Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

The Velveteen Rabbit (book) 1 — A children's book about becoming 'Real' through love, quoted at length in a reflection on youth, aging, and what matters...

RealID (concept) 1 — A predicted future system where online anonymity would be removed and user accounts linked to personal identity for surv...

Milk and Honey (book) 1 — Poetry collection by Rupi Kaur that someone's date enthusiastically mentioned at a bookstore, which the poster refrained...

Le Dive (place) 1 — Bar in Dimes Square used as an example of expensive, female-coded establishments that are unappealing to most men.

Mercari (place) 1 — Online marketplace criticized alongside eBay for overpriced used items barely discounted from retail.

Cardiff (place) 1 — Welsh city where a poster's girlfriend moved for university, setting for a story about suspected infidelity from 19 year...

Young Stalin (book) 1 — Biography referenced nostalgically as representing an age of adventurers and revolutionaries that the poster feels has p...

Coquette (concept) 1 — Aesthetic style associated with eating disorder culture and romanticized femininity, referenced critically by someone re...

Eating disorders (concept) 1 — Mental health condition discussed critically by a poster reflecting on years of self-harm motivated by aesthetic ideals ...

r/education (place) 1 — A subreddit described as 'gay and pathetic' by a new inner city high school teacher comparing it to whiny instructors at...

Office Ladies (album) 1 — A rewatch podcast of The Office featuring Pam and Angela that is restarting from episode one after completing all episod...

Benny Blanco (person) 1 — A music producer described as one of the ugliest men in Hollywood who married Selena Gomez and was previously friends wi...

Francia Raisa (person) 1 — An actress who donated a kidney to Selena Gomez but was allegedly cut out of her life afterward and not invited to her w...

Barbara Palvin (person) 1 — A Victoria's Secret supermodel whom Selena Gomez allegedly criticized for posting her body online after Justin Bieber ap...

Lose You to Love Me (album) 1 — A song by Selena Gomez released for Justin Bieber during the week of his wedding to Hailey, playing the victim role.

Ducktales (film) 1 — An animated series referenced as having plot twists as unbelievable as those in Glass Onion.

Nasim Aghdam (person) 1 — A person who attacked YouTube headquarters, referenced as someone who should teach tech workers a lesson after YouTube r...

Thomas Hart Benton (person) 1 — American painter associated with New Deal public art and muralism, known for depicting Middle American scenes.

Crohn's Disease (concept) 1 — Medical condition discussed in context of a mismatched relationship where dietary restrictions conflicted with partner's...

Urbanism (concept) 1 — Anti-car movement advocating for walkable cities and public transit, criticized as pretentious by elites who refuse to l...

Annie Lennox (person) 1 — Musician whose music is enjoyed while drinking alone and making pasta sauce from scratch.

Eileen Gu (person) 1 — Chinese-American freestyle skier and model who switched from representing the US to China, considered one of the best fe...

Frankie Grande (person) 1 — Person mentioned in comparison to Lin Manuel Miranda regarding sexuality assumptions

Pokemon Soul Silver (film) 1 — Pokemon video game mentioned in a story about a cousin's emotional breakdown after a breakup

Monsieur Hulot (person) 1 — Character referenced as a precursor to the Frog and Toad archetype of charming, quirky masculinity

Mia Bonzanigo (person) 1 — Wife of H.R. Giger, photographed with his sculptures in 1979

Judith Morf (person) 1 — Model who posed with H.R. Giger's sculptures alongside Mia Bonzanigo in 1979

San Quentin (place) 1 — California state prison featured in multiple documentary films from 1976 and 1999 tracking decline in American prison co...

Attica (film) 1 — 1974 documentary about the notorious New York prison, part of chronology showing American prison system decay

Angola Prison (place) 1 — Louisiana State Penitentiary featured in 1998 documentary 'The Farm: Angola' as part of American prison system documenta...

Rikers (place) 1 — New York City jail complex featured in 2016 documentary 'Rikers - An American Jail' showing modern prison dysfunction

Sing Sing Prison (place) 1 — New York state prison featured in 1997 documentary as part of chronology of American prison system

Red Onion State Prison (place) 1 — Virginia supermax prison featured in 2016 documentary about solitary confinement

MTV Next (film) 1 — A reality television show from MTV that was considered top-tier reality TV in its era.

Nephilim (concept) 1 — A race of giants from the Old Testament that one WWOOF host's friend claimed to be descended from.

Incel humor (concept) 1 — A style of internet humor that spawned terms like '-maxing' and '-cels' and the Virgin vs Chad meme format.

gfycat (place) 1 — Online platform for hosting and sharing animated GIFs that shut down unexpectedly, resulting in broken links across inte...

Ehlers Danlos (concept) 1 — Medical condition mentioned as one that the poster's ex-wife believes she has, alongside other diagnoses like autism, OC...

r/massachusetts (place) 1 — Reddit subreddit where users discussed the closing of local chain Friendly's with nostalgic and literary prose.

Friendly's (place) 1 — Local restaurant chain discussed nostalgically on Reddit with particular attention to the Volcanic Explosion sundae and ...

Mycenaean era (concept) 1 — The ancient Greek Bronze Age civilization that later Greeks were obsessed with, used as an example of civilizations roma...

TwoHotTakes (place) 1 — A Reddit subreddit mentioned as an example of ragebait content dominating the platform.

BoomersBeingFools (place) 1 — A Reddit subreddit cited as part of the trend of ragebait content on Reddit's front page.

NPC meme (concept) 1 — Internet meme about people behaving like non-player characters, described as self-congratulatory and antisocial but unde...

Sabermetrics (concept) 1 — Baseball analytics field mentioned as making otherwise normal sports fans insufferable when they become obsessive about ...

Annie Potts (person) 1 — Actress from Ghostbusters whose voice quality is used to describe middle-aged volunteer ladies at a town fair

Captain Ancap (person) 1 — Cosplay character persona adopted by an unnamed Argentine political figure who also claims to communicate telepathically...

Chasing Amy (film) 1 — Kevin Smith film about falling for a lesbian, which a user compares to their own experience of falling for an engaged wo...

Mount Rainier (place) 1 — Mountain in Washington state praised for its stunning October beauty, which suburban visitors failed to appreciate

AMM (album) 1 — Free jazz combo cited as an example of working class avant-garde culture enabled by postwar European welfare states