# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** elon-musk\ **Created:** [August 13, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634 "2024-08-13T00:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 123
**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:** [June 8, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2462 "2025-06-08T22:53:45Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Haven’t there also been reports/rumors about the Trump administration staff eating drugs like candy? He probably saw Musk partaking next to many of his top admin staff. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2463 "2025-06-09T04:19:51Z")
Meanwhile, in the Elmoverse: > **[Elon Musk's father to attend pro-Kremlin event in Russia hosted by far-right...](https://kyivindependent.com/elon-musks-father-attends-pro-kremlin-event-in-russia-hosted-by-far-right-ideologue/)** > > Among the forum's panels are sessions titled "Russian Space: The Race for Mars" and "The Battle for Hearts and Minds: The Ideology of Sovereign Russia." So, the bad end to the Elmo/TFG feud: Elmo and/or his father flees to Russia with luggage full of pilfered secret US government information. It turns out that Elmo was the real Kremlin mole all along, not TFG. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2464 "2025-06-09T12:17:38Z")
They’re not on speaking terms, IIRC. Basically, they’re a family of assholes, and he learned a lot of it from his dad. Not that Musk the Younger couldn’t still end up in Russia for his own reasons, but if the article is trying to imply a link to Putin because of his father, the kindest word for that sort of journalism is ‘flimsy’. Though I can see how they would be sensitive to anything remotely involving Ukraine ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2465 "2025-06-09T16:14:53Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Basically, they’re a family of assholes, and he learned a lot of it from his dad. It’s not like his mom is any better, tbh. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2466 "2025-06-09T16:20:14Z")
Very true but the article was about Errol in particular. Maye (and her family) are certainly also terrible. What kind of people move to South Africa because Canada wasn’t racist enough for them? ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2467 "2025-06-09T18:36:27Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > They’re not on speaking terms, IIRC. Basically, they’re a family of assholes, and he learned a lot of it from his dad. All part of Elmo’s deep cover as the real Russian mole while everyone is distracted by Agent Orange! Yes, I know Elmo and his father don’t get along. And that his father married and has two children with his stepdaughter. I long for the days I was blissfully unaware of the Elmo clan’s sex lives. Oh, and Errol is going to be in great company in Moscow. Alex Jones is going to be speaking there as well. > **[Western guests including Elon Musk’s father to speak at pro-Putin oligarch’s...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/09/western-guests-including-elon-musks-father-to-speak-at-pro-putin-oligarchs-moscow-forum)** > > British politician George Galloway and US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones also among speakers ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2468 "2025-06-19T18:13:58Z")
Back to Twitter for a minute, has anyone else lost their infinite scroll? My Twitter feed now only lets me scroll down so far and then just stops. I don’t know if this is a bandwidth limitation or just backend issues from Twitter’s haphazard management. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2469 "2025-06-20T14:42:59Z")
I’ve had this happen a couple of times lately, too. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2470 "2025-06-20T14:57:32Z")
Nice how they used [his quasi-Nazi salute](https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1GXras.img?w=768&h=512&m=6&x=511&y=136&s=85&d=85) as the lead image. # [Elon Musk’s X sues New York State over law requiring social media sites disclose how they tackle hate speech](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/elon-musk-s-x-sues-new-york-state-over-law-requiring-social-media-sites-to-disclose-how-they-tackle-hate-speech/ar-AA1GXmLJ?ocid=TobArticle) > Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, is suing the State of New York in an attempt to block new legislation that would combat extremist speech. > > Under the Stop Hiding Hate Act that enters into force this week, digital content providers like the company formerly known as Twitter must disclose what efforts they are taking to police content on their respective platforms. > > X argues the new law is a “carbon copy” of California’s Assembly Bill 587, which it already successfully challenged. Last year, three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction, [ruling](https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2024/09/04/24-271.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com) portions of the law were unconstitutional under protected free speech rights. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2471 "2025-06-27T22:46:36Z")
I’m not sure where exactly this goes, but he’s fired his VP in charge of Tesla manufacturing and operations. The article ties that to declines in sales, but that doesn’t necessarily follow for me. [Tesla head of manufacturing Omead Afshar fired by Elon Musk](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/26/tesla-head-of-manufacturing-omead-afshar-fired-by-elon-musk.html) This comes about a month after the head of Optimus quit. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2472 "2025-06-28T04:48:49Z")
That can’t be the right job title. Are you sure he wasn’t Scapegoat #1, and he just lost that position? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2473 "2025-07-01T22:39:19Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Haven’t there also been reports/rumors about the Trump administration staff eating drugs like candy? People in glasshouses and all that… I sometimes wonder to what extent fascism isn’t just a symptom of methamphetamine addiction. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2474 "2025-07-01T22:44:49Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > methamphetamine I sooo wanted that to read ‘methamketamine’. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2475 "2025-07-01T22:51:16Z")
Methameinkampfamine ? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2476 "2025-07-01T23:00:39Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I sooo wanted that to read ‘methamketamine’. “Methane and ketamine.” That’s what you might smell when sitting by Musk and Trump. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2477 "2025-07-02T01:22:37Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > “Methane and ketamine.” Oh great, thanks, now my mind is full of some horrific Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome remake with Trump and Musk in the Master Blaster role (I think you can figure out which is which though either could work) emitting crazed pronouncements while simultaneously blasting out quantities of “valuable” methane. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2478 "2025-07-02T02:35:02Z")
“Elon-Felon runs Barter Town!” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2479 "2025-07-02T03:48:42Z")
Ahem. “Farter Town.” ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2480 "2025-07-02T06:02:34Z")
That would have even worked in the movie. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSlxdVFmUEJ1ZoXTZJ2p1z5ITEf0TLG2WyrRQ&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSlxdVFmUEJ1ZoXTZJ2p1z5ITEf0TLG2WyrRQ&s) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2481 "2025-07-05T09:46:04Z")
I’m not sure where else to put this, but the EV tax credit is likely ending. It’s possible it was going to happen anyway, but it’s hard to get past the feeling that this fuckwit massively increased the likelihood of it happening by pissing off the orange monster. [https://insideevs.com/news/702784/ev-tax-credit-2024-official/](https://insideevs.com/news/702784/ev-tax-credit-2024-official/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=122) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=124)