Lately, I've been really into watching on-chain transaction playback, and honestly, MEV's "cutting in line" doesn't hurt the big narratives the most; it’s more about people like me who get emotional and leverage up right away: you think you're the first to get a hot deal, but as soon as you submit, you're squeezed out, slippage hits the max, and in the end, you're just paying for someone else's gas.

What's more frustrating is that it’s not always "bad actors"; sometimes it’s just the natural result of sorting rules plus front-running tools… but the experience really feels like being pushed into line when buying bubble tea.

In the group, people have been talking about stablecoin regulation, reserve audits, and de-pegging rumors these days. Everyone’s shouting “Don’t panic,” but their hands are faster than their brains.
I get nervous too—especially in times like these, it’s easy to get swept up in emotions and start confirming things recklessly, which just makes the front-runners on-chain even happier.
Forget about how to achieve fairness for now; my current idea of fairness is: make fewer impulsive trades, and be less of a liquidity charity.