Expectations are funny things. They can take the exact same experience and give it entirely different interpretations.
Why is having your half-empty glass of unsweet tea refilled with sweet tea so much worse than having a half-empty glass of sweet tea topped off with unsweet tea? Same drink. Different expectations.
The experience of half-sweet tea entirely depends on your expectations. In both situations, the quantitative experience is exactly the same. The qualitative experience is entirely different. Both are totally different.
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