What Does The Windows REFRESH Button Really Do?

What does right-click-refreshing a Windows folder or desktop really do?
Does it have any sort of tangible benefit? Most importantly, why do we keep doing it over and over again?

Video Checkpoints:

0:00 Clever Intro
0:58 Curiosity
1:19 Misconceptions
1:44 TLDR
2:14 Efficient Rendering
3:28 Auto-Refresh
3:56 Manual Refresh Use Case
4:13 The Irony
4:39 Why Do People Needlessly Refresh?
5:47 Misconception Foundation
6:20 Existential Crisis
6:50 Uplifting Outro

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