I like it, but it should just be visual. It jacks my default scrollpad/mouse behavior, which is the annoying part.

Agreed. Feels icky. Made me want to leave the page as quickly as possible again.

^ no way this was tested by anyone with eyes before it was deployed

I am a fan of the fish cursor. We should make the internet quirky again. This is like a modern take on Geocities websites, and they should do things like fish cursors now while they still can before a board of VCs comes in and makes them remove the fish cursor.