I always say "hold long-term," but as soon as a big order comes into the chain, I get nervous and want to follow, and the next second, someone cuts in line and the price gets pushed ahead of me. I become the one at the end of the line who gets pushed out... Basically, MEV is about someone being able to see how the queue is arranged first, then paying extra money to have the cashier process their transaction first.

It's not just affecting FOMO traders like me; even normal activities like swapping tokens or adding liquidity, when slippage gets large, feel as bad as being secretly charged a tip.

Recently, those new L1/L2 blockchains have started offering incentives to attract TVL, and veteran users complain about "mining, selling," which resonates with me: everyone is rushing to the market, more people are cutting in line, and honest folks at the back end up being used as liquidity cushions.
Anyway, I now try to chase fewer things, prefer to trade slowly... at least I won't be harvested together by my emotions and others' orderings.