The Jungle was fiction . Sinclair never witnessed anything that happened in that book , nor did he ever claim to . Only an idiot progressive would use a work of fiction as evidence for anything . <| sep |> Well , first off , congratulations . You ' ve made the first step . You ' ve acknowledged it ' s devastating your life , not only to yourself but to the public as well . And you did that in writing . Now you are ready for Step 2 . Make it realistic . <| sep |> You need one ? ? Cus i mean . i know a guy . <| sep |> This isnt true at all . You can be long or short volitality . If I buy a put on the vix I ' m short vol . Come on I trade vol all day in various asset classes almost exclusively through options and I ' m short vol 98 % of the time