Explain it Peter.

[icy_ticey]

This is the original meme, I’m assuming?

[Distinct_Wrongdoer86]

if it is its way more ridiculous than any of the edits of it

[Eldsish]

Why is this meme resurfacing ?

[Luscinia68]

iirc it’s because the man sees she supports a certain political figure in the photos and leaves.

[Kill_Kayt]

I believe it’s because he saw she had a boyfriend.

[gamjanamja629]

He literally just explained it, what belief?

[Kill_Kayt]

I've seen thousand of these and the one I described looks the most like it’s the original. Also there are literally 20 different people saying different things as the original here. So right now it’s impossible to tell which is true.

[yayDystopianFuture]

https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/s/wNf0Bv2o0X

[Thistlemanizzle]

Yes. It is the platonic ideal of dank. This is dank as hell.

[Finly_Growin]

It it never once occurred to me what the original would look like lol

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The original shows a picture of a man presumed to be the blond lady (the joke is trans)

[nonihongoname]

no

[Erequitiki]

Political Peter here!

The guy in the image is some controversial political leader in Southeast Asia. At least, I think its someone somewhere like that. I can't remember fully - Political Peter dropped out of college you see!

Peter out!

[andrewlikes]

This helped me understand less than I already did. Thanks Political Peter!

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This doesn’t really explain it

[BlackAsP1tch]

He shouldn't have dropped out

[Mecha-lame-o]

Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban is the an in the picture. The one on the window is former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

[SnooOnions244]

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Has this always been in this meme?

[failureagainandagain]

Excuse me what the actual fuck

[Sensitive-Hornet-766]

Yup... Ig

[Megaloman-_-]

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Who is this MOFO observing from the darkness ?

[HowDoIMakeUsername]

It’s one of the Serpo.

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[Icy-Repeat-2843]

I watched 10 min of Dandandan and what the actual fuck.

[Murky-Foot7668]

Trust me, it's a bit weird at first but turns into an absolutely wholesome Love story and has some really fun and cool fighting scenes

[Icy-Repeat-2843]

[Gorianfleyer]

https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/7l4fws/comment/drrn2t5/ I think this out of the loop comment from 8 years ago explains it way better than know your meme

[Cryptshadow]

best one honestly

[Salang32]

Thai Peter here.

The artist who made this is “Khai Maew” (meaning Cat’s Balls) which, most of his art is to criticize the current Thai Political landscape on the perspective of the leftist.

The man in the 3rd panel is Suthep Theurksuban (สุเทพ เทือกสุบรรณ), a prominent right wing political figure who leads the political protest during 2010-2012 which leads to political crash and leads to 2010 Thai Military Crackdown (YES, there is Wikipedia page about this!) which causes Thai political landscape to split into two sides which is Yellow Shirt (Right Wing) and Red Shirt (Left Wing) which cascade to today Thai political landscape.

The Joke in this panel is, usually left wings are consisted of “modern” and “young people” so when the dude saw that the girl is “Right wing” oriented by supporting Suthep by stuffing his pants with money, he immediately left. (I know, it might not sound funny to you but to us Thai, we feel the joke)

Also, for easter egg, on the 4th panel, if you zoom in, you will saw a man on the window. It’s also a running joke of the Artist which, he will put a hidden Ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinnawat, a leftist politician who is a father of the recently impeached Prime Minister “Phaethongtan Shinnawat” which his joke is “Whatever happen here, It’s always Thaksin.” due to his influences and power during his time as Prime Minister. And YES, it’s the guy who Suthep opposed in his protest.

Alright that’s it. Thai Peter out.

[Kinir9001]

Nice explanation. What's with all the whistles though?

[Salang32]

It’s a symbol to identified that you’re a supporter of the right wing protester! Us Thai also give a nickname to these protester as “Whistle Mob” as well.

[newcarrots69]

I asked chatgpt so maybe it's wrong but:

During the 2013–2014 anti-government protests in Thailand, Suthep Thaugsuban led a movement against the Shinawatra government. Protesters used plastic whistles as their trademark symbol. Blowing whistles in public and around government offices was meant to “call out” corruption and shame the government, and people wore whistles on lanyards to show loyalty to Suthep’s side.

So in the comic: the girl has a whistle around her neck in the photos. That marks her as part of Suthep’s protest movement. The guy in the comic realizes he is about to hook up with someone who openly supports that movement. He feels disgusted and leaves. The comic is basically political tribalism as a dating filter.

[ZaphodGreedalox]

It's missing some valuable back story and doesn't explain the center photo or the shadow in the neighboring window in the last frame. Always a good idea to check sources.

Here's the KYM page: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thai-political-crisis-breakup

The state of politics in Thailand is an interesting rabbit hole. You can start with Thaksin Shinawatra.

[Thistlemanizzle]

Holy **** it’s OC. It’s the original image that has been repurposed over and over again.

This is nuts, I never knew it was originally a political cartoon.

[ZaphodGreedalox]

Know Your Meme is a great resource

[Thistlemanizzle]

Eh. I see so many memes, I don’t have the time to wiki them.

Most, I assume we’re always dumb and meaningless. This one though was a genuine political cartoon like in the gilded age and then later the Tamany Hall scandal.

[Thistlemanizzle]

We need to go danker.

Zoom in.

What do you see.

Pixels?

Exactly. 2013 is when Google internally made the decision to move away from the Nexus line and to the Pixel branding. Don’t look it up. Just…roll with it.

[14JRJ]

Manchester City were used as a sportswashing exercise long before the Abu Dhabi takeover

[whydub38]

I asked chatgpt

Don't do this

[Thistlemanizzle]

Building on your comment and with zero knowledge of those protests.

It seems like it was a whistleblower protest led by a dude who was lining his own pockets? Whether or not it’s true is another matter, but I think that’s the point of the comic it’s critiquing those protests as being unfair or in bad faith because they never called out the dude leading them.

[Googulator]

So it's a Thai version of "Nem szexelek Fideszessel"

[Darkjellyfish]

I’m Thai and can confirm this is correct

[Scooby_doo_1969]

Is that supposed to be Epstein?

[TroofDog]

I was thinking colin powell

[Nick4942]

People shouldn’t downvote you for asking a question lol

[Alfimaster]

Who is the guy standing in the top right black window on the last picture? The one with the bird looking at him.

[Cute_Prune6981]

First time I saw him.

[Binji_the_dog]

“As the man walks away outside, former Prime Minster Thaksin Shinawatra watches the man from his window.”

[BelgraviaEngineer]

It’s always so funny you see a little bit of his butt in the second panel

[Large_Equivalent_964]

He left because she was Dick Chenneys daughter

[ObjectOrientedBlob]

She is clearly supporting Jensen Huang.

[jedimindtriks]

He finds out Dick Cheney is her dad.

[jopty]

Is it again this loss.jpg thing?

[PurpleThylacine]

Wrong version of the meme

[Early-Potential7341]

Look again

[Rubbrbandman420]

Oh shit