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Just got taught a lesson by mainnet gas again, approving transactions feels like giving miners a red envelope... But on the other hand, when it really comes to exiting, I still trust the "escape" route of the mainnet more. Right now, I feel pretty conflicted: for daily small interactions and earning some yield, I send everything to L2, and the experience is indeed smooth; but once my position gets larger or the protocol looks a bit "flashy," I force myself to spend a bit more gas to do a critical step on the mainnet, at least to feel more at ease. For chain games with inflation + studios that spiral downward immediately, I now reflexively think of "waiting in line to withdraw / waiting for cross-chain transfers"… Anyway, the compromise is: play where it's cheap, escape where it's expensive. That's it for now.