Kind Man Named Dave Who Took Care Of A Kid Memorialized In Viral Tweet Tale

A tribute to a man named Dave who just passed away is spreading around Twitter in recent days as users celebrate the life of a stranger and embrace a bit of good news.

The tweet thread by Jessie Renee (@jerenee), whose profile says she is a Ph.D. student at the University of California Davis studying toxicology, described the role Dave played in her life.

According to the tale, Dave stepped up to take care of Jessie because he saw she was in a troubling situation. Many people online found the story beautiful and encouraged others to “be a Dave,” leading the hashtag "#BeADave" to trend on the platform.

Others, seemingly following an eternal human instinct, nitpicked over small details in the feel-good story and in the replies to it. A flock of Reply Guys congregated around the thread about a good guy as it continued going viral.

Some Daves were less than enthused about seeing “RIP Dave” and "#RIPDave," another hashtag inspired by the story, trending across Twitter.

Even so, many found the thread refreshing on a platform often defined by divisiveness and bad news. Several wished that they could see more content that calls to the best of who we are instead of our less-wholesome instincts.

In the end, the wholesomeness of Dave is a tale many users hoped will serve as an inspiration to everyone else.