$DOG
UTC 08:46:53 T+000s
@elonmusk · 08:46:53 UTC ↗

“Dogs rock.”

D G

@elonmusk · 08:49:26 UTC ↗

“They have the best coin.”

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08:46:53 · he posts a photo

Dogs
rock.

A white Samoyed in front of a cake with a number 3 candle, captioned 'hehe' and 'I have no concept of numbers'.
exhibit A: the three
08:47:17 · the dog examines the candle

He looked at the three.

The three looked back.

hehe. I have no concept of numbers.

08:47:43 · meanwhile, 3,000 winters earlier

The white dogs
of the North.

  1. they pulledthe sleds
  2. they herdedthe reindeer
  3. they warmedthe children

The Samoyed people of Siberia raised them. A Samoyed's mouth curls up at the corners, and people say it keeps drool from freezing. Whatever the reason, they are always smiling.

they never learned to count.
they never needed to. ↓

08:48:13 · the forge

A coin is struck.

OBVERSEone (1) good boy, smiling
REVERSEthe number 3. he is sure of it.
EDGE153 ridges. one per second.
WEIGHThe doesn't know
08:48:39 · naming ceremony

They asked him to spell Doge.

DOGE

…he lost count of the letters. close enough. hehe.

$DOG
the holders arrive. every one of them is smiling.
08:49:26 · he replies

They have the best coin.

The Receipts

Don't take the dog's word for it.

He can't count, so here are the originals, exactly as @elonmusk posted them on 3 March 2020.

Dognomics

We let him fill in the card.

The dog wrote every number on this card. A human added the real ones in the margin later.

dear pack,

happy birthday to all of us. i was told to put the numbers here. i did my best.

love,
dog 🐾

Happy 3rd
Birthday
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dear pack,

happy birthday to all of us. i was told to put the numbers here. i did my best.

love,
dog 🐾

me, age 3 (?)
The Sled Route

How to join the pack.

There are four stops. The dog numbered them, so that's not what the signs say.

Relight the candle.

Somebody always relights it. This time it's you.