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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.

doug6352 7 June 28
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9

To the scientist the glass is always full because it's one half drink and one half air 😉

Mea Level 7 June 28, 2018
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The glass is refillable.

4

To the philosopher, why does the glass have to exist in the first place? Interesting post.

3

To a rational person, the glass is always full regardless of it's contents.

mt49er Level 7 June 28, 2018
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Who will say that the glass is half-full of water, and half-full of air?

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Cut the philosophy and pour the beer, got any pretzels?

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As a writer, I see this as analogous to buying a new wardrobe.Preparing for the glass, I clean out my closet.

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It's all about what's in the glass before worrying about how full it is....

Irie Level 4 June 28, 2018
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To the Snowflake, a glass represents a violent and non-consential assault on silicon.

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To the realist the glass is broken, keep it ril, buy a new glass.

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But an Irish man knows ther glass can be refilled.

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To a scientist, it is half full of water and half full of air.

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To a non-theist there is nothing there.

xyz123 Level 7 June 28, 2018
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And to the physicist it is in stable equilibrium

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To a drunk it;s empty

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The wording here is brilliant. I'm gonna use this the first chance I get. 🙂

Nardi Level 7 June 28, 2018
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It depends on what you are planning on doing with the liquid in the glass. If you plan on drinking it then in the process you are going to empty the glass.
Also Matter is mostly empty space anyway

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As a volumetric problem solver, your engineer would be fired immediately. A real engineer would say that the glass is approximately 1.25992 times too large.

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