Someone who speaks lies or says something irrational
Dracula: "Perhaps the same could be said of all religions"
Richter Belmont: "Your words are as empty as your soul, mankind Ill needs a savior such as you"
People being optimistic when there's really nothing to be optimistic about. A sense that someone's positivity has no merit and is practically wasted because almost if not everything is purely negative at the time. This kind of thinking can be toxic because being happy all the time, even and especially during hardship, doesn't necessarily solve anything.
I'm getting tired of the amount of Empty Optimism that everyone around me is exerting. There's really nothing to be happy about right now.
The Empty Child Is A Child With A Gas Mask Fused To His Face, Who Constantly Asks For His Mummy, The Origin Of The Gas Mask Plague Of WW2 And The Main Antagonist Of The Doctor Who Series 1 Two Parter, The Empty Child And The Doctor Dances.
Empty Child: Are You My Mummy?
Random Man: No, What Are You On About?
A quarterback who puts up a lot of seemingly impressive stats, but rarely wins games, rendering his stats useless in the grand scheme of things.
Also applicable for stats put up when the team is down or up by a lot. AKA, not when a game is being determined.
Jay: I am so pumped for my team's new QB, we are going to air it out all season long.
Joel: Hmm, I don't know. All I see is a bunch of empty calories, he may be useless when it counts.
Jay: Ugh, he never wins big games, you are so right.
When someone threatens you with an imaginary godly punishment.
1: god will send you to hell for your heathen ways.
2: that ain't nothing but empty threat from a finger gun. Get out here!
one! after that, it's not empty anymore
Guy 1 on stage: How many apples can fit in an empty basket?
Audience: I don't know
Guy 1: One! After that, it's not empty anymore!
Audience: *Bursts out laughing*
The residual garbage you are left with after a failed sexual experience; an unfilled condom.
#1
Evan: "Sammmmmmaaaaaayyyy did you lay a fat nut on that chick's face last night?"
Sammy: "nah man... she made me use a condom, so you know I was left with an empty sack."
#2
Eric: "Hey Gabe, why are you in such a bad mood, bro?"
Gabe: "Listen Brother, you'd be in a bad mood too if an empty sack was sitting YOUR trash bin."