What does it mean "own the situation" in this context? In Please Like Me Josh: They used to pelt 5-cent pieces at me and tell me that I was fat. Arnold: You were fat? Josh: Yeah. Very fat. And then I used to pick up the 5-cent pieces and use the 5-cent pieces to buy candy, which I thought was me, like, owning the situation but, no. No, I was not. What does it mean "owning the situation" in this context? Josh pretended to be ok in front of the kids who threw the 5cent pieces? I'm not sure what does that mean. If anyone can help me with this, I'd really appreciate it.