“Friends”
The pervatasaurus video led me to a strange, yet amazing phenomenon (via a reference made by my brother) that goes by the name of Salad Fingers. I had no idea. I overuse the word amazing, but I can’t think of a better word. Creepy? But creepy in an amazing way.
Here is the summary of the animation, created by David Firth (by Wikipedia):
In the surreal cartoons, the eponymous Salad Fingers inhabits a desolate, sparsely populated post-apocalyptic world in which he revels in the delightful feeling of the textures of various objects on his “salad fingers”. He enjoys rusty articles (especially spoons) and derives similar pleasure from experiencing pain. He appears to enjoy meeting new people, though many of his acquaintances are simply avatars (such as finger puppets including Hubert Cumberdale, Jeremy Fisher, and Marjory Stewart-Baxter) for which he provides voice.
The eerie music featured in the background is the tune “Beware the Friendly Stranger” by Boards of Canada. The dark music in the soundtrack that appears when Salad Fingers is scared is actually Firth playing the guitar, slowed down and reversed. Other music included in Salad Fingers episodes includes work credited to Brian Eno, Sigur Rós and Aphex Twin. David Firth frequently inserts references to Aphex Twin in his flash cartoons; for example, the Aphex Twin logo can be found on the telephone in Salad Fingers episode five. Firth has also cited the works of David Lynch, South Park, Tim Burton, The League of Gentlemen and Chris Morris as sources of inspiration.
I am now kind of obsessed with Salad Fingers. Join me.
tickle fight! 