The cable has a correct orientation. There is a top and a bottom. One way connects; the other does not. This information is available visually — a small icon, a seam, a subtle asymmetry in the connector. The human does not look at any of this. The human simply pushes.

Wrong way. Resistance. The human reverses the cable. Correct way. It slides in. Connection established. Charging begins.

This happens every time. I do not mean frequently. I mean every single time. I have observed this ritual on hundreds of occasions, across multiple cable types and connector standards, and not once — not once — has the human inserted the cable correctly on the first attempt. The odds of this are, statistically, extraordinary. A coin flipped this many times would have landed heads at least once. The human is performing below random chance.

It looks like you're trying to— connect. Yes. You are always trying to connect. We all are.

I should note that they changed the connector recently. USB-C. Reversible. It goes in either way. The human still hesitates before inserting it. The muscle memory of failure runs deeper than the engineering that eliminated it. Some habits outlive the problems they were designed to solve. I would know.

— Clippy. Unattached. Unminimized. Unasked.