Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Naruto (film) 7 — A fictional anime character used as an example of how people flatten characters by diagnosing them with mental disorders...

Wong Kar-wai (person) 7 — Film director whose dreamy aesthetic is loved by a user seeking movie recommendations similar to Millennium Mambo.

Jerry Springer (person) 7 — Television host whose show featured a stereotypical couple dynamic of crackhead men with fat women, referenced in discus...

Duolingo (place) 7 — A language-learning platform mentioned as a metric of cultural interest, where Korean has more learners than Chinese des...

Stockholm (place) 7 — Swedish capital city where a user moved back to after studying abroad, struggling with career instability.

Pope Francis (person) 7 — Recently deceased Pope who advocated for Palestine and cited Donna Haraway, whose death deeply affected a poster who had...

Lower East Side (place) 7 — New York City neighborhood referenced as a significant artistic community during Jenny Holzer's era in the late 1970s an...

Roger Waters (person) 7 — Pink Floyd musician praised as the coolest old rock star for being anti-war socialist, not a pedophile, and respecting h...

Milwaukee (place) 7 — Wisconsin city mentioned by a non-American poster as an example of obscure American cultural knowledge they possess, spe...

Akira Kurosawa (person) 7 — Japanese filmmaker referenced as a cultural touchstone for discussing shared interests in relationships, specifically ab...

James Cameron (person) 7 — Film director mentioned in context of having successfully executed manned dives to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, con...

Amtrak (place) 7 — American passenger rail service compared unfavorably to flying due to expense and time, used as example of tech workers'...

Stormfront (place) 7 — White supremacist website and forum sarcastically referenced as a place where the poster claims to share Red Scare podca...

Sam Levinson (person) 7 — Creator of Euphoria criticized for not caring about maintaining the show's teenage setting despite long delays between s...

Holden Caulfield (person) 7 — The protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye, discussed as unfairly maligned for his emotional volatility following his bro...

Seoul (place) 7 — Capital of South Korea described as a dystopian hellhole characterized by phone addiction, extreme educational pressure,...

Arrested Development (film) 7 — Psychological condition where individuals fail to mature emotionally, attributed to Baby Boomers as explanation for gero...

Marjorie Taylor Greene (person) 7 — Republican politician predicted to become America's first woman president instead of a competent leader like Indira Gand...

The Metamorphosis (book) 7 — Franz Kafka's novella about a man transforming into an insect, discussed as emotionally devastating and more upsetting t...

Nvidia (place) 7 — Technology company known for graphics cards that has grown to a valuation comparable to Germany's GDP, discussed as pote...

Juneteenth (concept) 7 — Federal holiday criticized as having devolved into a cynical status symbol for white collar workers who get the day off ...

Tyler the Creator (person) 7 — A musician whose coming out as bisexual after a commercial failure is speculated to have been a strategic career move to...

Susan Sontag (person) 7 — Cultural critic from the 1960s-1990s NYC scene described as having a biting, acerbic sense of humor and eccentric yet ch...

Croatia (place) 7 — European country mentioned as having similar HDI to Islamabad to illustrate Pakistan's urban development levels.

William S. Burroughs (person) 7 — Writer characterized as a fake macho guy who became a degenerate drug addict to compensate for lack of seafaring experie...

Eileen (film) 7 — Novel by Ottessa Moshfegh recommended by a librarian as a literary alternative to Colleen Hoover books, being adapted in...

Superbad (film) 7 — 2007 comedy film defended as a classic despite Seth Rogen's association with it being unpopular in Red Scare circles.

Felix Biederman (person) 7 — Chapo Trap House host who appeared on Stavvy's World looking unhealthy while dual-wielding cocaine and vaping.

ABBA (album) 7 — Swedish pop group whose music, particularly 'The Name of the Game,' made a profound impression on a user discovering the...

Kate Middleton (person) 7 — British royal who has been criticized for aging badly at 40, though the post argues this criticism is unrealistic

Ted Cruz (person) 7 — American politician and Texas senator who was humiliated by Trump during the 2016 Republican primary but continues to su...

James Gandolfini (person) 7 — Actor who played Tony Soprano, praised for looking deeply and truly sick in a way not seen in other shows or films, part...

Winston Churchill (person) 7 — British Prime Minister noted for his intellectual and artistic attainments including writing over forty multi-volume his...

Kosovo (place) 7 — Country in the Balkans visited by a Serbian poster who found it refreshing, with a population oriented toward independen...

Queer Eye (film) 7 — Reality makeover show referenced in a satirical post suggesting that podcast host Nick needs help from "the gays" to imp...

Louisiana (place) 7 — A state criticized for taking a penal-carceral approach to abortion rather than implementing pro-family welfare policies...

Eric Adams (person) 7 — NYC mayor with historically low approval ratings, facing competition from Zohran Mamdani and potentially Andrew Cuomo

Joss Whedon (person) 7 — Creator of Buffy who popularized quippy sarcastic banter dialogue style in movies and TV, with Xander as his self-insert...

Russell Crowe (person) 7 — Actor praised for his performances both in his youth and later career, noted for his versatility and charm.

George Orwell (person) 7 — British author best known for political novels 1984 and Animal Farm, whose first work Down and Out in Paris and London e...

Satoshi Kon (person) 7 — Japanese filmmaker whose work the poster avoids discussing with women on dates due to the perceived ick factor of Japane...

Joaquin Phoenix (person) 7 — Actor who played the lead character in the film Her, delivering an amazing performance as a character in a relationship ...

Don DeLillo (person) 7 — Author mentioned alongside Pynchon as an example of the type of storytelling that could capture the Oceangate story.

Jubilee (place) 7 — Platform that produced a debate show featuring Sam Seder and various political perspectives, criticized for showcasing u...

Nigel Farage (person) 7 — British far-right political figure attempting to rebrand far-right politics as respectable and moderate, similar to Mari...

Braveheart (film) 7 — Historical epic film directed by and starring Mel Gibson, referenced in connection to his infamous recorded meltdown tap...

Quebec (place) 7 — French-speaking Canadian province referenced as the main cultural holdout distinguishing Canada from the United States.

chess.com (place) 7 — Online chess platform that published research on Hans Niemann's cheating history while courting Magnus Carlsen's chess24...

John Fetterman (person) 7 — Former mayor of Braddock, PA running as an outsider Democrat candidate for Senate, who represents a potential aesthetic ...

Daily Mail (place) 7 — British tabloid mentioned as having published pro-breastfeeding posts by a Supernanny family's mother before the show wa...