“Your mothers the dinosaurs” meme: meaning, origin and epic card

What does the “Your mothers the dinosaurs” meme mean?

The line is an absurd, theatrical insult shouted at full volume. The silliness of “dinosaurs” flips the anger into comedy: nobody can tell whether it is a threat or a joke. People use it to voice exaggerated frustration over something tiny, or to mimic a streamer losing his cool. It also works as a rallying cry in remixes and edits. The feeling is grotesque fury that makes you laugh rather than worry.

Where does the “Your mothers the dinosaurs” meme come from?

TheKairi78, real name Jaoued Daouki, is a French video creator focused on gaming, especially Call of Duty; his YouTube channel was created on 9 August 2011. On 23 October 2015 he posted “Mon compte Twitter bloqué : coup de gueule!!”, which became one of his most watched videos. In a fit of rage he knocked his desk with his elbow and broke his lamp, hence the cry “Fils de… ma lumière”. He also shouted “Vos mères, c’est des dinosaures”. Both lines turned into memes reused by many creators. A musical remix named “Vos mères les tricératops”, by JimRecord, spread the line further, and TK78 later played along with it himself.

1. 9 August 2011TheKairi78 creates his YouTube channel.
2. 23 October 2015He posts “Mon compte Twitter bloqué : coup de gueule!!”, where the meme is born.

How to use the “Your mothers the dinosaurs” meme

• Yell “Vos mères les dinosaures!” after losing a game unfairly.
• Caption a screenshot of someone raging over nothing.
• Use the remix as background for a chaotic edit.
• Answer a provocation with the line to defuse it with humour.

The “Your mothers the dinosaurs” card in MyMemeCards

Number	No. 2504
Rarity	Epic
Collection	Memes FR pack
Fame	50/100 · #753 of 3496
Recycle value	20 MemeCoins (60 in Shiny)
Suggested by	@baban

How to get the “Your mothers the dinosaurs” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; Your mothers the dinosaurs comes out of the Memes FR pack as an epic 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 20 MemeCoins.

The reprints of the “Your mothers the dinosaurs” card

The “Your mothers the dinosaurs” card was reprinted as Legendary (No. 3,665) and Mythic (No. 4,714). A reprint is the same meme printed again, with a number of its own and a higher rarity than its first printing, which was epic. 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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