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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Historian: The cup can teach you a lot of things that you do not want to know

John Scalzi@scalzi.com

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat

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Kyrre Teigen @kyrreteigen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Girl 1: The cup is half empty Girl 2. The cup is half full The Cup: 😬

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Ray Woodson @raywoodson5.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

YouTube video: to understand whether the cup is half empty or half full, you first need to understand how the liquid was acquired.

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Ryan Hoffman @somati-ca.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Optimist: The coffee cup is half full Pessimist: The coffee cup is half empty Topologist: The coffee cup is equivalent to a donut

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Scott Rosenberg @wordyard.com · 22/08/2026

Journalist: the cup did not respond to a request for comment.

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Watching frogs boil @robertbl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Statistician: The cup holds 50% of its maximum capacity, plus or minus a 5% margin of error at a 95% confidence level.

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Laura Jones MD @ljonesak.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Pediatrician: we don’t recommend juice in your cup.

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Puna Green B.O.H.I.C.A. @punagreen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So if you don't have a cup? Or a pot...... ?

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Puna Green B.O.H.I.C.A. @punagreen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So if you don't have a cup? Or a pot...... ?

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Sally Ann Lynch @sorchainenil.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Optimist: THE cup is half full Pessimist: THE cup is half empty Geneticist THE human cup has 23,000 genes! but a grape has more?

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Brian McLernon @brianmclernon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

An engineer would say the cup is twice as big as it needs to be!

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zack @zjaggers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Dialectologist: Okay, let’s move on to ‘cup’. Would you say the cup is also a glass? Is it a mug? Would it make sense to you to call it a dish?

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𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 @secretcabdrivre.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Democrat: The cup is half full. Republican: Who stole half of my drink? Everyone: Why are Republicans such crybabies?

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

*smacks table* I can fit So Many lessons into this cup!

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GreeeEEEEEeedo 🇺🇦 🦉🦉🦅🦅 @natteringnaybob.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Law school professor: Today, you will argue that the cup is half full, while your classmate argues that it is half empty. Next class, you will take the opposite position

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👉🏽Bluep! @braidsinspades.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty New parents: Eventually the baby’s going to be drinking from these so, they are a little pricey but, should we get the gender-neutral color? Yeah, what the heck, it’s an investment for her future, let’s get the organic bamboo ones.

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Stowe Boyd @stoweboyd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Taoist: The cup is full. Half water, half air.

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Angelo Tarallo @angelotarallo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

To simplify the equation, I’m going to go with the cup half full. I hope the historian can figure out whether I was right

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Janet Sternberg @janetphd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Cat: The cup is on the floor.

Head shot of dark, almost black chocolate tortoiseshell cat Luna giving her sly side-eye expression.

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newenglandjamie.bsky.social @newenglandjamie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Middle school history teacher: Switches back and forth every 45 minutes.

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kb8887.bsky.social @kb8887.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I believe that George Carlin said, "the cup is too (expletive) big"

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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Optimist: The glass is half full. Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Louis MacNeice: The glass is falling hour by hour, the glass will fall forever

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Foxtrot Tango @twayn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty René Magritte: This is not a cup

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Deeg-oh @digochak.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Extremist: All cups are bastards

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Allen @t-allen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Statistician: the mean, median and mode = 1/2

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joecorey3rd.bsky.social @joecorey3rd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is not my Grimace glass!

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Engineer: The cup is twice as big as it needs to be.

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RJ Nerd Dad @rjnerddad.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The ADHDer: Which one of these half dozen not empty cups on my desk are we talking about?

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I support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

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I support Somali-Americans@adamrothman.bsky.social

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Historian: The cup, 1789-1914

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Steve Jess @stevejessradio.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Pollster: The cup is undecided.

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Doc Democracy 🇨🇦 @docdemocracy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Trump: Thats my cup

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MG_JFReynolds🫘 @cessna120.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Engineer: The cup is twice as big as it needs to be.

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Michael Daniels @credoabsurdum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Margaret Thatcher: There is no alternative!

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Michael Meister @michaelmeister.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Democrat: The cup is half full. Republican: The cup is mine.

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thegetup814.bsky.social @thegetup814.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: Cup=half full. Pessimist: Cup=half empty. Stoner=Man, I already peed in that cup.

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Rod McMillan 🍉 🇸🇩 🇺🇦 📚 @morewretchthansage.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Epictetus: The cup is broken, but don't be disturbed by it.

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someothercow.bsky.social @someothercow.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty FDA (previously): The cup is full of lead and must be recalled. FDA (now): Who cares. DOGE gutted us.

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KatSkahnne @katskahnne.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty My Cat: /knocks the cup off the table

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Kevin Castro, MA @kevincastror.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Historian of technology: The cup is not fully neutral.

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Julio @1doglove.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

My wife ! Get your lazy aS up from the table,stop staring at that cup like a moron and go to work! Between the cup and your Bluesky perusing I’m going crazy in this lousy house, I was raised to be a princess, but a night in your backseat has committed me to be a common man’s wife with a com……….😳…….

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CB @christopherburns.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

George Carlin: The cup is too big

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Volcanohead 🇺🇦🇬🇱🇪🇺🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈 @volcanohead.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Commercial investor: That unoccupied space is not being used for anything. That'd be a good place to open up another Dollar General.

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Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Economist: The cup is efficiently sized and the liquid is optimally allocated given preferences and constraints. Any perceived “half-ness” reflects rational trade-offs and the marginal utility of the next sip.

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OleFlytyer @oleflytyer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Danced by a dog please, not a cat. Since we aren’t on the topic, is a second Kaiju book in process?

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Hippeaux @hippeaux.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Prop Guy: The director is going to ask someone to throw that cup. *sigh*

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ProfVkipedia @msvki.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Biologist (forensic): The cup yields fingerprints, saliva, trace amounts of DNA, bacteria, yeasts, sugars, proteins, clay, pigments and polymers.

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grrwoman.bsky.social @grrwoman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: the cup is 1/2 full Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty Excel: the cup is January 2

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Sven Meinke @svenmeinke.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

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Sven Meinke@svenmeinke.bsky.social

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Truth Social: People's cups are FULL LIKE NEVER BEFORE which is JUST AMAZING thanks to me fighting for the Aerican people. Under the CORRUPT Biden administration, not only were cups EMPTY but they TOOK AWAY THEIR CUPS altogether!

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MAGA Watch 🇨🇦 @magawatchcanada.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty The Joker: When is a cup not a cup? When it’s a hiccup.

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Rumpole the Brief @rumpole-brief.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Cassandra: I could tell you about the cup but you wouldn't listen anyway. Historian: RIGHT?!

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Bea @autiebea.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Neurodivergents: There are three cups with different beverages. Also Neurodivergents: If it's not in my favorite cup, the question is irrelevant. Other Neurodivergents: Where did I leave my cup?

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Dolorosa Santos @dolorosasantos.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Historian: Trump is the world biggest CHILD RAPIST.

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Mike Stemmle @mikestemmle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Adventure Game Designer: The cup will be half full or half empty depending on which hand you grabbed it with, and must be used with the wine cask of the same color as the painting in the previous room to create the Shrinking Elixir.

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Danny Malloy @dpjmalloy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Philosopher: We need to define 'cup', 'half', 'full', and 'empty' before we go any further. Also, what's in the cup?

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