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Anyone tried to buy paint recently? $611 for 2x 5 gallon buckets just to do my garage.

by meroes 4mo ago

rirkrkrkfkfkfkf 4mo ago
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- Gomotono 4mo ago
  What?
tclancy 4mo ago
God bless the Trump administration. Sounds like that’s a bunch of my summer task list checked off as No Longer Viable.
xienze 4mo ago
Dunno, it depends on what brand that is. $60 per gallon sounds about where Sherwin Williams paint has been for a while.
rozap 4mo ago
I spent $111 for two quarts
toasty228 4mo ago
You just discovered why your gdp is so high... American prices make no fucking sense to me, some of your double car garages are more expensive than a full high end house in central Europe
- drnick1 4mo ago
  People just make a lot more money in America. A decent job these days starts at $200k. That's fresh out of college or shortly after. Obviously not everyone makes that much, but it's not unusual at all in tech.
  - markdown 4mo ago
    > but it's not unusual at all in tech. But tech workers are a tiny sliver of the population so no, $200k starter jobs are extremely unusual in USA.
    - shepherdjerred 4mo ago
      Even among tech (incl big tech) workers, most entry level eng are not starting at $200k
  - walrus01 4mo ago
    > People just make a lot more money in America. A decent job these days starts at $200k. This is an extremely HN specific and tech industry specific comment. Go for a day-long drive through middle America, like from Nebraska to Wyoming or something, and 95%+ of the people you will see are living on less than $60,000 total family income per year. A very small selection of very specific jobs start at $200k a year.
    - ghaff 4mo ago
      These people are in a massive bubble. People with STEM degrees from good schools even with a few decades of experience would often consider $200K in compensation pretty good in a lot of places in the US in a lot of jobs. The developers at Facebook (who are still employed) are really the exception.
  - lovich 4mo ago
    > A decent job these days starts at $200k. Bruh > That's fresh out of college or shortly after. Bruh > Obviously not everyone makes that much, but it's not unusual at all in tech. Triple bruh. Maybe in some heavy tech based tiny regions like SF or NYC. Even in second tier tech hubs like Boston new grads are doing great if they break 120k. And tech jobs are a small minority of all jobs. The only way I could understand your description of a “decent job” is if you think the vast majority of jobs aren’t decent, much less good.
    - 4mo ago

Anyone tried to buy paint recently? $611 for 2x 5 gallon buckets just to do my garage.

by meroes 4mo ago

Anyone tried to buy paint recently? $611 for 2x 5 gallon buckets just to do my garage.

rirkrkrkfkfkfkf 4mo ago

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Gomotono 4mo ago
What?

tclancy 4mo ago

God bless the Trump administration. Sounds like that’s a bunch of my summer task list checked off as No Longer Viable.

xienze 4mo ago

Dunno, it depends on what brand that is. $60 per gallon sounds about where Sherwin Williams paint has been for a while.

rozap 4mo ago

I spent $111 for two quarts

toasty228 4mo ago

You just discovered why your gdp is so high... American prices make no fucking sense to me, some of your double car garages are more expensive than a full high end house in central Europe

drnick1 4mo ago
People just make a lot more money in America. A decent job these days starts at $200k. That's fresh out of college or shortly after. Obviously not everyone makes that much, but it's not unusual at all in tech.
- markdown 4mo ago
  > but it's not unusual at all in tech. But tech workers are a tiny sliver of the population so no, $200k starter jobs are extremely unusual in USA.
  - shepherdjerred 4mo ago
    Even among tech (incl big tech) workers, most entry level eng are not starting at $200k
- walrus01 4mo ago
  > People just make a lot more money in America. A decent job these days starts at $200k. This is an extremely HN specific and tech industry specific comment. Go for a day-long drive through middle America, like from Nebraska to Wyoming or something, and 95%+ of the people you will see are living on less than $60,000 total family income per year. A very small selection of very specific jobs start at $200k a year.
  - ghaff 4mo ago
    These people are in a massive bubble. People with STEM degrees from good schools even with a few decades of experience would often consider $200K in compensation pretty good in a lot of places in the US in a lot of jobs. The developers at Facebook (who are still employed) are really the exception.
- lovich 4mo ago
  > A decent job these days starts at $200k. Bruh > That's fresh out of college or shortly after. Bruh > Obviously not everyone makes that much, but it's not unusual at all in tech. Triple bruh. Maybe in some heavy tech based tiny regions like SF or NYC. Even in second tier tech hubs like Boston new grads are doing great if they break 120k. And tech jobs are a small minority of all jobs. The only way I could understand your description of a “decent job” is if you think the vast majority of jobs aren’t decent, much less good.
  - 4mo ago