# Bikini Bottom flag at half-staff

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikini-bottom-flag-at-half-staff/825222>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 28, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikini-bottom-flag-at-half-staff/825222 "2018-11-28T18:55:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikini-bottom-flag-at-half-staff/825222/1 "2018-11-28T18:55:05Z")

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I can’t believe that someone has not yet posted this, as it happened yesterday: [Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob Squarepants, has died of ALS at age 57.](https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/entertainment/spongebob-squarepants-creator-dead/index.html)

Sorry, it’s not Opposite Day. RIP, you’ve given us a lot of laughs.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikini-bottom-flag-at-half-staff/825222/2 "2018-11-28T21:08:32Z")

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Hillenburg also worked on Rocko’s Modern World before SpongeBob and that was a great show and got even better when I realized how sneakily dirty it actually was.

RIP

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**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikini-bottom-flag-at-half-staff/825222/3 "2018-11-28T22:20:19Z")

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That’s sad, it seems he went downhill pretty fast after his diagnosis right? My kids and I both loved his cartoons.

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikini-bottom-flag-at-half-staff/825222/4 "2018-11-28T23:46:27Z")

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I was sad when I heard the news yesterday. I remember when the first episode of Sponge Bob aired, and it’s still a regular show on the tv at my house. RIP

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikini-bottom-flag-at-half-staff/825222/5 "2018-11-29T02:28:28Z")

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So sad.

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**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikini-bottom-flag-at-half-staff/825222/6 "2018-11-29T02:59:12Z")

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I actually found a picture of said flag and modified it to do just this… RIP ☹

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikini-bottom-flag-at-half-staff/825222/7 "2018-11-29T07:23:53Z")

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> [@pool](#):
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> That’s sad, it seems he went downhill pretty fast after his diagnosis right? My kids and I both loved his cartoons.

He announced his illness in March 2017, so about a year and a half ago.