[alt text: text that says, “when your friend is in an argument online and asks you for memes”. Below the text is a screenshot from The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, where the shopkeeper Ulfberth War-Bear is looking at the player character and saying, “Looking to protect yourself, or deal some damage?”]
how exactly does one protect onesself with a meme?
Just leave a vaguely related meme comment and fucking leave the thread. No one will notice that you have run out of valid points to say.
Deflection via humor would be my guess
People don’t argue as hard if you convince them not to take you seriously.