I literally didn't notice that the snowflake icon turned it off:

   1. I scrolled through the article getting more and more frustrated with the snow
   2. I scrolled all the way back to the top and saw the snowflake icon
   3. I clicked the snowflake, saw the hideous yellow, said WTF and clicked again to go back to blue
   4. **I never noticed** that the snowflake *does* stop the snow, but *only* stops *new* snow, so the existing snow continues to fall across the screen
   5. I clicked several other things, then came here to complain and saw this thread