Reply #7: Now THAT was entertaining ...

[RoyGBiv]

The somewhat lesser known talk.bizarre was good too, good in a better way. It's actually made a bit of a resurgence lately.

I liked reading alt.test. People would post some of the craziest shit in there.

I've had a high retention Usenet account since around 1994. Believe it or don't, I think the Long December may be coming to an end. If you get out of the alt.* hierarchy, there are some decent groups around nowadays. It's nothing like it was in the days when there were around 2000 groups and the majority of its participants were in some way affiliated with a university, but there is wheat in the chaff.

And, yes, I've seen that forum. There are several, actually, but they're like Lord Voldemort and must not be named. :)