I think "Dawn" the fairy is obviously checking out the ATI booth.

chico has deep wisdom, and explains it better than I can. It's a hard thing to explain, for it's not a binary thing; it's more abstract that that, and each has it's own shortcomings as it were. It doesn't really have anything to do with level of Machismo or intelligence, but most in how a male approaches problems and how they interact with others that plays the biggest part in the Guy-Man-Boy thing. I'll try to use my earlyer example; owning an old car, to explain:

A man drives an muscle car because it's cool; a boy drives a muscle car because he thinks it's a cool thing to do; a guy drives an muscle car trying to look cool. A man takes responcibility for this car and fixes the car himself if he can, or pays another man to fix it if he can't. A Boy fixes the car, or pays someone else to do it, but doesn't know why or really care how it works. A Guy fixes the car, or pays someone else to fix the car, and then brags about it to other people. A Man loves the car because it's cool and something he put real work into, the Boy loves the Car because it makes him look cool, and the Guy talks about the car to random strangers to show how cool he is.

I'll butt in with a couple of nougats, jl:
The sex-o-centric -
Boys think about it. Guys talk about it. Men do it.
The sage responsible -
Guys become Men when they raise Boys.
And the biting female perspective -
Guys are Men who act like Boys.

toast, I'm curious, how would you describe the difference between Guys, Boys, and Men?

But can the booth bunnies balance small pancakes on their heads?

proximity is totally a 'guy' thing. I've got an old muscle car; every time I lift the hood at the gas station I get at least one 'guy' wandering over telling me about his friend's car, or this car he saw once, or about my car (like I don't know what it is) and getting everything wrong. Some guys are just like that; proximity = meaning = coolness. Not to be mean, but I think it has more to do with them feeling like they are missing out on something, but they aren't willing/able/aware of how to get it, so they subsitute something else that's *looks* kinda like the real thing. Like thinking that an SUV is 'outdoorsy', or that standing next to a model somehow rubs off onto you making you look cooler. I say 'guys' just cause, to me, there are Guys, Boys, and Men. One ain't better than the other; but it seems most males I know fall into one of those three camps, with most of them being 'Guys'.

The gang signs are a bit much. It reminds me of 'Michael Bolton' from the movie Office Space... Heck, someone should do a 'fat chicks in party hats' style website about fat white nerds flashing gang signs...

Fat white nerds making gang signs are endlessly amusing.

ARMITAGE!

ha.. I remember going to E3 in 2000, there was a big flap over an 18-only booth with strippers. Booth Babes hit it big that year. But most of the young boys would flee in panic when approached by a Babe. Some things are better left a fantasy, I suppose.

Edited by author 05-23-2003 02:52 PM
Re: iCandy (/m3) - That reminds me of this oldie but goodie, the original Bondi Blue Babe:
http://toyboxarts.com/gallery/numbers/pages/tb20e.html

hanasu (/m4), yeah some guys like that. I remember one
aquaintance of mine showing off his picture with some double-D
Hooter's waitress and commenting that "She put my hand on her
breast for the photo!"

Face it: sex sells, and for some people sex is important
enough to them that mere proximity to it is exciting.

TO WIT!

Quick - someone submit that pic to Fark for a photoshop contest.

I can see the bling lenseflare coming off the chunky dude's eyeglasses already.

Surprisingly, at this past E3 the number of booth babes was down. I'd say by half, even. Of course when they did appear in the corridor between the West and South halls, traffic came to a stop as the wolves dropped their backpacks to dig out their digital cameras and cluster around to pose with a girl. What's up with that? Like some guy is going to show it to his friends and say "whoa, dude, i stood next to a hot chick in a bikini and boots'.

iCandy.

I've seen similar "booth dressing" at the theme park industry tradeshow, IAAPA. I suppose many conventions have an analog, though perhaps not the Southern Baptists. . .

Out of all of the pictures there is only one girl actually playing a game. I know who I would take home given a choice.