# 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:** 60
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1187 "2025-01-06T08:37:07Z")
As I said in several previous posts, [Chesterton’s Fence](https://sproutsschools.com/chesterton-fence-dont-destroy-what-you-dont-understand/) is going to get a lot of play in the next few years. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1188 "2025-01-06T21:04:42Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > [Elon Musk killed PBM reform without knowing what a PBM is – Kevin Drum](https://jabberwocking.com/elon-musk-killed-pbm-reform-without-knowing-what-a-pbm-is/) Hey, it’s tough running THREE countries (USA, UK _and_ Germany) at once! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1189 "2025-01-06T23:02:39Z")
Kind of sad that in this timeline even our Bond villain is a cross with Beevis. > **[Elon Musk Cusses Out Student Who Called Him a Fake News Machine](https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-cusses-student-called-171002695.html)** > > The tech billionaire once again rolled out his new favorite word, in an unnecessary slur-laden response to a fair criticism. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1190 "2025-01-06T23:11:09Z")
Cornholio Vanderbilt ---
**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:** [January 6, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1191 "2025-01-06T23:19:53Z")
Whether that’s your work or someone else’s, that is genius; pure genius. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1192 "2025-01-07T00:29:22Z")
Blecchs Luthor…? ---
**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:** [January 7, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1193 "2025-01-07T01:33:12Z")
Thank you, and it is the product of my fucked up mind. I looked up the term on Google to make sure I wasn’t subconsciously stealing it from someone else but came up empty, so I only have myself to blame. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1194 "2025-01-07T01:47:00Z")
Now hear this, now hear this … In honor of the esteemed @Atamasama and his incomparable spontaneous creativity I hereby suggest that all future references to musk not use the term “Elmo”, but rather “Cornholio Vanderbilt.” That is all. [click]. 😉 ---
**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:** [January 7, 2025, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1195 "2025-01-07T07:47:59Z")
Yep. That’s a keeper. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1196 "2025-01-07T15:17:05Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Cornholio Vanderbilt (to student): Are you threatening me? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1198 "2025-01-08T13:07:41Z")
Hey, douchebag, that’s the purpose of the thread. How about getting over your fanboy obsession for maybe the 5 seconds it takes to learn how to accept completely meaningless (almost literally the sobriquet has no real meaning) mockery as the innocuous non-entity that it is? If somebody that rich or his horde of delusional zealots are so absolutely thin-skinned and oblivious that something as innocuous as “Cornholio Vanderbilt” sets them off rather than the serious psychological imbalance implied by caring what a bunch of internet rando’s think, they should search for a mirror to discover the actual problem. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1199 "2025-01-08T13:21:44Z")
> [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1012928/17): > > I dunno, seems wrong to be insulting the most economically successful African-American with corn based humour. Oh, wait, you aren’t suggesting that Cornelius Vanderbilt wasn’t white. Hey fuckwit? Elon is not, by any use, an African American. He’s a South African-American. Because words have fucking usages. ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1200 "2025-01-08T13:34:46Z")
Is post this parody role play? Its a joke…right? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1201 "2025-01-08T13:36:17Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I hereby suggest that all future references to musk not use the term “Elmo”, but rather “Cornholio Vanderbilt.” No - Elmo has a clear connection to Elon (who is a muppet (per my understanding of British slang)), and Cornholio Vanderbilt could be any of the large number of asshole billionaires. Now, using it as a generic for asshole billionaire I can get behind. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1202 "2025-01-08T14:27:40Z")
> [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1012928/17): > > I dunno, seems wrong to be insulting the most economically successful African-American with corn based humour. I’m not afraid of Elmo Husk. And if you are seriously calling Cornholio Bunghusk “African American”, then I guess Steve Nash (born in South Africa) is, too. He did play professional basketball, so it must be a true descriptor? [![](https://www.basketballnetwork.net/.image/c_fit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1290/MjAwMTQwNDIyMTU5Mjc5MjEy/steve-nash.jpg) ](https://www.basketballnetwork.net/.image/c_fit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1290/MjAwMTQwNDIyMTU5Mjc5MjEy/steve-nash.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1203 "2025-01-08T14:45:36Z")
> [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1012928/17): > > insulting the most economically successful African-American This is on par with saying Arabs can’t be anti-Semitic or something being ‘decimated’ is reduced by 10%. Historic usage of words does not trump current meanings/understandings, ignoring Humpty Dumpty (in my memory, the word usage quote is from one of the Queens, so I’m glad I couldn’t remember which one and looked it up). ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1204 "2025-01-08T15:09:20Z")
Wow, Adrian Dittmann has joined the Dope! ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1205 "2025-01-08T15:18:33Z")
Yeah, I was thinking perhaps that. But not nearly enough insults towards posters or hagiography of Musk. Sadly there is no shortage of rather dim-witted Elon stans all over the internet. I’m more surprised we’ve run into so few of them so far. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1206 "2025-01-08T15:29:01Z")
“African Canadian”? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1207 "2025-01-08T16:33:23Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Sadly there is no shortage of rather dim-witted Elon stans all over the internet. I’m more surprised we’ve run into so few of them so far. [![](https://i0.wp.com/theunderfold.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-05-02-Magic-Trick-Elon-Musk.png?resize=1536%2C1536&ssl=1) ](https://i0.wp.com/theunderfold.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-05-02-Magic-Trick-Elon-Musk.png?resize=1536%2C1536&ssl=1) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=61)