Ask HN: Can we just agree on showing HTML without requiring JavaScript?

I'm browsing with JS and cookies disabled for speed and safety. Lately, more and more simple and plain blogs require JS to show any text on website. Can we just agree on letting basic html do it's thing? Why insist on JS to be able to show simple text on webpage?

For example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30725933

Go ahead, disable JS and try opening blog on this link. Won't happen...

This page is simple dark text on white background with some images sprinkled in. Why is JS required to show this?

I'm sure I'm not alone in this...