Right In Front Of My Salad

About

Right In Front of My Salad? is a quote said by a character in a gay pornographic film after she discovers that the two leads are having sex behind a kitchen counter upon which she’s eating a bowl of salad. The quote led to parodies and tributes online following its discovery in late July of 2017. It is used in various situations where one is indignant.

Origin

The quote is from the gay pornographic film Private Lessons 3, which was uploaded to Men.com on July 23rd, 2017. In the scene, two men are having sex behind a counter while attempting to converse with a girl on the other side of the counter. The girl slowly realizes what is going on, and indignantly asks “Are you two fucking? Are you serious? Right in front of my salad?!” The scene did not begin circulating online until July 29th, 2017. On that day, Tumblr user boymercuryx^[1] uploaded GIFs of the relevant clip to the site in a post that gained over 51,000 notes (quote shown below). The following morning, user baghdadgaybar^[2] uploaded the clip.

Spread

The video spread to Twitter shortly thereafter. Late on July 30th, Twitter user @ineedahitta^[3] posted the video there, where it gained over 12,900 retweets and 25,000 likes. Meanwhile, the video quickly inspired parodies on Tumblr. On the 31st, user firstknivesclub^[4] posted a It’s More Likely Than You Think edit with the phrase, gaining over 19,000 notes (shown below, left). On August 1st, Tumblr user theperksofbeingameme^[5] added the quote to a GIF of reality television star Tiffany “New York” Pollard, gaining 600 notes (shown below, right).

On both sites, the quote began seeing use as a reaction to any situation in which one might feel indignant. For example, a post by Tumblr user tbhhhhhhhhh^[6] used the quote in response to Professional Wrestler Sami Zayn losing on Smackdown on the night of August 1st (shown below, left). On August 2nd, Twitter user @tedromeda^[7] used the quote in response to people disrespecting Rihanna (shown below, right).