Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus

Re:Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus by ericjang on Friday May 27, 2016 @11:47PM (#11790498)

I only learned this recently, but it's actually spelled "just deserts".

Although desserts (sweet confections) are often associated with rewards, the word "deserts" refers to the element of distributive justice.

Source: I wrote a paper about this for a class and got a C+.

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Re:Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus by lobster_johnson on Saturday May 28, 2016 @12:46AM (#11790607)

Deserts is an archaic word meaning "reward", i.e. a kind of noun form of "deserve".

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Re:Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus by LogicFailsMe on Saturday May 28, 2016 @12:03PM (#11792119)

"Just Desserts" would be a great name for a bakery, no?

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Re:Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus by EliRivers on Sunday May 29, 2016 @06:16AM (#11795808)

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Re:Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus by Grepsy on Thursday June 02, 2016 @03:30PM (#11825349)

It's been a while since I've seen the marquee element in action.

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Re:Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus by madaxe_again on Saturday May 28, 2016 @04:21AM (#11790960)

It's those things left for you - which have been deserted.

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Re:Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus by mrec on Saturday May 28, 2016 @08:40AM (#11791418)

No, that usage has a different etymology. Compare:

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Re:Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus by hola_hola on Saturday May 28, 2016 @12:45AM (#11790605)

So why the c+? Seems rather informative. Just learned something new.

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Re:Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus by mcintyre1994 on Saturday May 28, 2016 @05:02AM (#11791017)

Is it pronounced like desserts still?

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Re:Growing Rift Between Valve and Oculus by IneffablePigeon on Saturday May 28, 2016 @06:19AM (#11791155)

Yes (the same as the _verb_ deserts is pronounced)

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