Talk:The Great War/@comment-67.2.44.1-20160208213639

Most probable explanation I can think of is that they are talking about WWI, and the entire Salad Fingers series is centered on an insane veteran of the war through his point of view of the world, often shifting between reality (such as him talking to inanimate objects) and his dillusions. (The world looking like a devestated no-mans-land)