[FEATURE] PLEASE let me turn of "tomfoolering", "elucidating"...

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
• [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

That blinking bit of text is extremely distracting. I'm trying to focus on what I'm doing, and what the AI is doing. Working memory is valuable. So this blinking, incessant, over-done perpetual joke is driving me insane. There are many users on various forums who agree. Give me a setting to turn off the "joke" that I unwillingly read 1000 times a day.

Proposed Solution

Add a setting.

Alternative Solutions

Setting: turn off status verbs.

Priority

High - Significant impact on productivity

Feature Category

Configuration and settings

Use Case Example

Provide a concrete, real-world example of when you'd use this feature:

Feature turned off immediately, forever.

Additional Context

I'm running Claude Code in VSCodium.