As always, let me preface. I bought one hundred dollars worth of Doge years ago. All I did was forget about it - not difficult to do. Then I saw that my same hundred was worth thirty thousand. I sold half - held half. Yes I am thrilled that the second half is now worth nearly $100k, but I neither bought nor risked anything but a hundred dollars. That said...

"It's not about real-life use cases or blockchain superiority or whatever, it's all about value to me." I think there is a use case. Doge is now accepted nearly everywhere and it is fast and cheap to use. It is a great alternative (for small purchases) in a world where Bitcoin has maintained a usability rating of zero. I am not sure why card companies and bill payment sites are taking Doge, but if I use it to pay a bill, the deposit request will not time out waiting on Doge like it has for years with the B coin.

You are right that Doge is very dangerous for people who think it is all that Bitcoin is under the hood. I wish it were Hive that had made it to thousands of sites. But, it didn't. I hope it still does.