Is the glass half empty or half full?

Have you been asked this question : is the glass half empty or half full?

umm...
err...
well...
nu ke aisa hai, ki...
it is BOTH.

By virtue of its being half empty it is half full and by being only half full it has to be half empty, the one cannot exist without the other.

And to think they classify you as an optimist or pessimist based on your answer to the question.[rolling my eyes]

I would rather be none, neither an optimist nor a pessimist. They are both two sides of the same coin and are hence equally worthless. I would rather see the world for what it actually is, instead of trying to believe in some eventual good or impending doom i have no good reason to expect.

A person merely exhibits their pigheadedness by insisting on existing in any one of the two states. Entirely unnecessary if you ask me.

Oh and no offense meant to the pigs.