# 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:** 153
**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 7, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3062 "2026-02-07T01:54:59Z")
In a turn of events that shocked noone, SpaceX says it won’t be going to Mars this year after all. [https://www.wsj.com/science/space-astronomy/spacex-delays-mars-plans-to-focus-on-moon-66d5c542](https://www.wsj.com/science/space-astronomy/spacex-delays-mars-plans-to-focus-on-moon-66d5c542) ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3063 "2026-02-07T07:29:01Z")
Well duh, that’s because they already established a colony on Mars back in 2021 just like Elmo said he would. ---
**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 7, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3064 "2026-02-07T07:39:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > In a turn of events that shocked noone, SpaceX says it won’t be going to Mars this year after all. But next year for sure! [![](https://gifdb.com/images/high/rocky-and-bullwinkle-this-time-for-sure-scene-oeadei2i3cmtqg5r.gif) ](https://gifdb.com/images/high/rocky-and-bullwinkle-this-time-for-sure-scene-oeadei2i3cmtqg5r.gif) ---
**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 7, 2026, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3065 "2026-02-07T07:47:28Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > But next year for sure! > **[South Postpones Rising Again For Yet Another Year](https://theonion.com/south-postpones-rising-again-for-yet-another-year-1819565548/)** > > HUNTSVILLE, AL–For the 135th straight year since Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, representatives for the South announced Monday that the region has postponed plans to rise again. ---
**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 7, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3066 "2026-02-07T15:27:05Z")
That article is 25 years old. And was funny _then_. Sadly, DJT is pretty much proof that the South has already risen _now_. And boy is it mad! And once again reality demonstrates that it’s impossible to write satire that stays satirical as the clown car takes over the world. ---
**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 7, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3067 "2026-02-07T21:46:21Z")
> **[Just Because I Hung Out in the Cannibal King’s Murder Basement, It Does Not...](https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/just-because-i-hung-out-in-the-cannibal-kings-murder-basement-it-does-not-make-me-a-murderous-cannibal)** > > “If I actually wanted to spend my time partying with young women, it would be trivial for me to do so without the help of a creepy loser like Epste... ---
**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 9, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3068 "2026-02-09T21:46:13Z")
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**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 9, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3069 "2026-02-09T21:53:32Z")
I wonder which Heinlein character he fancies himself. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3070 "2026-02-09T21:59:15Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > I wonder which Heinlein character he fancies himself. Visually, I’d vote for the two-headed, one-body twins. All by himself. But character-wise, he’s surely Scudder. Probably thinks so, too. > [@wolfpup](#): > > They may not be able to compel them to appear but they do have the power to shut down X/Twitter in France. Which Elon may shrug off, but we can always hope that the investigation produces lots of information heretofore hidden. It’s likely that Elon plans to spend millions later this year to influence the midterms; he doesn’t want Donald removed (via impeachment) any more than Donald does. If Donald were to be removed and a Democratic-dominated Congress free to launch investigations, investigations of “DOGE” would surely not end in a way that would please Elon. ---
**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 9, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3071 "2026-02-09T21:59:46Z")
Does “self growing” mean the buildings will grow themselves, like those crystal gardens you grew as a kid? Or is he referring to population, as in the city will grow through procreation of its perfect white specimens with no impure immigrants allowed. Don’t worry, I already know the answer. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3072 "2026-02-09T22:01:02Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Does “self growing” mean the buildings will grow themselves, like those crystal gardens you grew as a kid? Or is he referring to population So, Elon, which Earth cities are NOT “self-growing,” anyway??? ---
**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 9, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3073 "2026-02-09T22:10:47Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > I wonder which Heinlein character he fancies himself. Hugh Farnham, fighting back against the dark-skinned hordes trying to enslave the good white people of the world. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3074 "2026-02-09T22:21:44Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Hugh Farnham, fighting back against the dark-skinned hordes trying to enslave the good white people of the world. . Of course all these speculations rest on the idea that Donald is familiar with the works of Heinlein, or even understands the concept of “identifying with a fictional character.” He’s probably be outraged: **‘why would I identify with anyone other than MYSELF, my own glorious self?!!?!?!?!?’** (Farnham is a good pick in the sense of being a smug man who ‘knows’ that black people are inherently duplicitous, not to mention cannibalistic. But of course his IQ is over 100, so: no.) ---
**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 9, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3075 "2026-02-09T22:28:51Z")
We’re talking about musk, not trump. musk probably has read Heinlein. It’s unlikely trump has ever read anything other than the menu at McDonalds. And then only once. ---
**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 9, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3076 "2026-02-09T22:31:09Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > We’re talking about musk, not trump. He was who I had in mind with my comment, yeah. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3077 "2026-02-09T22:43:06Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > We’re talking about musk, not trump. OH, of course. Big oops on my part. (In my first answer I did know it was about Elon, but somehow I got derailed.) For Musk, I still say he would think Scudder is a great guy with a great story. Large and in charge! ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3078 "2026-02-10T00:14:41Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > I wonder which Heinlein character he fancies himself. It’s pretty obviously [Delos D. Harriman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_Moon). He isn’t in any way up to the job, but I’m pretty sure that’s who he is modeling himself after. ---
**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 10, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3079 "2026-02-10T00:53:48Z")
Yeah really, his thing seems to be how can I own a world… I mean the “self growing city” part sounds like out of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress but he is more likely to lead the organization they rise against. In any case as I said in another thread, Reality is harsh too. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3080 "2026-02-10T00:58:53Z")
Reminds me of that time a British radio presenter insisted that concrete could be grown. Oh how we laughed. ---
**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 10, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3081 "2026-02-10T02:22:14Z")
> **[pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” (@pixelatedboat.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/pixelatedboat.bsky.social/post/3mehssgo5fk2a)** > > Okay, I’ve heard all the criticisms. I agree now that my plan to create a Jonestown on Mars was foolish and dangerous. I will instead be building a much more achievable Jonestown on the Moon > **[Meat And Ferments Hat (@kenwhite.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3mehut6dttk23)** > > Anyway I don’t believe there will be a moon base in under ten years but I DO believe that there’s a chance that inside ten years Jeff Bezos, Nikki Minaj, and Kyle Rittenhouse will get Titan Submerisbled on the maiden voyage because Musk fired all the... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=152) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=154)