Salad Fingers, the uncanny animated character who loves rusty spoons, is a pioneering figure in the world of viral YouTube videos. Created by British artist David Firth before the launch of YouTube, Salad Fingers has become iconic for its unsettling and bizarre content. The series, which is still ongoing almost two decades later, pushed the boundaries of animation and challenged the norms of children’s television. Combining elements of subversion, experimentalism, and a childlike imagination, Salad Fingers continues to influence “weird YouTube” and the avant-garde and surrealist traditions of art, film, and television. Its impact can be seen in other popular YouTube series like Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared.
https://theconversation.com/salad-fingers-wasnt-just-strange-it-was-art-heres-how-its-still-influencing-the-weird-part-of-youtube-2-decades-on-216911