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  • That glass you drank out of is always full, because when you drink out of it, it fills with atmosphere of equal volume to what you drank. When you fill it back up with that liquid, the liquid pushes the atmosphere out with equal volume to what you put in. But since the Rutherford gold foil experiment, mankind has known and taught their kids that atoms are mostly empty space. So while it is full of something, MOST of it is vacuum.

  • Half Full could be considered as pouring the water into the glass half way. While Half full could bee seen as emptying it half way. How I see it as Half of a glass. Neither Half filled, or Half Emptied, making it much easier one everyone else. Does that mean something? I do not of complete agree with you, because the second glass will be at the halfway mark soon. So, will you pour it into a shorter, and even wider glass? Alright then, good luck with that.

  • It's funny that humans pick it like that. They match it up to their current actions, so that they (naturally) feel accomplished.

    A very natural & complex case of optimism.

  • hey! its both!! cant argue with that!

  • why is there pee in the cup lol mate

  • totally agree with u m8

  • its nether because your glass is acually more full that empty. by the way how do you type soeur(sister in french) so the o and the are combined

  • It's simply Half Full AND Half empty, at the same time.

  • I dont care whether the glass is half empty or half full

    I JUST WANNA KNOW WHOS DRINKIN MY DAMN COKE!!!

  • The expression "half empty/half full" has nothing to do with a glass or what's in it.

    Optimism is a wonderful thing. One either has it or not. Realism is a good thing when it's important to the situation (life or death, etc).

    A glass should be big enough to hold the intended contents. It's OK for a little bit of glass to be "left over" when the liquid is in it. The smaller glass is good only for small amounts of liqud, while the larger glass can hold both small or large amounts.

  • @polkadotbox2

    Realllyyy?????

  • I agree with below

    - if u have a full glass then empty it till half - half empty

    -if u have an empty glass and fill it to half - half full

    its the same in life - if u found 2 fivers on the street then lost 1 you'd be like crap ive lost fiver. but if u had just found 1 fiver you'd be happy. even though both outcomes r the same?!

    anyways that looks like pineapple juice mmmm

  • I think that if you are filling the glass it would be "Half Full" but when you are emptying it it is "Half empty"

  • usually if u say its half empty ur in a bad mood. or if u say its half full ur in a pretty good mood.thats what i think

  • hey, great point! we gotta stop wanting more and more. we need to begin living simpler, being more grateful for what we do have, that way there is no excuse for us to even think of saying "the glass is half Empty". great vid steve.

  • The answer will always be related to the action being applied to the volume of liquid in the glass. Ie: if you are filling the glass you are half way to the desired level full. Therefore it is half full.

    If you are drinking or emptying the glass you are half way to the final level of empty. Half empty.

    Example: When you are driving to the shop you wouldnt say I am half way from home, you would say I am half way to the shop.

  • let's say you find a random glass of cordial in the street filled EXACTLY halfway, to the pictometre, now is it half EMPTY or half FULL?

  • Good point! In that case the major force acting on the liquid in the glass would be evapouration. Evapouration would be gradually lowering the level of the liquid therefore the glass would be half empty. The pesimists win again.

  • I think the glass is always full.Filled with water,air,whatever..

    Then again it can be always empty,empty of solids,empty of meaning.

    I think it's just the thoughts you put in as said by stateofemergency

  • i think that if you drink out of a FULL glass but get half way then it would be 'half empty' because your emptying it

    but it would be 'half full' if you was putting a liquid in but only putting it half way....... because your making it full

  • I always see the glass half full unless it really is half empty. Then I have trouble seeing the glass.

  • Ok here goes...

    "The vessel is obviously containing a half-glass measure of a particular substance that is liquid at "room" temperature, yet is naturally present in all but superheated (plasma) form on earth. This liquid inhabiting the glass is in such a state as to be relatively stable, and therefore require roughly the same volume of space to occupy at most times; unless of course that the energy levels of the aforesaid liquid change in some manner."

  • NOT SAYING ANY THING MEAN QUANNAHADE! you confuse me alot haha like your statement that says unless of course that the energy levels of the aforesaid liquid change in some manner." it really confuses me Ü ♦

  • That happens to be quite reassuring to know...

    That is very similar to today, when i asked "What is Up" it was more along the lines of... "Excuse me, could you please help me in my quest? I am currently attempting to acertain the discription of whatever may or may not be currently inhabiting the godly regions of the universe. I am now inquiring as to wether you do or do not possess this knowledge that I so greatly crave." this was when i passed a friend in the street, no prior planning...

  • My father was saying...

    Optimist says "Half Full"

    Pessimist says "Half Empty"

    Scientist says "Full" (and then goes on to explain of course)

    While the Engineer says "The glass is the wrong size" - which is also the "realist" view... but my view is much simpler, my answer requires no change to the liquid or glasses state... (Please remember this is in minimum words, if i wanted i could fill a good 5 posts with the answer...)

    ...hhhmmm crap... I'm going to need another post to fit it in...

  • Dont Worry About it, It Half-Full.

    Always.

  • i think you should just shut the fuck up english ass

  • The answer to half full or half empty: If you have witnessed and empty glass being filled half way, the glass is half full. if you witnessed a full glass being emptied to half way, it is half empty. if you do not witness any placement or displacement of water, but it is filed half way with water, the glass is simply half filled (not the same as half full, mind you).

  • i think its half empty...

    but the glass on they was more than half full :P

  • I'm a realist as well, but I see it as 100% full no matter what. It's true it may only be half full of water, but the other portion is also half full of air, so it is in fact 100% full, it's just that everyone always assumes you're talking about the liquid. That's how I see it.

  • I always think of it like this:

    If the glass was empty and somebody fills it up half way, it's half full.

    If the glass was full and half of it was poured out, it's half empty.

    But at least it has something in it. As long as something is in there, there's something to drink. But it will all eventually go bad anyway. So I need to drink it as quickly as possible before it all goes to crap.

  • I'm an opportunist, so I'd yoink the drink out of his grip while he was philosophising and enjoy it myself.

  • your a poff

  • I would have to agree with 54spiritedwill54- i'm a realist also and i'll get the next round! ;)~

  • I also believe that I'm a realist. Which for me means that it's time to order another round!

  • Yep. I agree. Very clever!

  • i agree with stevemaster672

  • well it all depends on wether you are drinking the liquid in the glass or filling the glass with liquid. if you drinking it, then its half empty. if your filling it, then it is half full.

  • Wow, your very smart :D

  • I've never really thought of it that way before. lol. =)

  • My parents have the exact same glasses and I always hated them because of that stupid chunky base!

  • Favorite

    i guess its full in that perspective

  • Its just half, just half

  • One half if full, one half is empty. Its as simple as that.

  • It would be simpler if I hadn't written "if" instead of "is" though :/

  • does it matter if the glass is half empty/half full or whatever, just drink the drink and fill it back up if you feel the need lol

  • ummm.... k

  • It is both. If it is half full you are happy and optimistic. If it is half empty you are sad and pessimistic.

  • that was quite clever indeed. if my opinion, if you are pouring a drink, it is half full, and when you are drinking it, it is half empty, it all depends on the next step really.

    then again, this is coming from a guy that made a video of himself staring at a bright light until his eyes hurt...

  • Good answer

  • I really like this video, very clever.

    :)Best,R.

  • lol. that's brilliant.

  • The glass is completely full. Partly with a liquid, partly with a gas.

  • Steve, you have the heart and soul of an engineer!  (Be afraid...)

  • Okay, this is my theory and I'm convinced to it. When you fill or have filled a glass to the half, its half full. When you are drinking from a glass or draining, whatever, its half empty. Easy?

  • Half empty, the glass is always half empty. :(

  • kool of you to think of it like that i would have to agree

  • great video! Very philisophical lol

  • I really hope he's kidding when he keeps saying the glass is full of water...

  • I also believe that I'm a realist. Which for me means that it's time to order another round!

  • After your drink you need another smaller glass. I am a capitalist and would like to sell you, either a smaller glass or some more lemonade!

  • I think I'm feelin' really thirsty 'bout now.

  • To me the glass is half full and I shall explain:

    When one buys a glass or a cup or a mug etc from the shop, they buy it completely empty. It is when they want a drink, and so start to fill up the glass that it reaches the half way point and becomes half full. To say the glass is half empty is to say that when not in use, the glass is completely full. :)

  • half full??

  • Great thinking

  • That's really weird... >.>

  • you look like gay

  • It's half full ^^

  • Guess I think it's all relative..

    if you started with an empty glass, the glass is half full.

    if you started with a full glass, the glass is half empty..

    So.. what am I?

  • OMg. i have always thought about it that way too. ironic.

  • Half empty Half full depends on what's in the glass. If its something you like eg. juice then its half full but if its a glass of poo then its half empty...cos who wants a glass of poo?!?

    atleast that's what i think anyways...

  • So I guess I'm...logistic?

  • Half-empty = You completely fill a glass and drink half its contents.

    Half-full = You filled a glass to half its capacity.

    Duh.

  • your smart. i never think or look at things that way =P

  • you would be a good presenter :)

  • WOW

    I have those cups

    Theyre WORLDWIDE cups :)

    Because I live in the UK

    And he lives in Australia...

    WEIRD

    :D

  • whoa. thats how i think of it too XD

  • It' half empty. But that's okay. I drank the other half already xD

  • lol, cool explanation

  • that looks like a good drink =]

    id say half e

  • There is no glass. -nod-

  • the glass was slightly more than half!

    but I would say it was half empty anyway...

  • ....get a life..

  • the glass is full! the first half with water, the other half with air!

  • Wow dude ur kind of a philosopher :P you make yourself nice questions.And nice vid :)

  • Well I think the glass is always full. It's either full of a liquid, or full of air....so in a complicated reality it is never empty it's only there....

  • the glass is always half full for me cause i like to look on the brighter side of things

  • hmm. tricky. i am usually quite pesemistic but with this situation i cant tell what i think =0

  • I think that if there's half of the liquid left in the glass... you should probably drink it before you get dehydrated... or before someone else does.

  • lol.

    that was surprising

  • i think its half full because well i dont no really.. ermm

    like 20ltr - you can half it to 10ltr

    but you cant half 0ltr?

    i dont know, i just say either one.. that way no-one can argue :D

  • Its half full... think about it..

    You can't get half of nothing..

    For example;

    1 ltr of water in a glass

    subtract 0.5ltr

    thats HALF of 1ltr

    ----------------------

    0 ltr in a glass

    you can;t half that can you.

    Thats my opinion anyway :)

  • idk if it is half full or

    half empty but if you pick half empty you are

    more left brained! i know

    that as a fact!

  • Realistically, I think it's funny that one would say half empty instead of half full. Cuz that would mean they are focusing on the "air" that is in the cup and not the water in it. The substance that is contained in the glass is the focus, not the part that isn't there. Right? I mean, you don't ask the waiter at a restaurant to "take out air from your glass" - you ask them to put more water in. Make any sense? lol.

    Boo, I wish I could video response back but no camcorder. Maybe next time :D

  • I had this conversation with a friend of mine after we watched Finding Nemo a few years ago. When Dorey and Merlin are in the whale and he says "it's half empty" and she says "hm, I'd say it was half full" - anyways!!

    I say it's half full when I'm fillin'er up. and it's half empty when I'm taking the water out. Makes sense, yeah?

  • I think that sometimes half empty is the optimistic view. What if the glass was half empty of a poisonous drink?

  • omg wat?

  • i always say half full haha

  • It's based on your thoughts. Some people may say it's half full and some may say it's half empty. It's really your opinion. Yes, no one really knows unlessd youw ere drinking out fo the glass or made the glass cup.

  • LoL "And NO the glass is not 3/4 full or even 13/24th full :P"

  • wait who cares if the glass is half full or half empty lol!!!! think of it

  • I have a chicken pot pie in the oven that will not be ready for 25 more minutes. Your videos are a good time filler. Do you want to sell that first Glass? I like the design.

  • NIce one, didn't expect that!

  • I think the glass is too f*#Cking tall

  • ithink that glass contains a little bit of scotch which is making u a little bit tipsy

  • LOLLLL!!

  • I think it's time to ave a glass of something while I wait for this video to play.

  • It all depends on what you're drinking really.

    And who's to say i even have a glass.. Maybe someone took it, maybe i drink out of a Dora the Explorer sippie cup (lid and all) Just fill my glass up to the top and watch me skull, by the time i've finished with it there will be no arguements. The glass is obviously totally empty. Problem solved. no need to thank me. =]

  • The glass is half full or half empty based on the direction the liquid was last flowing. If liquid is being removed, say if you're drinking, it's half empty. If you're pouring more, it's half full. I'd say that's a reasonable argument.

  • my glass is half a cup. :D

  • half empty

  • whoa. comments are clearly out of the subject

  • The glass you're holding is 3/5 full :)

  • ha ha ha !!!!! It is really funny how a simple video about a glass 1/2 full or 1/2 empty can cause rage in certain people.

    Look it is not all about Americans in this world, you guys are so full of yourselves.. it is funny!!! You think the world thinks most Americans are sutpid because of Bush? Please?!!! You guys are not stupid, only clueless!!! hahahahhahahahah

  • I'm an American, and I agree with you totally.

    And good vid^^ become a partner.

  • Is your glass half empty or half full?

  • Dont listen to the mean comments...your cool! I loove the accent by the way

  • Fuk ur a gay cunt

  • so is your face but no one says anything!

  • YOUR WATER IS YELLOW!!!

  • Iv always just drank what was in the glass lol

    And its not HalfEmpty/HalfFull unless thers something in it. Its half empty if quantities are being taken out bit by bit, It is half full if more quantities of liquids n what nots are being introduced to the same container.

  • hahahahahahahaha.

    that is so fucking hilarious!!

    && yes i do know them cities.

    NEVER HAVE, NEVER WILL go there

    because your all fucked up americans.

    you dare me?? hahahahaha, oh i will go 2 usa and say that to every filthy american.

    and ill do it, sucidial?? im sorry i am not like you filthy fucked up americans, who have fucked up people, who do that shit.

    i wouldnt wanna know the 100 things, cos your just all filthy, n grose! make the world, happy! i hope iraq, fucks you guys over again!

  • That was totally brilliant

  • its over half full...

  • hahaha, good all cordial!

    I agree with you fully!

  • DUDE ARE YOU DRINKING PISS!?

  • IT IS NOT Piss, grow the f**k up!

    It's called 'Cordial'

    Us AUSSIES Drink...

    Its a sweet water drink etc!!

    too long 2 explain.

    Well I spose you wouldnt know that,

    because your from America..

  • HMM i suppose so because yeah, you guys are just waaay better then me, jeese i guess I'm just WAY out of my liege.

    UP URS

  • hahahahahahahaha.

    that is so fucking hilarious!!

    && yes i do know them cities.

    NEVER HAVE, NEVER WILL go there

    because your all fucked up americans.

    you dare me?? hahahahaha, oh i will go 2 usa and say that to every filthy american.

    and ill do it, sucidial?? im sorry i am not like you filthy fucked up americans, who have fucked up people, who do that shit.

    i wouldnt wanna know the 100 things, cos your just all filthy, n grose! make the world, happy! i hope iraq, fucks you guys over agen

  • I should slap the fuck out of you! How dare you get stereotypic about Americans! I HATE stereotypes! What, you think we're supposed to know what the fuck you drink? I bet I could name 100 things in America that you would have no clue about! It was stupid of fordorama1 to say that, but I dare you to go to Los Angeles, New York, or Chicago and say something about Americans, I recommend that you do that on the day you are suicidal! Oh wait, you wouln't know of those cities, because your an AUSSIE!

  • Dude, chill out. No need to get so defensive!

  • no need for that bitch to get so offencive!

  • I love how angry you get... its heaps funny

  • Oh, im not angry, im just defending america! and what the hell does heaps funny mean?

  • this is an AMERICAN website.

  • Youtube is far from being an "AMERICAN" website. Who the hell would be arrogant enough to say something like that??? That's like saying, "you suck and shouldn't be on this site because you're a republican. AND REPUBLICANS SUCK!" But I'm better then that, and I'm not going to be the asshole that wants to claim a website in the name of his country. Seriously, who does that!!?!? It's people like you that make me embarrassed to even live here.

  • I'm sure the person meant that it was Americans who created this website aka "This is an AMERICAN website"

  • That shits more than half full!!!

    Way to destroy that annoying cliche'... I dont know how to spell it damnit!

  • It's only half empty... or only half full... "What do you guys think" well I think you're an overanalyzing douchenozzle :p still great fun, nice video

  • that glass isnt half empty or full it look over half :P

  • i say who cares, i want my drink!!

  • If I meet people who want to classify all other people as either optimist or pesimist. I can immediatly judge them as "black and white thinking morons."

  • It doesn't matter; the drink's gone soon enough anyway... that one was illustrated better when the example was a double shot glass. :shrug:

    Fun stuff. :)

  • Pesimist: Half empty.

    Optimist: Half full.

    Engineer: Glass is too large for volume held.

    Scientist: Glass is full, Half water Half Air.

    Politician:Lets privatise the glass, Sell it & rent it back.

    Economist: Glass is being underutilised therefore we must question need to provide this resource, money can be better invested elesware.

    Preist: God will provide there is no need for the glass.

    Bill Gates: If we smash all other glasses we can own the industry!

  • omg dude thats funny! is it ur material?????????

  • Funny weird? or Funny humerous? Either way I guess you can blame me for this comment.

  • clever, i have never heard it put that way.

  • so ur a powersaw huh? i wanna be an electric sander/grinder in a multifunctioning power tool!

  • wow i have the same glasses as you :D

    the small one. LOL.

  • are you drinking piss?

  • idk lol

  • lol. they passed a ppr with that at college:

    IS THE GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY?

    Optimist: half full

    Pessimist: half empty

    engineer: the glass is twice as big as it should be

  • I knew i should have done an Engineering Degree!!! I would have got a HIGH DISTINCTION!!!

  • It depends on thelriginal state of the glass, if the glass starts empty and you are filling it up its half full, if it starts full and you are in the process of emptying it then it is half empty.

  • I like your way of thinking, FireofPrometheus!

  • Hey everyone. U GOTTA WATCH THE FIRST VID RESPONCE BY CHRISPCHUNCHY. IT IS SO FUNNY.

    IS THIS GUY A HALF WIT OR IS HE HALF SMART. SOLUTION IS HIS HEAD IS 2 BIG.

    lolz

  • Yeah I saw that 2.

    Its so f****cking funny.

  • Yeah that was funnier than this vid. LOL LOL LOL

  • Yeah I thought it was funnier!! I rated it 5 stars!!

  • Geeze, I thought that was the colour of Aussies water Oo prooves how dumb I am :<.

    The whole half empty half full thing has to do with yin and yang doesn't?

  • my spill on this, you cant really assese the glass as it has to magnitude. so you can't say the glass to be half empty becuase for it to be empty ther would be nothing in there thats like mathimaticlly impossible thats like saying full is 1 and empty is 0. half empty 0 / 2half full 1/2 thats just my opion thoh. so if you say its 1/2 full then your not only optimistic your also not a dumbass

  • I gotta favorite this! I never thought about it that way. I love this video because I love thinking about stuff like this.

  • Thanks for favouriting it!! and you understand exactly why i posted this video!! Thanks for watching and commenting!!

  • No problem. It was really thought inspiring :D

  • I think that if the water level is decreasing its half empty (ie youre dinking it), if the water level is increasing its half full (ie youre filling it). GGnore

  • exactly what i think.

  • 00:33-00:40 HAHAHHAHAH too funny to listen xD

  • Isnt a realist someone who sells realestate? Thats why they sell alot of duplexes. You get half a house for a full price. Is that being realistic?

  • =] my dads a real estate agent, and no, a realist is someone who veiw or represent things as they really are. its a realater or real estate agent who sells relestate.

  • Why! are you half interested?