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When I first heard about the glass-half-empty/full thing, I was about 10 years old, and my first thought was that it depends on the glass' previous state.

If the glass was previously closer to full, then someone must be draining it, so now it's half empty. If the glass was previously closer to empty, then someone must be filling it, so now it's half full.

I wonder what that says about me? 🤔

Oct 12 at 12:04amWeb
Show threadHacker MemesOct 12

@argv_minus_one I'd agree with you. It makes senses to use clear terms for state-transitions. But even in a static context, there is also perception.

Linguistically there is like a many-to-many relationship between the language we use and the context were trying to communicate.