Is a cup half empty or half full?

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Is a cup half empty or half full?

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How do you view a cup?
Is it half empty or half full?
Here are a few notable answers

Enthusiast: I'm happy I've got a glass.
Optimistic: Half Full
Pessimistic: Half Empty
Someone really pissed: It is empty (I drank it)
As taught in Engineering School: It is twice as big as it needs to be
Cynic: It doesn't matter, as the glass is going to break, anyway.
Alcoholic: I'm sure I emptied the glass.
Kleptomaniac: I stole the glass.
Nihilist: There is no glass.

Neither:
It is always full.
It may be filled with 50% of water and 50% of air, or any variation of competing percentages, but it is always full of something even if it looks empty as it could be FULL of air.

Was the previous condition of the glass full or empty?
If full, then the answer is half empty.
If empty, then it is half full.

Umm, who is drinking my drink, that is all I want to know...

So what are your thoughts

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I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it. You can't prove anything!
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Heavy thinking gives me a headache!

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HansV wrote:I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it. You can't prove anything!
That sounds like denial, you may need to learn to channel your feelings

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<<Is a cup half empty or half full?>>

It depends whether you're drinking or pouring.

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For me it really doesn’t matter because I’m going to drink it anyways :cheers:

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Is a cup half empty or half full?

Surely the answer is, "Yes"!
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John Gray wrote:Is a cup half empty or half full?

Surely the answer is, "Yes"!
Unless of coures, it isn't. :innocent:
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John Gray wrote:Is a cup half empty or half full?

Surely the answer is, "Yes"!
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I always view a cup from the outside.
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Sort of reminds me of the difference between a scientist and an engineer :

A scientist and an engineer were each stationed under a basket of a basketball court, one at one end, the other at the other end. A beautiful maiden was stationed in the half-court circle, midway between them.

The rules: After every second, you can move half-way to center court, where you and the maiden can play whatever game comes to mind. The scientist thought for a moment, pulled a book out of his pocket, and sat down under his basket. The engineer, meanwhile, was making rapid progress toward the maiden. The referee stopped play, and asked each for an explanation of their behavior.

The scientist explained, since he could only move half-way each second, he would never actually get exactly to center court, since it's an infinite series, so why bother?

The engineer said, Yes, I know that, but pretty quickly I would be close enough for all practical purposes.
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ABabeNChrist wrote:So what are your thoughts
It depends on what's in the cup; if I don't like it, it's always, at least, half full.
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