# 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:** 498
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9976 "2024-08-07T20:33:43Z")
It’s going to fun to see what discovery they can get out of Twitter. All those internal emails about advertisers complaining about Nazi stuff and Twitter’s internal response. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9977 "2024-08-07T21:52:42Z")
Fortunately, Elon is such a good boss that there aren’t any recently fired Twitter employees who would be eager to testify about what they know. Oh, wait. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9978 "2024-08-07T23:43:22Z")
> Please, Sir Mr. Prime Minister? You can make this my birthday AND Christmas present! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9979 "2024-08-07T23:49:29Z")
And if he refuses from his comfy chair in any other country in the world? Political symbolism, but functionally irrelevant. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9980 "2024-08-07T23:53:22Z")
Judging by his previous snubbing of authority, Elmo would just refuse to show up. Not much the UK could do except possibly ban Xitter in the UK and maybe ban Elmo from entering. Not sure Elmo would care much about either. Last time he visited his buddies in Qatar he stopped off in London, but next time he could just stop off in some other country, or not stop at all as I believe his Gulfstream has the range for a direct flight. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9981 "2024-08-08T00:11:53Z")
Banning it in the UK would be a great thing for British democracy, would cost him a significant amount of revenue, and, most importantly, might serve as a good example for other countries. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9982 "2024-08-08T00:14:31Z")
IOW … > X: The variable which dares not speak its name. Or its value, yugely negative as it is. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9983 "2024-08-08T02:00:44Z")
I’m not sure if any country in the world can apply their restriction on speech laws to what a person in the US says. We aren’t subject to their rules you know. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9984 "2024-08-08T02:02:42Z")
His company does business in the UK, which makes it subject to their law inasmuch as it has a presence there. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9985 "2024-08-08T02:07:48Z")
So Twitter can be sanctioned for hosting that content? But I’m not sure how Musk himself could be arrested or tried for conduct in the USA that is perfectly legal in the US. I’d like to see a country like the UK tackle all the big content providers and media companies that run afoul of their so-called Online Safety Bill. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9986 "2024-08-08T02:15:35Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > But I’m not sure how Musk himself could be arrested or tried for conduct in the USA that is perfectly legal in the US. Oh, I don’t expect him to attempt to arrest him. But seeing him get grilled by Parliament would make a visit to Congress look like a day in the park. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9987 "2024-08-08T03:09:20Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > The judge should kick this phony suit to the curb and fine Elmo double for being an unrepentant douchebag. The judge, in this case, is [Reed O’Connor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_O%27Connor), so that’s not likely to happen. Heck, O’Connor (and Kacsmaryk, and the Fifth Circuit in general) are probably part of the reason why Elon wants to move his various corporate HQs to Texas. (Wikipedia is showing nine seats vacant in the district courts under the Fifth Circuit. Biden, Schumer, get on those appointments stat!) ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9988 "2024-08-08T04:06:27Z")
“eLoN iS a fReE sPeEcH aBsOlUtIsT” [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUTqLqsWEAA9A6Z?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUTqLqsWEAA9A6Z?format=jpg&name=small) ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9989 "2024-08-08T04:53:28Z")
Impression farming bots (“zombies”) have gotten so bad that Ui-mama is shit talking Elmo: > **[When Ui-mama Talks Shit About Elon (Shigure Ui) \[Eng Subs\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYn4G3jg2Q%2F)** > > Shigure Ui is a bit frustrated with the appearance of "Zombies" (Impression Bots) on Twitter...● For more:こんばんは～開けて～https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOEJyfDFb... Impressive Elmo, even anime girls hate you. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9990 "2024-08-08T21:48:23Z")
Elmo is posting fake headlines about the British government sending all the white people to concentration camps. > ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9991 "2024-08-08T22:21:24Z")
Next from Elmo: FEMA RE-EDUCATION CAMPS!!! SECRET TUNNELS UNDER WALMARTS!!! PIZZA BASEMENT PEDOPHILES HANGOUTS!!! (Why won’t they let me in??) ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9992 "2024-08-08T23:14:26Z")
Well, I’m sure he just saw the name “[Britain First](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_First)” and assumed it was a rational, centrist organization that wasn’t fascist, xenophobic or ultranationalist in the slightest, just like TFG and “[America First](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_(policy)#Origins)”, a term with no ultranationalist, xenophobic, or fascist baggage attached to it. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9993 "2024-08-08T23:33:29Z")
Excellent juxtaposition of poster and post content. Well played Good Sir. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9994 "2024-08-08T23:45:25Z")
When even the Telegraph is distancing themselves from a fake far-right story, it must be bad. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9995 "2024-08-09T01:36:10Z")
Xitter has run the advertising coalition out of business. Gift link: [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/technology/elon-musk-x-advertisers-boycott.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.Bk4.asxf.UraD0dbfS-3p&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/technology/elon-musk-x-advertisers-boycott.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk4.asxf.UraD0dbfS-3p&smid=url-share) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=497) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=499)