19% would be the complacent middle class 🤮

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[–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Incent is correct in fact 🤓

incent verb in·​cent in-ˈsent incented; incenting; incents transitive verb

: incentivize … a large prize … may also incent some employee referrals. —Bill Conerly

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Its definition is literally a reference to "incentivize," so all that proves is that language has rotted slightly

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 7 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (4 children)

    Not if you actually read the chart

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    "The earliest known use of the verb incent is in the 1840s."

    ???

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    If you read the chart, rather than just the AI summary, you'd see that usage was quite low until a slow rise in the mid-20th century.

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