Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’

Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by RankingMember on Friday December 01, 2023 @03:51PM (#38492199)

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.

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Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by epiccoleman on Friday December 01, 2023 @06:22PM (#38493968)

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

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Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by willis936 on Friday December 01, 2023 @06:38PM (#38494119)

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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Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by RankingMember on Saturday December 02, 2023 @03:04AM (#38496873)

Love the KOTH YTPs, gotta throw one of my favorite one-offs out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7WtkdLQ6PM

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Re:Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’ by epiccoleman on Monday December 04, 2023 @09:41AM (#38517843)

This one is fantastic, it's a great example of a lot of the "tricks of the trade" that were standard in a lot of YTPs.

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