stackyFACTSPrepare to be amazed by the sheer audacity of planned obsolescence. That infuriating phantom movement ruining your platforming jumps isn't a software bug; it is the physical degradation of microscopic carbon pads inside the thumbstick. Every time you push forward, you are slowly grinding the sensor into useless dust.
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