Not sure about NoScript but I just disabled JS using Chrome Developer Tools and HN seems to work fine. To answer your question, I think that NoScript users ten

Not sure about NoScript but I just disabled JS using Chrome Developer Tools and HN seems to work fine. To answer your question, I think that NoScript users tend to appreciate (and even expect) minimalism... consequently some get irritated when even a simple blog can't load without JS. I get the appeal of the minimalist, standards-adhering, machine-parseable website, but it's not a big source of emotion for me :P