Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Oblivion (film) 1 — Video game referenced when a group of kids mocked someone by calling them an 'Oblivion NPC', suggesting they appeared un...

Dayton (place) 1 — Ohio city where Bob Pollard, founder of Guided by Voices, was a high school baseball star and later a schoolteacher.

Bob Pollard (person) 1 — Former Dayton high school baseball star and alcoholic schoolteacher who founded Guided by Voices, an incredibly prolific...

Propeller (album) 1 — Guided by Voices' fifth album intended as their swan song in 1992, which unexpectedly became their breakthrough after in...

Bee Thousand (album) 1 — Guided by Voices' 1994 album on Scat Records, considered their arguable masterpiece, which led to them signing with Mata...

Scat Records (place) 1 — Record label that Guided by Voices signed to in 1993 after the breakthrough of Propeller, before moving to Matador.

Matador (place) 1 — Record label that Guided by Voices signed to after the success of Bee Thousand, helping establish them as iconic '90s in...

Skull and Bones (concept) 1 — Secret society at Yale University referenced in conspiracy context

General Relativity (concept) 1 — Einstein's theory of gravity that predicted the existence of black holes

Black Holes (concept) 1 — Astronomical phenomena that were imaged in 2019, confirming Einstein's century-old predictions

Cretaceous (concept) 1 — Geological period referenced to illustrate the vast distance of imaged black holes from Earth

Destroyer Magazine (place) 1 — A Swedish publication founded in 2006 by Andersson that sought to bring back the adolescent boy as an ideal of gay cultu...

Starry Night (book) 1 — Van Gogh's famous painting used as an example of great art that cannot be replicated by AI due to its historical and con...

Sundance Film Festival (place) 1 — A film festival where Dasha Nekrasova appeared, referenced in a satirical post about her celebrity status among fans.

JET Programme (concept) 1 — Japanese teaching program whose participants are stereotyped as white men who marry Japanese women hastily and face cult...

r/Japanlife (place) 1 — Reddit community known for repetitive posts about white JET teachers' divorces from Japanese women.

Eurovision Song Contest (concept) 1 — European music competition that became intensely controversial in 2024 due to Israeli participation and the disqualifica...

Joost Klein (person) 1 — Dutch Eurovision contestant disqualified from the 2024 Grand Final after an incident with a production crew member and c...

EBU (place) 1 — European Broadcasting Union, the organization running Eurovision that disqualified Joost Klein and faced criticism for d...

Martin Österdahl (person) 1 — Eurovision executive director who was booed tremendously during the jury show and faced calls to resign.

AVROTROS (place) 1 — Dutch broadcasting organization that called Joost Klein's Eurovision disqualification disproportionate and shameful.

Cornald Maas (person) 1 — Dutch Eurovision commentator who called Joost Klein's disqualification disproportionate and shameful.

Dream of a Witches Sabbath (album) 1 — Song loved by a deceased psychiatric patient alongside Barry Manilow and Johnny Cash.

Anne Wojcicki (person) 1 — CEO of 23andMe and sister of late Susan Wojcicki, seeking to take the company private after entire board resigned.

Susan Wojcicki (person) 1 — Late sister of Anne Wojcicki, mentioned in connection with 23andMe board resignation.

Sheryl Lee (person) 1 — Actress praised for delivering one of the best performances ever, referenced in discussion about underrecognized talent.

GLP-1 (concept) 1 — Class of pharmaceutical drugs including tirzepatide, discussed as a miracle weight loss drug with beneficial side effect...

Wagwan Delilah (album) 1 — Song featuring the Toronto accent that became a TikTok trend, referenced in satirical post about cultural appropriation.

Marilyn Bergeron (person) 1 — Elder millennial Canadian woman and indie rock musician who disappeared in 2008 after claiming to witness something in M...

Rodrigo Borgia (person) 1 — Medieval Pope admired by Nietzsche for revealing the sham of Christianity, used as comparison to Schwarzenegger's revela...

Kennedy (person) 1 — American political dynasty that Schwarzenegger married into before his affair with his maid.

Colossus of Rhodes (place) 1 — Ancient Wonder of the World whose construction is questioned by poster expressing skepticism about its historical realit...

British Royal Family (concept) 1 — British monarchy discussed in context of protocol and their diplomatic hosting duties for foreign leaders.

Eric Harris (person) 1 — Columbine shooter discussed as Nazi-LARPing pioneer of incel culture whose basement tapes would reveal embarrassing edge...

Joanna Karpowicz (person) 1 — Artist whose works from 2024-2025 are featured, including pieces titled "Waiting For The Call", "7 AM Poland", and "Frie...

Type 1 Diabetes (concept) 1 — Chronic disease discussed as fundamentally shaping childhood development by preventing typical adolescent rebellion due ...

The Circle Jerks (album) 1 — Punk band criticized for touring as aging performers playing songs from decades ago.

Cal Anderson Park (place) 1 — Seattle park where CHAZ participants gathered and conducted interviews

Great Resignation (concept) 1 — Labor market phenomenon characterized as a failure because workers pursued individual career gains rather than securing ...

Don't Worry Darling (film) 1 — A 2022 film directed by Olivia Wilde that dramatizes a social dynamic about idyllic suburban life with sinister underton...

Milošević (person) 1 — Serbian political leader whose legacy is part of the nationwide collective psychosis and toxic culture in Serbia.

Đinđić (person) 1 — Serbian political figure whose killing is part of Serbia's traumatic recent history contributing to its collective psych...

Women's Studies (concept) 1 — An academic discipline where discussions about racial language and social justice issues take place, as exemplified by a...

Africana Studies (concept) 1 — An academic discipline focused on African and African American studies, mentioned in connection with discussions about r...

Debbie from American Dad (person) 1 — A character from the animated TV show American Dad referenced in a personal context about a boyfriend's ex-girlfriend's ...

Hebrew (concept) 1 — A language described as a 'glorified conlang' that replaced Yiddish in Israel, criticized for lacking the cultural richn...

Australian larrikinism (concept) 1 — A working-class Australian cultural style characterized by cheeky, irreverent, light-hearted humor that can come across ...

Darwin (place) 1 — An Australian city with a large Aboriginal population where cultural sensitivity around language and humor is particular...

Ebonics (concept) 1 — African American Vernacular English, identified as the actual source of referring to women as 'females' rather than ince...

Whole Language (concept) 1 — A reading instruction method used in US schools from the 1980s to early 2000s that taught children to guess words based ...