Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Negev (place) 1 — Desert region in Israel where the author attended a rave and danced until sunrise.

Pentagon Papers (concept) 1 — Historical government documents that Americans acknowledge reveal government corruption, contrasted with denial about ML...

HR (concept) 1 — Human Resources departments that Redditors reflexively suggest involving in workplace disputes as a form of bureaucratic...

Crystal Meth (concept) 1 — Highly addictive drug discussed as an example of substances being normalized through social media safety guides.

Oscar Isaac (person) 1 — Actor who played a CIA blacksite operative in The Card Counter, mentioned in discussion of real CIA operatives avoiding ...

ProPublica (place) 1 — Investigative journalism organization that published an article about UnitedHealth's insurance denial practices.

Cracked.com (place) 1 — Comedy website that published critical content about Fox News, credited with influencing political views during adolesce...

Gary Vaynerchuk (person) 1 — Entrepreneur and motivational speaker whose content is consumed by girlboss types, referenced as 'garyvee'.

Clapham (place) 1 — Area of London associated with wealthy professionals whose mortgages are paid by their parents.

Stratford (place) 1 — Area in East London used as a geographic marker for class division and crime concerns.

Desoxyn (concept) 1 — Prescription methamphetamine medication used by high-performing tech workers to enhance productivity and learning abilit...

Krebs on Security (place) 1 — Cybersecurity news website that reported on Edward Coristine's involvement with child pornography networks

Edward Coristine (person) 1 — Teen known as 'The Broccoli Zoomer' who allegedly ran child pornography networks and was hired by Musk's DOGE team

Lome (place) 1 — City in Togo where a Nigerian father threatened to send his son for year-long drug rehabilitation

Regina Olsen (person) 1 — Kierkegaard's former fiancée who he broke off an engagement with despite being madly in love, later married Friedrich Sc...

Friedrich Schlegel (person) 1 — The man Regina Olsen married after her engagement to Kierkegaard was broken off

I Am A God (album) 1 — Kanye West song cited as example of his earlier, higher quality verses

Devil In A New Dress (album) 1 — Kanye West song cited as example of his earlier, superior quality verses

No More Parties In LA (album) 1 — Kanye West song cited as example of his earlier, superior quality verses

Ghost World (film) 1 — Comic and movie depicting suburban nighttime atmosphere with TVs visible through windows

Bernie Krause (person) 1 — Soundscape ecologist who documented biophonies over 50 years and found that over half of recorded habitats are now silen...

Tim Wolfe (person) 1 — University system president fired during early woke campus activism despite not doing anything discernibly wrong

Dear Colleague letter (concept) 1 — 2011 policy document marking the beginning of modern woke activism on college campuses

r/Texas (place) 1 — Texas subreddit criticized for having ultra-liberal moderation despite Texas being a traditionally red state

Marianas Trench (place) 1 — Deepest oceanic trench referenced as an extreme location where microplastics can still be found

Peanut (person) 1 — Pet referenced in context of matching outfits and prayer imagery for New Year's celebration

Succulent Chinese Meal guy (person) 1 — Viral figure who died at 82, famous for resisting arrest while being taken by Australian police

Drakkar Noir (concept) 1 — Classic men's cologne referenced as symbol of traditional masculinity

Luxembourg (place) 1 — Small European country mentioned as example of why people shouldn't be vague about their nationality

Plants vs Zombies 2 (film) 1 — Mobile game that night shift workers play while pretending to work

Tijuana (place) 1 — Mexican border city referenced as one of the designated bad behavior zones in America.

Angus Cloud (person) 1 — Actor from Euphoria who a user suggests would be perfectly cast as a line cook in a restaurant industry version of the s...

Reconstruction (concept) 1 — Post-Civil War period that a user suggests needs to happen again due to extreme inequality in the American South.

Vanessa Kirby (person) 1 — Actress who played opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon, with criticism that the age gap between actors didn't match the...

Iftar (concept) 1 — Muslim tradition of breaking fast during Ramadan, mentioned in context of a white woman attending a Ladies Iftar and bei...

Project Stargate (concept) 1 — CIA remote viewing experiments that were recreated by a college poker club using modern methods

Philalethes (person) 1 — Alchemist referenced in connection with someone's foray into alchemy

Wallenberg family (person) 1 — Swedish family suspected by some Swedes of secretly controlling the Swedish government and economy, described as Sweden'...

StreetEasy (place) 1 — Real estate platform where NYC brokers are too lazy to answer messages

Great American Novel (concept) 1 — Literary concept criticized by online liberals when associated with white male authors attempting to achieve this status

menwritingwomen (place) 1 — Reddit subreddit criticized for misinterpreting literary passages, particularly an excerpt from a Franzen novel

Creed 2 (film) 1 — Movie referenced in a story about racist comments made by a boyfriend's friend regarding multiple Black people in one fi...

Adam DeVine (person) 1 — Comedian and actor identified as having allegedly bullied someone in a college sketch comedy troupe

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (film) 1 — 2016 comedy film starring Adam DeVine and Aubrey Plaza used to identify a celebrity bully

Dirty Grandpa (film) 1 — 2016 film mentioned as one possibility during celebrity identification process

Arya (person) 1 — Game of Thrones character referenced as a fan favorite that would inspire crowd cheers

Verona (place) 1 — Italian city discussed as an over-touristed destination that the poster believes should require tickets to enter

Phillies (place) 1 — Baseball team whose fan wanted to discuss their road trip during Reddit sports subreddit closures

Arena (place) 1 — Social platform (Are.na) mentioned as design inspiration for a literary social networking site.

OpenLibrary (place) 1 — Book database API used for a Goodreads alternative, preferred over Google Books.