Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Cava (place) 1 — A fast-casual restaurant chain mentioned as one of the standardized food options PMC workers eat at in American downtown...

MSN (concept) 1 — Microsoft messaging service referenced in context of early 2000s online communication.

Mauritania (place) 1 — African country where a State Department official was posted before having a child with a Syrian-French economics profes...

State Department (concept) 1 — U.S. government department referenced in connection with an official posted in Middle East and Africa.

Syrian civil war (concept) 1 — Conflict during which financial crimes were committed to fund Assad's chemical weapons use.

SAG (concept) 1 — Screen Actors Guild, a union that had a major strike over AI voice acting, whose members were used in Darren Aronofsky's...

Mainline Protestantism (concept) 1 — Christian religious tradition referenced as part of a satirical center-left lifestyle position.

ACB (person) 1 — Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court Justice described as having a 'girl next door/serial killer vibe' in a provocative post...

Made In America (film) 1 — The Sopranos series finale episode depicting Tony Soprano's experience of life and relationships.

Maxine Waters (person) 1 — Politician referenced in a satirical post about an incident with journalist Michael Tracey.

Charls Carroll (person) 1 — MDE member whose wife is of interest to fans researching the comedy group.

r/blackScare (place) 1 — Subreddit where Red Scare podcast content is shared for free, circumventing the Patreon paywall.

RP (concept) 1 — Red Pill ideology, discussed in connection with mental instability and relationship dysfunction

Trafalgar Square (place) 1 — London landmark where the poster and their friend engaged in public interactions

Rehearsal (film) 1 — TV show by Nathan Fielder whose premiere episode was discussed on the subreddit

Black Israelites (concept) 1 — Religious movement discussed in relation to distinguishing various Black religious and cultural groups

NOI (concept) 1 — Nation of Islam, discussed as one of several Black religious/cultural movements

Five Percenters (concept) 1 — Religious/cultural movement discussed as one of several Black spiritual movements

Martin Heidegger (person) 1 — Philosopher referenced in context of helping someone through a nihilism crisis with rational philosophical arguments.

Venice Biennale (place) 1 — Major art exhibition mentioned in context of female artists' success and ongoing discrimination in the art world.

Turner Prize (concept) 1 — British art prize mentioned in context of female artists' recognition despite ongoing discrimination.

IMDb Top 100 (concept) 1 — Film ranking list characterized as reflecting 30-year-old men's taste for dark, edgy, violent movies and classic rock se...

Stone in Focus (album) 1 — Aphex Twin track described as pure magic and the most evocative, grounding, and calming piece of music.

Boston Brahmin (concept) 1 — Upper-class Boston accent and cultural identity, described as articulate and pleasant-sounding in contrast to modern tra...

howlingmutant (person) 1 — Twitter account followed by Anna and Dasha that allegedly retweets explicitly Holocaust-denying images and racist conten...

CFS (concept) 1 — Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, cited as one of several vague diagnoses that lack a single definitive test and are commonly cl...

Boyhood (film) 1 — Richard Linklater film praised for its melancholic pace and poignant depiction of time's passage without waiting for rea...

East Jerusalem (place) 1 — Palestinian area mentioned as basic geographic knowledge Americans lack while supporting Israeli violence.

Scarborough Fair (album) 1 — Traditional folk song referenced in connection with preparing food with parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

Michael Myers (person) 1 — Horror film character whose mask appearance at Salem is treated as remarkable by a tourist.

Farinelli (film) 1 — A film about castrati, the young boys castrated to sing female parts after the church banned women from singing.

Castrati (concept) 1 — Young boys who were castrated to sing female parts in church music after women were banned from singing.

BMI calculator (concept) 1 — A tool for calculating body mass index to determine healthy weight ranges, referenced in discussion of Americans' distor...

Tainan (place) 1 — City in Taiwan featured in a travel observation post about Taiwanese urban density and architecture.

Huffington Post (place) 1 — News outlet reporting on Bernie Sanders' resolution about human rights abuses in Gaza.

Golden State Warriors (concept) 1 — NBA basketball team watched regularly by older viewers who can barely name any players outside their franchise.

NaNoWriMo (concept) 1 — National Novel Writing Month, referenced as a model for prolific writers who can quickly complete novels

Effexor (concept) 1 — Anti-depressant medication that the poster tried for three months before stopping

Nolan Ryan (person) 1 — MLB pitcher with the most strikeouts in history, used as metaphor for aggressive approach to life that accepts losses

Mean Girls (song) (album) 1 — Song by Charli XCX allegedly written about Dasha Nekrasova

Imodium (concept) 1 — Anti-diarrheal medication mentioned in context of traveling in China

Tiger Leaping Gorge (place) 1 — A dramatic gorge in Yunnan province, China, featuring a multi-day hiking trail with challenging elevation changes and sc...

Lijiang (place) 1 — A city in Yunnan province, China, serving as the starting point for buses to Tiger Leaping Gorge hiking trail.

Art Shapiro's Butterfly Site (place) 1 — A UC Davis website featuring photographs of local lepidopterans and butterflies.

Human Centipede (film) 1 — A notoriously gross and disturbing film watched by people who turn extreme cinema into a competitive sport.

Elliott Rodger (person) 1 — Individual around whom the Incel movement formed in 2014.

Incel movement (concept) 1 — Social movement that formed around Elliott Rodger in 2014.

Shilajit (concept) 1 — Mineral substance referenced in comparison to a homemade 'rock broth' concept for extracting minerals from stones.

Carl's Jr (place) 1 — A fast food chain known for provocative advertising campaigns during the 2010s.

Social Darwinism (concept) 1 — A political and economic ideology referenced as the worldview adopted by Boomers who accept and celebrate corrupt govern...