Whether you think Doge is funny-money or not (I think it is), the thing I like about it is that it's changing hands (even if it's just for tipping people for making funny comments) and not really being hoarded for value.

At least not yet. Hopefully not ever.

From the article:

> This week, transactions worth a total of $US14 million were made, including one Chinese investor who bought $US5 million worth of the virtual currency

Maybe a casual usage currency would compliment the more serious (and polarizing) BTC or LTC. There were comedy coins before though, I suppose the meme is the only reason Doge has taken off.

Exactly. Relevant xkcd illustrating the phenomenon: http://xkcd.com/1102/

There's never been a coin that's been adopted anywhere nearly as quickly (which isn't to say it won't happen again, but it's definitely unusually successful).

I just laughed out loud. Thanks!