# 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:** 82
**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:** [February 11, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1642 "2025-02-11T23:39:22Z")
Seems maybe Putin isn’t the only scoundrel with extensive kompromat (or loans) that the regime leader doesn’t want exposed. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1643 "2025-02-11T23:40:55Z")
For Og’s sake, I thought we hit Dunning-Kruger Overdrive before. We’ve hit Dunning-Kruger Hyperdrive. There was so much smug denseness in that room, it’s a wonder it didn’t collapse into a singularity. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1644 "2025-02-11T23:46:51Z")
He’s hitten Trump status with me now, in that the only media I’ll pay attention to him is through this messageboard. Volume button will always certainly get turned down, or channel flipped; whatever’s required. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1645 "2025-02-12T00:05:13Z")
I’m sitting in a restaurant and just saw some snips (silent, thankfully) from that press conference. Trump made no effort to control his emotions or his posture or his behavior. He was evidently bored, angry, and surprised. And restless, very restless. Most people his age are not restless; rather the opposite. Suggests drugs to 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:** [February 12, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1646 "2025-02-12T02:35:10Z")
Well, they did say the White House during the first term was awash in illicit drug use, aided by their pet Navy doctor. And it’s pretty much in the open that Musk is a junkie. ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1647 "2025-02-12T03:01:57Z")
Sundowning? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1648 "2025-02-12T03:30:33Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > For Og’s sake, I thought we hit Dunning-Kruger Overdrive before. > > We’ve hit Dunning-Kruger Hyperdrive. There was so much smug denseness in that room, it’s a wonder it didn’t collapse into a singularity. ‘Yes, the Dunning-Kruger Overdrive is only to get me to Mars. The Dunning-Kruger Hyperdrive will allow me to return to my home planet.’ ~ Elon Elon makes sense if you realize that _The Man Who Fell to Earth_ is a documentary about Elon’s life on Earth. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1649 "2025-02-14T17:19:53Z")
Speaking of Dunning-Kruger > > > Donald Trump Jr. @DonaldJTrumpJr ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1650 "2025-02-14T20:53:06Z")
Sounds like Elon needs to do a “code review” on his collection of former interns to assess their skills at COBOL and database management. Bring all of your dot-matrix printouts and punchcard decks! Stranger ---
**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:** [February 14, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1651 "2025-02-14T20:53:45Z")
Guess who just got assigned the court case over the constitutionality of Elmo’s gig? > **['Rogue judges must go!' MAGA panics after Musk DOGE lawsuit handed to Judge...](https://www.rawstory.com/chutkan-musk-lawsuit/)** > > An electronic filing showing that U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan will preside over a challenge to the legality of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) interfering with government... ---
**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:** [February 14, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1652 "2025-02-14T22:46:42Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > [x.com](https://x.com/toshiHQ/status/1889928670887739902) It also appears that they have no idea how to make a site secure: > **[Anyone Can Hack Elon Musk’s DOGE Website, Coders Say](https://www.yahoo.com/news/anyone-hack-elon-musk-doge-183002641.html)** > > A prank message is still up on the site. It certainly puts all our minds to rest on the wisdom of letting these individuals root around in our data… ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1653 "2025-02-14T23:00:06Z")
The entire thing is just links to xitter. Is xitter an official website of the US Government now? ---
**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:** [February 14, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1654 "2025-02-14T23:18:05Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Is xitter an official website of the US Government now? And soon to be the only _bank_ in the USA, too, if some reports are accurate. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1655 "2025-02-15T01:24:53Z")
Apparently the world’s richest incel just goes around offering his sperm to casual acquaintances now. > **[Elon Musk once offered RFK Jr’s running mate Nicole Shanahan his sperm....](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/musk-rfk-shanahan-sperm-offer-b2637792.html)** > > Trump backing Tesla billionaire has long been fixated on population trends and has at least 11 children by three women ---
**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:** [February 15, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1656 "2025-02-15T01:56:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Apparently the world’s richest incel just goes around offering his sperm to casual acquaintances now. I knew a lady who made her own jams and would give them to people as gifts. This is _kind of_ like that I guess. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1657 "2025-02-15T05:54:04Z")
I heard that people were concerned about being trapped inside their Tesla vehicles, but a fresh new solution is now available: if the situation get really bad, the car will simply explode, providing you with a convenient means of exit. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1658 "2025-02-15T20:54:34Z")
> **[wint (@dril.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/dril.bsky.social/post/3lia54f7fg22x)** > > i need a 52 year old man with $800 billion to impregnate my wife . i am worried our offspring wont be sufficiently feeble and/or annoying ---
**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:** [February 15, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1659 "2025-02-15T22:28:50Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I heard that people were concerned about being trapped inside their Tesla vehicles, but a fresh new solution is now available: if the situation get really bad, the car will simply explode, providing you with a convenient means of exit. Bluesky users organized a bunch of protests at Tesla dealerships, and they took place today: > [@](#): > > … But hundreds of others now plan to protest at Tesla dealerships across the country on February 15 – a movement that quickly spun up this past week by disinformation researcher Joan Donovan and accelerated by documentary filmmaker and Bill & Ted franchise star Alex Winter on Bluesky. > > “As citizens, we have different points of leverage,” Donovan said in an interview with TechCrunch. “One is talking to our representatives, but another is publicly calling attention to the ransacking of the federal government’s data, and particularly the way in which Musk is operating with no transparency, and, it seems, also impunity.” > > What started on Bluesky has spread to planned protests outside Tesla showrooms across the country in cities like Austin, Portland, Seattle, Kansas City, and Mesa, Arizona. … > **[How this weekend’s 'Tesla Takeover' protests against Elon Musk came together...](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/weekend-tesla-takeover-protests-against-213409637.html)** > > As Elon Musk and his acolytes rip through the federal government looking for agencies to throw into the “wood chipper,” a grassroots effort to hit the There are lot of photos and videos of the actual protests on the Bluesky site. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1660 "2025-02-16T05:49:38Z")
(Not) big if true [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hfrtjnhcfzvyrht2atilf3yw/bafkreidqnixogtnvmk22sjtjkngco5ew4gfvmoq3rrc6ooidwro7lnwwqy@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hfrtjnhcfzvyrht2atilf3yw/bafkreidqnixogtnvmk22sjtjkngco5ew4gfvmoq3rrc6ooidwro7lnwwqy@jpeg) ---
**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:** [February 16, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1661 "2025-02-16T06:05:25Z")
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