Doge? My first thought was DOGE, Elon Musk’s Department Of Government Efficiency, and this seemed like a CIDU.
But, in that second panel, the picture is similar to the logo for Dogecoin, a memecoin (think Bitcoin, but more obscure). The short phrases in the third panel are a variation of the phrases around that Dogecoin logo. Hence, I’m labelling this a momentary CIDU.
Still, pretty obscure. CoinCodex notes: “As of 2025, Dogecoin has over 5.6 million unique wallet addresses holding DOGE, according to blockchain data. This number represents the total count of wallets, not necessarily individual people—since one person can own multiple wallets, and some wallets belong to exchanges or institutions.
Top holders dominate: The top 10 wallets alone control over 44% of the total Dogecoin supply, with Robinhood’s largest wallet holding nearly 19.45%”
It’s the 9th largest cryptocurrency, behind some others I haven’t heard of.
No one is coming to CIDU for investment advice. Personally, when I hear “crypto” I hear “tulips“, although friends remind me I’ve been wrong about that for many years now. If I’ve been wrong, I plan to continue being wrong.
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No, you’re working backward. This comic is riffing on doge, not on DOGE or Dogecoin.
Doge is the general term for internet memes based on images of shiba inus, especially that, specific photo. It was one of the earliest widely popular meme subjects. Dogecoin and DOGE both came later. It’s characterized by phrases similar to that in the third panel.
I recommend the website “Know Your Meme” for historical background.
Doge popped up only 12 years ago. Way too late to be one of the “earliest”.
Doge started 15 years ago, which is about when internet memes began to enter the mainstream. For comparison, “success kid” (I believe the first used in a national ad campaign) started a year later. I stand by my comment.
This is a good time to remind everyone that Samson is NOT a citizen nor resident of the USA.
Many history loss. Such credit stolen by techbros. Wow.
P. T. Barnum had it wrong. There are way more than one s*cker born every minute. (Apparently, that word offends the censorbots.)
It’s NFT (non-fungible tokens) that make me call it tulips.
When I hear “crypto” I think “Superman’s dog.”
I thank Andrew Miller for straightening out the sequence of events. For some reason, I was unaware of the Doge meme.
Doge was 15 years ago already? Maybe this one deserves a geezer tag!
Boise Ed – I would hate to have an online business in all day s*ckers online. No one would know what is being sold.
:-)