I can't seem to use anything that's in that "layer" on the website.

That's correct, its because of the ad at the footer, we are trying to find a solution around it.

oh i didn't see that

i think i know i work around using my ad blocker. (sorry dave..)

welp it didn't work at least i know the reason thanks dave

the work around doesn't work because its not actually the ad that blocking the button, its the container for the ad that's blocking the thing. God at this point its tempting to just write a little browser extension that drops the width of the thing down to 50%. That would solve the issue temporarily if making it look weird with an off center ad but at least the buttons would be clickable.

The "back to top of page" appears to be working now

ad still obstructs replying tho