Is that difficult? Being serious. I've often thought about this.
Day Trading is a game.
Think of it like a competitive sport.
You don't need lightning fast connections. I trade with 330ms latancy from the exchange. Makes no difference in the grand scheme of things.
You don't need algorithms or automation. In fact, that is the route most people want to take because they just don't want to make a trading decision - they want some black box to do it for them.
There's a long & illustrious line of excuses traders use for losing money. For a while HFTs have been the latest in a long line of excuses for people losing money trading. Just recently (Sept 15th), the CME tightened up on market regulations related to short term manipulation and all of a sudden traders are up in arms that "this is going to hurt us" because of the reduction in liquidity.
It's a game, it's gambling, you can make money but the chances are you won't.