edcayton Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 So, are you an optimist (incurable or otherwise) or a pessimist? Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Two things I hate -- A full glass and An empty one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmay2002 Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Any scientist or engineer will tell you that the glass isn't half full or half empty - it's just the wrong size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YesTor Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Hmmmm, well I guess if your "glass is half-full" then you naturally have the ability to smile when it still goes AWOL... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted April 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2017 My glass is always completely full, as is yours. What isn't beer or whisky is air. What more do you need in life? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Cat Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Glass lying smashed and broken on the floor. (It's not been a good day. ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 After years of reliving past events and worrying about a future that might not happen I am learning to live in the present. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb900f Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Pessimist. You are never disappointed. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Doesn't seem to matter to me, I'll still probably knock it over and spill it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Anyone who asks this question always forgets, the glass can be refilled (and it's probably their round). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Trofimow Posted April 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2017 A pessimist is just an optimist with experience... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted April 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2017 If it started empty and was filled half way, its half full. If it started full and was emptied half way, its half empty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two_sugars Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 A pessimist . . what an optimist calls a realist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted April 1, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2017 Doesn't matter to me, as a rocket scientist/engineer if it's in the glass.....drink it! Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Turpin Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Just remember - pessimists get PLEASANT surprises! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted April 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2017 Pessimist. You are never disappointed. Pete And any surprises you do get, are nice ones. John EDIT: Just spotted I was beaten to it but nice to know someone else feels the same way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Cat Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Doesn't matter to me, as a rocket scientist/engineer if it's in the glass.....drink it! Baz Now, if you were an artist you would have a different outlook, something like, if it's in the glass I probably just washed my brushes in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted April 1, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2017 Pessamist If it doesn't go wrong things are better than being an optimist and things go wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted April 1, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2017 I am an optimistic dormouse currently sat on by a pessimistic elephant... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted April 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2017 There are four basic responses: 1. The glass is half full 2. It's half empty 3. Half empty,no half full, no half empty.... wait, what was the question again? 4. DID YOU SPILL MY PINT? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Complete optimist (christian) because while will happen the victory is certain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted April 2, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2017 True story time, this happened in work. Conversation between an old friend, and myself... "Phil, is your glass half full, or half empty?" "Glass? What glass? Someone's nicked it......." 'Cos it's Sunday, I've left out the swear words.... Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 2, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2017 My glass is always completely full, as is yours. What isn't beer or whisky is air. What more do you need in life? Tea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 If it started empty and was filled half way, its half full. If it started full and was emptied half way, its half empty. This is perhaps the best answer to the glass half-full/half-empty question I have seen - apart from the "twice as large as required" answer. The whole optimist v. pessimist question for me is entirely philosophical in nature. There is this perspective from W.S.C that is relevant and I think useful: I am an optimist, It does not seem much use being anything else. Contrasted with the first noble truth of Buddhism (much paraphrased) that suffering exists, and a pessimist may be defined as one who simply recognizes that truth: "birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering" etc. Of course a whole religion (arguably all religion) stems from the need to move beyond this perspective and is the fuel for all seekers. Arguably anyone who makes the decision to keep on breathing is, at least in some small way, an optimist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Accord Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 To the optimist the glass is half full. To the pessimist the glass is half empty. To the engineer the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. To the British India engineer the glass is only half as big as it needs to be, and it's bloody nearly empty. STEWARD!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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