The optimist says, "The glass is half full."
The pessimist say, "The glass is half empty."
The rationalist says, "This glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
~~Plato And A Platypus Walk Into A Bar~~
Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein

Maybe it's not the question itself but our reasons for asking it? Wanting to know another person's answer to validate our own answer?
Perhaps wondering about what our answer actually is if we are honest? And our answer may help us to understand what we are feeling; optimistic or pessimistic?
or
It's a crock of you know what, and we know it.
A question like this used to put me into "analysis paralysis."
My first T once told me sometimes a piece of pie is just that; there is no hidden meaning, no secret ingredient, no answer.

In Peace