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@smudges did he die? I hadn’t heard that. I know he left Fluther, but I didn’t realize he was really gone.

My comment: He said a lot of stuff.

I do, we had a few good talks. I remember his dream was to have his own little church. Good guy with terrible luck.

I disagreed with him on nearly everything, but I had the sense that he had a good heart and cared about other people. That’s important.

I also hadn’t heard that he passed. I don’t know who originally came up with the idea that he expressed, but I do know it was said before YD was born!!! When I do a search, it is credited to many people in speeches…none of which were the original person. I can see this as something that the old dog would have latched on to!!!

Personally, I have a lot of trouble remembering to look ahead and not back. I’ve lived a lot of my life in the past – not making plans for the future. Anyone else have that problem?

Yeah, he said some things I didn’t agree with too, but overall, I could tell he had a really good heart. He was in the hospital, came back shortly, then passed away. He visited fluther the day he passed – July 8th 2021.

@smudges Wow, I didn’t realize that. So sad. And a good reminder that we don’t know what each other are going through so it behooves us to be kind.

Pretty sure he died. I didn’t always agree with him, but he was a nice guy, I don’t remember him ever being disrespectful towards anyone even when people treated him horribly.

I don’t know how to link it, but if you look in meta around October 14 2021, you see a post titled, “Can we come together to mourn another lost jelly?”

I liked the guy, sorry to hear he is gone. We have lost far too many here recently.

Yea I remember the name but not anything specific.
I also took a break from the internet awhile back though. Sorry to hear things didn’t work out.
But you’re right that not forgetting where you came from is really important. I like the saying.

I remember this wonderful quip!:
“the mind is a terrible thing to taste!”

Oh, I didn’t know he’d died!

I had noticed he wasn’t on the site.

That sucks. I wonder if he ever remodeled his kitchen? It seems so trivial now that the last thing we discussed was flooring options.

Here’s the link. I’m surprised that so many missed this announcement.

I felt the same way as @gorillapaws about him. This was my comment:

I saw @Yellowdog as a good man. I respected his views even though I shared very few of them. I believed he held them sincerely, and he stated them with conviction but didn’t beat people over the head with them or behave like an obnoxious boor when others disagreed. They were personal convictions to him and not weapons or instruments of division. I appreciated his readiness to hang out in this fairly liberal camp and engage in discussions. That takes some toughness.

He was a decent fellow who seemed to carry a big share of the world’s troubles and yet retained his sense of humor and his regard for his fellow beings. I’ll miss him here.

Yeah he was on Askville with a few of us and moved over here when that site shut down,I didn’t agree with him on anything political he was a good man.

@KNOWITALL And a good reminder that we don’t know what each other are going through so it behooves us to be kind.

Yes. Reminds me of a quote I love that I can certainly relate to:

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal :::Albert Camus

@smudges This is an open forum, you are mistaken in your translation, which I have, of course, no control over.

I remember @yellowdog quite clearly and liked him despite, or maybe because of, his faults.

My goal was to maybe get people feeling nostalgic and get a little away from shootings and bloodshed, but between the question getting modded for editing and moved to another category, it kind of lost its momentum.

Thanks for your answers, though. The once thing I really liked about Yellowdog was his love of animals. RIP jelly friend. One year today that you left us.

Has it been a year already?

Rest easy Yellowdog.

Here’s to the dog. Whatever else, he remains one of US.

I know he dreamt of moving to Canada. Nova Scotia area if I’m not mistaken.

@SQUEEKY2, I was on Askville for only a short time before I followed the signposts to Fluther, but I knew Yellowdog there. He was very kind to me, and once we were over here I was glad to be able to thank him.