Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Gestapo (concept) 1 — Nazi secret police who found the Frank family hiding in their secret annex in August 1944

Ted Olsen (person) 1 — Founder of the Federalist Society who argued Citizens United and was hired by Rob Reiner to overturn Prop 8

Prop 8 (concept) 1 — California ballot proposition that made gay marriage illegal before being overturned in Perry v Schwarzenegger

Perry v Schwarzenegger (concept) 1 — 2013 federal court case that overturned California's Prop 8, leading to Obergefell v Hodges

Federalist Society (concept) 1 — Conservative legal organization founded by Ted Olsen

LA Fitness (place) 1 — Gym chain credited alongside Pilates for helping someone gain healthy weight and muscle

arcteryx (place) 1 — High-end outdoor gear brand criticized for expensive ultralight equipment used by gear-obsessed hikers.

The binary (concept) 1 — A concept in male attraction where women are either attractive (1) or not (0), with personality mattering more once some...

American Landmark (place) 1 — Major corporate landlord with 34,000 units that significantly raises rents and displaces residents, owned by Israeli con...

Elco (place) 1 — One of Israel's largest corporations that almost entirely owns American Landmark landlord company and profits from West ...

Electra (place) 1 — Israeli company subsidiary of Elco with extensive business ties to West Bank settlements and construction projects in oc...

Ma'ale Adumim (place) 1 — Illegal Israeli settlement of nearly 40,000 people in the West Bank connected by tunnels built by Electra Infrastructure...

Peace Now (place) 1 — Israeli anti-settlement advocacy group with a Settlement Watch team that monitors Israeli settlement expansion.

The Nation (place) 1 — Progressive publication that reported on American Landmark's connection to Israeli settlement profiteering.

Corona (album) 1 — Beer brand mentioned as one of the alcoholic options purchased for a housewarming party.

Espresso (album) 1 — Song by Sabrina Carpenter criticized as derivative of Doja Cat and written by numerous co-writers.

r/iamverysmart (place) 1 — Reddit subreddit used as reference point for avoiding pretentious displays of intelligence.

Field Museum of Natural History (place) 1 — Chicago museum that acquired the famous T. Rex fossil 'Sue' after public fundraising in the 1990s.

Enron (concept) 1 — Infamous corporate fraud scandal from 2001 referenced as precedent for potential future accounting disasters due to indu...

AICPA (place) 1 — American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, governing body criticized for allowing CPAs to be certified in India...

Anna's Archive (place) 1 — Digital library platform used for pirating books for e-readers.

Jason Kelce (person) 1 — NFL player criticized for saying yes to every opportunity and lacking talent outside football.

Competency Crisis (concept) 1 — Perceived widespread decline in basic competence and ability to perform simple tasks, particularly with technology.

Anthony Edwards (person) 1 — NBA player described as having an adorable mischievous smile by a new basketball fan.

Shaquille O'Neal (person) 1 — Former NBA player who appears on TNT's basketball commentary and is criticized for seeming too tired to create meaningfu...

Charles Barkley (person) 1 — Former NBA player who appears on TNT's basketball commentary and is criticized for seeming too tired to create meaningfu...

TNT (place) 1 — Television network that broadcasts NBA games with commentary from former players.

Karl-Anthony Towns (person) 1 — NBA player who is speculated to have undiagnosed or undisclosed fetal alcohol syndrome.

Reggie Miller (person) 1 — Former NBA player and commentator described as looking like 'Voldemort graduated from Howard.'

Minnesota Timberwolves (place) 1 — NBA team whose playoff games were watched by a new basketball fan living above a passionate fan.

Caleb Pitts (person) 1 — Person described as funnier and cooler who allegedly works for Adam Friedland, whom Friedland inappropriately mentions c...

Feng Shui (concept) 1 — Chinese practice of arranging objects and spaces to attract positive energy, credited by the post with helping Generatio...

Hygge (concept) 1 — Danish concept of coziness that millennials allegedly embraced instead of feng shui, contributing to their economic stru...

Lavrentiy Beria (person) 1 — Soviet secret police chief featured in a joke about extracting false confessions, demonstrating the terror tactics of St...

Loblaws (place) 1 — Canadian supermarket chain where a painful encounter between the poster and his ex-girlfriend occurred.

Das Capital (book) 1 — Karl Marx's foundational work of political economy that the poster describes as a transcendent, veil-lifting reading exp...

Mary Harron (person) 1 — Female film director who directed I Shot Andy Warhol and American Psycho, misidentified by Gen Z trivia contestants as a...

I Shot Andy Warhol (film) 1 — Film directed by Mary Harron about Valerie Solanas's assassination attempt on Andy Warhol

Chris Watts (person) 1 — Murderer who was manipulated during police interrogation by a female detective using the 'good cop' technique

Reid technique (concept) 1 — Nine-step police interrogation method designed to pressure suspects into confessing through psychological manipulation

Thomas Ligotti (person) 1 — Horror writer referenced in describing an unsettlingly intense Jeopardy contestant as resembling one of his characters

We Are Young (album) 1 — A song by the band Fun that symbolizes the optimism and promise of 2012 for millennials, now viewed with nostalgia and s...

Washed Out (album) 1 — Chillwave artist who performed at millennial festivals in the early 2010s

Grizzly Bear (album) 1 — Indie rock band that was part of the early 2010s festival circuit

Naked and Famous (album) 1 — Indie electronic band that performed at early 2010s festivals

Phosphorescent (album) 1 — Indie folk artist who was part of the millennial festival scene

Craig Jones (person) 1 — Prominent Brazilian jiu jitsu athlete and Cum Town fan who owns the B-Team gym

Jason Rodriguez (person) 1 — 22-year-old Brazilian jiu jitsu athlete kicked out of B-Team gym for creating deepfake pornography of female teammates

B-Team (place) 1 — Prominent Brazilian jiu jitsu gym owned by Craig Jones where Jason Rodriguez trained before being expelled

Blood Eagle (concept) 1 — Viking execution method mentioned to counter romanticized views of pagan/viking culture