# 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:** 13
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/241 "2024-09-06T23:43:44Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > To be clear, that article is satire. Not a particularly good one either. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/242 "2024-09-06T23:47:03Z")
You _do_ realize that the article is talking about a **fictional** city in a series of **fictional** books that most people around here recognized instantly? Inhabited by **fictional** people? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/243 "2024-09-07T04:57:09Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You _do_ realize that the article is talking about a **fictional** city in a series of **fictional** books that most people around here recognized instantly? Inhabited by **fictional** people I don’t have any idea what city, books or people you are referring to. I’m not even sure which article you’re talking about. If it’s the most recent one posted, there is nothing in that article that talks about a city, fictional or otherwise. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/244 "2024-09-07T07:32:25Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > If it’s the most recent one posted, there is nothing in that article that talks about a city, fictional or otherwise. It does claim to take place in Boca Chica, Texas, but that’s a real place (though not a city). It’s the location of the “Starbase” facility of SpaceX. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/245 "2024-09-07T14:15:46Z")
Silenus was talking about the second link on retrophrenology, which is a Discworld thing. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/246 "2024-09-07T14:37:36Z")
Right. Did someone think I was being serious? I kind of thought that since this is the pit and all, a mild joke about ways to adjust Elon’s attitude, playing off of Smapti’s link about phrenology and Musk was in order. Sorry if I was unclear. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/247 "2024-09-07T17:54:18Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > Did someone think I was being serious? LOL, I knew your link was a joke. 😆 Silenus didn’t reply to a specific post which was why that comment was so confusing I guess. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/248 "2024-09-08T17:31:33Z")
[![](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/103/055/261/189/955/original/c7df2e6a42f02065.jpg) ](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/103/055/261/189/955/original/c7df2e6a42f02065.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/249 "2024-09-08T18:58:11Z")
Technically those are recycle bins since they’re from the Windows OS, the trash is found in the Mac OS. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/250 "2024-09-08T19:24:39Z")
Well, granted, the Windows Trash icon looked more like this: [![](https://www.pngall.com/wp-content/uploads/2/Windows-Logo-PNG-File-Download-Free.png) ](https://www.pngall.com/wp-content/uploads/2/Windows-Logo-PNG-File-Download-Free.png) ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/251 "2024-09-08T19:31:34Z")
Ha! 👍 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/252 "2024-09-08T20:19:54Z")
And let’s add Foundation to the list of sci-fi classics Elmo doesn’t understand. > ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/253 "2024-09-08T21:09:05Z")
Leon should be granted the title President of Mars, with a generous, 30-year term of office (residency required.) ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/254 "2024-09-08T21:47:25Z")
With Trump in charge of efficiency. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/255 "2024-09-08T22:27:18Z")
No, CFSG in charge of the oxygen supply. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/256 "2024-09-09T01:12:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > CFSG in charge of the oxygen supply. [obvious joke about him sucking it all up goes here] ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/257 "2024-09-09T02:18:11Z")
Holy moly, my brother posted a message about Elon Musk being made Secretaries of Energy, Transportation and Commerce and solving the climate crisis and “gasoline crisis” ($5+/galllon in California) in one fell swoop by some genius plan we mortals cannot foresee. I thought he was joking. He was not. He’s looking forward to a Trump administration where geniuses like Musk and Thiel will be given vast briefs over multiple departments, destroy all the bureaucracy and unleash the genius of high tech and the free market on Energy, Education, Healthcare, Infrastructure, you name it. The “common sense genius” thinks that Atlas Shrugged is a prescription. Guess where my brother is employed? He’s a federal government (military) contractor and his wife is a federal government employee. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/258 "2024-09-09T02:50:47Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > The “common sense genius” thinks that Atlas Shrugged is a prescription. Shrugitol? ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/259 "2024-09-09T02:58:11Z")
Side effects may include… ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/260 "2024-09-09T03:07:52Z")
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