Thai Political Crisis Breakup

About

Thai Political Crisis Breakup is a series of exploitable webcomics about a man deciding not to have sexual relations with a woman because of a picture on her dresser.

Origin

On November 3rd, 2017, Facebook ^[1] user cartoonfartcat posted a four-panel webcomic of a man deciding not to have sex with a woman after noticing a picture of Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on her dresser. As the man walks away outside, former Prime Minster Thaksin Shinawatra watches the man from his window.^[2] The comic is a political cartoon about the Thai Political Crisis.^[3] The post (shown below) received more than 1,700 shares, 400 comments and 10,000 reactions in a little over a month.

Spread

On December 4th, the website Plaenta Neperiano^[4] posted a photoshopped version of the comic, where the third panel features pictures of sexually explicit anime and a sex toy, a reference to Boku No Pico. The post (shown below) received more than 390 views and 20 reactions on Facebook^[5] in three days.

On December 6th, Redditor DrizXzX posted the meme in the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit. This variant features a copy of the video game Star Wars: Battlefront II in the third panel. The post (shown below, left) received more than 41,000 points (94% upvoted) and 700 comments in 24 hours.

Shortly after, Redditors on the /r/dankmemes subreddit began posting variations. Redditor Trending Memes posted a variation with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in the third panel. The post (shown below, right) received more than 4,000 points (95% upvoted) and 40 comments in 24 hours.

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