[ebbv]

Isn't this just a reflection of changes our culture generally?

When I was a kid "grown men" were only allowed to be really into sports or maybe cars. Now those barriers of what is "acceptable" for adults to be into (among other things) are broken down.

As far as someone dressing up as a super hero for a professional conference; I'm sure if you could dig through the reports of Comdex from the 80s you'll find lots of ridiculous stuff. Most of which would be totally unacceptable today.

Also I think the author maybe should have taken a little more care when referencing attractive females working the booth to contextualize it for people that won't give him the benefit of the doubt that he was pointing out it was absurd. Gender politics being a hot button issue right now.

[fred_is_fred]

None of this post is new or groundbreaking, it's been that way at every conference I've been to for 15 years. If anything we've moved to less booth babes, more kitchzy comic book characters - that's ok with me.