“Thelumière78” meme: meaning, origin and common card

What does the “Thelumière78” meme mean?

The handle plays on “TheKairi78” by swapping his name for “la lumière”, the light that set off his fury. It points to an outburst of rage out of all proportion to a small household incident. People use it to poke fun at a fit of anger, to comment on a broken object, or simply to reference the streamer. The humour is situational: the victim of a minor annoyance treats it with total seriousness.

Where does the “Thelumière78” meme come from?

TheKairi78, real name Jaoued Daouki, is a French-Moroccan web video maker and streamer born in 1987 who grew up in Mantes-la-Jolie. He started his YouTube channel in 2011, first around Call of Duty, then branched out. His 2015 video “Mon compte Twitter bloqué : coup de gueule !!” became one of the most watched on his channel. In it, a broken lamp triggers a reaction that turned into a meme, with a catchphrase the community took up. The nickname “Thelumière78” is a direct spin-off.

1. 2011Jaoued Daouki starts his YouTube channel TheKairi78, first centred on Call of Duty.
2. 2015His video “Mon compte Twitter bloqué : coup de gueule !!” becomes one of the channel’s most viewed; the broken lamp gives birth to a meme.

How to use the “Thelumière78” meme

• Call a friend “Thelumière78” when they rage at a blown bulb.
• Post the meme under a video of someone breaking something live.
• Use the nickname to comment on an over-the-top fit in a game.
• Answer an outraged statement about a tiny inconvenience with the reference.

The “Thelumière78” card in MyMemeCards

Number	No. 2749
Rarity	Common
Collection	Memes FR pack
Fame	50/100 · #753 of 3511
Recycle value	5 MemeCoins (15 in Shiny)
Suggested by	@bouboul

How to get the “Thelumière78” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; Thelumière78 comes out of the Memes FR pack as a common card. The pack odds say what each rarity weighs.

Your first pack is free and needs no account. After that a new free pack lands every 10 minutes, up to 3 waiting for you. You can also buy the card with MemeCoins on the market, bid for it at auction, or trade it — and a double recycles into 5 MemeCoins.

The reprint of the “Thelumière78” card

The “Thelumière78” card was reprinted as Rare (No. 2,878). A reprint is the same meme printed again, with a number of its own and a higher rarity than its first printing, which was common. Its face reads “Reprinted card · Higher rarity”.

Every printing is dealt in the packs of the Memes FR pack, each at its own rarity: the higher it is, the rarer the card is to pull. Copies of the first printing already pulled stay as they are, and any printing counts toward completing a set.

MyMemeCards reprints a meme when it deserves more than the rarity of its first printing, such as a classic that became iconic after it came out: the reprint gives it a place among the most sought-after cards without taking anything from the players who already had it.

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