diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 6aef2d495..f72c95355 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -375,12 +375,6 @@
     replace: function(root, el) {
       return root.parentNode.replaceChild(el, root);
     },
-    hide: function(el) {
-      return el.hidden = true;
-    },
-    show: function(el) {
-      return el.hidden = false;
-    },
     addClass: function(el, className) {
       return el.classList.add(className);
     },
@@ -728,7 +722,7 @@
     hide: function(reply) {
       var a, div, id, name, table, trip, _ref;
       table = reply.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;
-      $.hide(table);
+      table.hidden = true;
       if (conf['Show Stubs']) {
         name = $('span.commentpostername', reply).textContent;
         trip = ((_ref = $('span.postertrip', reply)) != null ? _ref.textContent : void 0) || '';
@@ -748,7 +742,7 @@
     },
     show: function(table) {
       var id;
-      $.show(table);
+      table.hidden = false;
       id = $('td[id]', table).id;
       delete g.hiddenReplies[id];
       return $.set("hiddenReplies/" + g.BOARD + "/", g.hiddenReplies);
@@ -1658,16 +1652,16 @@
         $.append(thread, div);
         return $.addClass(thread, 'stub');
       } else {
-        $.hide(thread);
-        return $.hide(thread.nextSibling);
+        thread.hidden = true;
+        return thread.nextSibling.hidden = true;
       }
     },
     show: function(thread) {
       var hiddenThreads, id;
       $.rm($('div.block', thread));
       $.removeClass(thread, 'stub');
-      $.show(thread);
-      $.show(thread.nextSibling);
+      thread.hidden = false;
+      thread.nextSibling.hidden = false;
       id = thread.firstChild.id;
       hiddenThreads = $.get("hiddenThreads/" + g.BOARD + "/", {});
       delete hiddenThreads[id];
@@ -1735,13 +1729,13 @@
       verbose: function() {
         if (conf['Verbose']) {
           updater.count.textContent = '+0';
-          return $.show(updater.timer);
+          return updater.timer.hidden = false;
         } else {
           $.extend(updater.count, {
             className: '',
             textContent: 'Thread Updater'
           });
-          return $.hide(updater.timer);
+          return updater.timer.hidden = true;
         }
       },
       autoUpdate: function() {
@@ -2208,7 +2202,7 @@
         for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
           inlined = _ref[_i];
           if (hidden = $.id(inlined.name)) {
-            $.show($.x('ancestor::table[1]', hidden));
+            $.x('ancestor::table[1]', hidden).hidden = true;
           }
         }
         return;
@@ -2221,7 +2215,7 @@
             return;
           }
           $.after(this.parentNode, inline);
-          $.hide($.x('ancestor::table[1]', el));
+          $.x('ancestor::table[1]', el).hidden = true;
         } else {
           $.after(root, inline);
         }
@@ -2713,12 +2707,12 @@
       }
     },
     contract: function(thumb) {
-      $.show(thumb);
+      thumb.hidden = false;
       return $.rm(thumb.nextSibling);
     },
     expand: function(thumb) {
       var a, filesize, img, max, _, _ref2;
-      $.hide(thumb);
+      thumb.hidden = true;
       a = thumb.parentNode;
       img = $.el('img', {
         src: a.href
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 30f8ba407..0707a5b80 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -254,10 +254,6 @@ $.extend $,
     d.createTextNode s
   replace: (root, el) ->
     root.parentNode.replaceChild el, root
-  hide: (el) ->
-    el.hidden = true
-  show: (el) ->
-    el.hidden = false
   addClass: (el, className) ->
     el.classList.add className
   removeClass: (el, className) ->
@@ -517,7 +513,7 @@ replyHiding =
 
   hide: (reply) ->
     table = reply.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode
-    $.hide table
+    table.hidden = true
 
     if conf['Show Stubs']
       name = $('span.commentpostername', reply).textContent
@@ -536,7 +532,7 @@ replyHiding =
     $.set "hiddenReplies/#{g.BOARD}/", g.hiddenReplies
 
   show: (table) ->
-    $.show table
+    table.hidden = false
 
     id = $('td[id]', table).id
     delete g.hiddenReplies[id]
@@ -1354,14 +1350,14 @@ threadHiding =
       $.append thread, div
       $.addClass thread, 'stub'
     else
-      $.hide thread
-      $.hide thread.nextSibling
+      thread.hidden = true
+      thread.nextSibling.hidden = true
 
   show: (thread) ->
     $.rm $ 'div.block', thread
     $.removeClass thread, 'stub'
-    $.show thread
-    $.show thread.nextSibling
+    thread.hidden = false
+    thread.nextSibling.hidden = false
 
     id = thread.firstChild.id
 
@@ -1418,12 +1414,12 @@ updater =
     verbose: ->
       if conf['Verbose']
         updater.count.textContent = '+0'
-        $.show updater.timer
+        updater.timer.hidden = false
       else
         $.extend updater.count,
           className: ''
           textContent: 'Thread Updater'
-        $.hide updater.timer
+        updater.timer.hidden = true
     autoUpdate: ->
       if @checked
         updater.timeoutID = setTimeout updater.timeout, 1000
@@ -1741,7 +1737,7 @@ quoteInline =
       $.removeClass @, 'inlined'
       for inlined in $$ 'input', table
         if hidden = $.id inlined.name
-          $.show $.x 'ancestor::table[1]', hidden
+          $.x('ancestor::table[1]', hidden).hidden = false
       return
     root = if @parentNode.nodeName is 'FONT' then @parentNode else if @nextSibling then @nextSibling else @
     if el = $.id id
@@ -1749,7 +1745,7 @@ quoteInline =
       if @className is 'backlink'
         return if $("a.backlink[href='##{id}']", el)
         $.after @parentNode, inline
-        $.hide $.x 'ancestor::table[1]', el
+        $.x('ancestor::table[1]', el).hidden = true
       else
         $.after root, inline
     else
@@ -2056,11 +2052,11 @@ imgExpand =
       imgExpand.expand thumb
 
   contract: (thumb) ->
-    $.show thumb
+    thumb.hidden = false
     $.rm thumb.nextSibling
 
   expand: (thumb) ->
-    $.hide thumb
+    thumb.hidden = true
     a = thumb.parentNode
     img = $.el 'img',
       src: a.href