# 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:** 49
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/961 "2024-11-24T05:02:37Z")
I’m not hearing any denials. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/962 "2024-11-24T12:23:42Z")
Mr. “Free Speech Absolutist” should take some of his billions and buy himself a thicker skin. Snowflake. He can still be called Snowflake. It’s not on his weirdly specific list. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/963 "2024-11-24T14:31:02Z")
He can’t jump . . . _well._ The guy can’t jump _well._ That’s okay, right? ---
**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 24, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/964 "2024-11-24T15:20:42Z")
Unfortunately, I really doubt this is real. ---
**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 24, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/965 "2024-11-24T15:23:59Z")
It’s not. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/966 "2024-11-24T16:59:28Z")
I have several followers with a blue check named Elon Musk. You can’t trust a damn thing on that site anymore. ---
**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 24, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/967 "2024-11-24T17:09:46Z")
It’s basically Poe’s Law. With his clearly declining grasp on reality, it’s easy to mix up the bots, the photoshop jobs, or the real thing. ---
**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 24, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/968 "2024-11-24T17:47:54Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Unfortunately, I really doubt this is real. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > It’s not. I didn’t bother to check, it was too good, and probably came from someone reading Eloon’s mind. I don’t do twittering anyway. ---
**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 25, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/969 "2024-11-25T01:13:50Z")
If the Dunning-Kruger Effect were a person, that person would be Elon Musk. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:re24z43mpixzjrgazz45yjuk/bafkreifxieri73kyhgiunsxbsk7rgrhhyo4vevfx46feflh7vft4kum4ju@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:re24z43mpixzjrgazz45yjuk/bafkreifxieri73kyhgiunsxbsk7rgrhhyo4vevfx46feflh7vft4kum4ju@jpeg) ---
**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 25, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/970 "2024-11-25T01:20:26Z")
He… does know that the USAF operates a whole mess of RPAs… right? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/971 "2024-11-25T09:27:43Z")
I wish he knew war is not a god damed game. ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/972 "2024-11-25T10:25:05Z")
You just know Musk thinks that he’s had an amazing insight that nobody has ever had before. That no one has ever said that manned aircraft are no longer effective. Either that or he’s about to become CEO of yet another company, XDrone, making military drones, and he needs the fanboys onside to cheer him on. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/973 "2024-11-25T12:38:04Z")
> [@yendis](#): > > thinks that he’s had an amazing insight that nobody has ever had before Sounds familiar. And Co-President #1 does not like anyone upstaging him. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/974 "2024-11-25T15:28:02Z")
[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GdNQdcHWYAEHIFz?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GdNQdcHWYAEHIFz?format=jpg&name=medium) So great to know the only thing we’ve been missing the entire time is how to adjust the gain knob on those damn cameras. Nobody figured this out in the entire military industrial complex until Elon applied his brilliant mind to the problem. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/975 "2024-11-25T15:40:12Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And Co-President #1 does not like anyone upstaging him. He has never had anyone like Elon upstage him so this is a different situation. Elon has all the money. And Trump wants as much as he can get. I think Elon will gladly pay to keep the power he’s basking in now. I can’t see Trump turning that down. Remember that Trump trashed the military to impress Miriam Adelson so that she would give him $100 million. He’s absolutely for sale and Elon is crazy enough to buy him. ---
**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 25, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/976 "2024-11-25T15:51:58Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > He’s absolutely for sale and Elon is crazy enough to buy him. He’ll pay X for trump, and suddenly find trump is worth less than 1/2 X. Masterful strategy, sir! Though the idea of trump with a blue check permanently on his forehead is appealing. ---
**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 25, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/977 "2024-11-25T15:56:34Z")
Of course like any other petty extortioner, the price trump wants for an indulgence to musk will go up each time. Even musk will eventually find a price he’s unwilling to pay. I predict “eventually” will come about sooner than musk expects. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/978 "2024-11-25T16:07:21Z")
If they get the fascist government they want, Musk will discover that Trump can just take all of Musk’s money and have him killed. The wealthy who back fascism never seem to realize that they are backing the destruction of the social order that _gives_ them their power in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/979 "2024-11-25T16:25:21Z")
Killed? Nah, Trump will just strip him of citizenship and deport him. ---
**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 25, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/980 "2024-11-25T16:27:20Z")
Maybe that’s what all the jumping is about. He’s practicing flying for when Trump has him pushed out a window. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=50)