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7. Some tech cons fine those who use "booth babes"

Reply to Starry Messenger (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:25 PM

Mar 2012

One of my friends is a game developer, and was telling me that at least one con fines $3K per "booth babe" a company uses - and there's one company in particular that always flouts this rule. General consensus is their product is weak if they stoop to using women this way.

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This message was self-deleted by its author jberryhill Mar 2012 #1

uh, maybe they NEED some Idea Guys.... BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #2

That is not the only typo. The final word is "paste," when it should be "past." nt ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #3

yep! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #4

"Take a brake (sic) from hacking to unwind." yardwork Mar 2012 #5

Sometimes, the marketing/PR people for a company do shit like this, gkhouston Mar 2012 #6

Some tech cons fine those who use "booth babes" REP Mar 2012 #7