the half-full glass analogy doesnt quite work here. 97/100 times your brakes will work. 3/100 times your brakes will fail. this is two ways of saying there's

the half-full glass analogy doesnt quite work here. 97/100 times your brakes will work. 3/100 times your brakes will fail. this is two ways of saying there's something severely wrong. it's not a matter of perspective unless the situation itself is subjective. a half-full glass is not - in isolation - worse than one that is full without context.