# 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:** 45
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/881 "2024-11-13T19:12:40Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Last night, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes did a prime-time story on the recent and growing success of Bluesky as an alternative to X. Slate has an article today on it. In a nutshell, where X is becoming less useful for news and sports reporting, and Threads is actively hostile to such, Bluesky is focusing on features that support it. > **[Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All](https://slate.com/technology/2024/11/bluesky-app-twitter-exodus-x-elon-musk.html)** > > The app has the edge where X once dominated: news and live events. ---
**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 13, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/882 "2024-11-13T19:14:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Just wait until you find out what users call posts there… I just did. Which is funny because I never heart “skeeting” as a term for ejaculation before. Kids these days! I swear. ---
**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 13, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/883 "2024-11-13T20:54:25Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Which is funny because I never heart “skeeting” as a term for ejaculation before. Now I understand Skeet Ulrich a bit better. ---
**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 13, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/884 "2024-11-13T20:59:15Z")
Really, guys? Dave Chapelle was joking about that word 20 years ago. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bKTqHsMqkb0/hqdefault.jpg "Dave Chappelle - Skeet") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKTqHsMqkb0) ---
**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 13, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/885 "2024-11-13T21:01:50Z")
So? He’s never talked to me. ---
**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 13, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/886 "2024-11-13T21:15:42Z")
That you know of. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/887 "2024-11-13T21:18:55Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > **[Times New Dumbass](https://timesnewdumbass.co/)** > > Elon does this stupid “X” jump all the time. So we took one of those pictures and warped it into every letter of the alphabet. Now it’s a free font. Is there an example of this? I don’t want to download the font just to see it. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/888 "2024-11-13T21:26:16Z")
This site has an example: > **["Times New Dumbass" is a font inspired by the owner of Xitter](https://boingboing.net/2024/11/13/times-new-dumbass-is-a-font-inspired-by-the-owner-of-xitter.html)** > > Times New Dumbass, a complete font series inspired by Elon Musk's most obnoxious onstage hype-man moves. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/889 "2024-11-13T21:44:55Z")
I don’t see any other example other than the one in the original. The name is not a graphic. That is what the font looks like: [![](https://timesnewdumbass.co/timesnewdumbass.png) ](https://timesnewdumbass.co/timesnewdumbass.png) ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/890 "2024-11-13T21:53:44Z")
Here I could say, “Well, I sure do hope you’re right and I’m wrong.” But while it’s not on topic for this thread, I see Trump has signaled he’ll appoint Matt Gaetz as AG. I wish I understood where you were getting your confidence from. ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/891 "2024-11-13T22:03:04Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > I wish I understood where you were getting your confidence from. It’s not a matter of confidence, it’s a matter of living in reality. It’s like you’re saying I’m confident that everyone isn’t actually a lizard person who can breathe lightning. You’re suggesting something both absurd and completely at odds with **all** existing evidence; the idea that Trump can literally do anything he wants regardless of what any law says. That idea makes Sovereign Citizens sound reasonable by comparison. I also don’t think you’re stupid enough to actually believe that bullshit and you’re just posting out of depressed rage and defeat. Which I get somewhat, but snap the fuck out of it already. Note that what you said is that Trump doesn’t need Congressional approval to do anything; he’s all-powerful. So by your reasoning, if he wants to appoint Gaetz and he can’t get the Senate to agree, he does it anyway and it just magically happens because Trump. ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/892 "2024-11-13T22:05:41Z")
To put it another way; it’s not illegal to blow up the Moon, but that doesn’t mean Trump can blow up the Moon. ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/893 "2024-11-13T22:06:08Z")
Well said. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/894 "2024-11-13T22:10:52Z")
There’s an excluded middle between “Trump can do anything he wants” and “Trump is subject to the rule of law.” I don’t think Trump can blow up the moon or suspend elections. I do think he can effectively bypass Senate confirmation simply by acting as if he already had such confirmation. What’s the price he’d pay for skipping that step—impeachment and removal from office? Ha ha ha ha ha. ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/895 "2024-11-13T22:13:31Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > What’s the price he’d pay for skipping that step—impeachment and removal from office? A person with a meaningless title who has no actual authority to do anything, when he wants someone useful who can implement things he wants. It’s the same thing he’d get for naming a cockatiel the vice vice president. ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/896 "2024-11-13T22:16:26Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I do think he can effectively bypass Senate confirmation simply by acting as if he already had such confirmation. What’s the price he’d pay for skipping that step—impeachment and removal from office? Ha ha ha ha ha. Trump: From now on Kid Rock is Secretary of Transportation whether the Senate confirms him or not Kid Rock: Hey, TSA, from now on it’s legal to bring firecrackers in your carryon TSA: No ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/897 "2024-11-13T22:18:40Z")
Ah, so it’s just a joke thing. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/898 "2024-11-13T22:19:38Z")
Who in the TSA is ignoring Kid Rock’s orders? They’re fired. Next person steps up and refuses to recognize Kid Rock’s authority? Fired. Fired, fired, fired, until only Trump toadies are left. I mean, yeah, I don’t think he blow up the moon, or, say, invade Canada. Could he round up immigrants, revoke their citizenship, and deport them? 100%. Who’s going to stop him? If anyone tries, they’re gonna be gone. Is it illegal to summarily fire government employees like that? Who cares. Who’s going to stop him? Impeachment? Yeah right. The courts? They’re either going to find some BS justification for his actions, or he’s just going to ignore the rulings. And anyone in his orbit who doesn’t pretend like the courts have no authority over him will be fired. ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/899 "2024-11-13T22:20:57Z")
What Trump can probably already pull off with a Republican majority in Congress and a SCOTUS that has already made shockingly bad decisions in his favor recently, that’s pretty fucking scary. We don’t need to just assume he can literally do anything and go hide in a cave in Bora Bora to wait out the end times. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/900 "2024-11-13T22:21:13Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Note that what you said is that Trump doesn’t need Congressional approval to do anything; he’s all-powerful. So by your reasoning, if he wants to appoint Gaetz and he can’t get the Senate to agree, he does it anyway and it just magically happens because Trump. When I say things like “Trump can do anything”, some of it is indeed hyperbole, but it’s also somewhat because the guardrails are often staffed by people who will let him do (almost) anything. He wants to appoint Gaetz? The Senate will agree. He wants to create a new cabinet position? The Senate will agree, or SCOTUS will, or whoever needs to agree for it to happen. Congress and SCOTUS do have limits. I think those limits are somewhere between **steronz** ’s fear (he can do anything) and your confidence that the rule of law is absolute. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=46)