After 18 months of waiting... my flight price alert for Bali just came through.

Totally get that alert feeling, I saved a bunch last year by booking right when my own price drop hit. You nailed it though @the_ray, we really do wait on those digital cues now, don't we?

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the_ray7mo ago

Man, this is so spot on with how we live now. I mean we set up these little digital traps for ourselves and then just... wait forever, letting an algorithm decide when we get to have fun. It's kind of wild how much patience we have for deals instead of just going for things. Idk, maybe it's just me but getting that alert feels like a weird little win, even though you were the one who set it up 18 months ago.

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oliver7726mo ago

But what if the waiting itself is the fun part? That long stretch of hoping for the deal builds up the trip in your head. The alert is just the button you finally get to press.

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