When I saw your post, I thought 'Me too'.My right pointer finger is getting calloused from scrolling quickly past so many of these TL;DR posts.
And then I remembered the ignore function. Nearly 10 years of hanging out here and never felt the need to use it.
Just did so ... refreshed the thread ... it's so clean I feel like a miracle just happened. I recommend trying it - it's reversible, but you might be amazed at how it changes the reading experience ...