Medium.com uses design and typography to legitimize ideas that might not deserve legitimacy. This script kills Medium's design so that critical thinking takes precedence over eye candy.

pwnmedium.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Remove Legitimacy From Medium
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.1
// @description  Medium.com frames everyone's opinions in a way that gives them legitimacy in the subconscious. In reality, they are no more than blog posts. This script serves to strip any form of nice styling or legitimacy from Medium posts, and encourage critical thinking.
// @author       Jake Funke
// @match        medium.com/*
// @include      https://*.medium.com/*
// @grant        GM_addStyle
// @run-at       document-idle
// @require      http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js
// @require      https://gist.github.com/raw/2625891/waitForKeyElements.js

// ==/UserScript==

GM_addStyle(`
  .body {
    font-family: "Comic Sans MS", cursive, sans-serif;
  }
  .stripStyle > p {
    font-family: "Comic Sans MS", cursive, sans-serif;
    font-size: 14px;
  }
  .stripStyle {
    font-family: "Comic Sans MS", cursive, sans-serif;
    font-size: 14px;
  }
  .striph2 {
    font-family: "Comic Sans MS", cursive, sans-serif;
    font-size: 18px;

  }
  .striph1 {
    font-family: "Comic Sans MS", cursive, sans-serif;
    font-size: 22px;

  }
  .killStyle {
   background-color: #ece7ff;
  }
  .articleBody {
    margin-left: 5%;
  }
  .articleBody > p {
    border-style: groove;
    border-width: 7px;
    border-color: white;
    padding: 2%;
  }

  strong {
    font-family: "Comic Sans MS", cursive, sans-serif !important;
  }

  a {
    color: #00f !important;
  }
`);

waitForKeyElements('article', afterRender);
function afterRender(jNode) {
  var article = $('article').html();
  $('body').replaceWith(article);
  $('section div').addClass('articleBody');
  $('h2').addClass('striph2');
  $('h1').addClass('striph1');
  $('section').addClass('killStyle');
  $('div').addClass('killStyle');
  $('blockQuote').addClass('stripStyle');
  $('[data-selectable-paragraph]').addClass('stripStyle');
  $('.branch-journeys-top').remove();
  $('button').remove();
  $('img').each(function() {
    var fuckYouMediumNoscript = $(this)
      .next('noscript')
      .text();
    $(this).replaceWith(fuckYouMediumNoscript);
  });
}