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| More on language |
| 08.28.03 (10:40 am) [edit] |
I am heading out in a few hours to do some volunteering at the FMF (Feminist Majority Foundation). It seems that lately I have been doing a lot of volunteering with various places ... I have had a few weeks where I put in 20-30 hours at 3 or 4 different organizations (more if I count travel time). I just like doing things to help.
This brings up an interesting point: is this much volunteering an addiction? It aggrees with Webster's definition, which also points out that an addiction can be good, but usually is not.
Interesting how slippery the language gets: even knowing the context, I am sure many people had a negative reaction when I first used the word 'addiction'. If this was written in an earlier age that would not be the case that it is today.
This particular example has me thinking of the show 'Red Dwarf' and the positive luck viruses. For people who have not seen it, it is a brittish comedy sci-fi show, and in one episode they discover viruses for luck and sexual magnetism.
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