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Wowenglish Posted 15 years ago
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I would like to know the meaning of "I'm all about volunteering"

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Wowenglish the meaning of "I'm all about volunteering The statement by itself means that the speaker considers "volunteerism" a good/important/laudable/unselfish endeavor, and that he considers this to be his most important activity in life. (helping his fellow man) I guess the point of the comic strip is to observe that "do-gooders" sometimes do more harm than good, being overconfident that they're doing the right thing.

— Avangi

  • Wowenglish the meaning of "I'm all about volunteering The statement by itself means that the speaker considers "volunteerism" a good/important/laudable/unselfish endeavor, and that he considers this to be his most important activity in life.
  • (helping his fellow man) I guess the point of the comic strip is to observe that "do-gooders" sometimes do more harm than good, being overconfident that they're doing the right thing.
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Wowenglishthe meaning of "I'm all about volunteering
The statement by itself means that the speaker considers "volunteerism" a good/important/laudable/unselfish endeavor, and that he considers this to be his most important activity in life. (helping his fellow man)

I guess the point of the comic strip is to observe that "do-gooders" sometimes do more
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Hi

This is interesting - I have seen "volunteerism" a few times. I think it is US; but it is related to the UK phrase - "the Big Society"..

The idea is that government does not have to pay professionals - instead it can use unpaid volunteers

There are two problems that worry people..

(a) will the volunteers be caring and know enough?

(b) will the volu
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Anonymousnot knowing or caring that this will cause Hammie pain
I think there are also many professionals who "don't care." Some people are just stupid, and others get their priorities mixed up.

Who knows what a person's motives are for volunteering or for becoming a professional.

If a person volunteers, he's surely not doing it for t
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Anonymousnot knowing or caring that this will cause Hammie pain
On the contrary, he wanted to inflict pain, just as children often do at that age. His excuse is a matter of "playing innocent".

CJ
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CalifJimOn the contrary, he wanted to inflict pain
I'll assume this insight is based on intimate knowledge of the character through constant readership.
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My insight, based on intimate knowledge of the character through constant readership, is that it's a girl (Zoe), not a boy. Her pony tail doesn't show in this particular picture. Apart from that detail, I agree with Jim's interpretation. Zoe and Hammie are both "all about" tormenting each other at every opportunity.
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Many thanks, Jim and Khoff, for setting us straight on this. Emotion: smile

- A.
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Hi all

Can I just sign off from this thread by saying that I was a volunteer for a year and I recommend it

I am unhappy only with the way that politicians try to use the idea

On questions of language:

(a) I would say the human act is "volunteering"; perhaps we should use "volunteerism" as the political word only

(b) Avangi is right - to be quite correct
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Anonymous(a) I would say the human act is "volunteering"; perhaps we should use "volunteerism" as the political word only.
I agree completely!
I was looking for an economical way to couch my definition of the phrase. I thought better of it, but got lazy.
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