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Ever hear of the prisoner's dilemma?
"Hey friend, can you share some of your potato chips?"
"Sorry, prisoners dilemma, can't."
Yep, you got it!
Name dropping a game theory hypothetical is not an argument.
You're right, it's not an argument. But it's a perfectly sufficient reply to a one-word question that doesn't properly provide an argument of its own.