did anyone else notice we just broke the 4 month high from mid-August (an eternity in bitcoin time)
No, I didn't actually.
I think one of my problems with spending btc on stuff is that all the things that I could actually save money on is
already free for me. I work for an ISP so I do not need hosting, vpn access, virtual servers, hardware, etc...
So I want physical goods or the ability to pay entities that do not care about bitcoin.
I bet for others they can easily find a few things if they are a IT hobbyist type and need that stuff.
I mean, if you really don't care if BTC sticks around, takes off, has more people that accept it than yea, that works. What you can't say is that you wish more people would accept it, but then just cash out anyways. These are two contradictory statements.