Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Royals (album) 1 — Song cited as one of the last culturally inescapable musical moments that everyone listened to.

Magaluf (place) 1 — Spanish resort town referenced as a destination for British lads' weekends.

Andrew Tuttle (person) 1 — An ambient musician who opened for Slowdive, performing guitar looping and layering that many in the audience talked thr...

Rachel Goswell (person) 1 — Vocalist and member of Slowdive, described as having a fantastic voice and English accent, who was gracious meeting fans...

Simon Scott (person) 1 — Drummer for Slowdive whose skills are more apparent live than on their subdued studio recordings.

Golden Hair (album) 1 — A Slowdive track originally a Joyce poem adapted by Syd Barrett, performed beautifully live with an extended instrumenta...

Syd Barrett (person) 1 — Pink Floyd founder who adapted a Joyce poem into a track that Slowdive later covered as Golden Hair.

Neil Halstead (person) 1 — Member of Slowdive mentioned as part of the band lineup that a fan hoped to meet in person.

Christian Savill (person) 1 — Guitarist for Slowdive mentioned as part of the band lineup that a fan hoped to meet in person.

Nick Chaplin (person) 1 — Bassist for Slowdive mentioned as part of the band lineup that a fan hoped to meet in person.

Frito-Lay (place) 1 — Corporation mentioned as an example of low-quality processed food products being pushed on consumers by the global elite...

Letter to America (book) 1 — Osama bin Laden's letter outlining grievances against America and conditions for peace, including ending support for Isr...

Spartan Race (concept) 1 — Obstacle race and endurance event referenced as a fitness goal

Hobo Shoestring (person) 1 — Famous train hopper and YouTuber Mark Nichols who went missing in March 2024 and was found dead, inspiring the vagabond ...

Comcast (place) 1 — Major corporation with a Philadelphia tower that includes specialized rooms for employee needs including breastfeeding a...

SBS (place) 1 — Australian television network praised for showcasing non-Hollywood international films and television at the cultural fo...

LaGuardia Airport (place) 1 — New York City airport mentioned in satirical anecdote about walking from Brooklyn

Nettspend (person) 1 — Musical artist referenced in satirical anecdote about Anna Khachiyan's post-election street observations

Nice (place) 1 — City in the south of France praised for its stunning architecture, colorful stone buildings, blue waters, and well-dress...

bar italia (album) 1 — Band with slightly discordant and hazy vocals that served as soundtrack to a trip to Nice, France

Mike Lindell (person) 1 — MyPillow founder jokingly predicted to become a billionaire through military contracts under Trump administration

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves (album) 1 — Cher album cover identified as marking her transformation into true beauty characterized by individuality and embracing ...

Sonny (person) 1 — Cher's former musical partner described as an ugly guy whose association initially inhibited her beauty before her solo ...

Gregory Peck (person) 1 — Classic Hollywood era actor featured in a post series dedicated to classic Hollywood movies

Irukandji jellyfish (concept) 1 — A type of jellyfish whose sting reportedly causes victims to experience a sense of sinister personal doom.

Al-Ayyala (concept) 1 — A traditional performing art of Oman and the UAE, traditionally done privately by women to celebrate men's return, with ...

Hays Code (concept) 1 — Film censorship guidelines whose implementation prevented the combination of technicolor and sordid imagery in early cin...

worldnews subreddit (place) 1 — Reddit community where the narrative allegedly shifted from defending Islam to expressing concerns about Muslim immigrat...

MSW (concept) 1 — Master of Social Work degree pursued by students who are allegedly better at schoolwork than actual social work practice...

Tom Myers (person) 1 — American comedian who would allegedly have been more successful in the UK comedy scene.

Taskmaster (film) 1 — British panel show mentioned as featuring comedians of comparable quality to Tom Myers.

Marxism-Trumpism (concept) 1 — A satirical political concept used to describe Donald Trump's presidency being characterized as communist dictatorship b...

The Hill (place) 1 — A news outlet that covered Kamala Harris's criticism of Trump and private sector capitulation.

Rachel Maddow Show (film) 1 — An MSNBC show where Kamala Harris discussed Trump and the private sector's capitulation.

Kim Jong-Un (person) 1 — North Korean leader whose mysterious absence from Day of the Sun celebrations was noted during the pandemic.

Day of the Sun (concept) 1 — A North Korean holiday commemorating the birth of Kim Jong-Un's grandfather that was subdued during the pandemic.

Gilead (place) 1 — A pharmaceutical company that promised celebrities first access to a COVID cure.

Kelis (person) 1 — A musician who released Milkshake without generating the culture war controversy that WAP did.

Long Beach (place) 1 — A large California city discussed as an affordable alternative to Los Angeles with significant crime and housing challen...

Compton (place) 1 — A Los Angeles area city described as having gentrified and become safer after being taken over by working class Latinos.

Section 8 housing (concept) 1 — Federal housing assistance program discussed critically for creating maintenance and safety problems in a neighborhood d...

Nazism (concept) 1 — Nazi ideology discussed in the context of a brother who genuinely wishes the Nazis had won World War II and uses it to i...

Ethical Non-Monogamy (concept) 1 — Relationship practice critiqued by a user who sarcastically questions wanting to be hit during sex without even being ca...

DEXA (concept) 1 — Body scanning technology used to assess total body fat, showing much higher obesity rates than BMI calculations in resea...

National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (place) 1 — CDC data collection program that provided the basis for a study showing DEXA body fat assessments reveal much higher obe...

Bitte Orca (album) 1 — Album cover described as very much 'of its time' that captivated the poster as a high schooler

The Money Store (album) 1 — Album cover discussed as somewhat cringe and internet-tainted but capturing a certain cultural zeitgeist

American Spirits (album) 1 — Cigarette brand smoked during a user's Saturday morning solitary reading ritual

Medscape (place) 1 — Medical news website that published a study about BMI vastly underestimating obesity rates compared to DEXA body fat ass...

Critic Culture (concept) 1 — A cultural phenomenon discussed as the pervasiveness of endless criticism, reviews, and arguments about popular media co...