There has been much talk of better days, better comment threads and such. I've been here less than 2 years but I ask if anyone can spare the time and dig up so

There has been much talk of better days, better comment threads and such. I've been here less than 2 years but I ask if anyone can spare the time and dig up some classic examples of stories and threads, and great back and fourth comment based conversations... I realize this is difficult given the non-archival nature of HN but can anyone show a "then" versus "now" difference?