Comments on: Yahoo hires strippers for hackers

By: walt

walt — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:42:09 +0000

so what prompted yahoo’s apology? did a bunch of grandmas show up at the event, get upset, and write a bunch of letters or something? why can’t people let each other have fun. big ups yahoo for throwing a good party.

By: vash

vash — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:23:05 +0000

@sharky YES!!!

lol dont forget this is america were every one is labled some crap and anything you do can offend someone…

THIS IS NOT A HACK!

besides they were shemales anyways lmao

By: Sharky

Sharky — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:53:19 +0000

“Lets give the nerd something can’t have in real live, a girl.”

What do they think today’s nerds/geeks look like? This http://tinyurl.com/yhrab6g ???!!!

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:42:21 +0000

I really don’t think this is that bad. I remember heaps of conferences and trade shows with booth babes, heck last years Sydney VMware conference had a guy dressed as a fireman (and a girl), both were scantly clad and the fireman was damn hot bare chest an nice little tight black shorts.
I could see this disturbed the guys a little but please, they were mobbing the girl.
I think that was from f3 networks, if they do it this year I am going to cite yahoo’s precendence on that guy :)

By: Lethal

Lethal — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:55:23 +0000

They are lap dancers NOT strippers. boingboing atleast posted it right.

By: Choscura

Choscura — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:36:06 +0000

Who cares? It’s a pretty stupid marketing ploy, it’s not acceptable in most Asian cultures, and to be honest, I’ve always found Chinese women ugly.

So: good job. Ugly women dancing in association with a media company that tries to convince people it’s a technology company. Exactly what I come to hackaday for.

By: turbine

turbine — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:22:49 +0000

@Phillipe:

“Heterocentrist society?” You’re kidding, right?

I’ve got news for you… this is a “heterocentrist” PLANET. Most animals, at least those above single-celled pond-creatures reproduce *sexually.*

Sexual reproduction is how YOU came into being.

Here’s another bit of news for you. Most people, including myself, really DON’T CARE what your orientation is, and don’t want to hear about it. This is a free society, and we believe in tolerance.

On the other hand, tolerance for an orientation is not the same thing as tolerance for advocacy. So, while I don’t expect that a guy who is born with one leg shorter than the other should be beat up or discriminated against, I also don’t expect that this person would try to convince the world that having a short leg is an “alternate lifestyle.” Nor would I expect that guy to whine that society is so “even-legged-centric.”

I am disinclined to “assume” you are gay, primarily because I simply don’t care. Your militancy makes me more inclined to assume you are the a**hole.

By: tj

tj — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:21:04 +0000

It’s no more demeaning than muscle building ads in computer magazines.

By: pookey

pookey — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:05:28 +0000

Yeah. As is, this is not a hack.

But let’s take your thought one step further: If someone could program an arduino to flash LEDs on the ends of the dancers’…er…”tassles,” you could generate a digital display over each hooter, just like a pair of propeller clocks!

Now, code in a little bit of company advertisement or some corporate logos and bingo! It’s all legit!

With enough tiny LEDs, you might even get the resolution up enough that you could regenerate PowerPoint presentations. I guarantee your audience wouldn’t fall asleep, no matter how boring the speaker…as long as the audience was predominantly male.

Awesome!

@sparx said:
>IF the strippers had been wearing some >programmable LEDs then yeah, I’d consider this ?much more hack-a-day worthy ;)

By: Philippe

Philippe — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:43:47 +0000

Wow!

Has any of you though about the anguish of a gay hacker forced to laugh with the audience and pretend he is into girls?
Another example of the heterocentrist society we live in. It’s straight pride 364 days a year, and this in another sorry example. Yuck!

Oh, I forgot, gay guys are not real guys… of course, there can’t be a gay hacker.

Don’t assume I’m straight, I won’t assume you’re an a**hole…

By: Kyoorius

Kyoorius — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:34:38 +0000

Those ARE the dissident bloggers on stage being publicly tortured and ridiculed by female interrogators. When reminds me.. I better get around to starting that blog..

By: anon

anon — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:27:18 +0000

Am I the only one who thinks it’s incredibly ironic that BoingBoing is up in arms about it, when they run ads for porn websites, and their articles and homepage are frequently NSFW?

By: foober

foober — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:21:55 +0000

Man! The most *I* ever got at a conference was a t-shirt. I’ve been going to the _wrong_ conferences!

Where do I sign up?

By: tech123

tech123 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:42:13 +0000

they better have strippers next year……….

By: Frogz

Frogz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:16:09 +0000

holy….crap…..no “not a hack” posts… and I agree, no vid after break??? if yahoo is doing this….think of the crazy stuff google must do to 1 up them