I have some kind of mental block that prevents me from figuring out the state of touchscreen controls.

"Is that a Play button because it's currently playing, or because it is paused/stopped, and will play when I tap it?"

"Is Bluetooth on or off? That depends if Dark Mode on?"

I end up tapping the control 3 times or so. The latter dilemma could sometimes be worked out by surveying the state of every surrounding control, but tunnel vision and impatience keep winning.