Eternal September

[1][2] Prior to this, the only sudden changes in the volume of new users of Usenet occurred each September, when cohorts of university students would gain access to it for the first time.

[3] Hence, from the early Usenet hobbyist point of view, the influx of new users that began in September 1993 appeared to be endless.

The only exception to this was September of every year, when large numbers of first-year college students gained access to the Internet and Usenet through their universities.

In a thread on January 8, 1994, Joel Furr cross-posted asking "Is it just me, or has Delphi unleashed a staggering amount of weirdos on the net?

"[5] The day before, Furr had also posted the same message to alt.folklore.urban, where David Fischer responded with a joke call-to-action where he referred to the increasing numbers of Delphi users as the "Never-Ending-September".