The glass may be full, but...

[daniel]

In another thread, which I do not want to put negative thoughts into, hyo silver said:

The cup is always full. It's the portions of air and water that's in question.

A glass may be always full of something, and a mix of half water and half air may not be a bad thing. But sometimes the glass of life is half full of water and half full of sewer gas.

I'm pretty lucky myself. My glass is about 3/4 water, 3/16 air, and only about 1/16 sewer gas. But there are plenty of people who's glass is 1% water and 99% sewer gas.

I'm just saying that the glass-half-full metaphor is mighty Pollyannaish.

[Blauer Glimmer]

Originally Posted by daniel

I'm just saying that the glass-half-full metaphor is mighty Pollyannaish.

Perhaps... but Pollyannas live longer: Optimists live longer and healthier lives: study | Health | Reuters

[eagle33199]

You know Daniel... just because i had beans with dinner last night doesn't mean i'm half full of sewer gas! I mean come on... at least half of that sewer gas has found an escape by now, much to my coworkers discomfort...

[jayman]

Originally Posted by daniel

I'm just saying that the glass-half-full metaphor is mighty Pollyannaish.

Well, sure it is. If you were to sit down and seriously think about how absolutely fubar'd the entire world is, the only logical solution would be defenestration

Assuming you lived in a real tall building. Jumping out the window of a bungalow you're lucky if you get scratches

It's actually best if we delude ourselves into believing that, if not the entire world, at least our little teeny corner of it, even only the home we live in, is a fine and dandy place with no serious negative reprecussions

Because if you sit around all the time thinking about it, you could become very seriously unhinged

[jayman]

Originally Posted by eagle33199

just because i had beans with dinner last night doesn't mean i'm half full of sewer gas!

I have secret chilli concoction that should be outright banned by The Geneva Convention

[dogfriend]

From a materials science point of view, everything is made up of mostly empty space. Protons, Neutrons and Electrons held in position by attractive and repulsive forces. So the glass is mostly empty. Including the glass that makes up the glass.

[PriusLewis]

Daniel, thanks for starting this in a new thread rather than commenting where it was originally posted.

As a Management Scientist it's not about the contents, but the process. How did the glass get filled? Should it have been filled all the way up? Who benefits from the functional step of filling the glass in the first place? Can we eliminate the glass and use the contents directly, thus saving time, material, labor and money? If the glass is sitting around half full for a period of time, can we reduce the stock time to reduce inventory? Is the glass secure, or is it in danger of being knocked over, thus spilling the contents?

See, it's all in the perspective. A half-full glass, to me, is a chance to offer someone my consulting services, thus improving their methodology (not to mention my bank account).

$250/hr, minimum 8 hours, plus travel and per diem. I will send the bill in the morning.

[galaxee]

i think the world has issued me a dozen glasses to handle right now. it is supremely uncool. and they're not even full of anything good.

[daniel]

Originally Posted by eagle33199

You know Daniel... just because i had beans with dinner last night doesn't mean i'm half full of sewer gas! I mean come on... at least half of that sewer gas has found an escape by now, much to my coworkers discomfort...

Bean farts do not in the least resemble sewer gas. Bean farts have a sharp, pungent odor, only moderately unpleasant. Sewer gas is noxious and will make anybody gag, and in the extreme it will kill you. The two are not interchangeable and should not be confused.

Originally Posted by jayman

Well, sure it is. If you were to sit down and seriously think about how absolutely fubar'd the entire world is, the only logical solution would be defenestration

Assuming you lived in a real tall building. Jumping out the window of a bungalow you're lucky if you get scratches

Way back when he was a comedian, and a very funny one at that, Dick Gregory said the reason Black folks don't commit suicide the way white folks do was that you can't do yourself much damage jumping out of a basement window.

Originally Posted by jayman

Because if you sit around all the time thinking about it, you could become very seriously unhinged

Is that why I'm so messed up?

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Speaking of glasses and water, I've emptied about 5 glasses of water since walking into the house a half an hour ago. I went for a one-hour walk on the Centennial Trail, and it's a beautiful sunny day, and I got home seriously thirsty.

[jayman]

Well, I tend not to worry myself over crap I have no control over anyway. Like folks who obsess about the Meteorite Of Doom. Why? Can't do anything about it anyway, if we know it's coming, might as well be right at Ground Zero and be treated to the best show in the universe