# 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:** 151
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3022 "2026-02-01T14:27:07Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Elon invited himself to Epstein Island, Epstein said “oh fuck Ghislane you deal with this shit” and she told him they’re fucking shutting down their entire sex trafficking operation rather than let him come. It’s so evil and yet so pathetic. Y’know what? I think Jeffrey could understand that someone like Elon was not asking in good faith to join the rape fun. That his intention was to enable himself to “out” others just to be a dick to them. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3023 "2026-02-01T14:38:26Z")
Musk: Your question about my history with Epstein is answered by the flop-sweat desperation with which I am tweeting about him > ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3024 "2026-02-01T14:41:05Z")
What, he doesn’t think about other things? I mean, really, by now even the the online pedos must be embarassed. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3025 "2026-02-01T14:47:28Z")
I’m reading that as he wanted to spend his time partying with young women, with the help of a creepy loser like Epstein. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3026 "2026-02-01T17:28:02Z")
> [@Elon Musk](#): > > I would still have 99% of my mind available to think about other things. But I don’t. At least this part seems verifiable! Drugs have left him with just 1%. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3027 "2026-02-01T18:36:40Z")
Yeah, very believable Elmo. > **[Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/30/elon-musk-epstein-files-island-visits)** > > Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2012 and 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein’s island > In November 2012, Epstein sent Musk an email asking “how many people will you be for the heli to island”. > > “Probably just Talulah and me. What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?” Musk replied, in an apparent reference to his former wife Talulah Riley. > > Musk followed up with an email on 25 December in response to another Epstein message that encouraged him to visit and offered use of his helicopter. > > “Do you have any parties planned? I’ve been working to the edge of sanity this year and so, once my kids head home after Christmas, I really want to hit the party scene in St Barts or elsewhere and let loose. The invitation is much appreciated, but a peaceful island experience is the opposite of what I’m looking for,” Musk wrote. > > “Understood , I will see you on st Barth, the ratio on my island might make Talilah uncomfortable,” Epstein responded. > > “Ratio is not a problem for Talulah,” Musk said. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3028 "2026-02-01T23:32:01Z")
Vivian Wilson has confirmed that her dad was in the Caribbean during the time in question. > **[Elon Musk's daughter corroborates key detail revealed in Epstein files: 'What...](https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2675066949/)** > > Vivian Wilson, the estranged daughter of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, released a statement Sunday to corroborate a key detail revealed over the weekend about her father’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, prompting supporters to urge her to “protect”... ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3029 "2026-02-03T03:17:04Z")
Twitter is now owned by SpaceX. > **[Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI (and X)](https://www.theverge.com/tech/872619/elon-musk-merges-spacex-with-xai-and-x)** > > Musk is bringing more of his companies together. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3030 "2026-02-03T03:31:45Z")
Quote from the press release: > This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI’s mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars! He wants to build a Matrioshka brain. > **[Matrioshka brain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrioshka_brain)** > > A matrioshka brain is a hypothetical megastructure of immense computational capacity powered by a Dyson sphere. It was proposed in 1997 by Robert J. Bradbury (1956–2011). It is an example of a class-B stellar engine, employing the entire energy output of a star to drive computer systems. > This concept derives its name from the nesting Russian matryoshka dolls. > The concept was deployed by Bradbury in the anthology Year Million: Science at the Far Edge of Knowledge. > The concept of a matrioshka b... ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3031 "2026-02-03T03:34:29Z")
SpaceX is the only holding of his that’s legitimately great, does great work, and is good for the world. It’s too bad he’s gonna fuck them up by merging it with his garbage. I’m sure this has some sort of debt-shifting ulterior motive or some bullshit to keep him afloat while Tesla shrinks. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3032 "2026-02-03T03:38:37Z")
SpaceX only exists so that Musk can actually, in his imagination, do this shit that he fantasizes about. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3033 "2026-02-03T03:40:43Z")
Elon says that when the god of thunder assumes the form of a swan and impregnates a human female who then gives birth to an egg that hatches into a child, it’s OBVIOUS that the interspecies demigod hatched from that egg has to be Caucasian, and it’s an assault on western civilization to claim otherwise in a film adaptation of a 2700-year-old poem about events that never happened. > **[Elon Musk Says Christopher Nolan Has ‘Lost His Integrity’ With ‘The Odyssey’...](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/elon-musk-christopher-nolan-odyssey-lupita-nyongo-1236648435/)** > > Elon Musk says 'The Odyssey' director Christopher Nolan 'has lost his integrity' if Lupita Nyong'o plays Helen of Troy. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3034 "2026-02-03T05:02:30Z")
I don’t know that plausible pedos get to say much about the integrity of others. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3035 "2026-02-03T07:37:05Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Quote from the press release: > > > This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI’s mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars! > > He wants to build a Matrioshka brain. That’s actually old news, if you dig into @smithsb’s link > [@smithsb](#): > > [https://spacenews.com/spacex-files-plans-for-million-satellite-orbital-data-center-constellation/](https://spacenews.com/spacex-files-plans-for-million-satellite-orbital-data-center-constellation/) you’ll find this: > “Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev Type II civilization — one that can harness the sun’s full power — while supporting AI-driven applications for billions of people today and ensuring humanity’s multiplanetary future among the stars,” SpaceX added. I probably should have explained what the [Kardashev scale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale) is and what a type II civilization is rather than just mentioning that SpaceX talking about Kardashev Type II civilizations showed how grounded in reality they are. - A **Type II** civilization (stellar) can directly consume a [star](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star)’s energy, most likely through the use of a [Dyson sphere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere). The idea that putting a million satellites - which by the way they also claim: > “By directly harnessing near-constant solar power with **little operating or maintenance cost** , these satellites will achieve transformative cost and energy efficiency while significantly reducing the environmental impact associated with terrestrial data centers,” the company said in the filing. bolding mine, yet another example of just hoe delusional they are - I mean maintenance and operating costs for things in fucking space are notoriously non-existent, right? But the idea that a million of these magic satellites with solar panels come anywhere remotely close to harnessing all of the energy output of the sun - which is what a hypothesized Kardashev Type II civilization does - is so completely ludicrous only someone hopped up out of their mind on ketamine would think the comparison within the realms of reality. So, my only conclusion is either Elmo personally wrote that SpaceX press statement, or he’s making all of his employees do Special K too. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3036 "2026-02-03T11:01:41Z")
French police have raided Twitter’s Paris office. [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paris-prosecutors-cybercrime-unit-searches-french-office-musks-x-2026-02-03/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paris-prosecutors-cybercrime-unit-searches-french-office-musks-x-2026-02-03/) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3037 "2026-02-03T11:04:49Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > “Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev Type II civilization — one that can harness the sun’s full power — while supporting AI-driven applications for billions of people today and ensuring humanity’s multiplanetary future among the stars,” SpaceX added. Wow, ketamine is powerful stuff! ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3038 "2026-02-03T11:25:51Z")
> **[Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo)** > > The Paris prosecutor says its cyber-crime unit is conducting a search of X's offices. BBC article on the Paris raid. Mostly the same information as the Reuters link above with a bit of additional history. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3039 "2026-02-03T12:23:48Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > French police have raided Twitter’s Paris office. > > [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paris-prosecutors-cybercrime-unit-searches-french-office-musks-x-2026-02-03/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paris-prosecutors-cybercrime-unit-searches-french-office-musks-x-2026-02-03/) lol the French sense of humor is still intact > - Musk and former CEO summoned to give evidence on April 20 ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3040 "2026-02-03T12:26:06Z")
From the BBC article: > Tesla also announced plans to end production of its Model S and Model X vehicles. It will now use the manufacturing plant in California that made those cars to produce its line of humanoid robots - known as Optimus. 🙄 🙄 Also: > In January, China’s BYD overtook Tesla as the world’s biggest EV maker, while Musk’s involvement in politics both in the US and abroad has proved controversial. I don’t think “controversial” is exactly the word you’re looking for, there. May I suggest “catastrophic” instead? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3041 "2026-02-03T18:44:59Z")
A (since deleted) tweet from Elon around a month ago salivating over an 18-year old girl has resurfaced as he tries to deny his creepy emails with Epstein. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HAKVvPjXwAADNsK?format=jpg&name=900x900) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HAKVvPjXwAADNsK?format=jpg&name=900x900) The girl called his “demeaning" and said, “as a kid who’s studying and trying their best … it is a little bit demotivating for everything else not to matter, and all the hard work and hours put into friends, family, and school just to be summed up as an 8 out of a 10.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=150) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=152)