# 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:** 93
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1862 "2025-03-09T20:57:44Z")
Meanwhile in New York… [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tuz5ko2nnflobv4ujkmprasg/bafkreifme4wyez3jjcpmmhhiavbkwjbnhzrl3mc6rgz2pboamunb32asd4@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tuz5ko2nnflobv4ujkmprasg/bafkreifme4wyez3jjcpmmhhiavbkwjbnhzrl3mc6rgz2pboamunb32asd4@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1863 "2025-03-09T21:33:59Z")
If that’s all unimpeachable then I don’t see the reason for the gotcha ya variant. If you’ve got a gun, don’t throw sticks. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1864 "2025-03-09T21:37:09Z")
We’re under attack. By Rump and Elmo Musk. > **[Plane crashes into residential area in Pennsylvania](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pennsylvania-plane-crash-lancaster-county-rcna195550)** > > Images of the crash circulated online, showing the tail of a plane in a parking lot while the rest of the aircraft was engulfed in flames. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1865 "2025-03-09T21:41:39Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > If that’s all unimpeachable then I don’t see the reason for the gotcha ya variant. > > If you’ve got a gun, don’t throw sticks. Twitter-X has a character limit and an attention span limit. Also it’s highly relevant that Musk doesn’t fact check his claims in even the most superficial way. Saying you’re being oppressed by a guy who died 6 years ago makes you look ridiculous, especially when further investigation shows you are ridiculous. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1866 "2025-03-09T22:05:26Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > If that’s all unimpeachable then I don’t see the reason for the gotcha ya variant. > > If you’ve got a gun, don’t throw sticks. Advocating Political Violence got me both a Warning ( which will be there for Three God Damn Years ) and a Permanent Ban from the ‘Stupid MAGA Mother Fuckers With Guns’ thread. What you just wrote seems a lot closer to ‘political violence’ than I ever came but I’m the only one who ever seems to catch ‘speeding tickets’. Just how many PBA Cards are you throwing out anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1867 "2025-03-09T22:12:32Z")
While I had some difficulty parsing @Sage_Rat’s post, I’m pretty sure he was speaking metaphorically and not advocating violence. A translation might be, “Don’t pick at nits when the opposition says something obviously stupid. Don’t get distracted: address the main point.” ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1868 "2025-03-09T23:10:59Z")
Elmo’s trans daughter confirms that her “father” specifically paid for her to be born male. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:46zuybqiavfcorkyejk2xoes/bafkreigkq2rda6gcijr3nyenvwxpgt26sy3igppkelwvvb2haekc3j7vqa@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:46zuybqiavfcorkyejk2xoes/bafkreigkq2rda6gcijr3nyenvwxpgt26sy3igppkelwvvb2haekc3j7vqa@jpeg) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1869 "2025-03-09T23:42:34Z")
I’m going to need some details here. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1870 "2025-03-09T23:46:05Z")
Elon doesn’t have sex (because of his weird tiny broken dick) and pays women to bear his children via IVF but only wants boys because of some combination of mysogyny, wanting to spread his seed across the world like some latter-day Genghis Khan, and possibly because he thinks he’ll be able to one day upload his brain into one of them a la The Thing on the Doorstep. Vivian was born male, became trans and changed her name, and this was apparently a major turning point in Elmo becoming a right wing chud. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1871 "2025-03-10T00:56:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Elon doesn’t have sex (because of his weird tiny broken dick) Wait, what now? ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1872 "2025-03-10T01:00:11Z")
Botched penis implant which rendered him impotent, according to Grimes via Azalea Banks. It’s salacious gossip at best, but if true it certainly explains a lot. Elmo has not responded to Snopes’ requests for a comment. > **[Breaking down rumors that Musk has a penis implant](https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/02/26/musk-penis-implant/)** > > The rumor spread as the tech magnate was continuing efforts to reshape the U.S. government. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1873 "2025-03-10T01:10:38Z")
Or as Leon would say, “Concerning if true!” ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1874 "2025-03-10T03:31:13Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > A translation might be, “Don’t pick at nits when the opposition says something obviously stupid. Don’t get distracted: address the main point.” Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1875 "2025-03-10T03:38:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Botched penis implant which rendered him impotent, according to Grimes via Azalea Banks. I do find it strange that, as a transhumanist, he’s concerned about transgender people. If you’d modify your body to be smarter or have a bionic penis, and you accept that the body is just hardware to change and adjust as desired, then why shouldn’t an adjustment of gender, race, species, etc. be reasonable as well? ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1876 "2025-03-10T08:48:14Z")
Not if, like Musk, you consider being male to be the optimal state of being. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1877 "2025-03-10T08:54:11Z")
Behold, the Master Race. [![](https://www.behindwoods.com/uploads/62d7d7a8f0dbb.jpg) ](https://www.behindwoods.com/uploads/62d7d7a8f0dbb.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1878 "2025-03-10T09:48:23Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Trump wants a cease fire between Bannon and Musk. Bannon isn’t playing along: Three odious individuals who have no place in public, let alone public service. You may have written (admittedly, truthfully) the most horrifying post in history. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1879 "2025-03-10T10:15:03Z")
Maye Musk has weighed in again in defense of her precious snowflake. I won’t link to X, but the text is: > [@](#): > > People who are damaging Tesla cars, stores and charging stations, are either paid for their criminal acts, or believe the liberal media lies and should be tagged with @IfindRetards I’m beyond furious!!! 1. Apologies for the inclusion of the R-word there. 2. Lady, nobody has to pay people to do that. 3. His mother being like this explains a lot about why Elon is the way he is. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1880 "2025-03-10T10:32:03Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > His mother being like this explains a lot about why Elon is the way he is. I mean, Maye Musk’s father was a member of the Canadian Nazi party and moved to South Africa to support the apartheid regime (according to Errol Musk) so it’s absolutely not surprising where she gets her views from. There’s an excellent New Yorker piece on just how odious Maye’s father was: > **[The World According to Elon Musk’s Grandfather](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-world-according-to-elon-musks-grandfather)** > > What happened to antisemitic rants before social media. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1881 "2025-03-10T16:44:16Z")
> **[Four Cybertrucks catch fire at Seattle Tesla storage lot in SODO](https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/4-cybertrucks-catch-fire-in-downtown-seattle/281-4d0d6726-b545-40c4-92c0-f672e3820749)** > > The lot is a temporary storage space for Tesla cars until they are delivered or picked up by customers. Seattle FD is still investigating the cause of the fire. [![](https://i.imgflip.com/9mvtpw.jpg) ](https://i.imgflip.com/9mvtpw.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=94)