Ask HN: USENET postings that helped define a generation

I'm putting together an article on USENET posting over the 3 decades.

There are obviously the infamous Linus Torvalds and Jeff Bezos message, however, I'm wanting to look deeper and examine the more personal side of USENET. For

I would be humbled if you could tell me your USENET stories. What did USENET teach you? Did you have a posting go "viral"? What do you most remember about usenet? What posts helped define and inspired you. Did you find love on USENET?

Thank you for sharing :)

Andrew Lynch http://about.me/andrewlynch andrew@memeburn.com