Glass half empty or full thing....finally settled.

[FelixDeCat]

Im sure you are familiar with the whole thing about optimists and pessimists and the glass half empty or full depending on their point of view. I say the whole thing was stupid to begin with.

If you see someone pouring a liquid into a glass....guess what...its half full. Otherwise its ALWAYS half empty either because someone is drinking it or its simply evaporating. It has nothing to do with a point of view! :|

Anytime I hear someone bring this up I feel like beating them about the head for several minutes.

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Im sure you are familiar with the whole thing about optimists and pessimists and the glass half empty or full depending on their point of view. I say the whole thing was stupid to begin with.

If you see someone pouring a liquid into a glass....guess what...its half full. Otherwise its ALWAYS half empty either because someone is drinking it or its simply evaporating. It has nothing to do with a point of view! :|

Anytime I hear someone bring this up I feel like beating them about the head for several minutes.

You sound like a glass is half empty kind of person.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: nerp

You sound like a glass is half empty kind of person.

no you didnt :|

 

[Newbian]

This thread is a half empty thread by the looks of it.

 

[Jeeebus]

don't judge a book by its cover.

 

[FelixDeCat]

^ thats because theres only one fool in it so far ^

 

[her209]

Can a window be half-open?

 

[gorcorps]

This would never be a problem if everybody just filled up their fucking glass in the first place.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus
don't judge a book by its cover.

Even if its on a Kindle?

 

[Gibson486]

i fail to see your logic, but ok.


BTW, use the " ' ".

 

[Auggie]

You can fill a glass up, let it evaporate, and then say that it is "still half full." So the OP is incorrect - either can be used to describe the situation.

 

[nublikescake]

A glass is ALWAYS full........ full of AIR! He he he.

 

[Miramonti]

I believe this metaphor is the reason whino's are considered neither optimistic nor pessimistic.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: her209
Can a window be half-open?

Only if you see someone moving it one direction or the other. Windows dont open and close by themselves.

 

[imported_Champ]

Originally posted by: nublikescake
A glass is ALWAYS full........ full of AIR! He he he.

half empty...of air?

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: Auggie
You can fill a glass up, let it evaporate, and then say that it is "still half full." So the OP is incorrect - either can be used to describe the situation.

Not so. Evaporation empties the cup, no matter how minute. So it would be "almost" half full and becomming less so by the moment.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: nublikescake
A glass is ALWAYS full........ full of AIR! He he he.

I think you mean an empty glass is always full.....of air......however you still get decent artistic impression points from the russian judge.

 

[GaryJohnson]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: her209
Can a window be half-open?

Only if you see someone moving it one direction or the other. Windows dont open and close by themselves.

So if someone opens it half way, then walks away, it's not half open?

 

[ViviTheMage]

how about it has stuff in it?

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
how about it has stuff in it?

Depends on what is in it.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: GaryJohnson

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: her209
Can a window be half-open?

Only if you see someone moving it one direction or the other. Windows dont open and close by themselves.

So if someone opens it half way, then walks away, it's not half open?

Only if they opened half way.

 

[darkxshade]

I don't see it as half full or half empty... I see it as filled with room for ice.

 

[nublikescake]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: nublikescake
A glass is ALWAYS full........ full of AIR! He he he.

I think you mean an empty glass is always full.....of air......however you still get decent artistic impression points from the russian judge.

Empty of a liquid...not of matter. I still win.

 

[nakedfrog]

It's always half empty, huh? What's the other half then?

 

[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
It's always half empty, huh? What's the other half then?

The other half is a liquid.