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But What's in the Glass?

Optimist: The glass is half-full

Pessimist: The glass is half-empty

Literist: The glass cannot be half-empty nor half-full. These are absolute descriptors and attempts to fractionate their definitions are ignorant and meaningless. The glass has realized one-half of its potential.