Some meme coins are genuinely just culture

Not every meme coin is a scam in progress. Some are honestly positioned as internet culture, jokes, art, and community, closer to collecting a funny sticker than making an investment. People who treat them this way, spending only what they'd happily lose on entertainment, generally have a much healthier relationship with them.

The distinction that matters is expectations: someone who buys a meme coin for fun, fully expecting it might go to zero, is in a very different position than someone who was told it was 'going to make them rich.'