Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Drunk Elephant (concept) 1 — A skincare brand used as an example of predatory consumer products that do nothing but create environmental waste throug...

Guerrilla Marketing (concept) 1 — A marketing strategy criticized for using paid shills to infiltrate public forums and destroy the integrity of genuine d...

No Other Land (film) 1 — A documentary about Palestine whose screening at a Miami cinema led to accusations of antisemitism and eviction threats.

Bored Ape Yacht Club (concept) 1 — An NFT collection whose graffiti presence in Miami symbolizes the city's association with crypto culture and scamming.

Raj Chetty (person) 1 — An economist whose research paper demonstrated that SAT-only admissions to elite colleges would reduce representation of...

Holistic Admissions (concept) 1 — A college admissions practice criticized as allowing wealthy families to gain advantages under the guise of virtue signa...

Belgravia (place) 1 — High prestige area in London described as a dead museum devoid of life where global capital is parked rather than a plac...

Appalachian folklore (concept) 1 — Rich folklore from one of the most beautiful parts of the US that has been appropriated by terminally online non-binary ...

Fred the Raccoon (person) 1 — A raccoon killed by New York's Department of Environmental Conservation, mourned alongside Peanut the Squirrel in a post...

Peanut the Squirrel (person) 1 — A squirrel killed by New York's Department of Environmental Conservation, whose death sparked outrage about government o...

Mt. Zeus (place) 1 — The highest point in the Cyclades Islands in Greece where a romantic encounter took place between an American man and an...

Cyclades Islands (place) 1 — A Greek island group containing Mt. Zeus, described as the site of a serendipitous romantic meeting.

Haley Joel Osment (person) 1 — Actor who got in trouble for using an anti-Jewish slur, mentioned in a discussion about normies' lack of knowledge of et...

Avatar (James Cameron) (film) 1 — A film franchise whose new installment the poster plans to see with their brothers to escape family conflict

Kent State shooting (concept) 1 — A 1970 massacre at Kent State University where the National Guard killed four student protesters, met with widespread pu...

Nixonland (book) 1 — A historical book by Richard Perlstein documenting public reactions to the Kent State massacre and political polarizatio...

Richard Perlstein (person) 1 — Author of Nixonland, a book documenting the political and cultural divisions of the Nixon era

National Guard (concept) 1 — The military force that shot and killed four students at Kent State University in 1970, largely supported by the public ...

Klinefelter syndrome (concept) 1 — A genetic disorder the poster researched after questioning his own testosterone levels and sexual attraction

Turner syndrome (concept) 1 — A genetic disorder the poster researched after questioning his own testosterone levels and sexual attraction

r/television (place) 1 — Television discussion subreddit where users moralized about John Mulaney's infidelity

Terre Haute (place) 1 — City in Indiana, hometown of a Jeopardy champion criticized for having a pseudo-British accent despite being from there

Ed Piskor (person) 1 — Alternative comics artist who won an Eisner for 'Hip Hop Family Tree' and co-hosted Cartoonist Kayfabe YouTube channel, ...

Hip Hop Family Tree (book) 1 — Graphic novel by Ed Piskor that won an Eisner Award in 2015

Cartoonist Kayfabe (place) 1 — YouTube channel co-hosted by Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg focused on discussing alternative and indie comics

Jim Rugg (person) 1 — Graphic novel artist who co-hosted Cartoonist Kayfabe with Ed Piskor and publicly severed their relationship after the a...

Molly Wright (person) 1 — Person accused by Ed Piskor in his suicide note of throwing 'gasoline' on his situation and reputation destruction

Placebo Effect (concept) 1 — Medical phenomenon where belief in treatment effectiveness enhances actual physiological outcomes, argued to be more pow...

Nocebo Effect (concept) 1 — The negative counterpart to the placebo effect where negative expectations worsen outcomes, cited as making people more ...

The Squad (concept) 1 — Group of progressive Democratic congresswomen that AOC broke with by voting 'present' on Israel funding rather than voti...

Callout Culture (concept) 1 — Online social practice of publicly denouncing people for problematic behavior that evolved into 'friend policing' where ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (person) 1 — President referenced as baseline for comparison showing Reagan as the largest spending president since his administratio...

Honda Accord Hybrid (concept) 1 — Car model involved in a bizarre test drive where the salesman fell asleep in the backseat

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (book) 1 — Science fiction comedy novel that someone felt embarrassed about listing as their favorite book at age 18

A Tale of Two Cities (book) 1 — Charles Dickens novel used as a more intellectually respectable-sounding favorite book instead of admitting to preferrin...

Femcel (concept) 1 — Online subculture or identity explored in context of extreme dating expectations and fragile egos

Gell-Mann Amnesia (concept) 1 — Cognitive bias term referenced in a critique of Reddit's tendency to name and label psychological phenomena

Decision Fatigue (concept) 1 — Psychological phenomenon referenced as an example of Reddit's tendency to name and categorize experiences

The Ostrich Effect (concept) 1 — Cognitive bias term cited in criticism of Reddit's habit of naming psychological phenomena

Confirmation Bias (concept) 1 — Cognitive bias referenced as part of Reddit's culture of naming psychological phenomena

Availability Heuristic (concept) 1 — Cognitive bias term mentioned in critique of Reddit's tendency to label psychological phenomena

Loss Aversion (concept) 1 — Cognitive bias referenced sarcastically in a post about Reddit's culture of naming psychological phenomena

Gender as Social Construct (concept) 1 — Theoretical position questioned in relation to trans identity, creating an apparent contradiction about gender performat...

Master of None (film) 1 — A television show criticized for encouraging shallow millennial desires and glamorizing the pursuit of fame and success ...

Defunctland (film) 1 — A YouTube documentary channel praised as an exception to the generally average quality of YouTube documentaries

Being Charlie (film) 1 — A film associated with Rob and Nick Reiner, mentioned in context of their relationship

r/GriefSupport (place) 1 — Reddit community for grief support, mentioned as alternative posting location

Assia Wevill (person) 1 — Woman who had an affair with Ted Hughes and later moved in with him after Sylvia Plath's suicide, eventually killing her...

Shura (person) 1 — Daughter of Ted Hughes and Assia Wevill who was killed by her mother in a murder-suicide after Hughes's infidelity.

Margaret Hamilton (person) 1 — Actress who played the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz and suffered severe third-degree burns during filming, worsened ...