Seriously. This isn't an esoteric argument. It's just common sense.
When you pour a liquid in a glass for consumption, you pour the liquid towards the top probably 90% of time. Sometimes you may pour just a little bit into a glass like if you have to pop some Advil or something, but that usually doesn't happen and even then, you fill less than half the glass. So we all now agree that the glass starts off full in the base case scenario. Now you start drinking aforementioed liquid. Are you "emptying" the glass, or are you "less filling" it? Once you empty half of the glass, you are left with a glass that is half empty.
For the record, the grass isn't really greener on the other side, although it does look that way. The dry patches and color inconsistencies are more pronounced when you are looking straight down at a magnified cross section of grass. Now look at the other side. You can't perceive any imperfections from afar and all you see is a beautiful blanket of greenosity. Now walk over to the other side. It's the same grass, stupid.
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Six of one, half a dozen of another.
Regarding your "base case" scenario: You assumed that the glass is full to begin with, but I argue that the glass is never completely, 100% full. Most people (and I would go out on a limb and include you too) fill a glass to 90% full and leave some room for the sloshing that will inevitable occur when you transport the glass.
Thus, is the glass still half empty?
Actually, due to the surface tension of water, a glass may be more than 100% full (as the water cna bulge slightly over the top without running over the sides).
This is my preferred method for filling the glases of others, actually. I enjoy watching them slouch down to slurp away the bulging liquid, or unsuspectingly pick the glass up and "clumsily" spill all over themselves.
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