MEME REFERENCE

You have no power here

Use when someone's threat, title, rule, or usual authority has no force in the present setting.

What it expresses

A would-be controller discovers that their power ends at a jurisdictional boundary.

Example

The office organizer tries to enforce the dress code in a weekend gaming chat, and members answer with this.

When not to use it

The person is responsible for the venue and is applying a valid safety rule; their authority plainly does apply.

• no power here
• authority rejected
• jurisdiction
• Gandalf