I have noscript that disables scripts by default. I can't read forbes, but I don't miss it, there's a lot of other internets that I can read. Should I even try to read forbes?
I feel like the folks running with no javascript already made their call, and that's their call.
If you're developing a web app that "does a lot" (I'm just going to say that rather than get into individual things) It's pretty hard to do without javascript. But if it's a site just serving up text and pics, yeah you don't "need" it.