[Gondring]

Part of this inability to face reality is the idea that everything is negotiable....and winning these legalistic battles is where the gains are made, not through hard work.

I think it was satirized best in Clueless...



Mel (father): You mean to tell me that you argued your way from a C+ to an A-?

Cher (daughter): Totally based on my powers of persuasion, you proud?

Mel: Honey, I couldn't be happier than if they were based on real grades.

(Of course, that last line is idiomatic, so it doesn't come across well in print...it's better as an audio clip.)

[jazusamo]

So true...I don’t know why so many have gotten to the point they think everything is negotiable. There are many things that are right or wrong without gray areas. That last line is a good one.

[dsc]

“I couldn’t be happier than if they were based on real grades. (Of course, that last line is idiomatic, so it doesn’t come across well in print...”

I’ve always thought it was just typically uneducated hollyweird slugs screwing up the language again.