By Joanna Robinson | Lists | October 24, 2013
ValleyWag is reporting that some grown-ass men (and possibly women, but I doubt it), in their infinite wisdom, are throwing a “Hookers and Hackers” party in Silicon Valley this Friday. The delightfully themed party is being thrown by a tech collective called “Hacker Hideout” and if you thought it might be a fun, subversive sort of “let’s drink and flip gender norms” party I’m sorry to tell you that the promise of “Girls” on the same list as “Shot Bar” and “Food Truck” tells a different story. Listen it’s one (disgusting) thing for frat boys to emerge from their Axe Body Spray Fog Fugue every so often to throw a “Golf Pros and Tennis Hos” party. It’s disgusting, but they’re children. Children do disgusting things. But adults? “Professionals?” Repulsive. Here are the ten costumes I’d like to see at the party. You have the power, Silicon Valley. Make it so.
Acid Burn — Hackers
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Gigolo Joe — A.I. Artificial Intelligence
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Barbara Gordon aka Oracle — Various DC Comics
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Deuce Bigalow — Of Male Gigolo Fame
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Lex — Jurassic Park
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Julian — American Gigolo
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Lisbeth Salander — The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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Dermot Mulroney — The Wedding Date
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Mac — Veronica Mars
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Ratso or Joe Buck — Midnight Cowboy
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*Isn’t it interesting how fond our culture is of the word “gigolo?” Gents are so lucky to have a kinder, gentler word for “prostitute.”