# 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:** 499
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9996 "2024-08-09T13:01:25Z")
So Musk triggers on ‘detainment camps’ but not on Falkland Islands, the stupidest place the government could pick based on geography alone. The chip in his brain must be running a custom version of his Grok LLM. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9997 "2024-08-09T15:42:11Z")
Here is the unwalled [cnn link](https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/09/tech/elon-musk-garm-advertisers-lawsuit/index.html). Clearly we must do something to fix our court system if a billionaire can just shut down the opposition by taking them to court. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9998 "2024-08-09T15:51:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Clearly we must do something to fix our court system if a billionaire can just shut down the opposition by taking them to court. Anti-SLAPP laws exist to prevent just that thing, but AFAIK they are implemented only in state law for certain states, and there is no federal equivalent. There really should be. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9999 "2024-08-09T15:53:08Z")
Too bad Reid Hoffman can’t step in and help GARM fight this obvious SLAPP lawsuit. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10000 "2024-08-09T15:57:29Z")
It was a very quick decision to shut down operations, but I suppose focusing resources on fighting and winning this case sends an important message as well. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10001 "2024-08-09T18:13:51Z")
Are they actually fighting it? My impression was that they were shutting down so they wouldn’t have to fight it. GARM appears to be a small part of the WFA, a marketing trade group for advertisers, that may have a stronger focus on ethics than some other organizations. They probably decided it was best to cut off GARM rather than put the whole organization at risk. I guess the question remains how much their elimination will actually help Musk. I mean it’s not as if this will decision will bring the advertisers back. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10002 "2024-08-09T18:29:33Z")
Xwitter’s response: > “No small group should be able to monopolize what gets monetized,” Left unsaid: Monopolizing what gets monetized should be left to big powerful rich groups. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10003 "2024-08-09T18:32:24Z")
The bright side is in the last two paragraphs of the NYT article: > The lawsuit against GARM — and the group’s collapse — would most likely further alienate advertisers, said Claire Atkin, co-founder of Check My Ads, a digital advertising watchdog. > > “They don’t want to interact with Elon Musk, period,” she said. “They’re getting harassed. You know what you do when you’re getting harassed — you move away, you leave the situation.” ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10004 "2024-08-09T18:32:27Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Are they actually fighting it? My impression was that they were shutting down so they wouldn’t have to fight it. They are. I’m pretty sure “shut down the company and then say _neener neener_ while coming back under a new name” isn’t a super viable legal strategy. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10005 "2024-08-09T18:42:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I’m pretty sure “shut down the company and then say _neener neener_ while coming back under a new name” isn’t a super viable legal strategy. 🙂 I suspect may have been in response to an earlier version of my post, which suggested that idea. After I realized that GARM was part of a larger organization I realized that that wouldn’t work and so removed that bit. So, yes I agree. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10006 "2024-08-09T18:43:11Z")
So you did! My apologies. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10007 "2024-08-09T18:45:32Z")
No problem, I need to get over my very bad habit of posting first and editing later. I still hope that some other organization can come back and pick up the slack from where GARM left off. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10008 "2024-08-09T20:47:48Z")
According to the link I posted, > GARM has over 100 members. Four of those members — CVS, Unilever, Mars and the Danish energy company Ørsted — were named defendants in the suit filed in federal court in Texas Tuesday. So, just shutting down GARM will not make the suit go away. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10009 "2024-08-10T16:28:27Z")
> There is just no bottom with this guy. ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10010 "2024-08-10T16:36:25Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > There is just no bottom with this guy. What do you think he talks out of? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10011 "2024-08-10T17:50:45Z")
What does he mean with those pictures? I honestly don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10012 "2024-08-10T18:46:11Z")
The top picture is of an adult film star, a porn actress if you will, sitting on a couch and the four black men who are going to gang bang her. It’s been meme’d on a lot, IIRC Elmo twitted a variant of it with even more black men added posted alongside something else with the Office meme “they’re the same picture” in his usual display of not being racist. If I also recall correctly, it’s in this thread somewhere. So, in a nutshell, what Elmo means is the top picture is of someone about to get fucked by four non-white people, and so is the bottom one. Only 24 more posts after this one and we hit the 10,000-post limit and Elmo gets a part 2 of the thread. Yay? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10013 "2024-08-10T18:57:09Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > So, in a nutshell, what Elmo means is the top picture is of someone about to get fucked by four non-white people, and so is the bottom one. Since Piper Perri is extremely eager for that banging what point does Elon think he’s made??? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10014 "2024-08-10T19:01:14Z")
Sorry, but then what does the lower picture signify? A white police officer meeting with some presumably Muslim men? Still don’t get it. Somehow they’re going to screw him? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/10015 "2024-08-10T19:09:27Z")
It looks like he is suggesting minority _wrong_ types getting their way over decent white people because of being minorities? Like, the officer was just trying to do his job, but now the mosquefia are threatening him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=498) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=500)