If people discover this technology through memes; all the more power to the CryptoCurrency economy.
altcoins help diversify peoples investments; either through direct mining, trading or OTC purchase, and help smooth major price movements and create arbitrage opportunities.

if doge will have any realistic value in the future (ive never particularly liked 'high' maximum #coin counts -- they do silly things like not fit into smaller data structures) is yet to be seen.

if this is your first look at cryptocurrency, please investigate some of the older derivatives also.