Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Diana (person) 1 — Princess Diana, described as a hot 19-year-old virgin rejected by Prince Charles.

Atlantis (place) 1 — Mythical lost civilization referenced as a comparison to Carthage.

Cato (person) 1 — Roman statesman who advocated for the destruction of Carthage, compared to Hitler.

Zak Galifianakis (person) 1 — Actor humorously blamed for destroying big comedy films.

Freddie de Boer (person) 1 — New York Times contributor criticized for advising people to give up on their dreams of being a writer.

Islamophobia (concept) 1 — Hostility towards Islam and Muslims, mentioned in context of atheist attitudes.

Don't Stop Believing (album) 1 — Song mentioned as example of culturally saturated music in YouTube reaction video discussion.

Rothschild (person) 1 — Banking family mentioned in contrast to Yuri Gagarin's working-class origins.

Rockefeller (person) 1 — Wealthy family mentioned in contrast to Yuri Gagarin's working-class origins.

Gaza strip (place) 1 — Geographic area mentioned in context of Israeli military deployment

Aztec sunstone (concept) 1 — Mesoamerican artifact described as embodying death in its fullness.

ODB (person) 1 — Rapper referenced for his track Brooklyn Zoo in a post about intrusive thoughts

Buffy Sainte Marie (person) 1 — Artist from the 1960s exposed for falsely claiming Cree heritage

Soren Kierkegaard (person) 1 — Danish philosopher quoted criticizing journalists.

Mary Ainsworth (person) 1 — Psychologist who conducted classic attachment theory study examining how babies react to separation from caregivers.

Patricia Voulgaris (person) 1 — Artist or photographer featured in Walker Art Center essay series on paranormal photography.

Rabindranath Tagore (person) 1 — Indian writer and cultural figure mentioned as someone normies could reference in the 1960s during India's positive PR e...

Golden Triangle (place) 1 — Region in Northern Laos photographed during motorcycle trip.

Stanley Milgram (person) 1 — Psychologist quoted on authority and responsibility

Eric Hoffer (person) 1 — Philosopher quoted on Moses and the transformation from slavery to freedom

Slaughterhouse 5 (book) 1 — Kurt Vonnegut novel discussing American poverty and the cruelty of wealth inequality.

The Republic (book) 1 — Plato's philosophical work mentioned in discussion about understanding dialectics

Stuart Little (book) 1 — Children's book referenced as part of childhood intellectual upbringing

RL Grimes (person) 1 — Electronic music artist whose underwhelming performance is contrasted with past rave culture.

Ira Levin (person) 1 — Author of Rosemary's Baby novel

Miyazaki (person) 1 — Filmmaker referenced as ideal artistic influence for raising children

Immigration (concept) 1 — Political issue discussed as Trump's key support maintaining issue across demographic groups

Sarasota Florida (place) 1 — Location of the Ringling collection museum featuring Emperor Justinian artwork.

John E Woods (person) 1 — Mann translator who translated Bottom's Dream in final years of his life

Dana Scully (person) 1 — Character mentioned in context of posting celebrity images

Machiavelli (person) 1 — Author of The Prince, writing about proper conduct of rulers and Italian unification

Viktor Tsoi (person) 1 — Russian musician who died in a car crash in 1990, subject of a 1993 photobook titled 'Red Wave Presents: A Viktor Tsoi P...

Junko Furuta (person) 1 — Referenced in context of extreme violence against AI sex dolls

Nietzschean ressentiment (concept) 1 — A philosophical concept applied to straight men repressing jealousy about multiple sex partners.

Debussy (person) 1 — Classical composer whose music the author listened to while walking in London.

Fitzgerald (person) 1 — Author whose works the poster read during their productive period in London.

Terri Garr (person) 1 — Actress known for her chemistry on Letterman interviews

Crystal LaBeija (person) 1 — Historic drag performer cited as example of punk drag culture.

Futurism (concept) 1 — Italian avant-garde art movement from early 20th century that rejected the past and celebrated modernity, technology, an...

Marinetti (person) 1 — Italian poet and founder of Futurism who published the Futurist Manifesto in 1909.

Maurice Denis (person) 1 — Artist who painted 'Easter Mystery', mentioned in a post about religious paintings.

Nicholas Roerich (person) 1 — Artist who painted 'Moses the Prophet', mentioned in a post about religious paintings.

Stephan Bakalowicz (person) 1 — Artist who painted 'Prayer to Khonsu', mentioned in a post about religious paintings.

Jean Beraud (person) 1 — Artist who painted 'The Elevation', mentioned in a post about religious paintings.

Adolph Valette (person) 1 — French painter who spent most of his career in Manchester, known for urban landscapes.

LS Lowry (person) 1 — English painter who was a student of Adolph Valette.

Marjorie Stoneman Douglas shooting (concept) 1 — School shooting that occurred on Valentine's Day, 30 minutes from the poster's location.

Florida State University (place) 1 — University where the poster experienced a shooting incident.

Holy Grail (film) 1 — Film celebrating its 50th anniversary that the poster watched with their father.

Teresa Nervosa Taylor (person) 1 — Drummer for Butthole Surfers