All of these websites look like cancer to use. HN is peak web design. It gives exactly as much information as I need and has zero fluff, plus it loads super fast.
All new sites I load by default in Firefox with NoScript active. If it's blank or useless, I move on.
The side effect is that an awful lot of sites load really fast and I rarely have to put up with the "we care about your privacy (while hoping to sell you out under the guise of legitimate interest)" cookie pop-up BS...