# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/781 "2024-10-31T22:44:45Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > To be fair, the “fly in people to go door to door and gouge them of every cent they make” scam is not new, nor limited to politics, nor exploiting only black people. They even had a ripped from the headlines L&O episode about it in the 00’s. > > But Eloon is still scum. And not even _original, innovative_ scum… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/782 "2024-11-01T17:48:41Z")
Hope this is true and Kamala wins. It would be nice to deport his mangy ass once and for all. > **[Elon Musk’s U.S. citizenship in jeopardy as billionaire's past faces...](https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2669551429/)** > > Tech billionaire and Donald Trump ally Elon Musk faces the possibility that his United States citizenship could be revoked if authorities discover he lied on immigration forms, according to a new report that said the world’s richest man might have... ---
**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 2, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/783 "2024-11-02T00:35:47Z")
Elmo’s canvassers are suing him. > **[Elon Musk-backed super PAC hit with class action lawsuit from its canvassers:...](https://www.rawstory.com/america-pac-lawsuit/)** > > A group of canvassers working on behalf of America PAC, the pro-Trump political organization funded by tech billionaire Elon Musk, has filed a class-action suit against their employer, WIRED reported Friday.America PAC, which along with its... ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/784 "2024-11-02T00:40:07Z")
Huh. Those last two two posts were pretty cool. ---
**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 2, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/785 "2024-11-02T03:38:05Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > . It would be nice to deport his mangy ass once and for all. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Please, no. South Africa does not want him back. You guys can keep him. ---
**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 2, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/786 "2024-11-02T03:49:28Z")
I mean, you boot the guy out and he pulls Skylink from half a dozen applications and starts helping the Russians. Potentially. ---
**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 2, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/787 "2024-11-02T04:07:01Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > and he pulls Skylink from half a dozen applications and starts helping the Russians. He’s already helping the Russians take control of our government. How would we know the difference? ---
**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 2, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/788 "2024-11-02T04:27:16Z")
I was thinking more in Ukraine. ---
**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 2, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/789 "2024-11-02T05:23:47Z")
You didn’t see the pictures of the Russian general with his Cybertruck (the ones that theoretically can’t be used by anybody they haven’t been legally sold to, despite embargos). He’s literally helping Russia and playing “wait, how did that happen?” when called out on it. As for Starlink, that would probably be a hit, but after the last time he pulled it (remember that?), I would hope they have developed backup plans in case he did it again. If not, that’s on them - fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, and all that. That’s on top of the geographic limits he already places on its use. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/790 "2024-11-02T05:51:59Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > South Africa does not want him back. You guys can keep him. Hows about we put him on a ship, perpetually at sea, never touches land again? Maybe in a container, ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/791 "2024-11-02T06:16:31Z")
Starlink? Once Musk is deported, we’ll call on Space Force. Get on the wire. Tell ‘em how to bring those sons of bitches down. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/792 "2024-11-02T08:56:57Z")
Can’t Starlink be nationalized as a strategic communications network? ---
**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 2, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/793 "2024-11-02T09:30:26Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Cant Starlink be nationalized as a strategic communications network? Under law? Probably. In practice? This country has got an entire system set up to ensure that the extremely wealthy will never ever have to face the consequences of their actions. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/794 "2024-11-02T09:41:52Z")
> > > DogeDesigner @cb\_doge Is this a promise? Please say it’s a promise. ---
**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 2, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/795 "2024-11-02T09:52:47Z")
![](https://media.tenor.com/Km4JXgNepwgAAAAe/john-mulaney-and-i-said-promise.png) ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/796 "2024-11-02T10:19:10Z")
Musk has almost certainly lost his South African citizenship, you have too have take active steps to retain it when getting another. So hed be deported to Canada at best. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/797 "2024-11-02T10:48:46Z")
So you’re saying he is an undocumented foreigner, working under a visa acquired under false pretenses? I wonder if Trump has a plan for people like that. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/798 "2024-11-02T12:33:05Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > So you’re saying he is an undocumented foreigner, working under a visa acquired under false pretenses? And I think I saw him eating a cat. ---
**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 2, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/799 "2024-11-02T13:12:14Z")
If I see a Twitter ad twice (or it is especially annoying), I’ll click the “not interested in this ad” button, and I generally never see it again. I have rejected the Trump “message from Mar-A-Largo” ad approximately 100 times, but it won’t die. But I’m certain there are perfectly explainable algorithm explanations for that. ---
**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 2, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/800 "2024-11-02T14:12:09Z")
I am now seeing a swarm of right-wing ads attaching themselves to popular tweets. I don’t know if that’s Elmo enabling it more than it was, or just a massive ad spend (or both, I guess). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=41)