Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

The Social Network (film) 10 — Film referenced as a comparison point for the portrayal style in Ridley Scott's Napoleon, suggesting a modern psychologi...

Mexico City (place) 10 — Capital city of Mexico that has become a popular destination for American digital nomads and expatriates, sparking disco...

Call Her Daddy (album) 10 — Podcast criticized as being so intellectually vapid it makes Dasha and Anna sound like Shakespeare by comparison, repres...

Body Positivity (concept) 10 — Progressive movement critiqued as providing rhetorical cover for exploitative digital engagement with people with physic...

Ivy Wolk (person) 10 — Person from the Red Scare podcast who appears in the film Anora and is known for saying 'buy me a cigarillo nephew', ins...

Kindle (place) 10 — E-reader device praised as potentially the best consumer product for reading, with features like long battery life and d...

Borderline Personality Disorder (concept) 10 — A mental health diagnosis discussed as potentially just being a medical term for being an asshole, and extensively criti...

Ken Burns (person) 10 — Documentary filmmaker known for historical documentaries including The Civil War, The American Buffalo, and an upcoming ...

Walter Benjamin (person) 10 — Philosopher and cultural critic who interpreted Paul Klee's Angelus Novus as representing the angel of history, seeing h...

Ryan Reynolds (person) 10 — Actor frequently chosen by straight Reddit nerds as the man they would be gay for, despite not being particularly specia...

Sonic Youth (album) 10 — Noise rock band whose music was being played by teenagers on a bus, leading to a conversation about noise rock.

Margaret Thatcher (person) 10 — British Prime Minister associated with the Reagan/Thatcher era that rolled back pro-worker policies after the fall of th...

John Steinbeck (person) 10 — American author quoted regarding Americans seeing themselves as 'temporarily embarrassed millionaires' and why socialism...

Lin-Manuel Miranda (person) 10 — Creator described as 'straightest fag to ever live' who appears on the poster's short list of most annoying celebrities.

Scandinavia (place) 10 — Region where pro-family policies regarding childcare, housing, and work-life balance have been trialled but have not mas...

Narcissism (concept) 10 — Personality disorder diagnosis discussed as part of an online culture where people, especially women, diagnose everyone ...

Anora (film) 10 — Film directed by Sean Baker that created tension between Anna and Dasha on their podcast, with Dasha likely trying to st...

Stoicism (concept) 10 — An ancient philosophical school whose modern followers only focus on psychological maxims while ignoring its complete me...

Liverpool (place) 10 — UK city mentioned as the home city of a 4chan user who traveled overnight to London for a hookup.

The Godfather (film) 10 — Film series (parts 1 and 2) discussed as potentially the greatest movies ever made, particularly meaningful to Italian-A...

Manchester (place) 10 — UK city mentioned alongside London as one of the few places where young people can find age-appropriate hobbies after un...

Linux (place) 10 — Open-source operating system discussed as potentially subversive anti-technocapitalist tool hampered by gatekeeping from...

Glasgow (place) 10 — Scottish city praised for its charming and friendly people despite being rough, where a visitor felt they could spend th...

Death Grips (album) 10 — An experimental hip-hop group whose member Andy was allegedly kicked out over grooming and abuse allegations, surprising...

Poor Things (film) 10 — A Yorgos Lanthimos film criticized for its ideological depiction of prostitution and gender politics, specifically its p...

Joanna Newsom (person) 10 — Musician whose song 'ribbonbows' was used as a password by a college freshman navigating first love and freedom.

Amy Winehouse (person) 10 — British singer who struggled with addiction and died in 2011, subject of biographical films and discussions about her tu...

Paris, Texas (film) 10 — A film referenced by someone as their Instagram bio description, noted in the context of someone who had an affair with ...

Sufjan Stevens (person) 10 — Musician who was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and whose health prompted discussion of the disease's effects an...

Terrence Malick (person) 10 — Film director whose films are mentioned as one of the few clear aesthetic preferences by a self-described contrarian

Aristotle (person) 10 — Ancient philosopher whose maxim that man is by nature a social animal is discussed in contrast to Rilke's emphasis on fu...

William Blake (person) 10 — English poet referenced in a DeLillo quote as an artist who made the leap from individual soul to universal soul.

2009 (concept) 9 — Year when a director watched a documentary about factory farming and decided to start raising cattle.

John Wick (film) 9 — Action film franchise featuring Keanu Reeves as a hitman, mentioned in context of depicting Russian villains with Orthod...

Guantanamo Bay (place) 9 — Detention facility referenced as where people who say 'let people enjoy things' should be waterboarded

India (place) 9 — Country described as dystopian with extreme overpopulation, intense competition for education and jobs, and oppressive w...

Netflix (concept) 9 — Streaming platform where British mini-series 'Adolescence' is being distributed and discussed for its unconventional nar...

The 1975 (album) 9 — British band referenced as representing the most right-wing cultural reference anyone at a liberal architecture studio w...

Pokémon (concept) 9 — Trading card game and media franchise discussed in context of modern scarcity and scalping culture, contrasted with easi...

Gentrification (concept) 9 — Process of urban transformation where working-class neighborhoods become expensive and exclusive, discussed in the conte...

Telegram (place) 9 — Messaging service platform where German investigators discovered organized networks of men sharing drugged partners for ...

Uber Eats (concept) 9 — Food delivery service criticized for creating exploitative labor conditions while encouraging lazy consumer behavior at ...

Sesame Street (film) 9 — Children's television show referenced as something worn on the shirt of an adult with intellectual disabilities and asso...

League of Legends (film) 9 — Video game referenced as one of the interests of the poster's 'Asian harem,' contrasted with his passion for English lit...

Pedro Pascal (person) 9 — Actor discussed as being unusually heavily promoted with success, particularly on Reddit and normie Instagram, with a su...

Craigslist (place) 9 — Online platform nostalgically remembered for its diverse sections including furniture, missed connections, erotic servic...

Milo Yiannopoulos (person) 9 — Right-wing provocateur discussed as an example of a figure who can be effectively silenced through no-platforming, unlik...

Sephora (place) 9 — Beauty retailer mentioned as a destination for walking errands to achieve daily step count goals.

Richard Dawkins (person) 9 — Atheist author whose work, along with Hitchens, led the poster through an edgelord atheist phase in their early twenties

Elliot Rodger (person) 9 — Mystery meat ethnic mass shooter and incel who wrote rants about only wanting blonde women and being driven to violence ...