# 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:** 152
**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, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3042 "2026-02-03T19:04:52Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > lol the French sense of humor is still intact > > > - Musk and former CEO summoned to give evidence on April 20 They may not be able to compel them to appear but they do have the power to shut down X/Twitter in France. Incidentally, I hadn’t realized Linda Yaccarino was gone. Resigned last July. She was in an impossible position working for that lunatic and I’m only surprised that she lasted two years. ---
**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, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3043 "2026-02-03T19:07:24Z")
In case it wasn’t clear, I was remarking on the date. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3044 "2026-02-03T19:10:48Z")
Bravo, yes it’s a full sentence! ---
**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 3, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3045 "2026-02-03T19:11:57Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > BBC article on the Paris raid. > Following today’s raid, French prosecutors say they are now investigating whether X has broken the law across multiple areas. > > Among potential crimes it said it would investigate were complicity in possession or organised distribution of images of children of a pornographic nature, infringement of people’s image rights with sexual deepfakes and fraudulent data extraction by an organised group. Thank fuck **somebody** is taking this seriously. > Pavel Durov - founder of the messaging app Telegram - criticised the French authorities on Tuesday, accusing France of being “the only country in the world that is criminally persecuting all social networks that give people some degree of freedom”. Oh, we’re all so horrified that they are taking away the freedom to abuse children. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3046 "2026-02-03T19:30:11Z")
As the saying _almost_ goes: “It’s very hard to convince a man to approve of something when his income depends on him not approving of it”. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3047 "2026-02-03T20:36:05Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Musk and former CEO summoned to give evidence on April 20 Pot smoking code, or Hitler’s birthday? Which is more apropos? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3048 "2026-02-03T23:23:47Z")
Why not both? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3049 "2026-02-03T23:41:45Z")
![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3Lxqjzik-8w/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Lxqjzik-8w?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD3Lxqjzik-8w ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3050 "2026-02-03T23:43:05Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > As the saying _almost_ goes: “It’s very hard to convince a man to approve of something when his income depends on him not approving of it”. Is that from the movie, ‘Taken’…? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3051 "2026-02-03T23:50:19Z")
Not originally > **[A quote from I, Candidate for Governor](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-get-a-man-to-understand-something)** > > It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. ---
**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 4, 2026, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3052 "2026-02-04T05:18:24Z")
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**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 4, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3053 "2026-02-04T05:20:24Z")
When your politics are being evil and doing a lot of illegal shit, justice probably feels like a “political attack” ---
**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 4, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3054 "2026-02-04T07:14:29Z")
If Musk thinks he’s going to rhetorically outmaneuver the French, he’s in for a surprise. They are _professionally_ snarky. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3055 "2026-02-04T08:00:22Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Wow, ketamine is powerful stuff! It is a disassociative anaesthetic, not a hallucinogen. Musk is nuts all by himself, don’t blame the chemical. ---
**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 4, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3056 "2026-02-04T11:44:59Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > Wow, ketamine is powerful stuff! > > It is a disassociative anaesthetic, not a hallucinogen. **[According to Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine)**, when used recreationally, it can be both: > At sufficiently high doses, users may experience what is called the “K-hole”, a state of dissociation with visual and auditory hallucination. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3057 "2026-02-04T13:00:44Z")
I agree to a certain extent, but a disassociative like Ket is extremely different to hallucinogens LSD ( lysergic acid diethylamide) or DMT (Dimethyltriptamine) LSD, and much of the MDMA family have also been trialed in small doses as a curative regimen. Ketamine, too, mostly for depression. As someone who has reasonably well explored those families of chemicals, and also Ketamine, I give you my amateur opinion… Elon Musk should not do drugs. He already appears to use high doses of cocaine, which I do not recommend, either. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3058 "2026-02-04T13:05:46Z")
Elon Musk should not do a lot of things, yet here we are ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3059 "2026-02-04T13:24:07Z")
This is the pit, and minor highjacks are occasionally tolerated, so.. I once snorted a line of cocaine mixed with Ketamine. Shared the same rolled up note with a relative stranger. It was not very pleasant at first - ket hurts, but the party was great. 3 days later, I developed nasal herpes. As you all know, herpes is for life. My girlfriend (at the time, got it too). Every time I get a cold, or even a little ill, I get a herpes blister in my left nostril Always carry your own straw. End of hijack ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3060 "2026-02-04T15:57:54Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > nasal herpes That completely wasn’t on my bingo card for the day. But also, BAND NAME. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3061 "2026-02-04T15:59:49Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Always carry your own straw. That was not my takeaway from your story (but it is interesting to hear about such things, so thank you). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=153)