It just makes me hate the page. Well not hate, just "dismiss" the page. This site has none of these requirements, and just goes to show it's not required. If I

It just makes me hate the page. Well not hate, just "dismiss" the page. This site has none of these requirements, and just goes to show it's not required. If I load this link in lynx from a machine in the US, I don't even have to reject any cookies, thus proving they don't need any cookies to serve their content.