u/okskhs

Went to Stampede yesterday and the lines for rides were long as usual, but the line-jumping made it worse. Multiple times, at different rides, I’d watch someone in line get approached by people they clearly didn’t know — total strangers asking if they could join, and then 2-5 people would slot in partway through the wait, playing it off like they were friends or “holding a spot” for each other when they’d clearly just met. Not one person saving a spot for a friend who stepped out, but groups forming out of nowhere and pretending otherwise.

I’ve seen teens pull this kind of thing before, but never full-grown adults doing it this blatantly and this often. No staff seemed to be enforcing anything at the ride entrances either. It’s genuinely frustrating being 30-40 minutes into a wait and watching someone just cut in like that. A few people in line did speak up, but it didn’t really stop anything — it felt relentless, like as soon as one attempt got pushback, another group would just try somewhere else in the same line.

What’s the actual etiquette here? At what point is it reasonable to say something, versus just letting it go?

I started trading around March 2024. For 2 years, i managed to stay profitable - started with 10k and in March 2026 had managed to grow it to 28k (down from a peak of 43k). I had a few strategies that i traded that kept me profitable for the most part.

In March/April of this year - during the whole Iran war thing i fell into the trap of media doom and took huge short positions. This cost me my whole account which I blew. Since then I redeposited 7k but my psychology is thrown off and i’ve been failing to execute my strategy well. I’ve kept losing money and i’m currently down 14k of my own money. I have just 2600 left in my account.

I’m 28 years old and the amount i’ve lost is like 3 months of my after tax income. It still hurts alot though and i’m grieving. My thoughts are to just give up instead of digging a deeper whole for myself.

Any advice for me?