Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Crumbl (place) 1 — A cookie company whose products are being copied by cottage bakers at farmers markets.

Godfather Part II (film) 1 — Francis Ford Coppola film from 1974 mentioned as a cultural landmark from the year the world population was 4 billion.

Rumble in the Jungle (concept) 1 — Historic 1974 boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman mentioned as a cultural milestone.

r/changemyview (place) 1 — Reddit subreddit where researchers secretly conducted an unauthorized AI persuasion experiment, leading to drama and pot...

Weeder class (concept) 1 — University courses designed to filter out students from competitive majors like pre-med and computer science by making t...

Breaking Benjamin (album) 1 — Rock band mentioned in the context of expensive concert tickets as an example of declining comfort and affordability.

Finding Nemo (film) 1 — Pixar animated film used as an analogy to critique reductive thematic analysis where obvious elements are mistaken for m...

Triple A (AAA) (place) 1 — Roadside assistance service referenced in a story about car trouble, with the author humorously expressing confusion abo...

Settlers of Catan (Catan) (concept) 1 — Board game mentioned in context of describing a boyfriend who wore used socks for resale to fetish buyers, characterized...

Restaurant Impossible (film) 1 — TV show referenced to describe the disgusting conditions of a rural Italian restaurant with severe hygiene violations.

Bell Labs (place) 1 — Legendary American research institution under AT&T that pioneered numerous technologies including Unix, C programming la...

Unix (concept) 1 — Operating system developed at Bell Labs, cited as one of their groundbreaking inventions.

C programming language (concept) 1 — Programming language invented at Bell Labs, mentioned as one of their major technological contributions.

Fort Ross (place) 1 — Tsarist-era Russian settlement and outpost established in California in 1812 for seal and sea otter hunting, featuring t...

Highway 1 (place) 1 — California coastal highway where a Russian Imperial outpost was discovered north of San Francisco.

Russian Orthodox Church (concept) 1 — Religious institution whose first church in the contiguous United States was built at the Russian Fort in California in ...

Cinestill 400 (concept) 1 — Film photography stock used by a photographer in Chicago, praised for its aesthetic results in cold weather conditions.

Brave Space (concept) 1 — DEI training term for a circle discussion format used in educational settings, criticized as performative and counterpro...

Pocahontas (person) 1 — Historical Native American figure whose Disney representation became the subject of a DEI training exercise about cultur...

ALEC (place) 1 — Organization mentioned as drafting policy that state legislators adopt, connected to private prison corporations

Tamir Rice (person) 1 — Victim of a shooting by police, referenced in comparisons to the Kyle Rittenhouse case

Jacob Blake (person) 1 — Person shot by police whose case sparked protests that led to the Kyle Rittenhouse incident

CRT (concept) 1 — Critical Race Theory, mentioned sarcastically by liberals as something people should study to understand criminal justic...

Sinti Roma (concept) 1 — Romani ethnic group that Germany is accused of neglecting in its post-war reparations compared to its treatment of Jewis...

Hassan Nasrallah (person) 1 — Hezbollah leader whose death is referenced in comparison to the reported killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

Jaguar (concept) 1 — British luxury car brand criticized for abandoning its classic old-money appeal in a controversial rebrand.

Sentimental Value (film) 1 — New film by Joachim Trier that audiences treated inappropriately by laughing throughout as if it were a comedy

The Birds (film) 1 — Alfred Hitchcock film where audiences inappropriately laughed during suspenseful and dramatic scenes, particularly the d...

MST3K (film) 1 — Mystery Science Theater 3000, a show referenced when describing annoying audience members who make running commentary du...

Chicago Tribune (place) 1 — Newspaper that published an article about the Minneapolis ICE shooting incident that sparked heated debate

Kim Novak (person) 1 — Actress mentioned alongside Brigitte Bardot as an example of someone criticized for 'aging badly' despite being in their...

Camilla Parker Bowles (person) 1 — British royal at 75 who is criticized for looking old, though the post argues this is absurd given her age

Snowtown murders (concept) 1 — A series of murders referenced in connection with people obsessed with punishing pedophiles, used as an example of suspi...

Evanescence (album) 1 — A band mentioned in a complaint about how zoomer mallgoths no longer listen to expected subculture music.

Steam Powered Giraffe (album) 1 — A band referenced as the expected music for 'ugly dnd nerds' in a complaint about everyone listening to top 40 rap.

Toby Keith (album) 1 — A country musician referenced as expected music for 'obese construction workers' that they no longer listen to.

Spanish Empire (concept) 1 — A historical empire referenced in explaining that California's Spanish city names came from Spanish colonizers, not Mexi...

Bebop (concept) 1 — A jazz movement cited as an example of elite movements emerging in response to popular stagnation, parallel to modernism...

Fight Song (album) 1 — A song referenced as emblematic of peak 'woke neoliberalism' during the 2016 era.

Mt. Si (place) 1 — A hiking location near Seattle mentioned in the context of an acquaintance refusing to hike until the activity is more e...

Westborough Baptist Church (place) 1 — A controversial religious group suspected by the poster of being FBI-funded to demoralize anti-military sentiment by pro...

Baycol (concept) 1 — A pharmaceutical drug that caused at least 50 deaths and resulted in a 1.2 billion dollar settlement, used as comparison...

Star Wars: A New Hope (film) 1 — The original 1977 Star Wars film, praised for its kitschy aesthetic and lower production values compared to modern films...

One Tree Hill (film) 1 — A television series that became less watchable as its production quality increased over time.

Say So (album) 1 — A Doja Cat song criticized as an example of overly produced modern pop music that sounds artificial.

Halo 3 (film) 1 — A video game praised for its aesthetic compared to newer Halo releases which are described as ugly and abrasive.

E-Chinacities (place) 1 — A website for finding English teaching jobs at Chinese universities.

TEFL (concept) 1 — Teaching English as a Foreign Language certification that can be obtained online quickly for teaching jobs in China.

Marxism-Leninism (concept) 1 — The official ideology of China's one-party dictatorship government.

Modi (person) 1 — Indian political leader mentioned in connection with Tulsi Gabbard potentially being a BJP plant.