Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Gas station attendant: The cup's $1.20 but if you bring a cup, ice is free.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Video Essayist: So after these 10 hours, I’ve discovered the cup is both half full & half empty—simultaneously proving capitalism’s reliance on manufactured scarcity while commodifying hope. Like and subscribe for more.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Writer: …did I have a plan for this cup? Was it supposed to link to some other part of the plot? Crap. I really don’t want to go through and take every mention of the cup out. Maybe I can kill someone with it.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Gas station attendant: The cup's $1.20 but if you bring a cup, ice is free.