Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Tongue Tied (album) 1 — Pop song characterized as a dopamine-rush track that evokes nostalgia for experiences never had.

Solovair (place) 1 — English boot manufacturer that makes well-made boots similar to Doc Martens at a reasonable price.

Filson (place) 1 — Bag manufacturer known for making durable, impossible-to-destroy bags.

Ellie Goulding (person) 1 — Musician who performed a tribute concert at Roger Federer's last match, described as an inappropriate choice.

Holy Roman Empire (concept) 1 — Historical political entity referenced sarcastically in relation to Republican electoral victories.

Man vs Wild (film) 1 — Survival television show hosted by Bear Grylls, defended as entertaining and educational despite criticisms about its au...

Survivorman (film) 1 — Survival television show hosted by Les Stroud, mentioned as comparison to Man vs Wild

Milton Friedman (person) 1 — Economist whose work is discussed as compelling but part of a pattern of ideological inconsistency

Vinayak Savarkar (person) 1 — Historical figure associated with the Hindutva movement whose writings led the poster to view Gandhi negatively

Hindutva movement (concept) 1 — Hindu nationalist movement that the poster found persuasive despite not being Hindu

L.A. (place) 1 — Los Angeles presented as one of five major American city options for living

Gabon (place) 1 — African country where the Bongo family maintained a 56-year political dynasty that ended in a 2023 military coup

Ali Bongo (person) 1 — President of Gabon whose family ruled for 56 years until overthrown in a military coup

Assad regime (concept) 1 — Syrian political dynasty that came to power after the Bongo family in Gabon

Robert Mugabe (person) 1 — Zimbabwean leader who came to power after the Bongo family dynasty began in Gabon

APD (concept) 1 — Auditory Processing Disorder mentioned as one of many conditions that may be used to excuse incompetence rather than cal...

Lynton and Lynmouth (place) 1 — UK location with a funicular that still operates using a water-powered system from a nearby river

Laramie (place) 1 — City mentioned as one of the places that doesn't feel like home to the drifter poster

Hospice (album) 1 — Album by The Antlers described as part of /mu/core but almost totally forgotten despite other albums from that canon lea...

AOL Instant Messenger (concept) 1 — Early 2000s instant messaging platform referenced as the medium through which a multi-year catfishing scheme unfolded in...

Doutzen Kroes (person) 1 — Model discussed as having one of the most perfect faces, prompting admiration for her beauty.

Canadian Tire (place) 1 — Canadian hardware store chain discussed as lacking knowledgeable older employees due to high cost of living.

Preacher's Daughter (album) 1 — Ethel Cain album whose promotional materials were described as heavily indebted to early Lana Del Rey aesthetics.

American Teenager (album) 1 — Ethel Cain music video described as pure Lana Del Rey style with romanticization of trailer-trash americana aesthetics.

Born to Die (album) 1 — Lana Del Rey album referenced as the aesthetic template that Ethel Cain's work is said to emulate.

Joseph-Philippe Bevillard (person) 1 — Photographer known for his series on Irish Travellers titled Mincéirs.

Mincéirs (concept) 1 — Photography series by Joseph-Philippe Bevillard documenting Irish Travellers, consisting of 62 photos.

Mediterranean (place) 1 — Geographic region discussed as precious and irreplaceable in the context of climate change impacts.

John Wilkes Booth (person) 1 — Abraham Lincoln's assassin referenced in discussion about political assassins' relative attractiveness.

Bloomberg Terminal (concept) 1 — Financial information platform referenced as hosting a separate version of the internet exclusively for wealthy users.

Georges St. Pierre (person) 1 — A combat athlete referenced as one of the only Red Scare-approved combat athletes.

Tito Ortiz (person) 1 — A combat athlete referenced as one of the only Red Scare-approved combat athletes.

QKThr (album) 1 — An Aphex Twin song that originally represented childhood nostalgia, now used as background music for TikTok videos.

Btoum-Roumada (album) 1 — An Aphex Twin song mentioned as having a slow, spiritual feeling similar to QKThr.

machismo culture (concept) 1 — A cultural concept related to Latino masculinity, defended against the term 'Latinx' as a white liberal imposition.

PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) (concept) 1 — A mental health condition theorized by psychologists to be similar to BPD, particularly in its complex form.

Kimberle Crenshaw (person) 1 — A legal scholar associated with intersectionality theory, name-dropped during a woke performance to secure funding.

Nyan Cat (concept) 1 — An early internet meme featuring a cat, representative of the era when the internet was dominated by cat-related content...

Keyboard Cat (concept) 1 — An early internet meme featuring a cat, representative of when the internet was dominated by nerds and introverts.

Grumpy Cat (concept) 1 — An internet meme cat from the era when the internet was dominated by cat content and nerdy users.

Shibe (concept) 1 — An internet meme featuring a Shiba Inu dog, discussed as the turning point between internet cat culture and dog culture.

The Best Day (album) 1 — A Taylor Swift song listened to on repeat by someone fearing their father's death.

Her Loss (album) 1 — Drake's album interpreted as revealing his nihilistic despair and death wish beneath surface-level commercial rap

The Price of Privilege (book) 1 — Book by Madeline Levine examining how wealthy teenagers and college students in the Bay Area are more likely to lack sen...

Madeline Levine (person) 1 — Therapist and author who works with wealthy teenagers in the Bay Area and wrote about how privilege can lead to lack of ...

KMFDM (album) 1 — Industrial music band mentioned in discussion of a desired industrial music renaissance among younger audiences

Industrial music (concept) 1 — Music genre discussed as deserving a revival given current trends in hyper pop and nu metal

Stan Rogers (person) 1 — Canadian folk musician whose song 'The Mary Ellen Carter' about a shipwreck helped save a man's life during an actual sh...

The Mary Ellen Carter (album) 1 — Song by Stan Rogers about a shipwreck that literally helped save a shipwreck survivor's life by motivating him to keep f...

Marine Electric (place) 1 — Ship that sank in 1983 during a storm, where a survivor credited Stan Rogers' song with helping him survive hypothermia