Earning something and deserving it are two entirely different things. Institutions are often built on deliberately conflating the two.
ah you missed an s as in desSerts, leading to some very confusing thoughts for me about dry sandy places
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nah man n. Something that is deserved or merited, especially a punishment. Often used in the plural: They got their just deserts when the scheme was finally uncovered.https://www.wordnik.com/words/desert
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huh I always thought the etymology for just deserts derived from desserts as in rewards good/bad in the form of good/bad cake :D So it is from the other end of connotations
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