These days, I see everyone complaining about MEV and unfair ordering again. Basically, you think you're "queuing" on the chain, but someone can cut in line, and they might even take a little slippage you were willing to accept.

The impact isn't as obvious for someone like me who trades infrequently, but occasionally switching tokens, clicking confirm and constantly refreshing/retrying, I end up with a worse execution price than expected. That moment can be pretty frustrating.
What's more subtle is that as miners/validators earn more, retail traders feel like they're just paying a "queue management fee"...
It's not that anyone is necessarily malicious; it's just how the rules are set up.
Anyway, I now prefer to trade less actively, split my orders into smaller batches, avoid rushing if possible, and sleep through the crazy market swings instead of getting caught in the emotions and being the one cut in line.