Not at the moment so keep buyin folks!
The thread was old and when it was posted it was no hope at all. But then, I guess that it all started with dogecoin when most of these meme coins came out. The hype and the pattern came through with it and yes, it's not dead at the moment and I doubt it that it's going to be dead.
There's a huge support from the community and that's the reason why many seem to be happy with these meme coins and they should look forward and thank dogecoin for starting everything out.
It was posted in November 2017 and I think there was a crypto bull run that time and Dogecoin might be included on it already, so there is a chance that OP here is only spreading a FUD as he might be one of those meme coin haters.
Yes, meme coin trend started with Dogecoin and the more they got popular when Elon Musk started mentioning Dogecoin in his Twitter post. It's impossible for Dogecoin to die because the meme coin have been here since 2014 (I think if I'm not mistaken). Many are happy with Dogecoin but not with most of the meme coins because they are only just a scam. It's only sad that they affected the reputation of Dogecoin.