Alright, so I clicked a link, and what do I get? "JavaScript is disabled in your browser." Yeah, yeah, I've heard it all before. It's always something, isn't it?
The Eternal Blame Game
First off, let's be real. How many times have you seen this kind of error message? A thousand? A million? It's the digital equivalent of a shrug and a "not my problem" from whatever website you're trying to use. They expect us to believe this nonsense, and honestly...
It's never their fault. Oh no. It's your browser, your extensions, your network. It's like blaming the customer for the restaurant running out of food. Give me a break.
And "check your connection"? Seriously? Like I haven't tried turning it off and on again three times already. Do they think we're all idiots? Actually, scratch that. They probably do.
The JavaScript Mess
And then there's JavaScript. Don't even get me started. It's the duct tape of the internet. A necessary evil, sure, but also a security nightmare and a performance hog.
Why is it that a single website needs to run hundreds of scripts just to display some text and a picture? It's like building a skyscraper to hold a single cheeseburger. Total overkill. And offcourse, all those scripts are just prime targets for hackers and trackers.
I'm not saying JavaScript is all bad. It's just... fundamentally broken. We're relying on a technology that was invented in, like, ten days back in the mid-90s to run the entire modern web. Is it any wonder things keep breaking?
The message also says it could be "browser settings". What settings? What am I supposed to do, dig through a thousand different options to find the one that's magically causing this one specific site to fail?
The Unending Cycle
Here's the thing that really grinds my gears: this isn't a new problem. We've been dealing with this crap for decades. And yet, here we are, still getting the same generic error messages, still blaming the user, still pretending that everything is fine when it's clearly not.
It's a vicious cycle. Websites get more complex, browsers get more bloated, and the user experience gets worse and worse. And who pays the price? We do, the poor suckers who just want to read an article or watch a video.
Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky. But it feels like the internet is slowly dying, choked to death by its own complexity.
So, What's the Real Problem?
It's not just JavaScript. It's the whole damn system. It's the constant push for more features, more tracking, more ads, without any regard for usability or security. It's the fact that the people building the web seem to have completely forgotten what it's like to use the web. And honestly, I'm not sure there's any way to fix it at this point. We're doomed.