I think meme coins were indeed meant to be a joke and for fun projects back then, far before the Dogecoin price soaring high because of Elon Musk's hype. It was created without a single bit of serious business and only as a joke. But now, I think the goals are already far deviated. Meme coins become a pump-and-dump mechanism that is used as a commodity to sell the belief that "people can get rich in one night." So now, people who make and jump into meme coin projects have a clear goal, which is far from only having fun.