The weather is oppressively stuffy today, and the subway was stuck for half an hour. My cup of coffee has gone completely cold in my hand... I casually glanced at the chain, and it was the familiar formula again: you think you've caught a small arbitrage, but clicking on it makes it feel more like you're paying an "entry fee" for others.

Honestly, with sandwiches and similar things, often what you see is just the shadow of an opportunity; others see your slippage and patience.
What's even more outrageous is that recently, the modular/DA layer narrative has hyped up developers, while users are still confused: I just want to swap a coin without getting sandwiched, but I first have to understand a bunch of layers and settlement paths... Anyway, before placing an order now, I check the pool depth and try to lower slippage. If it doesn't work, I wait—better to miss out than become someone else's fee source.