Hummmm I was sort of hoping that someone might have a script (ruby or otherwise) that would shut the darn thing off.
You're right. It's about 95% crap. I knew that when Google purchased SU, that it would loose some class. I mean, for god's sake, I've now got smiling laughing utterly ridiculous icons dancing on this page. Maybe that's okay if you're modeling for the kiddie sandbox.
It's way I stopped visiting the forums, stopped, just about everything related to Google.