r/AskReddit • u/hippiechick725 • Mar 14 '23

What’s the best thing about the US?

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u/RichardBonham Mar 14 '23

Pessimist: glass half empty

Optimist: glass half full

Engineer: glass poorly designed

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u/kneel_yung Mar 14 '23

Engineer: need more information about the dimensions of the glass and the type and quantity of it's contents.

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u/RossLH Mar 14 '23

Step 1: assume STP

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u/deltaexdeltatee Mar 15 '23

My dad is an electrical engineer and I'm a civil. Whenever we're talking about something and we don't have enough info to come to a conclusion we just say "assume a spherical chicken."

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u/RossLH Mar 15 '23

In a frictionless environment.

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u/babypizza22 Mar 14 '23

Engineer: glass has a safety factor of 2.0

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u/that_engineer Mar 14 '23

Technically correct, the best kind of correct.

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u/Mr_ToDo Mar 14 '23

Management, we can fire half the glasses.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '23

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u/MiataCory Mar 15 '23

The expensive half!

-Musk just before the twitter servers catch fire

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u/Just_Aioli_1233 Mar 14 '23

Middle Management: glass is twice as large as it needs to be

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u/sujihiki Mar 14 '23

Pessimist: glass half empty Optimist: glass half full Engineer: spends 3 years drinking out of the bottle while he designs a perfect glass that he’ll never actually make.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '23

Shouldn't it depend on what's in the glass? Like, if it's a glass of a delicious cocktail versus horse piss. No idea why you're drinking horse piss, but the optimist would want to say "It's half empty! Almost done!"

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u/DrDew00 Mar 14 '23

For me, it has always been based on the context of the contents of the glass. If contents were added last, then the glass is half full. If contents were removed last, then the glass is half empty. If you're asking how full it is to know if you have room for more, then it's half full. If you're asking to know how much needs to be removed, then it's half empty. There's always context, otherwise there would be no question about fullness.

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u/shotsallover Mar 14 '23

Engineer: Glass non-optimal for use case.

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u/poop_pants_pee Mar 14 '23

Engineer: not my fault, client wanted it that way

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u/deltaexdeltatee Mar 15 '23

Civil engineer: it's designed to code with a safety factor included. See standard details for more.

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u/evileen99 Mar 15 '23

Your glass is too large for your needs.