Now lets see the same hack but for the port above.
Port above is COM. It experienced even more abuse than VGA.
I think they meant because it is male
Indeed. Twisting those pins to a male port, with good pin contact and not touching adjacent pins, would be a feat I’d like to see. OP’s picture is just par for the course.

Find someone in telco, wouldn’t be fun but should be possible

You just solder the wire inside a hypodermic needle