[NT] Half Empty? or Half Full?

[INTJ123]

Optimist or pessismist? Somewhere between? I'm sliighhtly on the optimistic side.

 

[Engler]

I can only observe the glass indirectly, via sensory perception. Because of the oblique nature of this observation, I can never know for certain if the glass even exists, let alone whether or not it contains anything.

But I didn't answer your question, did I?

 

[Fluffywolf]

Extremely optimistic.

My glass isn't empty until I licked every bit of liquid right out of it.

 

[Virtual ghost]

I will wait with my answer.

 

[INTJ123]

Extremely optimistic.

My glass isn't empty until I licked every bit of liquid right out of it.

lol I can almost feel your optimism from that statement.

 

[FigerPuppet]

I can only observe the glass indirectly, via sensory perception. Because of the oblique nature of this observation, I can never know for certain if the glass even exists, let alone whether or not it contains anything.

But I didn't answer your question, did I?

You INTPs are so damned annoying when you do that.

 

[Matthew_Z]

The glass is clearly filled 100% with two different substances that each occupy roughly 50% of the glass.

Ironically, the glass is void of emptiness.

 

[Engler]

You INTPs are so damned annoying when you do that.

Well, seeing as how you are an INTJ, you probably predicted that someone would post something of that nature.

 

[BlackCat]

I'm a pessimist personally.

 

[Alwar]

Optimist.

 

[ceecee]

It depends on if I have any more of the liquid in the glass left in the fridge.

 

[laughingebony]

The glass is holding 50% (by volume) of the liquid it is capable of holding.

If I have to choose, though, it's half full.

 

[Wiley45]

I tend toward pessimism, though I work hard to try to be optimistic.

 

[wren]

I believe I'm an optimist. What's the point otherwise?

 

[sunset5678]

Lol, usually I'm an optimist, but I hate to say I'm not a happy camper today
because even though there were a few little things I made sure to enjoy, the
things I'd planned on doing all day and got everything done ahead of time ju-
st so I would have time didn't seem to turn out right worth crap...I had that
two hours of wasted work feeling. But, I did however find out that most of it
was the stuff I was using for it had worn out and gotten crappy and it wasn't
all mistakes so maybe realizing things need to be replaced is fates way of hi-
nting that sometimes change is good.

 

[INTJ123]

some of you keep talking about a glass, there is no glass..... it's just a metaphor, we are talking about whether you believe in optimism or pessimism here. Nice try at diverting the subject though.

 

[Matthew_Z]

some of you keep talking about a glass, there is no glass..... it's just a metaphor, we are talking about whether you believe in optimism or pessimism here. Nice try at diverting the subject though.

I was using the metaphor to explain my answer. I believe that there is an optimistic and a pessimistic view (among other views) of a situation and that they both must be looked at to wholly grasp the image.

 

[INTJ123]

I was using the metaphor to explain my answer. I believe that there is an optimistic and a pessimistic view (among other views) of a situation and that they both must be looked at to wholly grasp the image.

why can't you simplfy things? Now I can simplify your answer to, in between.

 

[ajblaise]

After years of hearing the glass half empty / half full analogy, it just makes me want to take the glass and throw it against the wall. So that makes it fully empty.

But other than that, I'm optimistic.

 

[Shimmy]

Depends on your activity... filling the glass, in which case it will be half full, or drinking from it, half empty.

some of you keep talking about a glass, there is no glass..... it's just a metaphor, we are talking about whether you believe in optimism or pessimism here. Nice try at diverting the subject though.

If that was the case, why not just ask: "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?"