Is it Half Empty, or Half Full?
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MrStick
Well, I wasn't aware of your joke, Sorry about that.
Also, in no aspect did I call you pathetic.
I stated the opinion of hitting someone with a different view is. But if you say its a joke, then that doesn't neccessarily apply. And either way, doesn't imply that you're pathetic.
Also, in no aspect did I call you pathetic.
I stated the opinion of hitting someone with a different view is. But if you say its a joke, then that doesn't neccessarily apply. And either way, doesn't imply that you're pathetic.
I'm.. sensitive
Depends whether you are emptying or filling the container.
I personally see it as an arbitrary distinction. Half full, half empty... both describe the glass in the same state of being, the glass is filled to half of it's volumetric capacity. I would say the glass is half full but I disagree that, that makes me an optimist because at that point, it just becomes a choice of wording and I am too much of a realist to truly class myself as an optimist.
This is a twelve-year-old thread 
Original post by Aridge93
I personally see it as an arbitrary distinction. Half full, half empty... both describe the glass in the same state of being, the glass is filled to half of it's volumetric capacity. I would say the glass is half full but I disagree that, that makes me an optimist because at that point, it just becomes a choice of wording and I am too much of a realist to truly class myself as an optimist.
Original post by a_human_being?
This is a twelve-year-old thread
I'm usually a half - full kinda person 
well, due to the surface tension of water you can fill the glass to significantly past its brim. therefore, this "half" is less than half if the half is measured by height (i.e. there is less than half the capacity of liquid in the glass), so therefore it is neither half empty nor half full since it is less than half full and more than half empty.
if the half is measured by volume (i.e. is half of the total capacity of the glass), then it is more than halfway up the side of the glass and is therefore more than half full or less than half empty, so is neither half full or half empty.
if the half is the middle of those two then it is not half by either measure and therefore this also fails.
therefore there is no such thing as the glass being half full or half empty. we can only assume that the glass has liquid, which cannot be refuted if the glass is attempting to be half full (because it must have liquid if it has volume.). the only other alternative is that the glass does not exist which would allow the volume of the water or other drink to also be 0. but if this were the case then the glass too doesn't exist and we've wasted our time talking about a nonexistent glass.
but this is all hypothetical so the glass doesn't actually exist anyway and therefore you've wasted your time reading through this pile of rubbish, just like i have wasted my time writing it.
if the half is measured by volume (i.e. is half of the total capacity of the glass), then it is more than halfway up the side of the glass and is therefore more than half full or less than half empty, so is neither half full or half empty.
if the half is the middle of those two then it is not half by either measure and therefore this also fails.
therefore there is no such thing as the glass being half full or half empty. we can only assume that the glass has liquid, which cannot be refuted if the glass is attempting to be half full (because it must have liquid if it has volume.). the only other alternative is that the glass does not exist which would allow the volume of the water or other drink to also be 0. but if this were the case then the glass too doesn't exist and we've wasted our time talking about a nonexistent glass.
but this is all hypothetical so the glass doesn't actually exist anyway and therefore you've wasted your time reading through this pile of rubbish, just like i have wasted my time writing it.
Original post by MrStick
As the title implies....
Is it Half Empty, or Half Full?
Oh and please don't give stupid remarks. As everyone has a different opion/answer to it. I have mine, but I wish to see others first before stating mine
I want your opion on how you see it to be!
I know it can be classified as both. Jeez people, use your brains!!!!
All I want is peoples opinions on it. -_-
How you will generally see any drink - half empty of half full? And why?
Thank you!
Edit: Seems like there are a lot of simplemind people on TSR that hardly use their brains xD
Is it Half Empty, or Half Full?
Oh and please don't give stupid remarks. As everyone has a different opion/answer to it. I have mine, but I wish to see others first before stating mine
I want your opion on how you see it to be!
I know it can be classified as both. Jeez people, use your brains!!!!
All I want is peoples opinions on it. -_-
How you will generally see any drink - half empty of half full? And why?
Thank you!
Edit: Seems like there are a lot of simplemind people on TSR that hardly use their brains xD
Depends on whether you were drinking it or filling your cup
Depends what’s in it and whether I want to fill it with anything or finish the other half. If I will finish it, half full, if I will fill it, half empty!
Either way, free drinks!
Either way, free drinks!
(edited 2 years ago)
Original post by TinyPizza256
Depends on whether you were drinking it or filling your cup
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