> It's easy to think of much of modern web design as tiny, frivolous details that just wastes a ton of time to create, but click through all of these and tell me when you get to the last one that the lack of animation isn't jarring.

I got to the last one and I didn't find it jarring.

I find meaningless animations a waste of time ==> i.e. anything but a spinner to indicate "currently busy" I get frustrated at because it's forcing me to wait before getting to the next step.