Can I have a glass half full/empty?

newolder · **#101** by **newolder** » Oct 19, 2018 7:42 pm

A metaphor in jeopardy.

Is that like a clean slate in a cement mixer?

Is a warning for FUA violation more concrete?

Thommo · **#102** by **Thommo** » Oct 19, 2018 7:44 pm

scott1328 wrote:
Thommo wrote:
*Although I may, or may not, have been taking the piss when I posted it. And that piss-taking may, or may not, have been a parody of a certain pompous style of posting intended to convey how much the poster thinks of their own opinions and abilities, and how much they want people to see their intelligence, which I may or may not have detected in the opening post of this and several other recent threads.

One wonders if this thread has become half-full of piss, or half-empty

I'm wondering if it can be simultaneously full of piss and empty of content.

Thommo · **#103** by **Thommo** » Oct 19, 2018 7:49 pm

newolder wrote:A metaphor in jeopardy.

Sounds like a tag line from a movie.

One man's mission to rescue a metaphor in jeopardy. Trapped in a corrupt system and beset on all sides by the knuckleheads of evil. Threatened with imminent defenestration. Racing against the ticking clock of imminent forum moderation.

This is critical analysis.

This is glass/off.

scherado · **#104** by **scherado** » Oct 19, 2018 8:03 pm

Regina wrote:...
Ooh-oh...knuckleheads. Now you tell us how metaphors work on the molecular level. (3/4 full)

I do think it's time to start another thread on another subject. I've forgotten what I wanted to discuss next. I have to consult Memory Division.

laklak · **#105** by **laklak** » Oct 19, 2018 8:07 pm

Now you've defined your terms. I'll take physicist for $400, Alex. Molecule level accuracy. So no, probably not. Maybe when we get molecular level nanobots. It's still a fine metaphor, though, fine as hair on a frog's back.

newolder · **#106** by **newolder** » Oct 19, 2018 8:12 pm

Thommo wrote:
newolder wrote:A metaphor in jeopardy.

Sounds like a tag line from a movie.

One man's mission to rescue a metaphor in jeopardy. Trapped in a corrupt system and beset on all sides by the knuckleheads of evil. Threatened with imminent defenestration. Racing against the ticking clock of imminent forum moderation.

This is critical analysis.

This is glass/off.

A monologue

starring

Nomark Newposter

as

Pessioptimist Prime

Hermit · **#107** by **Hermit** » Oct 20, 2018 3:31 am

scherado wrote:you knuckleheads

By the way, someone just rang on behalf of David Dunning and Justin Kruger. They want their prime exhibit back and asked if anyone here knows where they can pick you up from.

Spinozasgalt · **#108** by **Spinozasgalt** » Oct 20, 2018 5:53 am

You know what this is missing? Emmerdale.

Fallible · **#109** by **Fallible** » Oct 20, 2018 8:20 am

Oh my god, please don't tell me a metaphor is in danger! It's so important that they're exactly factually correct!

Cito di Pense · **#110** by **Cito di Pense** » Oct 20, 2018 8:31 am

scherado wrote:All you knuckleheads just don't get it.

Alan B · **#111** by **Alan B** » Oct 20, 2018 11:54 am

All this "Half full/half empty" nonsense is a load of bollocks. And what's the point of all this advanced maffs? :doh:

The answer is simple. It all depends on one's perception: whether you are a 'Top-down' or a 'Bottoms-up' person. :snooty:

Personally, I prefer Bottoms-up. :drunk:

Alan B · **#112** by **Alan B** » Oct 20, 2018 11:58 am

scherado wrote:you knuckleheads

Reported!
Is there a 'Block-list' facility on this forum?

Getcha own-back time...

scherado · **#113** by **scherado** » Oct 20, 2018 12:27 pm

Thommo wrote:
newolder wrote:A metaphor in jeopardy.

Sounds like a tag line from a movie.

One man's mission to rescue a metaphor in jeopardy. Trapped in a corrupt system and beset on all sides by the knuckleheads of evil. Threatened with imminent defenestration. Racing against the ticking clock of imminent forum moderation.

This is critical analysis.

This is glass/off.

Worthless.

Read my next post for my defense.

scherado · **#114** by **scherado** » Oct 20, 2018 12:32 pm

laklak wrote:Now you've defined your terms. ... It's still a fine metaphor, though, fine as hair on a frog's back.

I ask you--assuming you're up to speed, a bold assumption, certainly--what would be the purpose of telling you the answer in the OP? There would be nothing left to discuss. I did tell you here and here that it was "an exercise in critical analysis." Does the aerobics instructor start the music then tell you to sit down while she does the workout for you?

Thommo · **#115** by **Thommo** » Oct 20, 2018 1:29 pm

You aren't an aerobics instructor and this ain't no stinking dance class! :razz:

Regina · **#116** by **Regina** » Oct 20, 2018 1:32 pm

scherado wrote:
laklak wrote:Now you've defined your terms. ... It's still a fine metaphor, though, fine as hair on a frog's back.

I ask you--assuming you're up to speed, a bold assumption, certainly--what would be the purpose of telling you the answer in the OP? There would be nothing left to discuss. I did tell you here and here that it was "an exercise in critical analysis." Does the aerobics instructor start the music then tell you to sit down while she does the workout for you?

That's really cute. So you are an instructor now, somebody who gives the unsuspecting audience a lesson in critical thinking, which ends with the breathtaking insight that metaphors cannot be taken literally? Well, consider me shocked and amazed.

BlackBart · **#117** by **BlackBart** » Oct 20, 2018 1:37 pm

I generally prefer my aerobic instructors to be capable of aerobics.

Cito di Pense · **#118** by **Cito di Pense** » Oct 20, 2018 1:45 pm

BlackBart wrote:I generally prefer my aerobic instructors to be capable of aerobics.

And if they're aerobic organisms, it's always more appealing if they're not mouth-breathers when at rest.

felltoearth · **#119** by **felltoearth** » Oct 20, 2018 2:15 pm

BlackBart wrote:I generally prefer my aerobic instructors to be capable of aerobics.

There is something distinctly anaerobic about this thread.

Fallible · **#120** by **Fallible** » Oct 20, 2018 2:54 pm

scherado wrote:I ask you--assuming you're up to speed, a bold assumption, certainly--what would be the purpose of telling you the answer in the OP? There would be nothing left to discuss. I did tell you here and here that it was "an exercise in critical analysis."

No.

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