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Quora can go screw itself I hate it. I also despise the "Update" rather than "Edit" function, but the "Update" feature is 12000% better than all of Quora so I guess I cant complain

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    now

    if I drink half a cup of water, pour the remaining half into the second glass, is the second glass half-full or half-empty?

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    1 AnswerOther - Science3 months ago