Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Gulf War (concept) 2 — Military conflict remembered for its spectacular imagery that bonded the American nation according to Debordian analysis...

Breathless (film) 2 — French New Wave film referenced through its iconic "New York Herald Tribune" sweater that inspired a shirt worn by the p...

Anyone but You (film) 2 — Film starring Sydney Sweeney with a $25 million budget that grossed more worldwide than Killers of the Flower Moon despi...

Mary Magdalene (person) 2 — Biblical figure an ex-boyfriend believed his ex-girlfriend was a reincarnation of in a book where he portrayed himself a...

Born This Way (concept) 2 — The argument that homosexuality is biologically innate, critiqued in a detailed post examining scientific evidence and a...

Big Pharma (concept) 2 — Pharmaceutical industry referenced as being full of 'the worst people alive' in discussion of vaccine hesitancy

Powerpuff Girls (film) 2 — Animated TV show referenced for an episode featuring a 'retarded' sister character and a drag queen lobster villain

Hajj (concept) 2 — Major Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that attracts 4 million people and requires entering a state of ritual purity called I...

Oberlin (place) 2 — Liberal arts college referenced satirically in a copypasta mocking elite leftist cultural attitudes and academic pretens...

Lacanian psychoanalysis (concept) 2 — Psychoanalytic theory by Jacques Lacan, referenced satirically as a marker of pretentious leftist academic culture

World Bank (place) 2 — International financial institution predicted to collaborate with WEF and IMF in maintaining migration flows to suppress...

IMF (place) 2 — International Monetary Fund predicted to work with WEF and World Bank to maintain migration streams for economic purpose...

Bolivia (place) 2 — South American country whose water privatization imposed by World Bank led to violent conflict and deaths

Candy Crush (concept) 2 — Mobile game pre-installed on Windows computers as unwanted bloatware that users cannot remove.

Trevor Bauer (person) 2 — MLB baseball player who was expelled from the league after accusations later revealed to be orchestrated for financial g...

r/hockey (place) 2 — Reddit hockey community characterized as '2010s soy' and exhibiting typical Reddit responses to rape case verdicts.

In the Heights (film) 2 — A Lin-Manuel Miranda musical criticized for its credentialist portrayal of the American Dream through a character obsess...

Chelsea (place) 2 — Manhattan neighborhood mentioned as a potential location for a final dinner in a suicide plan

Left 4 Dead (film) 2 — Video game mentioned in a prediction about a game developer being killed for putting an Inuit woman in a remake

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (album) 2 — Band praised for employing a full string/brass orchestra for their latest album/tour, putting money back into creating a...

The Red Hand Files (place) 2 — Nick Cave's online publication where he responds to reader questions and shares philosophical reflections on topics like...

Bart Simpson (person) 2 — Cartoon character whose image appeared on a skinny middle-aged man's sleeveless t-shirt

Blockbuster (place) 2 — Defunct video rental chain whose closure is remembered nostalgically as representing the loss of a Friday night movie-se...

Citibike (place) 2 — New York City bike-sharing service whose grey bikes are romanticized as part of urban dating aesthetics

Kaitlin Phillips (person) 2 — Member of the Red Scare podcast multiverse that longtime listeners want to return to the show

Boards of Canada (person) 2 — Electronic music duo whose song "Farewell Fire" is mentioned in a post about music that should be illegal.

Sundance (place) 2 — Film festival mentioned as a venue where the author's short films have played, though the author emphasizes this achieve...

American Revolution (concept) 2 — Historical event cited as the origin of America's "don't tell me what to do" attitude, particularly regarding taxation w...

Hyde Park (place) 2 — A park where someone observed young men filming social experiments by cold approaching women

Ja Morant (person) 2 — An NBA player criticized for growing up middle class but being addicted to waving guns around in public and posting fake...

Siouxsie and the Banshees (person) 2 — Influential goth band unknown to most modern people claiming to be goth

Monroe Doctrine (concept) 2 — 19th-century U.S. foreign policy principle referenced as having a Trump 'corollary' regarding European political influen...

Geoffrey Chaucer (person) 2 — 14th-century English author of The Canterbury Tales, praised for being surprisingly funny despite writing around 1380

The Cosby Show (film) 2 — 1990s sitcom about a functioning Black upper-middle-class family that had cross-racial appeal, discussed as a cultural a...

Zumiez (place) 2 — Skate shop chain associated with the xandemic era suburban youth aesthetic featuring Thrasher shirts and checkered Vans.

Kodak Portra 400 (concept) 2 — Film photography stock used for triple exposure experiments producing layered artistic images

Steven Seagal (person) 2 — American action film actor known for attending Vladimir Putin's inauguration

Steph Curry (person) 2 — NBA player blamed for ruining pickup basketball by giving too many people the confidence to iso and chuck three-pointers...

60 Minutes (film) 2 — A news magazine TV show mentioned as something to watch and steer small talk toward as part of embracing being a loser.

Lacoste (concept) 2 — Fashion brand whose polo shirt Tim Heidecker wears unironically as symbol of his transformation.

Doomscroll (concept) 2 — Interview show or platform where Tim Heidecker appeared in a notably serious interview.

Six Flags (place) 2 — An amusement park chain mentioned in a flirtatious context about someone being small enough for kiddie rides.

Eastern Europe (place) 2 — Region referenced as the poster's childhood home where ethnic nationalism and hatred towards Serbia and Romania was comm...

Book of Revelation (book) 2 — Final book of the New Testament containing prophecies about the mark of the beast and false prophet, interpreted through...

All About Love (book) 2 — Book by Bell Hooks about love and spirituality that a poster found valuable despite finding it overly spiritual.

Buccal fat removal (concept) 2 — Cosmetic surgery procedure involving removal of cheek fat, presented as something negative that plastic surgeons took fr...

CS:GO (film) 2 — Counter-Strike video game played by people who ironically advocate rejecting modernity.

The Last Dance (film) 2 — Documentary about Michael Jordan praised for insights about psychological presence and not being trapped by past failure...

American Airlines (concept) 2 — North American airline criticized for poor service including minimal food, limited water, dirty seats, and inattentive f...

MK-ULTRA (concept) 2 — CIA project referenced as one of several esoteric and bizarre intelligence agency programs that may have been theater to...