Diary (December 17, 2020)

Online diary of Karl Jones for Thursday December 17, 2020.

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Living on volcanoes

A hungry man feels no future.

Think about people living on the slopes of active volcanoes. All around the world, countless thousands of people live on the slopes of active volcanoes.

From the comfort and safety of my little house in Ely, it's easy to think, "Fuck me, who would live on the slope of an active volcano? You would have to be crazy! Go! Get the hell out of there!"

And yet there they are, people living on the slopes of active volcanoes.

I can only conclude that those people have no options — they are *stuck* on those volcanos.

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