is the glass half empty or half full...?

Originally posted by Wickerman
And THAT ladies and gentlemen is the sound of my braincells committing seppuku 😐

~wickerman~

Cool ! 😆

I don´t really expected that this question would have so many replies

Originally posted by Clementine
IMO I think the glass is just twice as big as it needs to be...but maybe that's just me 😮

I like your thinking. 😄

i dont think so i think its full what ever its

I support what has been said before. A test to simply determine if an individual is an optimist or a pessimist themselves.

A better question, Why is there is a glass? And also, Where did the contents come from?
Or could the glass--regardless of its status as being half full, half empty, or both at the same time--be a gateway to another dimension?

Given the context of a litmus test, those questions are irrelevant.

it doesnt matter if the glass is half full or half empty, as long as you have as much as you need. thats all that matters

i would just say i drank half of it 😕

The glass being half empty or half full depends on whether someone gave you the glass with the liquid already in it, you may feel you're being conned and therefore complain it is half empty, but if you filled it yourself and only wanted a small drink you probably feel it is half full 😂

There are four types of people in the world...

"the glass is half full..."
"the glass is half empty..."
"Half full... no, half empty... no half full... no, half empty... no...."
"Hey! I asked for a cheeseburger!!!"

What Syren said.

Also, if you fill it half without removing any, I think it's more in favour of being half full. Where ass if it's full and you drink half, it's half empty.

-AC

the idea of being pessimistic or optimistic with this question comes from the negative and positive space in the cup. somehow by noticing the positive space (the half that is occupied by the liquid) you get labeled optimistic, and by noticing the negative space (the unoccupied space in the cup) you get labled pessimistic

its like this picture below
If i asked you what you see in this picture your answer would either be two faces if you noticed the black or a vase or something similar if you noticed the white.

my point is that the way you see something has to do with perception not your personality or outlook on things

It's the way you look at life.....AND...is the glass pretty?

When it's half full people are constatly claiming it's thier glass, and no matter who ends up drinking it someone else get's screwed over without getting thier milk!

When it's half empty no-one bothers with it, and the poor rejected milk sits there to become tasteless cream that either go's bad and smelly or gets dumped down the drain.

And God forbid you should put water in the cup..

According to a linguistic analysis, the glass is half full, because the word full and the word glass are related in the same contextual meaning. A glass is primarily filled and not emptied, so if it contains water, it should be considered up most filled with something and not emptied of something. In other words, the glass is a container and not a emptier.
As a glass is a functional object, meant to be filled, if it contains liquid, it should be analysed in a perspective of being x amount filled.

Originally posted by Storm
According to a [b]linguistic analysis, the glass is half full, because the word full and the word glass are related in the same contextual meaning. A glass is primarily filled and not emptied, so if it contains water, it should be considered up most filled with something and not emptied of something. In other words, the glass is a container and not a emptier.
As a glass is a functional object, meant to be filled, if it contains liquid, it should be analysed in a perspective of being x amount filled. [/B]

Hurray! 😄

I know at one time the glass was completely empty and I know the glass has had water added to it. So I would say we can only know it is half filled and we can never know if it was completely filled or emptied.

Originally posted by Clementine
IMO I think the glass is just twice as big as it needs to be...but maybe that's just me 😮

I think there are two valid solutions to this case.