Really weird Selection Tool bug

This is a bug that I have found cross platform. A few days I was on a Mac using Illustrator and rage quit because of the bug. Now on my PC the bug is back. I might boot up OBS and record it because I don't see anyone else with this problem.  Illustrator did crash when I was attempting to solve this issue.

Basically, the regular Selection Tool is bugged so that I select text boxes that my mouse is nowhere near. It's as if my mouse is actually down and to the left. I used the ruler tool and I am apparently selecting text boxes that are at least 200 pixels away from my mouse. Like it has this weird large radius of selection, EXCEPT it only allows some text boxes to be selected but not others. Meaning certain text boxes are inconsistently selectable. It only selects text boxes that are being used for ASCII artwork and doesn't like selecting text boxes containing regular text.

Why is there a preference when everything is spaced out, the same font, and font size? I just need to edit the text. . . The only difference between the art and word text boxes is the color. Which shouldn't be enough to crash Illustrator or bug out the Select tool.

I'm making a poster for a class about a font, so I have a bunch of ASCII artwork that I'm using. At first I thought it was a platform issue like Mac, especially since the Mac I was using had a really bad mouse. I figured it was just the busted jank mouse messing with my selection. But now I'm having the same issue on my PC. So I thought maybe its my file? So I made a whole new file and its just as bad. I've moved the easily over-selectable text boxes to another layer and hidden them to make my life easier. This is when Illustrator decided to crash. I am literally almost done with this project, but I feel like I'm pulling teeth trying to finish it.