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It pains me to say this, but it\u2019s been 20 years since David Firth\u2019s Salad Fingers<\/em> made its debut and irrevocably altered the humor of the internet. The first episode of the web series hit Newgrounds on July 1, 2004. To mark this milestone birthday, Firth dropped a 20th anniversary special<\/a> earlier this week that sees the titular Salad Fingers taking a walk down memory lane, bringing us all the way back to those early moments that seared the phrase \u201cI like rusty spoons\u201d into the collective consciousness of an entire generation of internet users.<\/p>\n Things won\u2019t be exactly as you remember them, though. This is how it all went down according to Salad Fingers and, well, are we really expecting Salad Fingers to be a reliable narrator? The 7-minute video expands the lore a bit and revisits characters like the shrieking \u201cyoung child\u201d (who has some clarifications to make regarding their identity) and the disturbing finger puppet friends Hubert Cumberdale, Marjory Stewart-Baxter and Jeremy Fisher. If you\u2019ve followed the series over the years and made it all the way to 2023\u2019s \u201cHarvest<\/a>,\u201d you\u2019ll also recognize the absolutely horrifying Melvin Wishcake, who Salad Fingers refers to this time as \u201cManky Melvin, the stinky reject.\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019ve got a soft spot in my heart for this deranged cartoon, as I\u2019m sure many of you do, and this was a real treat. I might just have to dive back in and rewatch the whole series now, which is up to 13 episodes<\/a> not counting this latest special. Thanks for the (cursed) memories, Salad Gregory Stuart Fingers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n