Poll: Glass half full or half empty?
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"Dear lord! This situation that has befallen me holds a container with below the maximized optimum level of liquid, but is still quite above the minimum level for refreshment."
"It's Delicious!"
"It's Delicious!"
I say half full, not because I'm an optimist, but because half full makes more sense. The glass is half full of X liquid. It wouldn't make any sense if you said the glass is half empty of X liquid. I do the same thing with temperature. Coldness isn't a quantifiable characteristic. An object isn't cold, it's lacking heat.
An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A realist says the glass is too small and finds a smaller one.
I see quite a few people have answered this way. I will repeat it because I feel it is that important:
"Whether the glass is half full or half empty depends on whether you are filling it or emptying it."
"Whether the glass is half full or half empty depends on whether you are filling it or emptying it."
Neither. Engineers have a saying: If the glass isn't full, the glass is too big.
Or in other words, solve the problem rather than bitching about it.
Or in other words, solve the problem rather than bitching about it.
I never really saw the difference there's the same amount of liquid in the glass right? I use the two interchangeably and sometimes get annoyed when people insist on using "half-full."
