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Every time the blockchain gets congested, I just stare at the mempool in a daze: clicking "send" is actually just putting the transaction into a huge queue, and miners/ordering nodes will first pick the more "profitable" ones (those with higher fees or better for them). So what you're seeing isn't "getting stuck," it's more like being jumped or picked out, or even if your previous transaction didn't get on-chain, your subsequent ones are just waiting along with it.
These days, the group chat is talking about Meme coins and celebrity pump signals, honestly, when attention shifts, everyone's hands get itchy, but it's during these congested times that it's easiest to be the last one to act: you think clicking quickly means you're early, but you're just entering the queue sooner... I now try to think carefully about fees/slippage before confirming, or else it's just spending money on anxiety. The group chat atmosphere is pretty good, veteran players will give a few tips, and newcomers shouldn't get too caught up.