# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 2)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
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**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")\
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**Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2243 "2025-04-20T18:09:07Z")

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If anyone missed the excellent _Forbes_ article **[from this earlier post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2177)** about the epic failure of the Cybertruck, do please read it. It’s fun and great Schadenfraude!

I also made a post in a Tesla thread in IMHO that was a bit of a hijack and would have been better here … the two points being: (a) maybe the Cybertruck wouldn’t have been such an abysmal failure if Elmo actually **had** done market research instead of crowing about how he’s so brilliant he never has to do any, and (b) in claiming “I do zero market research whatsoever” Elmo shows us that he, like, don’t even talk English so good.

Is it possible that this flaming Nazi dumbass isn’t as smart as he thinks he is?

> [@Teslas really are not great cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teslas-really-are-not-great-cars/1016339/308):
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> Going slightly OT for a moment, I was amused by Musk’s proud proclamation cited in the article, “I do zero market research whatsoever”. Yeah, well, guess what, Mr. Nazi? Maybe that’s one reason of many that the Cybertruck is an abysmal failure. Simply put, no one wants one. Maybe you should have done more than “zero” market research instead of relying on your own self-perceived brilliance. A lot more! Also, Elmo, you’re a linguistic dumbass. The quoted phrase is as grammatically ugly as y…

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