There is no sort of liking kitty pics. Just do or do not like kitty pics.
Sam, the way you’ve handled this pitting shows yer a true gent, and having spent a couple of holidays in Thailand, your threads always interest me: keep 'em up, and hang the naysayers. Your user name, by the way, is probably the cleverest on the board.
Just to screw around with the tone of the thread, here (video link) is my kitten .
MPSIMS is well-moderated, though. 
You now have my full approval to post more 
Sorry, man…I was making more of a general observation and not directing it particularly at you (and I should have said so), although pitting a relatively benign poster like SiamSam is sort of indicative of what I’m talking about. But I don’t have a problem with what you did as much as I see it as possibly keeping folks from posting stuff that might be interesting to some of us.
The board’s hemorrhaging members and it’s getting kind of dry, IMHO, and I hate to see people discouraged from posting unless it’s really bad, hateful personal stuff or something.
But I also made the observation that TPTB are culpable in this due to their absentee landlord’s indifference. Prior to Creative Loaf-pinching taking over, it was because the Reader was/is a penny ante outfit that was/is essentially squatting on the board just because somebody from their paper invented the nom de plume that started things umptybajillion years ago. Only a few volunteers really care.
Personally, I just don’t see the damage in hardly anybody’s posts, really, even trolls. I just chuckle at that sort of thing. I think scrambledeggs’ myriad inane posts were mildly entertaining. I’m not interested in maintaining an online community like some freaking homeowner’s association; I just think of it as an ongoing conversation that goes all over the place, and I don’t want to inhibit that.
But again, I’m sorry; I didn’t mean it to single you out at all; it just seems this was the moment that I somehow chose to speak up about something I’m concerned about.
Honestly, I’ve never noticed SiamSam’s OPs (sorry, Sam), but from what you describe they sound similar to Tuckerfan’s, and I used to hate it when people gave him shit about those threads. I loved them.
And I’m sure it’s been pointed out, but an overabundance of threads is not a problem we’re facing here at the SDMB these days.
(Out of curiosity, I check how many threads I’ve started. 401 in a little over 8 years. Daaaaaaamn, SiamSam! :p)
I would suggest a durian-flavored condom.
Add me to **Siam Sam ** thread-enthusiast. Go Sam! Keep posting away. I love the reading!
Cute! Hope your hand is okay.
And nowhere else the connotations of a royally screwed traffic are more true than here.
Oooh, shiny! 
Hardly the first time anyone’s complained about my volume of verbiage since 2000, but it is the first time I’ve ever won an award for it. Kewl.
what a stupid pitting. Too Asian? Because Lord knows, we need to conserve electrons and bandwidth for the American political threads - there’s just not enough of those.
If the OP doesn’t want to learn about another part of the world, there’s a very simple solution - don’t open the thread.
Jackass.
Siam Sam tries to warn farangs against bar girls…
I spent enogh time in Bangkok and conclude that anyone who falls for bar girls and gets duped are just suckers.
You need not have an IQ of 160 to conclude that they are after your money. Be an impartial observer and spend 2 hours each in various bars and see the bar girls drop guys and run after guys with thicker wallets. and observe how they laugh at you when you are dead drunk and madly in love. and observe their comments about you when they are in a group and observing the drunk guys.
( I know there are very rare exceptions ).
Hence , if farangs gets duped by Thai bar girls despite the well known stories all over internet. , well they just deserve it…
There - see what you’ve done? You’ve made a Canadian call someone a name. I hope you’re happy now. :mad:
Well, that IS one school of thought but maybe just a tad harsh. The girls are some world-class actresses, I’ll tell ya. Fortunately, the guys who get really duped are a small number.
But for some reason, this reminds me of a picture I have in front of me right now. I know a couple of guys who help put out a small rag called the Sukhumvit Eye. In the latest issue, July-August, I have it opened to page 4. I wish I could share this photo, but they don’t have a website yet. One of the guys I know took it himself. It shows a somewhat chubby, bald-headed farang, maybe 55-60 years of age, passed out cold in a chair in front of Boo-Sa Bar in Sukhumvit Soi 7/1. Well, you think the bargirls are dangerous while you’re conscious. It seems the girls in Boo-Sa Bar could not pass up this opportunity. They gave him an entire makeover, helpfully applying eye shadow, lipstick, blush, mascara and even talcum powder. They bought a pair of giant earrings from a passing vendor and put those on him. How they got the earrings on is beyond me, maybe they’re clip-on. And now here he is for my viewing pleasure. So beware of these girls!
I was just channelling my inner Oscar.
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I’d like to begin by thanking everyone here tonight; we all know how important the Awards Show for Threads About Siam Sam is!
This award would never have been possible without my mother- I owe you everything, mama! My lovely wife Kim, without whose love and support I would have fallen by the wayside a long time ago.
Thank you to Jesus Christ, in whom all things are possible.
Most of all I’d like to thank the underage male prostitutes of Tibet, for without you, there would be no Siam Sam OPs.
Not really. That little bastard is a special combination of insane and violent. Since I got him, neither of my hands has had less than six not-yet-healed scratches at any given time.
I will confirm that it is impossible, utterly impossible. And very dangerous.