# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 183
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3662 "2026-11-05T14:43:58Z")
You know, in 100 years, someone is going to write a banger of a biography about Elon Musk. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3663 "2026-11-05T14:47:57Z")
To be honest, I don’t see that stretching too far beyond the UK tabloid standard 500 or so words of salacious innuendo. He’s just not that interesting a megalomanic. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3664 "2026-11-05T15:01:45Z")
I posted this in the election thread, but wanted to note here as well that where WIRED could trace Musk’s spending directly (more than $300 million), 99 cents of every dollar went to a losing candidate. Now, most of that is in Texas, where the visibility of his spending probably lifted the people he spent against…but then, he’s dumb that way. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3665 "2026-11-05T15:02:42Z")
Oh come on. He publicized and got rich off a couple of interesting companies, he paid dozens of women to beat his sons. (Any i think he used IVF to make sure they’d all be sons.) He took a hard political turn when one of his children turned out to be a trans woman. He bought Twitter out of spite and turned it into a blatant political platform. He got the US president to let him steal all the personal data held by the US government, and pissed off said President. He uses interesting drugs. I’m sure there’s more. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3666 "2026-11-05T15:06:24Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > beat (bear, presumably) ---
**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:** [November 5, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3667 "2026-11-05T15:12:24Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > (bear, presumably) It’s probably not a great thing that I can’t be sure it’s not both The timing of the hard political turn was probably closer to the timing of employees threatening to unionize but he had no problems going full on culture war, either. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3668 "2026-11-05T15:16:11Z")
Yes, i intended to type “bear”. But that’s an… interesting typo. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3669 "2026-11-05T15:16:24Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > He uses interesting drugs. Ketamine is kind-of fun but Elon’s misogynist, anti-trans, weird-ass IVF ideas (hey… Elon… did Vivian\* turn out to be the macho boer boetie you wanted? Sorry - she is not.), his sexism, his arrogance, his cruelty… he’s not that interesting among the other arseholes in his class who happen to be a little less rich. Mobutu Sese Seko and Idi Amin were said to be quite nice people by those not on the receiving side of their specific personality defects. Hell, I personally know a pathological liar who is a nicer person than Musk. \* no disrespect to her; she has disowned her biological gene-donor. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3670 "2026-11-05T17:03:02Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I posted this in the election thread, but wanted to note here as well that where WIRED could trace Musk’s spending directly (more than $300 million), 99 cents of every dollar went to a losing candidate. Now, most of that is in Texas, where the visibility of his spending probably lifted the people he spent against…but then, he’s dumb that way. After the Wisconsin judicial race last year, during which he was offering the million dollar giveaways, Republicans, while still happy to take his money, learned to keep their distance from him, at least in public anyway. While Musk officially endorsed Ken Paxton on Twitter, he didn’t make any campaign appearances with him, and Paxton rarely invoked his name. So even in the state where Musk lives and where his starbase is located, his name has become toxic. Still probably won’t stop Republicans from taking his money, though. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3671 "2026-11-05T23:48:50Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Still probably won’t stop Republicans from taking his money, though. I wonder if he’ll stop being so generous if he has to stay in the background - he’s not quite the celebrity whore that Trump is, but close. Most of the other billionaire donors stay in the background. Except Soros, who still hasn’t sent me my check. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3672 "2026-11-06T09:35:07Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > NO. Waifu is literally a loan word in Japanese that they took from the English word ‘wife’. The problem is the Japanese language doesn’t end on hard consonant sounds; a Japanese speaker trying to pronounce the word ‘wife’ would pronounce it wee-feh, not ‘wife’. “Waifu” is composed of three characters, ワイフ. Yeah, the loan word _waifu_ was already well know 45 years ago when I first arrived in Japan. It predates the anime waife usage by decades. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3673 "2026-11-06T17:18:21Z")
And that abomination, the Cybertruck is no more. The manufacturing line is to be repurposed to make the silly Cybercabs. With the cancellation, Tesla only makes the 3, the Y, and the Semi. The flying roadster remains vaporware. Some of the best engineered electric vehicles in the world stunted, indeed kneecapped, by a neurotic, drug fuelled narcissisist. “The incredible news just keeps coming after Tuesday’s huge victory for everyone not named Elon Musk. After a little more than three years blighting our roads, filling divorce court parking lots, and getting recalled for all of its parts falling off, the Tesla Cybertruck is dead. Never trust Elon Musk further than you can throw him, but early Friday morning, Tesla’s CEO tweeted that the company will wind down production of the Cybertruck before finally killing it once and for all at some point next year.” Read More: [The Tesla Cybertruck Is Dead, And Woke 3 Killed It](https://www.jalopnik.com/2308900/tesla-cybertruck-dead-woke-3-killed-it/) ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3674 "2026-11-06T17:35:01Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > the Cybertruck is no more. I was wondering if the timing if this announcement is related to the midterms, either by: - The plan to cancel it already in the works, but not wanting to have a high-profile “Elon makes bad decisions” example in the news while Elon was still picking/funding candidates. - Elon expected to be able to sell cybertrucks to government agencies so long as they remained under republican control, but now that expectation is dashed. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3675 "2026-11-06T18:05:39Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > **Some of the best engineered electric vehicles in the world** stunted, indeed kneecapped, by a neurotic, drug fuelled narcissisist. In the context of the Cybertruck, are you being ironic here, or referring to the rest of Tesla’s competently engineered stable? I’m assuming the latter, but I’d rather not assume. (I discount the possibility that you’re referring to the Cybertruck unironically, because _c’mon_.) ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3676 "2026-11-06T20:11:17Z")
Elon is killing the Cybertruck to focus on his next vaporware project. > **[Tesla is “winding down” production of the Cybertruck next year](https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1028542/tesla-cybertruck-winding-down-production-2027)** > > Cybertruck production at the Texas Gigafactory is being axed to make way for more Cybercabs. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3677 "2026-11-06T20:19:04Z")
Perhaps next he’ll wind down the child production process? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3678 "2026-11-06T20:32:08Z")
Incidental, but does anyone have the details on if any of the huge Texas state incentives for Elon required a certain number of jobs/production in the new facilities that he might be in violation of as a result of winding down the Cybertruck? Because, well, the next state administration might actually be looking to _enforce_ those, rather than give a pass… 😈 ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3679 "2026-11-06T20:50:15Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Perhaps next he’ll wind down the child production process? I haven’t seen reports that the Cyberfuck factory is being shut down, 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:** [November 6, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/3680 "2026-11-06T23:50:08Z")
I’ll point out there’s a duplicate convo about the Cybertruck’s demise taking place now in the dedicated Cybertruck thread starting here: > [@Tesla Cybertruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1870): > > Looks like the era is coming to an end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=182)