Poll: Glass half full or half empty?

[Easton Dark]

I always thought it was impossible to be half empty. That's like taking half of zero.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

I love messing with the minds of people who ask me this question, because my answer to it goes thus:

"It's both. That half's full and that half's empty."

So does that make me a pessimist or an optimist? I prefer to think of myself as a more realistic sort of person (a realist?), neutral I guess you could say.

What do you think, Escapists? Are you a half full, half empty or both sort of person? Do you think it's better to be biased one way or the other, or impartial to both?

The glass is obviously twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[CitySquirrel]

Half full... but I do question why it is half full.

 

[Private Custard]

The glass isn't half-full or half-empty, it's merely twice as big as it needs to be.

Edit: Shit....ninja'd!

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

If you fill an Empty Glass half way with water, its Half Full.
If you drink Half of a Full Glass, its Half Empty.

 

[MassiveGeek]

It doesn't matter.

... That's pretty much my answer. Ciao!

 

[Knusper]

At the moment, it's half full. Things are improving. I am just out of debt and have bought myself a new mp3 player - I have been having to go without as my last one broke a few months ago.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

half empty

 

[Trotgar]

It's nice that in Finnish, one can neutrally say something like: "The glass is on it's half" (a crude straight translation).

Otherwise, I say it's half full if it was being filled, and vice versa.

If I don't know if it was being filled or drained, I just like to say something like this:

the glass is twice as big as it needs to be

 

[Spoon E11]

Depends if im filling it of emptying it. Pouring out a drink into a glass at 1/2 way its 1/2 full. And vice versa.

Damn Ninja'd at post 51.

 

[higgs20]

if you were filling it then it's half full if you were empting it then it's half empty.

 

[CroutonsOfDeath]

I picked the "Both" choice. Truthfully, I would probably gravitate closer to "half empty" but as pessimistic as I often am about the past, present, and immediate future - I always have a little hope that at some point down the road there'll be something to be optimistic about.

To be a bit more pretentious: My glass is half empty, but there's a lake at the end of the road - maybe then I could fill it half full.

 

[ImperialSunlight]

I cannot give a proper answer to this question without being given this hypothetical glass so that I may perform extensive testing upon it to microscopic detail.

 

[All Hail Lelouch]

I say that the glass has 50% more capacity than is actually required to contain the liquid. (The Engineer's response)

 

[SniperMacFox]

REJECTED! *Smashes glass to the floor.*

 

[Bravo 21]

Its half empty, but im still trying to be an optimist, because i beleive in one of two following policies
1)I brought a water bottle, so im good regardless.
2) I dont care, just put it on my tab

 

[omega 616]

I love messing with the minds of people who ask me this question, because my answer to it goes thus:

"It's both. That half's full and that half's empty."

So does that make me a pessimist or an optimist? I prefer to think of myself as a more realistic sort of person (a realist?), neutral I guess you could say.

What do you think, Escapists? Are you a half full, half empty or both sort of person? Do you think it's better to be biased one way or the other, or impartial to both?

The way to mess with people is to use my answer, "niether it's full up, one half is full of whatever it's filled with and the other half is air".

What does that make me? A smart arse, I assume.

 

[itsausernamewhatofit]

For me it always depends on the state the glass was in last. If it was full and then emptied halfway before the question was asked then I'll call it half empty, but if it was in the process of being filled then it's half full.
At least, thats what I tell people when they ask. Either way i don't really care.

 

[Andy03]

As a friend of mine once said, "The glass is neither half empty or half full, you just have more glass then what was needed."

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Debatable. I may or may not have smashed the glass for fun with a blunt object.
Schroedinger's half-loaded maybe-glass =O