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RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They obtained it. They didn’t earn it.

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  • RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I thought they meant the same

    Is “Nestle earned 100 billion USD by murdering children” a invalid use for the word?

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    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Earn” is a more objective word. Depends on who the judge is. Does a bank robber “earn” their money?

      But yes, it could apply by definition. It’s more a statement of opinion on the speaker’s part.

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• credo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How do you define “earn”?

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  • desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    aqqured though effort, if they had some morals* beforehand it would have taken effort to underpay that many people

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    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      So would you say the mugger that knocked you out and took your phone and wallet earned them? It was an effort after all.

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    • RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Does it take effort to lose your morals?

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  • RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    According to the dictionary that duckduckgo uses:

    To yield as return or profit

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    • credo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There are actually two primary definitions, hence why I asked:

      • to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered // to bring in by way of return
      • to come to be duly worthy of or entitled or suited to // to make worthy of or obtain for

      Every major dictionary has some variation on both of these, including whatever duckduckgo uses

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• normalexit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It depends on how much gravity you put into the word “earned”.

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