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A [[Stock Phrase]] which can be used one of two contradictory ways: |
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* Type 1: Someone is resigned/willing to accept(ing) a negative situation: that he's a failure, that he's acting in an evil manner, that his actions will cause problems, etc. |
* Type 1: Someone is resigned/willing to accept(ing) a negative situation: that he's a failure, that he's acting in an evil manner, that his actions will cause problems, etc. |
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* Type 2: A person gets an unexpected break or finds out that things aren't as bad as they thought. |
* Type 2: A person gets an unexpected break or finds out that things aren't as bad as they thought. |
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In other words Type 1 is basically the "negative" version |
In other words Type 1 is basically the "negative" version: "You've rescued your wife, but the bus full of nuns drove into the swamp and [[Made of Explodium|exploded]], and she had a heart attack! You are doomed to be single forever!" "... I can live with that." |
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Type 2 is the "positive" version, where some unlikely or contrived bit of fortune lands in your lap. "What the... the [[Big Bad]]'s getaway jet just ingested a flock of flying monkeys and crashed in flames before we could shoot him down." "I can live with that." |
Type 2 is the "positive" version, where some unlikely or contrived bit of fortune lands in your lap. "What the... the [[Big Bad]]'s getaway jet just ingested a flock of flying monkeys and crashed in flames before we could shoot him down." "I can live with that." |
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Type 1 |
==Type 1 == |
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== [[Film]] == |
=== [[Film]] === |
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* ''[[Die Hard]]'' |
* ''[[Die Hard]]'' |
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{{quote|'''FBI Special Agent Johnson:''' Figure we take out the terrorists. Lose 20, 25 percent of the hostages, tops. |
{{quote|'''FBI Special Agent Johnson:''' Figure we take out the terrorists. Lose 20, 25 percent of the hostages, tops. |
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'''Shane Falco:''' Yeah. Yeah, I can live with that. }} |
'''Shane Falco:''' Yeah. Yeah, I can live with that. }} |
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=== [[Live-Action TV]] === |
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* The [[Trope Namer]] is the magnificent ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' season six episode "In the Pale Moonlight", which is one of the most controversial, polarizing episodes in the entire franchise's history. Detractors of ''Deep Space Nine'' absolutely hated it because it was savagely dark. Fans of ''Deep Space Nine'' consider it one of the best if not the best episodes of the entire series, ''for exactly the same reasons''. The Federation and their Klingon allies are losing the war against the Dominion and their Cardassian allies, and the only other great power in the Alpha Quadrant, the Romulans, have so far remained neutral. Sisko realizes the only hope for victory is to convince the Romulans to join the war on the side of the Federation. With the help of [[Magnificent Bastard|Garak]] he gets a convicted criminal out of a Klingon prison to create an entirely fake record to "prove" to the Romulans that the Dominion is planning to betray them. Sisko even has to pay another criminal using bioweapons (no questions asked) to obtain an authentic Cardassian data rod to record it on. However, Garak knew that the recording probably would not pass any closer examination and that Sisko was not ruthless enough to go all the way they needed to reach their goal. So when the Romulan senator Vreenak realized that ''[[Memetic Mutation|"It's a fake!!!"]]'', Garak had a bomb planted on his ship that would be traced back to the Dominion. Any salvage team that would go through the debris would find the recording and all |
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the magnificent ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' season six episode "[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine/Recap/S06/E19 In The Pale Moonlight|In the Pale Moonlight]]", which is one of the most controversial, polarizing episodes in the entire franchise's history. Detractors of ''Deep Space Nine'' absolutely hated it because it was savagely dark. Fans of ''Deep Space Nine'' consider it one of the best if not the best episodes of the entire series, ''for exactly the same reasons''. The Federation and their Klingon allies are losing the war against the Dominion and their Cardassian allies, and the only other great power in the Alpha Quadrant, the Romulans, have so far remained neutral. Sisko realizes the only hope for victory is to convince the Romulans to join the war on the side of the Federation. With the help of [[Magnificent Bastard|Garak]] he gets a convicted criminal out of a Klingon prison to create an entirely fake record to "prove" to the Romulans that the Dominion is planning to betray them. Sisko even has to pay another criminal using bioweapons (no questions asked) to obtain an authentic Cardassian data rod to record it on. However, Garak knew that the recording probably would not pass any closer examination and that Sisko was not ruthless enough to go all the way they needed to reach their goal. So when the Romulan senator Vreenak realized that ''[[Memetic Mutation|"It's a fake!!!"]]'', Garak had a bomb planted on his ship that would be traced back to the Dominion. Any salvage team that would go through the debris would find the recording and all its tiny flaws would be attributed to damage caused by the explosion. He also assassinated the man who created the record, just to be sure. Everything went as he had planned and the Romulans joined the war on the side with the Federation. |
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{{quote|'''Sisko:''' So this is a ''huge'' victory for "the good guys"! This may even be |
{{quote|'''Sisko:''' So this is a ''huge'' victory for "the good guys"! This may even be ''the'' turning point of the entire war. There is even a "welcome to the fight" party tonight in the ward room. So... I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all... '''I think I can live with it.''' And if I had to do it all over again, I would. Garak was right about one thing, a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant. '''So I will learn to live with it. Because I can live with it. I ''can'' live with it... '''}} |
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* ''[[Dexter]] episode "The British Invasion" |
* The ''[[Dexter]]'' episode "The British Invasion" |
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{{quote|'''Debra Morgan:''' You're a little weird, Dex. |
{{quote|'''Debra Morgan:''' You're a little weird, Dex. |
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'''Dexter Morgan:''' That's not gonna change. I'm gonna be this way forever. |
'''Dexter Morgan:''' That's not gonna change. I'm gonna be this way forever. |
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{{quote|'''Davis:''' Don't tell me about corruption. We're trying to make things right, and if getting the really bad people off the street means I gotta fudge the truth a little bit every once in a while, I can live with that. }} |
{{quote|'''Davis:''' Don't tell me about corruption. We're trying to make things right, and if getting the really bad people off the street means I gotta fudge the truth a little bit every once in a while, I can live with that. }} |
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* ''[[Girl Genius]]'', volume 9, page 47: |
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{{quote|'''Agatha''': "''I'm'' the bad guy, because, for whatever reason, ''you'' didn't tell your ''nasty little friend'' who you ''are''. And now she's ''sad''. So you're mad at ''me'' because ''now'' she's all sweet and teary and needs ''rescuing''. And ''I'm'' the evil madgirl with the death ray and the freakish ancestors and the town full of minions and the horde of Jagers and the homicidal castle full of sycophantic evil geniuses and fun-sized hunter-killer monster clanks and ''goodness knows what else--''" ''<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[beat]] while Agatha realizes what she just said]'' "And you know what? '''''I can work with that!'''''"}} |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
=== [[Western Animation]] === |
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* ''[[Mighty Max]]'' episode "Norman's Conquest" |
* ''[[Mighty Max]]'' episode "Norman's Conquest" |
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{{quote|'''Spike:''' [while Norman dangles him over a cliff] You can't kill me! If you do, [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|you'll be no better than me!]] |
{{quote|'''Spike:''' [while Norman dangles him over a cliff] You can't kill me! If you do, [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|you'll be no better than me!]] |
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'''Norman:''' [drops him] I can live with that. }} |
'''Norman:''' [drops him] I can live with that. }} |
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* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode “Chocolate with Nuts” |
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode “Chocolate with Nuts” |
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'''Patrick:''' I can live with that. }} |
'''Patrick:''' I can live with that. }} |
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** In the ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]'' episode "The Janitor Strikes Back", after the two manage to get permission to chew gum in school from the janitor. |
** In the ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]'' episode "The Janitor Strikes Back", after the two manage to get permission to chew gum in school from the janitor. |
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{{quote|'''[[Star Wars|Janitor Poopatine]]''': Alright, alright! You can have your gum! And chew it, too. |
{{quote|'''[[Star Wars|Janitor Poopatine]]''': Alright, alright! You can have your gum! And chew it, too. |
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'''Fanboy & Chum Chum''': YAY!!! |
'''Fanboy & Chum Chum''': YAY!!! |
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'''Janitor Poopatine''': But no taffy! |
'''Janitor Poopatine''': But no taffy! |
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'''Fanboy''': Ah, we can live with that. }} |
'''Fanboy''': Ah, we can live with that. }} |
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* From the ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Deep Freeze", this comes up when the heroes confront [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] Grant Walker on his belief that [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: |
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{{quote|'''Walker:''' My world will have no crime, violence, or pain. |
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'''Robin:''' You can add free will to that list, too! |
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'''Walker:''' A small price to pay for order. |
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'''Batman:''' Your order. For your select few! |
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'''Walker:''' Excuse me, but I fail to see the problem with that.}} |
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* An anecdote regarding a conversation between President [[Joe Biden]] and Russian Prime Minister [[Vladimir Putin]] (which Biden has since confirmed as true): |
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{{quote|'''Biden:''' Mr. Prime Minister, I’m looking into your eyes, and I don’t think you have a soul. |
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'''Putin:''' We understand one another.}} |
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:* [https://thehill.com/policy/international/212805-biden-to-putin-you-have-no-soul Read the whole story here.] |
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* ''[[Cube]]''. Upon reaching the exit: |
* ''[[Cube]]''. Upon reaching the exit: |
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{{quote|'''Worth:''' I have nothing... to live for out there. |
{{quote|'''Worth:''' I have nothing... to live for out there. |
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'''Leaven:''' I can live with that. }} |
'''Leaven:''' I can live with that. }} |
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* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Business as Usual" |
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Business as Usual" |
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{{quote|'''Quark:''' I just wanted them to cross paths, so that the deal would fall through. |
{{quote|'''Quark:''' I just wanted them to cross paths, so that the deal would fall through. |
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{{quote|'''New Piper:''' Cute. I can live with that. }} |
{{quote|'''New Piper:''' Cute. I can live with that. }} |
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* ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' episode "Roy Crazy" |
* ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' episode "Roy Crazy" |
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{{quote|'''Roy Biggins:''' So what you're saying is, she's not interested in me, that I don't mean anything to her. She just wants to get me into bed |
{{quote|'''Roy Biggins:''' So what you're saying is, she's not interested in me, that I don't mean anything to her. She just wants to get me into bed and use me like some cheap piece of meat? |
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'''Brian Hackett''': Exactly. |
'''Brian Hackett''': Exactly. |
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'''Roy:''' I can live with that! }} |
'''Roy:''' I can live with that! }} |
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* ''[[Kick Buttowski]]'' has this exchange after Kick tells the class about his ''[[Indiana Jones]]''-esque quest for the [[Holy Grail]] of skateboards. |
* ''[[Kick Buttowski]]'' has this exchange after Kick tells the class about his ''[[Indiana Jones]]''-esque quest for the [[Holy Grail]] of skateboards. |
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{{quote|'''Teacher:''' Your report was obviously fabricated, Mr. Buttowski. But you entertained us all. So you pass. ''Barely.'' |
{{quote|'''Teacher:''' Your report was obviously fabricated, Mr. Buttowski. But you entertained us all. So you pass. ''Barely.'' |
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'''Kick:''' I can live with that. }} |
'''Kick:''' I can live with that. }} |
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Latest revision as of 19:39, 8 May 2024
A Stock Phrase which can be used one of two contradictory ways:
- Type 1: Someone is resigned/willing to accept(ing) a negative situation: that he's a failure, that he's acting in an evil manner, that his actions will cause problems, etc.
- Type 2: A person gets an unexpected break or finds out that things aren't as bad as they thought.
In other words Type 1 is basically the "negative" version: "You've rescued your wife, but the bus full of nuns drove into the swamp and exploded, and she had a heart attack! You are doomed to be single forever!" "... I can live with that."
Type 2 is the "positive" version, where some unlikely or contrived bit of fortune lands in your lap. "What the... the Big Bad's getaway jet just ingested a flock of flying monkeys and crashed in flames before we could shoot him down." "I can live with that."
Compare Shrug Take.
Type 1
Comic Books
- Marshal Law when he's describing himself:
"A lot of people say I'm a uniformed thug, no better than the scum I hunt down...a fascist cop...a glorified Nazi...a legalized vigilante, handing out his own highly suspect street "justice"... someone with a pathological hatred of superheroes, reveling at the chance to beat the hell out of them. That sounds fair. I can live with that." |
Film
FBI Special Agent Johnson: Figure we take out the terrorists. Lose 20, 25 percent of the hostages, tops. |
Eddie Martel: I'm still an All-Pro quarterback with two Super Bowl rings. You'll never be anything more than a replacement player. |
Live-Action TV
- The Trope Namer is the magnificent Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season six episode "In the Pale Moonlight", which is one of the most controversial, polarizing episodes in the entire franchise's history. Detractors of Deep Space Nine absolutely hated it because it was savagely dark. Fans of Deep Space Nine consider it one of the best if not the best episodes of the entire series, for exactly the same reasons. The Federation and their Klingon allies are losing the war against the Dominion and their Cardassian allies, and the only other great power in the Alpha Quadrant, the Romulans, have so far remained neutral. Sisko realizes the only hope for victory is to convince the Romulans to join the war on the side of the Federation. With the help of Garak he gets a convicted criminal out of a Klingon prison to create an entirely fake record to "prove" to the Romulans that the Dominion is planning to betray them. Sisko even has to pay another criminal using bioweapons (no questions asked) to obtain an authentic Cardassian data rod to record it on. However, Garak knew that the recording probably would not pass any closer examination and that Sisko was not ruthless enough to go all the way they needed to reach their goal. So when the Romulan senator Vreenak realized that "It's a fake!!!", Garak had a bomb planted on his ship that would be traced back to the Dominion. Any salvage team that would go through the debris would find the recording and all its tiny flaws would be attributed to damage caused by the explosion. He also assassinated the man who created the record, just to be sure. Everything went as he had planned and the Romulans joined the war on the side with the Federation.
- The Dexter episode "The British Invasion"
Debra Morgan: You're a little weird, Dex. |
- House
- "Forever"
- "Lockdown"
Taub: We have a tiny window of opportunity to gain some insight into our colleagues... Okay, what if we just snooped on our boss? |
- Bones episode "The Witch in the Wardrobe"
- One Tree Hill episode "The Desperate Kingdom of Love"
Haley James: Um... I was just alphabetising our CDs. |
- NCIS episode "Enigma"
Gibbs: [as they're going after Gibbs' CO] You take a shot at him, you answer to me! |
- Heroes episode "Chapter Two: Lizards"
Takezo Sensei: You can make me the hero she sees in me. |
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "The Initiative"
- Angel
- "Blood Money"
Angel: Okay, so we're both rude. You know what? I can live with that. |
- "The Thin Dead Line"
- Malcolm in the Middle episode "Watching the Baby"
- The West Wing episode "The Lame Duck Congress"
Leo McGarry: Any downside? |
- Doc Martin episode "In Loco"
- Third Watch episode "Alone Again, Naturally"
Web Comics
- In Homestuck, this is practically Aradia's catchphrase. Even when faced with the inevitable destruction of their universe.
AA: i'm 0kay with that |
- Girl Genius, volume 9, page 47:
Agatha: "I'm the bad guy, because, for whatever reason, you didn't tell your nasty little friend who you are. And now she's sad. So you're mad at me because now she's all sweet and teary and needs rescuing. And I'm the evil madgirl with the death ray and the freakish ancestors and the town full of minions and the horde of Jagers and the homicidal castle full of sycophantic evil geniuses and fun-sized hunter-killer monster clanks and goodness knows what else--" [beat while Agatha realizes what she just said] "And you know what? I can work with that!" |
Western Animation
- Mighty Max episode "Norman's Conquest"
Spike: [while Norman dangles him over a cliff] You can't kill me! If you do, you'll be no better than me! |
- SpongeBob SquarePants episode “Chocolate with Nuts”
- In the Fanboy and Chum Chum episode "The Janitor Strikes Back", after the two manage to get permission to chew gum in school from the janitor.
Janitor Poopatine: Alright, alright! You can have your gum! And chew it, too. |
- From the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Deep Freeze", this comes up when the heroes confront Well-Intentioned Extremist Grant Walker on his belief that Utopia Justifies the Means:
Real Life
- An anecdote regarding a conversation between President Joe Biden and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (which Biden has since confirmed as true):
Biden: Mr. Prime Minister, I’m looking into your eyes, and I don’t think you have a soul. |
Type 2
Comic Books
[Stephen begging Hollie's gay roommate Joseph to make an album for Sex Bob-omb in volume 4.] |
Film
- Cube. Upon reaching the exit:
Worth: I have nothing... to live for out there. |
Live-Action TV
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Business as Usual"
- Charmed episode "Something Wicca This Way Goes". The sisters change into magical disguises so everyone will think they're dead.
New Piper: Cute. I can live with that. |
- Wings episode "Roy Crazy"
Web Comics
- In The Order of the Stick, when Miko dies, and is guided to the afterlife. She is told she won't be a restored to Paladin status, but at least her only friend in the world will be able to visit her.
Western Animation
- Kick Buttowski has this exchange after Kick tells the class about his Indiana Jones-esque quest for the Holy Grail of skateboards.
Teacher: Your report was obviously fabricated, Mr. Buttowski. But you entertained us all. So you pass. Barely. |