- meme usage
- Used in tweets mocking formality or rigidity, or as part of 'guarding ___' meme templates about absurd things.
- sarcasm patterns
- Posted as a response to controversy to signal 'I am not engaging with this discourse today.'
- quote tweet context
- Quote tweets where someone is 'standing guard' over a wild opinion or controversial post.
- trending context
- Appears during political or cultural events involving actual guards or ceremonial military proceedings, e.g. royal events.
- reply use
- Used as a reply to signal the person is unmoved or unimpressed by an argument.