I've finally gotten my PC hooked up and am using a 5:4 LCD monitor until I can finally land myself a CRT, and while the LCD has terrible ghosting and horrible viewing angles, the aspect ratio has made a noticeably positive change to my browsing experience.
Everything is in the center of my field of vision, modern websites aren't plagued with a sideways scrollbar like I thought they might be, and it feels like I'm actually using a computer rather than getting consumed by it, if that makes any sense.
I dunno what else to say other than that I really don't feel like going back to widescreen, lol.