# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/61 "2024-08-15T19:20:39Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > I haven’t watched that show, but I’m hoping that at most the asteroid miners control an army of drones from the comfort of a spaceship rather than getting down and dirty with it. “Slaves working in the mines” is another great sci-fi complaint of mine. We don’t actually see any mining on the show - it mainly deals with civilian spaceship crews, space dockworkers, and various technical and support personnel. While they aren’t technically slaves, many of them are underpaid and exploited by their corporate employers, landlords, and governments. So, you know… pretty realistic. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/62 "2024-08-15T19:37:25Z")
All those in favor of more Star Wars discussion, please eat your fingers. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/63 "2024-08-15T19:37:59Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > We don’t actually see any mining on the show - it mainly deals with civilian spaceship crews, space dockworkers, and various technical and support personnel. They did have miners and mining equipment (used for purposes other than mining) as plot points, but you are correct that the actual mining itself is never portrayed. Without getting into spoilers, one of the key plots of the show later on involves repurposing mining ships for warfare/sabotage, and the efforts to stop that scheme. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/64 "2024-08-15T20:42:10Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > The Empire was better aesthetically, so they are more appealing solely from a visual perspective. People would rather use their imagery for decoration. > > And the Nazis had uniforms by Hugo Boss and were quite stylish. They also had skulls on their caps. \* > > \*(cue “are we the baddies?”) Oh, you haven’t been listening to Allied propaganda again, have you? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/65 "2024-08-15T20:56:38Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > All those in favor of more Star Wars discussion, please eat your fingers. oh, go _something something something_ Elon Musk _something something_ ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/66 "2024-08-15T21:21:54Z")
I’d participate in a crowdfunding effort to send musk off to join the Empire. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/67 "2024-08-15T21:29:47Z")
Say what you will about Musk, he really knows how to goose sales of a slow-moving product. > **[Tesla Halts Orders for Base Cybertruck, Shifts Focus to $100,000 Model -...](https://headlight.news/2024/08/12/tesla-halts-orders-for-base-cybertruck-shifts-focus-to-100000-model/)** > > Tesla stopped taking orders for its base Cybertruck, allowing buyers to only order a $100,000 model - days after Musk said it's too expensive ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/68 "2024-08-15T21:46:31Z")
I find your lack of faith disturbing. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/69 "2024-08-16T09:10:50Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > “Slaves working in the mines” is another great sci-fi complaint of mine. You won’t say that when you’re working on [Chiron Beta Prime](https://youtu.be/B3DyxaCYlfg?feature=shared) for our robot ~~overlords~~ protectors. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/70 "2024-08-16T12:53:29Z")
Okay, you, now back to the mine. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/71 "2024-08-16T16:56:48Z")
There is only [one prison planet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Planet_Named_Shayol) worth mentioning. All the others are cakewalks by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/72 "2024-08-16T19:26:38Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Alessan](#): > > > > We don’t actually see any mining on the show - it mainly deals with civilian spaceship crews, space dockworkers, and various technical and support personnel. > > They did have miners and mining equipment (used for purposes other than mining) as plot points, but you are correct that the actual mining itself is never portrayed. At one point we see them bring in a huge block of ice to a ship or station or something and there’s an accident where an extra loses his arm, IIRC? ---
**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:** [August 16, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/73 "2024-08-16T19:44:43Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > At one point we see them bring in a huge block of ice to a ship or station or something and there’s an accident where an extra loses his arm, IIRC? The main protagonists of the show start as the crew of an ice freighter called _Canterbury_, that’s how they know each other. I don’t think they were miners though, they were the equivalent of a modern day freighter ship hauling something from port to port. But if your point is that we see the economy in action at that point, I agree with you there. Sometimes it’s more in the foreground than other times. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/74 "2024-08-16T20:06:05Z")
Remember the Cant!!! voluntarily chomps on fingers ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/75 "2024-08-17T01:21:10Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > There is only [one prison planet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Planet_Named_Shayol) worth mentioning. All the others are cakewalks by comparison. I think [Salusa Secundus](https://neoencyclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Salusa_Secundus) deserves a shout out. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/76 "2024-08-17T06:46:19Z")
Things are going great with Elmo’s AI. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GVJhg1EaEAA5xwM?format=jpg&name=900x900) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GVJhg1EaEAA5xwM?format=jpg&name=900x900) ---
**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:** [August 17, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/77 "2024-08-17T12:49:27Z")
> **[Hughster (@hughsteruk) on Threads](https://www.threads.net/@hughsteruk/post/C-w8s8gso2C/)** > > Utterly damning: an unemployed UK-based far right extremist with 100k followers just jailed for helping incite the riots was receiving \*£1,400 a month\* for his X account, presumably through ad revenue sharing. Musk could have literally been paying a... If Musk was literally paying a salary to this guy for being a violent extremist and incitement influencer, does he have any liability? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/78 "2024-08-17T14:13:22Z")
I’m loving the increase on Community Notes I’m seeing to fight back against the right wing nonsense lately. > > **quoted version** > > > before feminism came around women were literally treated like princesses, doors held open, no financial worries, no exhausting jobs & seen as too delicate to do tough work. Now women are expected to be just as tough and do all the hard work that should be reserved for men smh. Note: > Readers added context they thought people might want to know > > This has never been the case > > - [time.com/6074783/psychi…](https://t.co/ZiDOIDL0tg) > - [forbes.com/advisor/bankin…](https://t.co/iLVXDJzFiK) > - [futureofworkhub.info/comment/2021/7…](https://t.co/tZrBKQaH30) > - [en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History\_o…](https://t.co/7fqSTEzKlZ) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/79 "2024-08-17T17:17:04Z")
I think **zoomertea** ’s position is that women were taken care of by men, and then feminism came along, at which point they had to take care of themselves. The hilarious part of their post is “_no exhausting jobs_” – because, being a mother to a bunch of children and trying to maintain a household is not at all like work, no, no, no (because, you know, they did not get paid wages for it). ---
**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:** [August 17, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/80 "2024-08-17T22:20:55Z")
I rate a ton of community notes every week, but it feels a lot like swimming a very heavy tide. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=5)