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Are you more successful now than you were in 2008?

Are you more successful now than you were in 2008 or less successful?

  • I'm doing worse than I was in 2008.

    Votes: 8 19.0%

  • I'm doing better than I was in 2008.

    Votes: 27 64.3%

  • I'm doing about the same.

    Votes: 7 16.7%

  • I don't what you are asking.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    42
  • Poll closed .
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Are you more successful now than you were in 2008 or less successful?
 
Probably less so. Due to the rate of inflation, compared to my salary changes over the past 6 years, I have less disposable income, and the price of commodities has risen more rapidly.
 
I was in school in 2008 and now I'm out of school, unemployed and can't find a job in my field. I blame that on myself more than anything else because I did not select a degree with good job prospects. A BS in chemistry is of little use by itself. I plan on going back to school for medicine, but if that doesn't work out I would probably seek employment in China, which seems to have more opportunities in chemistry these days.
 
aseidner said:
I was in school in 2008 and now I'm out of school, unemployed and can't find a job in my field. I blame that on myself more than anything else because I did not select a degree with good job prospects. A BS in chemistry is of little use by itself. I plan on going back to school for medicine, but if that doesn't work out I would probably seek employment in China, which seems to have more opportunities in chemistry these days.
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Well if your'e up on your Organic Chemistry you could always liberate a 30 gallon drum of Methlymine, acquire a nice tube furnace, a nice boiling flask, a few other odds and ends and Cook Meth.

I hear the P2P method is all the rage.

Oh, and get a used Winnebago !!

Methlymine smells like dead fish wrapped in Gym socks so you'll need to move out to a remote location to conduct your " experiments."

Maybe I've been watching too much TV...
 
Fenton said:
Methlymine smells like dead fish wrapped in Gym socks so you'll need to move out to a remote location to conduct your " experiments."

Maybe I've been watching too much TV...
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But good TV it is. :lol:
 
I make almost twice what I did
 
Yes. But that isn't saying much.
 
Fenton said:
Well if your'e up on your Organic Chemistry you could always liberate a 30 gallon drum of Methlymine, acquire a nice tube furnace, a nice boiling flask, a few other odds and ends and Cook Meth.

I hear the P2P method is all the rage.

Oh, and get a used Winnebago !!

Methlymine smells like dead fish wrapped in Gym socks so you'll need to move out to a remote location to conduct your " experiments."

Maybe I've been watching too much TV...
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Breaking Bad is the best reality TV show ever.
 
I'm making about three times as much today but, that's because I'm young and I was really young in '08.
 
I'm doing better than I was in '08. :shrug: ' course I was a young junior enlisted infantryman running around the middle east in 2008...
 
Saying in 2008 I was 16. And now im 22 and have a full time job that supports me, yes I am.
 
Fenton said:
Great show !

I went from being a Dexter fan to being a Breaking bad fan
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I went on a late night marathon a few months ago, and have watched every episode except for the last few. Love it!
 
Personally? I graduated high school, so I guess that counts for something. ;)

But, as for my family, no, we're not doing better. The great recession really ****ed over my dad's line of work. Life is still pretty comfortable though since my dad was an avid saver and really frugal when possible. It will get better.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Breaking Bad is the best reality TV show ever.
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Indeed.

But there is one MAJOR Plot hole.

I posed this question on a Fan site and was " attacked " .....Lol

A guy like Walter White would have a life insurance policy.

He just would.

He could do pretty complicated Math in his head so not only would he have had a Life Insurance policy, it would have been enough to support Skylar and Walt Jr.

There by removing the need to cook Meth
 
Fenton said:
Indeed.

But there is one MAJOR Plot hole.

I posed this question on a Fan site and was " attacked " .....Lol

A guy like Walter White would have a life insurance policy.

He just would.

He could do pretty complicated Math in his head so not only would he have had a Life Insurance policy, it would have been enough to support Skylar and Walt Jr.

There by removing the need to cook Meth
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What bull****! jk. He wanted them set for life... not just supported, right?
 
Fenton said:
Indeed.

But there is one MAJOR Plot hole.

I posed this question on a Fan site and was " attacked " .....Lol

A guy like Walter White would have a life insurance policy.

He just would.

He could do pretty complicated Math in his head so not only would he have had a Life Insurance policy, it would have been enough to support Skylar and Walt Jr.

There by removing the need to cook Meth
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But he didn't want to die, and he needed the money for all his medical treatments.
 
Bodhisattva said:
What bull****! jk. He wanted them set for life... not just supported, right?
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Lol !

He sat with Jesse Pinkman in that Winnebago and counted out exactly what he needed.

To pay the House off, to send Walt Jr to School and money to live on, etc.

If I remember correctly it came out to over 700 k ?

So granted, he may have only had a 500 K life insurance policy.
 
Fenton said:
Lol !

He sat with Jesse Pinkman in that Winnebago and counted out exactly what he needed.

To pay the House off, to send Walt Jr to School and money to live on, etc.

If I remember correctly it came out to over 700 k ?

So granted, he may have only had a 500 K life insurance policy.
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You are an IDIOT!! j/k again mods... yeah, I remember that a bit... he could have made it easier by counting cards or playing craps, which is all about math and odds anyway.
 
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