“Is the glass half empty or half full?” is a common expression. A joke version was posted on Twitter by Bob Kostic on February 15, 2018:
“Instead of a swear jar, I have a negativity jar every time I have pessimistic thoughts. It’s currently half empty.”
Wikipedia: Is the glass half empty or half full?
“Is the glass half empty or half full?” is a common expression, a proverbial phrase, generally used rhetorically to indicate that a particular situation could be a cause for pessimism (half empty) or optimism (half full), or as a general litmus test to simply determine an individual’s worldview. The purpose of the question is to demonstrate that the situation may be seen in different ways depending on one’s point of view and that there may be opportunity in the situation as well as trouble.
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Instead of a swear jar, I have a negativity jar every time I have pessimistic thoughts.
It’s currently half empty.
4:49 PM · Feb 15, 2018·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Dad Jokes Etc
@DadJokesEtc
Instead of a swear jar I have a negativity jar.
When I have a pessimistic thought I put some money in.
It’s currently half empty.
4:19 AM · Feb 16, 2018·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Shit Jokes
@ShitJokes
Instead of a swear jar I have a negativity jar.
When I have a pessimistic thought I put some money in.
It’s currently half empty.
4:16 PM · Apr 6, 2018·Twitter for Android
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/madazzahatter November 24, 2018
Instead of a swear jar, I have a negativity jar. Every time I have pessimistic thoughts, I put a dollar in…
It’s currently half empty…
Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/madazzahatter April 6, 2020
Instead of a swear jar, I have a negativity jar. Every time I have pessimistic thoughts, I put a dollar in…
It’s currently half empty…
Twitter
Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
Instead of a swear jar, I have a negativity jar. Every time I have pessimistic thoughts, I put a penny in…
It’s currently half empty.
3:56 PM · Apr 6, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/AustralianGroan April 8, 2020
Instead of a swear jar, I have a negativity jar. Whenever I have a pessimistic thought, I put some money in it.
it’s currently half empty
Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/madazzahatter June 28, 2020
Instead of a swear jar, I have a negativity jar. Every time I have pessimistic thoughts, I put a dollar in…
It’s currently half empty…
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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