You think you’re finding a bargain on-chain, but in reality you’re just helping someone else collect the transaction fees?

These days, I’ve been sipping tea and watching the TVL rise and fall. To put it plainly, sandwiches and arbitrage aren’t really “opportunities” most of the time—they’re more like traffic entry points that get stared at the moment you place an order… You make your money from volatility; they make theirs from certainty. Especially now, when AI Agents and automated trading are being hyped so hard, there are tons of interactive buttons—yet the safety warnings are actually getting written into smaller and smaller text. Whoever’s driving the narrative is the one profiting off you; it’s really not hard to tell. Anyway, I’d rather do less now, set slippage higher, and don’t chase hot pools. If I can’t make money, so be it—at least don’t let that bit of fuel from the background music be the one I’m providing.