# Thai Political Crisis Breakup Thai Political Crisis Breakup is a four-panel webcomic from November 2017 in which a man abandons a hookup after spotting a photo of Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on his date's dresser. Originally a pointed political cartoon about the 2013 to 2014 Thai crisis, it became an exploitable template where the offending picture gets swapped for anything a poster wants to reject. ## Origin On November 3rd, 2017, Facebook user cartoonfartcat posted the original four-panel comic showing a man leaving a woman after noticing a picture of Suthep Thaugsuban[1]. The final panel of Thaksin Shinawatra watching from a nearby window frames the strip as a political joke about the 2013 to 2014 Thai political crisis, in which the two figures sat on opposing sides of the country's yellow shirt and red shirt divide[3]. Within about a month, the post pulled in more than 1,700 shares, 400 comments and 10,000 reactions[1]. English-speaking users initially had no idea what the strip was about. A Reddit thread in r/MemeEconomy on December 5th, 2017 explained the Thai political context and flagged the comic's exploitable potential[2], which is what pushed it out of its original audience and into meme circulation. - **Platform:** Facebook (origin) / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** cartoonfartcat - **Date:** 2017 ## Overview Thai Political Crisis Breakup is a four-panel exploitable webcomic built around a simple gag: a man is about to sleep with a woman, spots a framed picture on her dresser, silently gets dressed and walks out. In the final panel, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra watches him leave from a window across the street[1]. The joke in the original strip lands on the Thai political rift, since the woman keeps a photo of Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, Thaksin's political opponent during the 2013 to 2014 Thai political crisis[3]. Once the strip spread outside Thailand, the third panel became the punchline slot. Editors swap the Suthep photo for whatever the poster wants to reject, from video games to anime to telecom regulators[2]. The rest of the panels stay untouched, which keeps the deadpan pacing intact and makes the gag depend entirely on what viewers see on the dresser. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Thai Political Crisis Breakup? It's a four-panel exploitable webcomic from 2017 in which a man walks out on a hookup after seeing a picture on the woman's dresser, with the third panel swapped to whatever the poster wants to reject[5]. ### Where did Thai Political Crisis Breakup come from? Facebook user cartoonfartcat posted the original strip on November 3rd, 2017 as a political cartoon about the 2013 to 2014 Thai political crisis, featuring Suthep Thaugsuban and Thaksin Shinawatra[1][3]. ### What does Thai Political Crisis Breakup mean? In the original, the man rejects the woman because she supports Suthep, Thaksin's political opponent during the Thai crisis[3]. In edits, the swapped picture stands in for any dealbreaker, from loot boxes to Ajit Pai[5]. ### How do you use Thai Political Crisis Breakup? Editors typically keep the first, second and fourth panels of the original comic and photoshop the third panel to replace the Suthep photo with a person, product or idea they want to mock as a dealbreaker[5]. ### Is Thai Political Crisis Breakup still popular? It's a late 2017 Reddit classic rather than a currently trending format, with its biggest documented traffic coming from the Battlefront II and Ajit Pai edits in r/MemeEconomy and r/dankmemes that December[5]. ## References 1. [https://www.facebook.com/cartoonfartcat/photos/a.1790911401206663.1073741830.1671392966491841/1790911387873331/?type=3&theater]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/MemeEconomy/comments/7hyi8i/any_potential_in_this/dqvedmc/]() 3. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%932014_Thai_political_crisis]() 4. [https://www.planetaneperiano.com/neperianada/35543/latest/all]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thai-political-crisis-breakup]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/thai-political-crisis-breakup Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library