# 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:** 93
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1841 "2022-12-01T20:45:38Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > Welcome to The Pit! The cookies and milk are over there on the table. The Goddamn maggot-ridden cookies and Goat-piss are over there on the fucking table. This _is_ the Pit, now. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1842 "2022-12-01T21:14:59Z")
We _do_ have standards, after-fucking-all. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1843 "2022-12-01T21:22:56Z")
You can tell it’s the fucking table because of all the cacti. I prefer the regular table and its refreshments. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1844 "2022-12-01T21:38:10Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > The reason I’m on Twitter is to follow content creators: People and organizations who I find interesting. If they leave, there’s no point for me to remain. Me too. That’s the only thing I ever do on Twitter; follow tweets from certain organizations, and on occasion tweet back to them. If they left I’d literally have no reason to use it ever. And I rarely do now anyway. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1845 "2022-12-01T21:57:26Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > This is how real life is for millions of people around the world. I’d LOVE to be able to put away a six month cushion I’ve always found the “Six months’ worth of expenses” thing risible. _Some_ can do that. Most cannot. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1846 "2022-12-01T22:04:47Z")
I can sort of do that. I have a big enough credit line that I can pay my bills on credit for 6 months before I max out. It’s not great but it’s better than being flat broke. I even had to use it once years ago when I was unemployed and ineligible for benefits. I didn’t miss a mortgage payment thanks to my credit. And I was able to pay off my credit after I got a job by cashing in some old stock. But no, I can’t keep enough in savings for that. (Almost, these days I should have a few months’ worth in there.) ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1847 "2022-12-01T22:41:15Z")
Thanks for the hearty welcome all you motherless bastards. I don’t have much to add to this thread but perhaps I’ll come back when Musk does something stupid again. Odds are it won’t take long. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1848 "2022-12-01T22:46:12Z")
> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#): > > Odds are it won’t take long. Just put “Elon Musk News” in Google now and then, you’ll see something soon for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1849 "2022-12-02T00:19:41Z")
The EU is warning Elon that it’s going to block Twitter if it doesn’t return to content moderation. > **[EU warns Musk that Twitter faces ban over content moderation -FT](https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-warns-musk-that-twitter-faces-ban-over-content-moderation-ft-2022-11-30/)** > > The European Union has threatened Elon Musk's Twitter with a ban unless the billionaire abides by its strict rules on content moderation, setting up a regulatory battle over the future of the social media platform, the Financial Times reported on... Speaking of which, I tried to report a Tweet this morning that was attacking a gender fluid person, and Twitter replied back that they only deal with reports of ethnic and racial attacks. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1850 "2022-12-02T05:10:53Z")
The lawyer representing many of the fired employees has fired a warning shot across King Baby’s bow. > ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1851 "2022-12-02T06:17:36Z")
Ouch! ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1852 "2022-12-02T07:44:25Z")
In a twist that surprised exactly one person, the guy who was previously banned from Twitter for posting anti-Semitic shit has now been banned from Twitter again after Elon lifted his ban and he posted more anti-Semitic shit. > **[Kanye West suspended from Twitter after posting swastika inside Star of David](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/02/kanye-west-suspended-from-twitter-after-posting-swastika-inside-the-star-of-david)** > > Elon Musk intervenes after rapper posted image hours after airing antisemitic views in Alex Jones interview Interestingly enough, Elon actually managed to crack an amusing joke about the banning. > [@](#): > > “Let’s always remember this as my final tweet,” Ye wrote, posting an unflattering image of Musk half-naked on a yacht. > > “That is fine,” Musk replied. “This is not,” he wrote on the deleted swastika tweet. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1853 "2022-12-02T13:07:10Z")
In Ye’s defense, who the fuck can tell what Elon will consider acceptable or not on a daily, if not hourly, basis? Maybe he’ll change his mind again on the banning after he’s lit up - both a joint and by white supremacists defending Hitler ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1854 "2022-12-02T13:34:52Z")
Why does Musk hate free speech? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1855 "2022-12-02T14:22:11Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > In Ye’s defense, who the fuck can tell what Elon will consider acceptable or not on a daily, if not hourly, basis? As bad as Ye’s judgment is in general, I think he nailed it about the real cause of the ban: > “Let’s always remember this as my final tweet,” Ye wrote, posting an unflattering image of Musk half-naked on a yacht. ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1856 "2022-12-02T14:23:59Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Why does Musk hate free speech? Because he hates when someone says something he disagrees with. He can’t accept when he’s wrong. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1857 "2022-12-02T14:26:53Z")
I suppose I forgot the /s. ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1858 "2022-12-02T14:28:39Z")
Ah, I see. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1859 "2022-12-02T15:56:26Z")
“I’m letting you back in, but you’ll depend on staying on MY good graces” … very probably why you-know-who is not enthusiastic about a return to Twitter. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1860 "2022-12-02T17:10:49Z")
So now we have a foolproof plan to shut down the actual troublemakers who use Twitter. Just goad each of them into insulting Musk and he’ll wield the banhammer on them all one by one. It’ll take Elon a lot of hours to ban 100M racists & anti-democratic types in general, but what better has he to do with his time than defend his ego against all comers? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=94)