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sliverstorm on July 12, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why you should take the money

In my mind, you're talking about deserving vs. earning. To me, deserve is intrinsic (e.g. You deserve the right to a speedy trial) while earn is value-based (e.g. You've worked hard, you earned it)

The two words are close to eachother, but I am wary of 'deserve' because it seems to be abused.

Cyranix on July 12, 2011 [–]

That's fair. I feel like Jason may have been using the former word to describe the latter situation.

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