Salad Fingers is a surreal psychological horror Flash animation series created by British animator David Firth in 2004. The series follows a gaunt, green, mentally disturbed humanoid named Salad Fingers who inhabits a desolate wasteland and finds pleasure in touching various textures, most famously "rusty spoons." While it started as a cult classic on Newgrounds, the character's unsettling voice and bizarre dialogue became a staple of early internet culture. Today, the meme is used to convey feelings of social awkwardness, niche obsessions, or general creepiness, often pairing his disturbing quotes with modern relatable situations.