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[b]It's half full.[/b]
It's clearly full of water, it isn't empty of water.
Only reasoning is the when you say half full or half empty it's part of human responses and consensus.
Believing what you think whether right or wrong people, naturally believe they are right.
Until they say it out loud.
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[b]1/2.[/b] [spoiler]The cup is merely at 50% capacity. All other methods of saying it are just because people understand it differently, such as 50% = 'half' and capacity could mean full/lacking/empty, depending on the given context. And said 50% is relative to the consumable therein (water) and does not include air or any other gas, nor will cater for the cup itself.[/spoiler]