On optimism
Apr. 8th, 2009 04:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
king_pellinorAll this stuff on LadyofAstolat's LJ about pints has made me think.
The old question "is the glass half-full or half-empty?", where "it's half-full" makes you an optimist, "it's half-empty" a pessimist, and "it's twice as big as it should be" an engineer: I don't like those answers.
I, as an optimist, would like to see the glass as half-empty. If it's half-full then I've been served a short measure, whereas if it's half-empty I've already had a drink and still have more to come :-D
The old question "is the glass half-full or half-empty?", where "it's half-full" makes you an optimist, "it's half-empty" a pessimist, and "it's twice as big as it should be" an engineer: I don't like those answers.
I, as an optimist, would like to see the glass as half-empty. If it's half-full then I've been served a short measure, whereas if it's half-empty I've already had a drink and still have more to come :-D
