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Is the glass half empty or half full? April 28, 2001 This question has been debated long and hard. For decades this question has served as a method of discovering one's tendencies toward optimism, pessimism, and general outlook on life. I decided that, by leaving the question open to my visitors, perhaps I would get a few (hopefully many) good answers to share with everyone. I feel that no one can be wrong, really, but there are certain criteria that I consider before simply adding an answer to the list. I cannot identify these criteria exactly, but I can tell you that some characteristics I look for in an answer are that it is reasonable, well thought-out or explained, or, sometimes, just funny. Sometimes I'll add an answer anyway; I just have to like it. That said, feel free to send me your answer! The most recent answers are on top, and answers are otherwise in no particular order. Just so you know, I barely edited the content of this response, or these responses, I should say. (You know, grammar, spelling, capitalization, if anything needed to be changed. Of course, if something needs to be changed, that's my opinion, because it's my page. So hah.) September 8, 2001 It's irrelevant whether the glass is half full or half empty. It's twice as big as it
needs to be.
- Adam Sears
April 28, 2001 The correct answer: "Dammit, I ordered a cheeseburger." (Note: A shiny nickel if you
identify the allusion. I identified it, but I had the help of a search engine.)
- Peter Bourgon
April 4, 2001
- Ryan Pate
April 3, 2001 glug-glug-gurgle-slurp-glug-gulp... Wait, what was the question?
- Rebecca Johnson
What do you mean? I was told back when I was a wee lassie that liquids of most sorts
were for consuming, not inquiring, silly! Just drink it all so it will obviously be empty. Then you have no
problems and you can move on with your pick up stick licking. Eat more pickles.
- Jordyn Hepler
April 1, 2001 Neither. My glass is currently empty, but I am on my way to the fridge to fill it up.
(note the optimism... I have nothing to drink, but due to self-reliance and motivation, my thirst is well on
its way to being quenched.) Another answer, and the one I usually answer with: I have half a glass. I have
never answered "full" or "empty" to this question, for the record.
- me
I think the real question here is, "What is in the glass?" Is it water, fruit punch? Is
it laced with anything? Will I die if I dring it?
- Matt Falkenberg
I hate this question. It's obviously both! I just say whatever comes out of my mouth...
- Claire Ragsdale
Who cares? Just drink the life-sustaining liquid.
- Nick Disabato
This isn't my glass! My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!
- Mike Gavin
The glass is half full, and I'm looking forward to drinking the rest of it.
- Neil Coons
I just want to know who the hell drank the other half!
- Walter Ham
It is both half full and half empty *pause* because half is gone and half is left.
- Max Seckel
I know this going to sound like a bunch of superfluous bullshit (which it probably is),
but here's my take on things: the glass is always filling, and at the same time, the glass is always getting
bigger. Sure, at times it may seem like the glass is either half empty or half full, depending on the
circumstances at the particular time, but the truth of the matter is that blessings are poured into our lives
everyday, and consequently the opportunity for things to get screwed up increases. Life is never at a stagnant
point where you could actually say that something IS this way, because it won't stay that way for long. In my
opinion, a true optimist isn't someone who can look at a situation and say that everything's okay - a true
optimist is someone who can recognize the tragedy in a situation, yet still look forward to the blessings of
the future.
- Brad Barfield
There is no glass.
- Hideaki Omuro
Half full of course! Empty means not there. Can you really have half of emptiness?
- Emily Hunter
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