# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1)

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1626 "2022-11-27T15:44:18Z")

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> [@Cervaise](#):
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> _At best,_ he noticed the “88” in the wildlife tweet, and is making a weird and tacky joking reference to the number. Which invites a question about why he’s searching for “88” in people’s tweets.

Because tweeting “Heil Hitler!” is a bit too on the nose even for a lickspittle like Musk. He does like his emergent fascism, though:

> **[Elon Musk says he would support Ron DeSantis in 2024](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/26/elon-musk-ron-desantis-election/)**
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> His comments come after he urged his Twitter followers to back Republicans in the midterms.

Stranger

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