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Someone who treats future-you as a client worth protecting from present-you.

means A person who sets money aside now instead of spending it, on behalf of a future they haven't met yet.

from Straightforward lineage: 'saver' comes from 'save,' from Old French 'sauver,' from Latin 'salvare' — to make safe, to preserve from harm or loss — itself rooted in 'salvus,' meaning safe or whole. The -er simply names the one who does it. The word's oldest sense was about rescuing bodies and souls from danger; only later did it settle comfortably onto bank accounts, treating a stash of money as something being kept safe from ruin, much like a person pulled from a river.

origin
from Latin salvare, to make safe
paradox
delays joy to guarantee joy later
screen type
also stops your monitor from burning in
economics term
the reason spenders get to borrow at all
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