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Are you better off than you were four years ago?

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Yes, dramatically better.

6589 votes / 21%

Better off, Yes -- reasonably, but not dramatically.

8666 votes / 28%

Better off, but barely.

2526 votes / 8%

Hard to say; sort of a wash.

4459 votes / 14%

Worse off, actually, by a smidge.

1527 votes / 5%

Moderately worse off.

2702 votes / 8%

I'm dramatically worse off now.

2450 votes / 8%

I will tell you below why this question is absurd.

1348 votes / 4%

30267 total votes.

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Graduated College (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @12:34PM (#41539667)

I'm only better off because I'm not eating Top Ramen in my college dorm anymore. My Stock portfolio is at the same level...

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I will tell you below why that option is absurd. (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @12:40PM (#41539751)

Why are there more votes for "I'm going to write a comment explaining my opinions!" than there are comments? Is everyone still writing?

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Depends on what you mean by "better off." (Score:5, Funny)

by mellon ( 7048 ) writes: on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @12:40PM (#41539757) Homepage

I'm better off as long as you don't factor in my shortened life expectancy due to the deleterious effects of the passage of time...

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this questions is absurd because (Score:5, Funny)

by Anarchduke ( 1551707 ) writes: on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @02:56PM (#41541415)

the overall entropy level of the universe has grown higher leading to the inevitable heat death of all existence.

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Re:Graduated College (Score:5, Funny)

by MagusSlurpy ( 592575 ) writes: on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @08:57PM (#41544895) Homepage

Really? Ramen, or an organic apple?
So apples that were fertilized are too processed for you?
If the only thing I had to eat at lunch was an apple, I'd start murdering coworkers. Hell, even 50-lb 10-year-olds get an apple and a sandwich.

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Judge by nerd standards (Score:4, Funny)

by Admiral Burrito ( 11807 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2012 @03:09PM (#41552059)

Four years ago I had a Core 2 Duo with 2 GB of RAM and a 120 GB HDD. Now I have a Core i7 (Sandy Bridge) with 6 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD.
Hooray for Obama!

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Re:Better Off Is Subjective (Score:4, Funny)

by Again ( 1351325 ) writes: on Friday October 05, 2012 @11:56AM (#41559537)

We took our money, paid our debts, started a very very small web biz, bought some land, bought some tools, built a small house and crazily, live with no debt, off the grid, with a monthly budget and income that puts us squarely under the poverty line.
How are you posting this?

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