EDIT: the reality is that it should actually be a "can we track you?" consent box. sites using the word "cookie" instead of "tracking" in the consent banner/popup are using technobabble to confuse you into just clicking "ok". users are not supposed to understand what it means.
it hurts me deeply that even programmers, who do understand what cookies are, have seen these misleading cookie banners so often that they think that's what GDPR prescribes. it's not, it's a lie.