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R.I.P. Mr. Yum - 9/11/2025
a week ago
I have just learned that Mr. Yum (born James Douglas Tubbs) had passed away last month on Sept. 11, 2025, at the age of 64.
Not only was Mr. Yum the creator of Yum Chat, he was also a major staple of the vore community back in the late '90s and early 2000's.
He was one of the first people in the vore community I encountered.
A renowned ogre who would always do whatever he could to help others and bring smiles to the faces of everyone.
I had known Mr. Yum online since 1997 and first met him in person in 2000, during a road trip to St. Louis, to see a limited theatrical release of the anime, "X".
This was followed up with several Anthrocons we both attended.
For several years after, I would talk to him on the phone every other month or so.
Like all things, life changes and those phone calls became less and less frequent, until stopping altogether.
I will always regret not keeping in touch with him, but we can't go back. All we can do is learn to keep in better touch with those friends we still have now.
Having survived a heart attack several years ago, he had recently been dealing with additional medical issues.
From his own Facebook posts:
June 25:
May 29th I had bilateral inguinary hernia surgery. Minor. I go in, get stitched back together, go home. This ain't open heart; this is not vascular surgery; this is not rebuilding an aorta. Hernia surgery... just sew the muscles together.
That turned into acute end stage renal failure. I went to a bigger hospital for dialysis.
That turned into pneumonia.
Pneumonia turned into a pulmonary edema. Bigger hospital.
July 11:
I'm home again!
We'll see if this one will take. I have a BiPAP here to counter the fluid on the lungs, oxygen if I need it, and a little more comfortable surroundings. Dialysis is scheduled for Monday... the test is if I can make it to that before hitting another ER.
Six weeks in hospitals... dammit, heart attacks aren't this bad!
He had made no further posts after that.
Farewell, Mr. Yum.
Thank you for everything you have done for both your friends and your family.
You will always be remembered.
Not only was Mr. Yum the creator of Yum Chat, he was also a major staple of the vore community back in the late '90s and early 2000's.
He was one of the first people in the vore community I encountered.
A renowned ogre who would always do whatever he could to help others and bring smiles to the faces of everyone.
I had known Mr. Yum online since 1997 and first met him in person in 2000, during a road trip to St. Louis, to see a limited theatrical release of the anime, "X".
This was followed up with several Anthrocons we both attended.
For several years after, I would talk to him on the phone every other month or so.
Like all things, life changes and those phone calls became less and less frequent, until stopping altogether.
I will always regret not keeping in touch with him, but we can't go back. All we can do is learn to keep in better touch with those friends we still have now.
Having survived a heart attack several years ago, he had recently been dealing with additional medical issues.
From his own Facebook posts:
June 25:
May 29th I had bilateral inguinary hernia surgery. Minor. I go in, get stitched back together, go home. This ain't open heart; this is not vascular surgery; this is not rebuilding an aorta. Hernia surgery... just sew the muscles together.
That turned into acute end stage renal failure. I went to a bigger hospital for dialysis.
That turned into pneumonia.
Pneumonia turned into a pulmonary edema. Bigger hospital.
July 11:
I'm home again!
We'll see if this one will take. I have a BiPAP here to counter the fluid on the lungs, oxygen if I need it, and a little more comfortable surroundings. Dialysis is scheduled for Monday... the test is if I can make it to that before hitting another ER.
Six weeks in hospitals... dammit, heart attacks aren't this bad!
He had made no further posts after that.
Farewell, Mr. Yum.
Thank you for everything you have done for both your friends and your family.
You will always be remembered.
I'm surprised vore was a thing in the 90s though. I thought it was more recent. Then again, every now and then I get those journals talking about someone passing away, like how it happened to Forest/Spoted squeak. That was sad. Well, I guess older people can be into vore too. 😅
http://www.villichat.net/yumchat/
RL simply became too distracting and time consuming. He ended taking a trucking job, which kept him away from home to really work on projects.
Along with this, as his children started to get older, he spent less and less time online or doing vore-related activities. It wasn't something he wanted to expose his kids to, and instead spent that time with his family.
Sharky is still around.
I was definitely one of the old guard that found the swamp over 20 years ago and was under the name Lope back then. Some of you already knew who I was when I went in there because of my Orca and Great Dane comics. I didn't really get to know Mr Yum but I knew the Swamp was his place and am grateful for what he did for our community back then.
I've posted a tribute and some memories of a couple things I remembered including some of the names I encountered the most when I was in YC.
Good bye to Mr. Yum - https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/11239177