'Messing with the wrong generation': Myanmar's youth take on junta online, SE Asia

HONG KONG (AFP) – Their signs say it all: Myanmar’s ruling junta is worse than an ex-boyfriend, fouler than fish curry, rejected by millions and more painful than a period. As they flood streets across the country in opposition to last week’s military coup, a younger generation of Myanmar protesters are cracking jokes at the military’s expense and winning fans on social media with their colourful, witty and often explicit signage. The situation is so bad, “even the introverts are here”, as one demonstrator’s poster put it. “My ex is bad, but Myanmar military is worse,” said another. Scorn has…