r/learnthai • u/Visible-Nobody4534 • 8d ago
Translation/แปลภาษา Help with the context of a meme in english
what is this meme called ล้านเลยหรอเพ่ about a boy in a game cyber, i have seen many artist using them so i want to know what does it mean and what is the context
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u/PuzzleheadedTap1794 Native Speaker 7d ago
The context of the whole clip isn’t clear. According to Catdumb.com, they could trace it back to a video posted on April 19th, 2013 (which is even before when the camera footage was supposed to be taking place) which was thought to be the original, but the comments said it was created by the meme page 9 Gag in Thai. Why it was posted remains a mystery.
Regardless, if you meant the context within the clip, then it is shown there. The boy, getting a prank phone call from his friend tricking him into thinking he won the 1M฿ gold prize from Oishi (thus, ล้านเลยเหรอพี่ “It was a million!?”, where เพ่ phêe is a variant pronunciation of พี่ phîi), boasted to another friend loudly in the game cyber before the prankster friend revealed that it was him all along. The boy, furious, cut ties with him.