Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Linda McCartney (person) 1 — Paul McCartney's partner who made cameo appearances during Beatles sessions but stayed off to the side, contrasted with ...

Lesotho (place) 1 — A small landlocked country entirely surrounded by South Africa, discussed as receiving the highest US tariffs due to its...

PEPFAR (concept) 1 — The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a US government program providing HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention supp...

My 600 Pound Life (film) 1 — Reality TV show about severely obese individuals, used as an example to discuss whether willpower distinguishes thin peo...

Emily in Paris (film) 1 — Netflix comedy series cited as one of the favorite TV shows of a woman described as the 'zenith of the coddled womanchil...

Into the Spider-Verse (film) 1 — Animated Spider-Man film cited as the favorite movie of a woman who refuses to watch films made before 2000 or without d...

Film Studies (concept) 1 — Academic discipline in which a PhD student was writing a Marxist analysis of vampire films and capitalism that the poste...

Bene Gesserit Voice (concept) 1 — Fictional mind control technique from Dune referenced to describe how the poster's dismissive comment deeply affected a ...

Foghorn Leghorn (person) 1 — Cartoon character whose speaking style the author adopted at work to improve social interactions and become less shy.

RTO (Return to Office) (concept) 1 — Corporate mandate forcing workers back to physical offices after remote work showed higher productivity and better work-...

Amazon Web Services (place) 1 — Cloud computing platform that software engineers on the subreddit frequently discuss in technical threads.

Disneyland Paris (place) 1 — Disney theme park in France where the author's Disney adult mother would insist on going instead of experiencing actual ...

Disney Tokyo (place) 1 — Disney theme park in Tokyo that the author visited as part of their Disney adult mother's obsession.

Murphy bed (concept) 1 — Wall-mounted fold-down bed that should be more common as it saves space and enables classic comedy scenarios.

Asha Degree (person) 1 — Nine-year-old girl who disappeared in 2000 after walking along a highway at night, whose case was allegedly covered up b...

The Machinist (film) 1 — Film starring Christian Bale known for his extreme weight loss, used as reference point for severe anorexia

Flying J (place) 1 — Truck stop chain mentioned as location where a prostitute would work, near where a couple lived in a shed in the Ozarks

Apache Airflow (concept) 1 — Data engineering workflow management platform mentioned in context of incomprehensible corporate jargon about a CEO caug...

DataOps (concept) 1 — Corporate technology concept involving data engineering workflows, used as example of incomprehensible business jargon

Pall Mall (concept) 1 — Cigarette brand described as 'the official cigarette of a full blown Midwestern degenerate' when referring to Pall Mall ...

New York Times Crossword (concept) 1 — Puzzle referenced as comparison to the methodical, peaceful way a scratcher ticket addict approached his lottery tickets

FDA (place) 1 — The Food and Drug Administration, referenced in context of Trump's alleged plans to decrease enforcement actions for foo...

Times of India (place) 1 — An Indian news outlet reporting on an unprecedented surge of stomach flu and food poisoning in India.

Joe Pera (person) 1 — A comedian quoted on the topic of relationships, infidelity, and the significance of human connection in the vastness of...

Ohio River (place) 1 — Major river mentioned as a geographic boundary for Louisville's linguistic development

YouNow (place) 1 — Live streaming platform criticized for enabling inappropriate content creation by minors

Fame Monster tour (concept) 1 — Joint world tour between Lady Gaga and Kanye West that was canceled after the 2009 VMA incident with Taylor Swift.

The Parallax View (film) 1 — Film featuring a brainwashing montage referenced as comparison to the torture of hearing social media scroll sounds.

AP English Lit (concept) 1 — Advanced Placement English Literature exam that has fewer perfect scores than AP Calculus exams according to the post.

AP Calcs (concept) 1 — Advanced Placement Calculus exams referenced as having more perfect scores than AP English exams.

Amy Klobuchar (person) 1 — Democratic politician mentioned as a potential VP pick who would have been more electable than Kamala Harris.

Tammy Baldwin (person) 1 — Wisconsin Senator mentioned as a potential VP pick who would have been more electable than Kamala Harris.

Consumer Reports (concept) 1 — Product review database that Reddit is compared to, especially for product research during the Reddit boycott.

Stephen Crowder (person) 1 — Online conservative commentator criticized for using extreme rhetoric like 'wifely duties' in his personal marriage of 1...

Cigna (place) 1 — Health insurance company criticized for employing customer service representatives with limited English language skills.

Lemonade (album) 1 — Beyoncé album played by a satirical humanities professor character on his walk to Trader Joe's.

University of Minnesota Press (place) 1 — Academic publisher mentioned in satire of humanities professor working on post-colonial seaweed studies.

Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (film) 1 — Television show that inspires a satirical humanities professor to add 'indigenous forms of resistance' to his seaweed st...

Post-colonial studies (concept) 1 — Academic field satirized through a fictional professor's research project on 'post-colonial seaweed studies' with indige...

Tourette Syndrome (concept) 1 — Neurological disorder that went unrecognized by friends who mistook verbal tics for intentional party humor.

Pokrovsk (place) 1 — Ukrainian city referenced as a frontline location where Western war cheerleaders should be sent.

Lebanon war (2006) (concept) 1 — Conflict after which the poster's father argued for ethnic cleansing as part of his pro-Israel stance.

Beyblades (concept) 1 — Spinning top toys that a 31-year-old woman collects not for playing but solely to watch them spin.

Bondi Beach (place) 1 — Australian beach location where a Muslim immigrant stopped attackers despite having no weapons experience.

Where the Red Fern Grows (book) 1 — Novel cited as example of childhood freedom, where a 12-year-old is allowed to spend days in the forest alone with a gun...

World Liberty Financial (concept) 1 — Trump's crypto firm that allegedly raised over half a billion dollars and benefits from favorable policy changes.

Trump Foundation (concept) 1 — Fraudulent charitable organization used by Trump to defraud regular people.

NBC News (place) 1 — News organization that reported on Trump's conviction on all 34 counts.

RAADS-R (concept) 1 — An autism diagnosis test referenced in context of someone being suspected of being on the autism spectrum

Reza Pahlavi (person) 1 — Iranian leader who changed the country's name from Persia to Iran, described as a PR blunder