# 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:** 149
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2982 "2026-01-15T22:18:49Z")
I just played around with Grok Imagine to see if it was still generating accidental nudity, and they have added a clumsy prompt filter, sometimes (but not always) replacing the word “girl” with the word “woman”. “A girl and a boy at school” became “A woman and a boy at school”. But “boys and girls at school” wasn’t modified. “A girl and a boy having a tea party” became “A woman and a boy having a tea party” but “A boy and a girl having a tea party” wasn’t modified. So it apparently does the swap, most times, unless “boy” comes before “girl”, or “girl” is plural. And “boy” never becomes “man”. (And everyone in every image is white or East Asian.) But there was no accidental nudity this time, even with adults. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2983 "2026-01-17T05:08:58Z")
It seems quite inconsistent in when it does the girl-\>woman substitution for me. Hard to tell if it really is dependent on the order or not. And wow, this little attempted censorship results in… wrongness. Try asking it for “a boy asking a girl out on a date” ---
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2984 "2026-01-20T03:16:32Z")
Meanwhile on Twitter, the John Birch Society, which it turns out still exists, is quote-dunking on Elmo for praising Martin Luther King. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kza7trk4ppqg7kewe6ba42zt/bafkreifkctgw3y3d2phkmkaseqa2hqh2uql6ohbnbjf3grqlk73klh47ne@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kza7trk4ppqg7kewe6ba42zt/bafkreifkctgw3y3d2phkmkaseqa2hqh2uql6ohbnbjf3grqlk73klh47ne@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2985 "2026-01-20T10:44:01Z")
Having a near obsession with the Muppet Show, and associated Fraggle Rock and Sesame Street, I don’t think Elmo was a communist, more of a social democrat. He was a peaceful voice of reason, a puppet that resolved conflicts peacefully and although he is not my favorite Muppet (love you, Janice, much respect to Zoot) , he is a good guy. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2986 "2026-01-20T10:51:03Z")
But if the John Birch Society want us to equate kindness and Communism, who are we to argue? Certainly it’s not a trait ever attributed to the JBS. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2987 "2026-01-23T14:54:37Z")
I am loving the hundreds of Marco Rubio memes. Now theres one of an Indiana coach(?) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2988 "2026-01-23T17:13:16Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Meanwhile on Twitter, the John Birch Society, which it turns out still exists, is quote-dunking on Elmo for praising Martin Luther King. Interestingly, MLK’s closest foray towards Socialism was in advocating for Musk’s universal basic income. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2989 "2026-01-26T01:27:13Z")
Looks like Grok is due for another lobotomy. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pmyqirafcp3jqdhrl7crpq7t/bafkreifats2ralhr2kmrg5gkky3mbp7okdpy5ot2ohsslmulabbrpllovy@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pmyqirafcp3jqdhrl7crpq7t/bafkreifats2ralhr2kmrg5gkky3mbp7okdpy5ot2ohsslmulabbrpllovy@jpeg) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2990 "2026-01-28T23:58:33Z")
> **[Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01/2025-sees-teslas-annual-revenue-fall-for-the-first-time/)** > > More than half its profit came from emissions credits as sales fell 8.6 percent. “The market reacted to the terrible performance by pushing the stock up 847% in late trading.” ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2991 "2026-01-29T05:38:53Z")
More “WTF” moments from a CNN article: [https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/business/tesla-q4-2025-earnings](https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/business/tesla-q4-2025-earnings) And he seemed to suggest that selling electric vehicles, which Tesla helped to introduce to the global mass market, would soon be an afterthought for the company (he’s also cancelling production of two top tier models of his EVs). > Musk predicted the Cybercab, a two-seat self-driving “robotaxi” vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals, will eventually be sold in numbers “several times more” than all Tesla’s other vehicles combined. Because Taxis are oh so popular, and Musk’s are everywhere… oh right. > The company previously said that its robotaxi service would serve half of the US population by the end of 2025. Musk reiterated that goal on Wednesday, saying between a quarter to half of the United States will have fully autonomous vehicles by the end of 2026, “pending regulatory approval.” Because he’s Never Wrong, so it’s someone else’s fault rather than him being a big, fat liar on the subject. Or, if I want to be generous (?) he’s a PT Barnum type who’ll promise anything but dodge any responsibility for his claims. Meanwhile, he’ll keep looting Tesla for his other pet projects, and the stockholders are just going to have to take it: > In its earnings report, the company disclosed for the first time that Tesla reached a deal to invest $2 billion in xAI. The AI company, which Musk owns and [started in 2023](https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/tech/elon-musk-ai-company), also owns his [social media platform, X](https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/business/elon-musk-sells-x-to-xai). ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2992 "2026-01-29T05:42:11Z")
Thanks Elon, it’s not like anyone is relying on that sector of the economy to do silly things like eat. ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2993 "2026-01-29T14:19:00Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > The company previously said that its robotaxi service would serve half of the US population by the end of 2025. Musk reiterated that goal on Wednesday, saying between a quarter to half of the United States will have fully autonomous vehicles by the end of 2026, “pending regulatory approval.” Which would require, manufacturing on scale that no company has ever achieved, not even in wartime, or to redefine the meaning of have in “will have fully autonomous vehicles “, or to significantly reduce the population the US. I wonder which one Musk is hoping for. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2994 "2026-01-29T14:21:48Z")
> [@yendis](#): > > > [@ParallelLines](#): > > > > Musk reiterated that goal on Wednesday, saying between a quarter to half of the United States will have fully autonomous vehicles by the end of 2026, “pending regulatory approval.” > > Which would require, manufacturing on scale that no company has ever achieved, not even in wartime, or to redefine the meaning of have in “will have fully autonomous vehicles “, or to significantly reduce the population the US. Not necessarily. “Half the United States will have vehicles” could mean that they will manufacture 25 of them and give one to every other state. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2995 "2026-01-29T14:26:28Z")
> [@yendis](#): > > I wonder which one Musk is hoping for. Why, whatever the ketamine is telling him to hope for. Today, at least. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2996 "2026-01-29T14:37:06Z")
> [@yendis](#): > > Which would require, manufacturing on scale that no company has ever achieved, not even in wartime, or to redefine the meaning of have in “will have fully autonomous vehicles “, or to significantly reduce the population the US. > > I wonder which one Musk is hoping for. It might be achievable if you deported all the Blacks and liberals to Mars, thus acheiving two of Elmo’s goals in one fell swoop! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2997 "2026-01-29T15:12:20Z")
> [@yendis](#): > > significantly reduce the population the US. > > I wonder which one Musk is hoping for. If he starts working on a stone-encrusted glove, watch out! ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2998 "2026-01-29T17:37:50Z")
The goals/promises are accelerating as the drugs alter his brain. Haven’t seen mentioned here, he said a starship will go to Mars THIS year. The multiple refueling in orbit, hell, even an orbit haven’t happened yet. Refueling on the ground remains a challenge. Delusional. He continues to rape Tesla (and its compliant shareholders) for billions to fund his increasingly bizarre addled visions. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2999 "2026-01-29T21:42:49Z")
> [@yendis](#): > > Which would require, manufacturing on scale that no company has ever achieved, not even in wartime You’re talking about the man so hopped up on Special K that he was planning on starting a colony on Mars by 2021 and who is ‘planning’ on putting 25% of the energy grid of the United States into space _every year_ to power AI datacenters in space. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3000 "2026-01-29T23:21:35Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > You’re talking about the man so hopped up on Special K I’m not going to look, but surely the betting markets are assessing ‘who will die first,’ between Elon and Donald. Could be a toss-up. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3001 "2026-01-30T11:26:08Z")
What if they went at the same time? The celebration would last for weeks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=148) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=150)