You know what kills me? When a website has a white background and uses it to hide that their images aren't cropped. I hate getting an image or linking to an image and it isn't actually a circle or something, it's a damn circle in a white box on a white background. Just makes me very upset :((((((
It's been a rough week of computer trouble, but I've finally made it out of 1998! My laptop officially connects to Wi-Fi again and does not require an ethernet connection. I took it apart to try and replace the Wi-Fi card (I had done plenty of driver updates and software troubleshooting at this point, definitely felt like a hardware issue :/ ), but unfortunatley the Wi-Fi Card is integrated into the motherboard. Unless I want to risk frying my motherboard with a shody soldering job, I don't think I'll touch that just yet... In looking for a replacement Wi-Fi Card, I came across a USB Wi-Fi 6 Adapter. A temporary, but very necessary solution. I also ordered a new battery because mine is significantly bloated. I'll post pictures of the teardown sometime later in case anyone else runs into this issue, it's been a rough journey, but I feel I've learned a lot!