Credit to: @dailyrev , @DukeTrout , @gracchus , @fuzzyfungus , @zuludaddy , @capnjimbo
OPTIMIST: The glass is half full!
PESSIMIST: The glass is half empty.
REALIST: The glass contains N ml. of liquid. Now, do you have a more interesting question?
ENGINEER: That glass is not the optimal size.
PHYSICIST: Postulate a perfectly spherical glass…
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER: Did you fail topology or have you never used a glass, physicist?
PHILOSOPHER: The glass is all the way full, just with air for the top half.
MATHEMATICIAN: places Klein bottle on table, asks you to clarify what you mean by “full”.
Sorry if I missed anyone else’s contribution.