# 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:** 96
**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 6, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1901 "2022-12-06T05:06:31Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > No doubt, but that doesn’t mean you have to imagine racism in absolutely everything he posts. Shigeru Komatsuzaki was a prolific Japanese artist known for his imaginative sci-fi artwork. I’m aware of that. I’m also aware of how black people have traditionally been depicted in Japanese art. It’s not very flattering. That Elon chose this particular piece of his to compare to himself is telling. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1902 "2022-12-06T05:08:10Z")
black and brown people ✔ with their hands up ✔ being gunned down ❌ white soldiers ✔ ---
**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 6, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1903 "2022-12-06T05:09:06Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > being gunned down ❌ It’s certainly implied. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1904 "2022-12-06T05:10:01Z")
Learn the difference between _imply_ and _infer_! ---
**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 6, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1905 "2022-12-06T05:12:10Z")
You’re just splitting hairs at this point. It’s clearly a depiction of white men with guns preventing black and brown people from getting on a spaceship departing a doomed world. Considering the way that Elon talks about there being a population decline and humanity being in existential threat specifically because white people aren’t having enough babies and fantasizing about spreading his seed across the human population like a new Genghis Khan, it clearly indicates his approval of the concept. > ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1906 "2022-12-06T05:16:58Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It’s clearly a depiction of white men with guns preventing black and brown people from getting on a spaceship departing a doomed world. I thought it was a clear depiction of ‘white men with guns preventing black and brown people from getting on a spaceship departing a doomed world by gunning them down’. Maybe you’d like to draw that part in yourself… I hear Sharpies are the best for that. ---
**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 6, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1907 "2022-12-06T05:24:22Z")
So just to make sure we’re clear, if I strike the “gunning them down” from my original statement, you’re 100% in agreement with it, correct? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1908 "2022-12-06T05:28:27Z")
This, > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I’d think that Elon posting this and implying that he is this age’s Noah, and all that we might infer from it, says enough wasn’t clear enough? ---
**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 6, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1909 "2022-12-06T05:29:22Z")
And what is Noah known for? Saving his own kind and leaving the rest of humanity to drown. Very on-brand for Elon. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1910 "2022-12-06T05:32:14Z")
I can’t tell for sure what race the armed guards are supposed to be, but with that caveat and the removal of the “gunning them down” inference, I agree. Looks to me like the desperate crowds of humans are raising their hands in imploring pleas to be allowed onto the spaceship, and the guards are holding them off at gunpoint, but no shooting is happening. (If there were shooting, how long would three armed guards really be able to hold back a crowd of hundreds of desperate people, anyway? Even if the front of the crowd didn’t want to rush the guns, the back of the crowd would probably be pushing them.) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1911 "2022-12-06T05:35:12Z")
Left out being God’s, hand picked, anointed, vessel to get that job done. The other implications of the painting take a back seat to Musk’s clear, bat-shit crazy, delusions of grandeur. One might wonder what Christians think about Musk comparing himself to Noah. I guess the only follow up is Moses and then declaring himself to be the Second Coming. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1912 "2022-12-06T05:37:49Z")
Follow-up on looking at a better reproduction of that painting: - There are more than three of the armed guards, duh. - On reflection, I don’t think all of the people in the abandoned crowd are non-white. Some of them seem to have blond hair. ---
**Author:** ![TheTooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@TheTooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTooth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1913 "2022-12-06T05:59:50Z")
They’re gay. ---
**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 6, 2022, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1914 "2022-12-06T07:41:16Z")
The don’t seem happy at all, rather they seem **quite** put out by the whole situation. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1915 "2022-12-06T11:13:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > whose father owned an emerald mine powered by apartheid slave labor The emerald mine wasn’t in South Africa. Zambia didn’t run on apartheid slave labour in the 70s. Or is that also splitting hairs? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1916 "2022-12-06T12:05:35Z")
He thinks whites aren’t procreating enough? He must be pissed at Nick Cannon. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1917 "2022-12-06T12:14:34Z")
Following up on this: > [@Cervaise](#): > > I wonder if the revelations about Musk’s cavalier approach to developing technology illuminated by the unfolding Twitter debacle will make even Musk cultists hesitate at the prospect of giving his people permission to do invasive brain surgery when human trials for his Neuralink venture start in six months Because hey, check it out: > **[Neuralink Reportedly Under Investigation for Potential Animal Welfare Violations](https://www.cnet.com/science/elon-musks-neuralink-under-investigation-for-potential-animal-welfare-violations/)** > > The USDA is looking into allegations of rushed testing that's led to unnecessary deaths at the brain implant startup, according to Reuters. A cavalier approach to technology development corresponds to a cavalier approach to animal testing? You don’t say! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1918 "2022-12-06T12:19:00Z")
Here’s the original Reuters article > **[Exclusive: Musk’s Neuralink faces federal probe, employee backlash over...](https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-neuralink-faces-federal-probe-employee-backlash-over-animal-tests-2022-12-05/)** > > Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths. ---
**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 6, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1919 "2022-12-06T15:14:22Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Left out being God’s, hand picked, anointed, vessel to get that job done. > > The other implications of the painting take a back seat to Musk’s clear, bat-shit crazy, delusions of grandeur. > One might wonder what Christians think about Musk comparing himself to Noah. > I guess the only follow up is Moses and then declaring himself to be the Second Coming. Naah, Elon can’t be the Second Coming. Trump’s already claimed that role for himself and many US “Christians” seem fine with it. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1920 "2022-12-06T15:28:22Z")
We should be doing everything possible to encourage Noah Musk to leave Earth and settle on Mars. He could probably round up a volunteer harem and populate the joint. Bon voyage, little man, bon voyage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=97)