The Aaliyah invasion

On 26th of August, 2001, rec.music.hip-hop was invaded by an army of Aaliyah mourners. Regular posters found themselves in the middle of an ocean of (often false) grief. As everyone wondered why so many people had come to a Hiphop board to express their sadness at the loss of a beautiful young R&B singer, some folks took matters into their own hands. Here is a link to Google's record of that day.

As Google shows more recent posts first, you'll have to click the PREVIOUS 25 link to advance chronologically through the madness (641 seperate threads). Most of the mourners posts are along the same lines, but if you bother clicking on them all you'll find a few gems (pure unintentional comedy). Soon you'll see the patience of the regulars run out with hilarious results.