I don't mind the comments much, but they can get distracting and argumentative, especially as I use my browser half-windowed for multitasking, so I see comments more often. Maybe an option to have the comment section hidden by default, and revealed with the press of a button? Setting the comment threshold super low accomplishes this, but then it reveals ALL comments, even heavily downvoted ones I may not want to see, and they all remain half-faded until I mouse over them.

wanderingwisp said:

Setting the comment threshold super low

Do that, and add this to your custom css

.comment-post-grid[data-score*="-"] { display: none; }

This means you can't view comments with a score less than 0 at all, until you remove this line from your custom css. Technically you can change this limit, but it'll be pretty inefficient