# 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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**Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/8258 "2023-12-19T13:24:02Z")

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There’s been some speculation in this thread about when mass media would begin to refer to X as just “X”, not as “X (formerly known as Twitter)”.

It’s starting:

> [@Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread/931945/9759):
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> Comment #1: [pedant mode] Things don’t “turn awry”; they “go awry”. Stoopit newspaper people. [/pedant mode] Comment #2: I actually prefer it if all the robbers go do the deed. I understand the logic behind statutes that hold getaway drivers and similar assistants (“accessories” in the law) as fully liable for the crimes they facilitate. But it still sits wrong with me to convict them as fully as the dudes waving guns, shooting people, etc. It smacks of us creating a law that’s easy to…

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