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Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’

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Re: Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’

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Post by krapp »

mardifoufs wrote: post #108
sidlls wrote: post #56

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I think there's definitely a qualitative difference, though. Salad fingers, at least, had better quality "stories", and the weirdness was less "basic." Skibidi Toilet is an excellent representation of the hyper-ADHD-ification of kids due to rapid-fire content consumption brought on by newer social media platforms.

I'm a bit younger than the average commenter here, but not young enough to be in the "skibidi toilet" demographic. But looking at both skibidi and the older type of YTP and idk the talking orange videos for example, I just don't see the difference. Maybe it's because I was too young to grow up watching them a lot but yeah. And that's saying nothing of the much more ADHD type of videos that were also common back then.

Yeah, a better comparison would be between Salad Fingers and something like Don't Hug Me I'm Scared or Local 58.

Re: Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’

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Post by _kb »

afavour wrote: post #21
AndrewKemendo wrote: post #14

Important to note that the paper the article is referencing [1] is titled: "Salad Fingers: Pre-YouTube digital uncanny and the ‘weird’ future of animation" So, the actual data is about PRE-Youtube weird internet. Baffling why they chose to focus on YouTube instead of Newgrounds like the original paper does I think I'm reacting like this because I'm actually unaware of anything that originated on Youtube that fits int…

Yeah, this threw me too. Salad Fingers is absolutely pre-YouTube. I remember watching that, Weebl and Bob, Charlie the Unicorn etc etc, all as Flash videos.

Don’t forget strong bad / trogdor and end of the world. Classics of the era.

Re: Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’

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Post by epiccoleman »

RankingMember wrote: post #45
bombcar wrote: post #30

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I believe YouTube poop originated in YouTube. But maybe it was available from things like YTMND.

Yeah YTP is what I think of when I think of YouTube-originated art form. It's sort of like a visual version of the "Paul's Boutique" crazy sampling to make new art.

Absolutely true - it's actually crazy how much of an art form YTP became. (Not sure how popular it is these days?). It was a whole style with its own conventions, memes, etc. And on the surface, it seems really stupid, but there's a lot of creativity and talent that went into those wild videos.

This one is an old favorite of mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTdxPliBdZs

Also, the "Wow, It's Made" series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMapmlUwerw

Re: Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’

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Post by galangalalgol »

magicalhippo wrote: post #88
zikduruqe wrote: post #67

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> Charlie the Unicorn Shun the non-believer....

Caaaaaarrrrl[1]... Ending of that series caught me off guard a bit, got really down for a while first time. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJOwdrTA8Gw

We can stop linking YouTube now, wasm and rust and some awsome people brought back flash at newgrounds

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/280260

Re: Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’

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Post by epiccoleman »

kridsdale3 wrote: post #99
Graziano_M wrote: post #92

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To me it's a crime to not mention Group X / Mario Twins in this sort of article. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIeOULX79VA

They look the same!

"They look the same" is so burned into my brain that it's part of my basic vocabulary. I cannot count the number of times I've said "they look the same" in that goofy voice while looking at a diff, PR, or comparing two config files or something.

In a similar vein, the famous "Miss Teen South Carolina" stuck in my craw, and I often throw out a "like such as" when demonstrating something for humorous effect.

I guess these pop culture references really date me, but among my age group they get a laugh, for whatever that's worth.

Re: Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’

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Post by bagels »

CivBase wrote: post #24

> While it looks and feels like a children’s show, Salad Fingers does not conform to the norms of children’s television. What part of Salad Fingers could the author possibly be referring to that "looks and feels like a children's show"? Every part of it - colors, character designs, animation, voices, music, story subject matter, everything - is designed to be extremely discomforting.

It is simply that it is a cartoon, and as we all know, cartoons are only made for children.

Re: Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’

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Post by willis936 »

epiccoleman wrote: post #113
RankingMember wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah YTP is what I think of when I think of YouTube-originated art form. It's sort of like a visual version of the "Paul's Boutique" crazy sampling to make new art.

Absolutely true - it's actually crazy how much of an art form YTP became. (Not sure how popular it is these days?). It was a whole style with its own conventions, memes, etc. And on the surface, it seems really stupid, but there's a lot of creativity and talent that went into those wild videos. This one is an old favorite of mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTdxPliBdZs Also, the "Wow, It's Made" series: https://…

I love Hank of the Hill. Green Wedding and some of the Toy Story ones still get me too.

https://youtu.be/Rf7MCiei9uI

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