunteers are apparently not hard to find. Phrasing… ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9897 "2024-07-24T02:02:15Z")
Sophie LaBelle is amazing. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9898 "2024-07-24T03:17:35Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > @Smapti just above. Did you find that or use a comic generator to create that just for us? The question has already been answered, but I found it because one of the few Twitter accounts I still read shared it. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9899 "2024-07-24T08:34:03Z")
This isn’t really about Elmo himself so much as it’s a byproduct of his mania, but I thought I’d share this screenshot of a Facebook friend request I received just a few minutes ago (roughly 1:30 AM Pacific Time, the normal time of day to be making friendly advances to a stranger); [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53877982333_43daca7ca7_b.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53877982333_43daca7ca7_b.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9900 "2024-07-24T13:45:02Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Phrasing… I’ve been throwing out double _entendre_s to beat the band and that’s the one you noticed? Hmmm. 😉 ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9901 "2024-07-24T22:20:33Z")
Hey how about that. Musky has explicitly whitelisted offensive slurs for a select group of elite users. > **[Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) (@brainnotonyet.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/brainnotonyet.bsky.social/post/3ky2lwbkhgb2o)** > > appears someone is leaking Twitter api code and it is showing that certain far right accounts have literally been given the ability to use slurs without repercussions. "protected users" are allowed to break the Terms of Service without consequence.... ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9902 "2024-07-24T22:36:39Z")
All animals are equal… ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9903 "2024-07-24T23:01:56Z")
You know Elmo, this “trans” stuff may not be a virus. Perhaps it’s your chromosomes and genes that are defective or damaged by all the ketamine you mainline? Maybe get tested? ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9904 "2024-07-25T16:14:22Z")
His daughter responded on Threads. I don’t have access, but this person has cut/pasted it into Twitter. > ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9905 "2024-07-25T16:26:24Z")
Am I reading the dope or am I reading r/MurderedByWords? Because _goddamn…_ ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9906 "2024-07-25T20:52:11Z")
Somehow the revelation that Elmo is the kind of dad who would mock or belittle his own children for “acting like a sissy” does not shock me at all. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9907 "2024-07-25T21:53:09Z")
Nobody is on Twitter but Nazis and transphobes. Delete your fucking accounts. Stop enabling Elmo. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9908 "2024-07-25T22:21:34Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > Nobody is on Twitter but Nazis and transphobes. Which of those is this guy? > ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9909 "2024-07-25T22:57:44Z")
Also, it was a Bluesky link, genius. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9910 "2024-07-25T23:10:26Z")
The literature discussion group I interact with - do you think they’re Nazis, or transphobes? Both maybe? ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9911 "2024-07-25T23:11:04Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > Nobody is on Twitter but Nazis and transphobes. But I _like_ arguing with Nazis and transphobes on Twitter. It hinders them from believing that their views are intrinsically correct, and lets me try out a number of creative new insults. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9912 "2024-07-25T23:23:06Z")
My guess is that the comment wasn’t about your specific quote, but about what the quote was talking about; that RWNJs are whitelisted and allowed to do anything they want. Not that the person from Bluesky reporting on that fact is a Nazi or transphobe. Obviously, the comment that only Nazis and transphobes are on Twitter is bullshit. You could say that those people are more welcome than ever on the platform, though, and you’d probably be accurate. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9913 "2024-07-26T03:25:50Z")
That Bluesky link from earlier has been taken down, but I happen to have a picture from another source. [![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/957462459176861757/1266048073600340039/facebook_1721919768513_7222254972757104390.jpg?ex=66a46366&is=66a311e6&hm=b533dcac10f745d97c027ac6d125c39fffecbd24cdb1e23e2d2f32bf49c4accd&) ](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/957462459176861757/1266048073600340039/facebook_1721919768513_7222254972757104390.jpg?ex=66a46366&is=66a311e6&hm=b533dcac10f745d97c027ac6d125c39fffecbd24cdb1e23e2d2f32bf49c4accd&) ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9914 "2024-07-26T10:02:46Z")
FYI for anyone still using Twitter - make sure to go to your settings and opt out of allowing Elmo to use your tweets to train his plagiarism machine. > ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9915 "2024-07-26T11:23:05Z")
I mean, as often as I shitpost about Elmo, I think that’s okay, maybe even desirable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=493) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=495)