I don't choose to only talk about and think about what everyone else does. Sorry. Both oxygen and water are things I can't live without so my glass has both. I'll choose to appreciate both equally, because I can choose for myself what kind of person I want to be.
This logic makes no sense at all. Just because it was full and you are emptying it doesn't mean you necessarily judge it on how empty it is any more. And just because it was empty and you are filling it doesn't mean you necessarily judge it on how full it is.
Couple examples:
1. I buy a gallon of milk and drink half of it. I would still say "Oh the jug is half full"
2. I get a gallon of oil and use a quart of it in something. I don't say "Oh this jug is a quarter empty" I say "Oh this jug is three quarters full"
3. You fill your car up with gas and drive around til its at 3/4, do you say you are a quarter empty now because it was full and you are emptying it?
Maybe it's supposed to be a joke, but in my opinion this picture completely misinterprets the glass metaphor?!?
In the metaphor the glass represents your life, the universe and everything that happens in it.
So it hasn't been filled or emptied prior to existing. The glass was always there, since the universe was created, and always filled 50%.
(Btw I believe the glass is half full as you can see.)
Couple examples:
1. I buy a gallon of milk and drink half of it. I would still say "Oh the jug is half full"
2. I get a gallon of oil and use a quart of it in something. I don't say "Oh this jug is a quarter empty" I say "Oh this jug is three quarters full"
3. You fill your car up with gas and drive around til its at 3/4, do you say you are a quarter empty now because it was full and you are emptying it?
~Bill Shakespeare~
someone else who knows this
In the metaphor the glass represents your life, the universe and everything that happens in it.
So it hasn't been filled or emptied prior to existing. The glass was always there, since the universe was created, and always filled 50%.
(Btw I believe the glass is half full as you can see.)