Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

The Ick (concept) 1 — A modern dating culture concept where seemingly innocuous behaviors become grounds for rejection, criticized as a cruel ...

Bonnie Raitt (person) 1 — Musician listened to by the poster during a more settled phase of life during a snowstorm

Electrotherapy (concept) 1 — Pseudoscientific treatment involving batteries for self-administered electrical shocks, sold by the poster's phrenologis...

Aaron Jones (person) 1 — NFL running back mentioned in discussion of playoff roster strategy for the Green Bay Packers.

Stephen Sondheim (person) 1 — A musical theater composer whose work Neil Patrick Harris was described as being 'made in a lab' to perform 'soullessly ...

St. Anne's Church (place) 1 — A church in Toronto that was burned in one of 31 arson attacks on Canadian churches since 2021.

Glamour Magazine (place) 1 — A magazine that featured Sydney Sweeney in their 2024 Woman of the Year Issue.

Cypress Hill (album) 1 — A hip-hop group whose music was part of late-90s summertime weed culture referenced nostalgically.

GoldenEye (film) 1 — A video game referenced as part of late-90s weed culture activities.

Half Baked (film) 1 — A film associated with late-90s weed culture and stoner activities.

Skull & Bones (concept) 1 — A secret society mentioned by a young conservative in a convoluted rant.

University of Minnesota (place) 1 — University that left up "Whiteness Pandemic" materials from 2021 which became a cultural relic of the racial reckoning e...

White Rabbit (album) 1 — Song by Jefferson Airplane that the poster suggests should be banned from movie soundtracks due to overuse.

Jefferson Airplane (album) 1 — Rock band whose song White Rabbit is cited as overused in films.

Gimme Shelter (album) 1 — Rolling Stones song frequently used by Martin Scorsese in his films.

Pelé (person) 1 — Brazilian soccer legend whose death received more attention on r/redscarepod than fashion designer Vivienne Westwood's.

Blood on the Dance Floor (album) 1 — Band referenced as being worn on t-shirts by greasy anime dork kids in high school who engaged in group hugging.

Nazi Punks Fuck Off (concept) 1 — A punk song lyric frequently cited on Reddit in discussions about punk culture and politics, critiqued here as performat...

Auld Lang Syne (album) 1 — Traditional Scottish song associated with New Year's Eve, described as genuinely haunting and evoking powerful feelings ...

Legoland (place) 1 — Danish amusement park based on Lego toys, cited as evidence of Denmark's childlike national character.

Lincoln Navigator (concept) 1 — Luxury SUV model imagined as part of a fantasy about being a mildly corrupt small-city mayor who has the city pay for th...

Mina Le (person) 1 — A YouTuber who posted a 'glib unpopular opinion' that My Brilliant Friend is overrated without substantive analysis, dis...

Hugh Ferris (person) 1 — Creator of The Metropolis of Tomorrow (1929), an artist whose futuristic architectural visions are appreciated for their...

The Metropolis of Tomorrow (book) 1 — A 1929 work by Hugh Ferris showing futuristic architectural visions that fascinate readers interested in historical pers...

Dixie (album) 1 — A minstrel song with banjos that would hypothetically be played as a Confederate national anthem at the Olympics, descri...

Beijing National Stadium (place) 1 — A stadium with 100,000 spectators used as an example venue where the Confederate anthem would hypothetically be played a...

Lady Columbia (concept) 1 — The original American personification that was later replaced by Uncle Sam as the government's preferred mascot, describ...

Lada (concept) 1 — Soviet-era Russian automobile brand mentioned as a dream car representing basic Slavic culture

Mossadegh (person) 1 — Iranian Prime Minister overthrown in a CIA-backed coup, referenced as example of U.S. regime change operations

Savannah Guthrie (person) 1 — Today Show host whose mother was kidnapped in a high-profile case with no police leads

Conservative Party (concept) 1 — British political party (Tories) discussed as having ruled for 14 years in what's characterized as pretty awful governan...

Uyghur genocide (concept) 1 — Alleged ethnic cleansing of millions of Uyghurs in China that's questioned due to relatively limited media coverage.

Isaac Brock (person) 1 — Musician referenced as an example of an artist known to be an asshole and alcoholic, discussed in relation to Modest Mou...

The Great Reset (concept) 1 — Conspiracy theory mentioned alongside other topics that consumed conservative attention and helped erase Bush from memor...

Islamabad (place) 1 — Capital of Pakistan with a Human Development Index of 0.89, similar to Portugal or Croatia, representing the urban side ...

Pax Sinica (concept) 1 — Future Chinese-led global order referenced in predictions about American cultural nostalgia

Occidentalism (concept) 1 — Romanticization of Western culture predicted to affect future generations of Americans

Tommaso Buscetta (person) 1 — Sicilian mafioso whose testimony revealed strict monogamy rules within the Italian mafia

Ndrangheta (concept) 1 — Calabrian mafia organization mentioned as maintaining strict monogamy rules

Camorra (concept) 1 — Neapolitan mafia organization mentioned as maintaining strict monogamy rules

Challenger explosion (concept) 1 — 1986 Space Shuttle disaster referenced in imagined 1980s conspiracy theories

Good Morning America (film) 1 — Morning television show discussed as propaganda featuring feel-good content and hyperconsumerism

Yu-Gi-Oh! (concept) 1 — Trading card game used as metaphor for how redditors unrealistically think they can invoke labor laws against employers ...

Dorian Concept (person) 1 — Musical artist whose track 'Hide (CS01 version)' is referenced in a post about not getting something back.

Barbary Lion (concept) 1 — Extinct subspecies of lion, with the last photographed specimen discussed as now completely extinct.

Beverly Hills Cop (film) 1 — A 1980s-90s film cited as an example of movies featuring regular working-class heroes who are confident and happy with t...

Taxi (film) 1 — A 1990s-2000s film featuring regular working-class heroes with a strong sense of purpose.

Sprawl (book) 1 — A cyberpunk novel series featuring advanced AI systems, referenced in discussions of internet bot activity and Dead Inte...

Shadiversity (concept) 1 — A YouTube channel about history that Reddit users treat as gospel, associated with the history-obsessed Reddit poster ar...

Twenty-One Pilots (album) 1 — A pop punk band mentioned as mediocre and mistakenly called Reddit-core when they're just normal music.