there will always be an opportunity for meme coin to rise, but it will be difficult, because people are more familiar with the crypto world and are more careful in choosing quality crypto coins, they will no longer be easily provoked by hype like what happened with elon musk and dogecoins.
the rise won't start on the public but it will be created by someone else or those who want to gain more benefit about it once people baits. i don't think people will just stare on the meme coins if they are pumping suddenly but there will always be people who will be tempted to ride them. they can still be able to profit with it if proper timing is attained. that doesn't mean that meme coins are now a good investment but like you said, there are so many good projects out there. they are less risky and the potential roi is much better. one won