I just paid 33 dollars for a transaction with a few inputs... I feel sad to see bitcoin this way, i hope it can recover soon to its great days.
$33 for an average transaction seems a bit excessive.
https://bitcoinfees.earn.com/ teaches us that you'd need 380 sat/byte for a 95% chance of getting in the next 3 blocks. For an average, non-segwit, transaction of 226 bytes, that would come to ~86000 satoshi's = 0.00086 =~ $14 (at current preev rate).
Granted, this is way higher than i'm comfortable with, but if you payed $33, it either means you had a large transaction (many inputs/outputs) OR your wallet screwed up.
Mind telling us which wallet you were using?