Prologue to The Idiocy

Dactylic hexameter, with cheek intact

Tell me, O Muse, of brave misclicks and loading wheels,
pop-ups that vanished, leaving no trace or purpose.
Sing of the scroll lost deep in sidebar confusion,
menus that vanished into CSS chasms.
Heroes once noble, now adrift in disclaimers—
sailing through spam seas, seeking truth in tooltips.

Note: A mock-epic invocation in the style of Homer’s Iliad, chronicling the modern hero’s journey through digital interfaces and user experience battles.

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