Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Rocky and Bullwinkle (film) 1 — Vintage cartoon mentioned as part of a technologically old-fashioned upbringing that feels anachronistic.

Civil Air Patrol (place) 1 — A civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force, mentioned in the context of basic military formation drills perform...

Many Men (album) 1 — Song by 50 Cent suggested as entrance music for Trump at the Republican convention for its cinematic quality.

Jeremy Bentham (person) 1 — Philosopher who originally conceived the Panopticon prison design that Foucault later used as a surveillance metaphor.

Google Docs (place) 1 — Online word processing software that provides spell-check with red underlines for misspelled words.

Bob Evans (place) 1 — American restaurant chain where the author worked as a busboy and dishwasher in 2006.

Apple II (concept) 1 — Vintage computer system (Apple IIe) using 5.25-inch floppy disks that someone is switching to as part of leaving the int...

FreeDOS (concept) 1 — Open-source DOS operating system the author installed on an HP mini laptop as part of their offline computing experiment...

AppleSoft BASIC (concept) 1 — Programming language built into Apple II computers that the author plans to learn.

Phineas and Ferb (film) 1 — Animated TV show referenced in a joke about Ariana Grande's increasingly angular appearance resembling the character Fer...

South Williamsburg (place) 1 — Brooklyn neighborhood with a large Hasidic Jewish population, cited as an example of lack of assimilation after 100+ yea...

Springfield (place) 1 — City referenced in contrast to South Williamsburg regarding immigrant assimilation patterns.

Kick (place) 1 — Streaming platform mentioned as a niche site where controversial figures like Andrew Tate might have less influence.

Jerry Smith (person) 1 — Fictional character from Rick and Morty whose complexities are analyzed in detail by YouTube film majors

CPT (concept) 1 — Colored People Time, a racist trope referenced in criticism of Kamala Harris running late for her election night speech

How To Train Your Dragon (film) 1 — DreamWorks animated film series being remade as a shot-for-shot live action remake criticized for its lack of creativity...

Psycho (film) 1 — 1999 shot-for-shot remake of Hitchcock's original film, cited as an example of pointless Hollywood remakes

The Lion King (film) 1 — 2019 Disney live-action remake criticized as an essentially shot-for-shot remake of the original animated film

Christian apologetics (concept) 1 — Genre of religious argumentation criticized as circularly justifying assumptions using scripture, described as terminall...

Aramaic (concept) 1 — Ancient Semitic language spoken by Jesus and once the lingua franca of the Levant before being supplanted by Arabic, now...

Avestan (concept) 1 — Language of the Zoroastrian scriptures and one of the earliest Indo-European languages still readable, along with Vedic ...

Akkadian (concept) 1 — Ancient Mesopotamian language written in cuneiform, described as having one of the worst writing systems but of high his...

Pali (concept) 1 — Language of the earliest Buddhist canon, similar to Sanskrit but with vastly simplified phonotactics and grammar, descri...

Delancy Essex (place) 1 — A subway station in New York City referenced in discussion about homeless people.

Annie Leibovitz (person) 1 — Photographer who shot David Lynch and Isabella Rossellini for Vanity Fair in 1987.

Chrystia Freeland (person) 1 — Canadian deputy Prime Minister and aspiring PM described as condescending in the same way as female Democratic president...

Kari Lake (person) 1 — Conservative female politician described as batshit crazy yet appearing normal and relatable in contrast to condescendin...

The Fiery Furnaces (album) 1 — Band cited as an example of creative and challenging music in contrast to boring modern indie music.

Waxahatchee (album) 1 — Contemporary alt-country/Americana influenced artist criticized as boring and derivative of what white audiences already...

Pat McGrath (person) 1 — Makeup artist who created a product inspired by the Maison Margiela fashion show.

Howard Lutnick (person) 1 — Public figure criticized for promoting domestic manufacturing with sweatshop conditions, specifically referencing iPhone...

Back to the Future 2 (film) 1 — 1989 sequel praised for its hoverboards, cultural references, and predictions about a dystopian Trump-style future timel...

Flea (person) 1 — Red Hot Chili Peppers musician who appeared in Back to the Future 2, referenced for his scene with Marty McFly.

Loose Change (film) 1 — 9/11 conspiracy documentary referenced as exemplifying anti-government views typical of the Joe Rogan archetype.

AlphaFold (concept) 1 — Nobel Prize-winning protein folding solution developed by Google, described as bruteforced stochastic rather than rigoro...

Les Fleurs du Mal (book) 1 — Poetry collection by Charles Baudelaire, referenced through an NSFW illustration that Reddit was flagging.

Freddie Hubbard (person) 1 — Jazz trumpeter who performed on Cantaloupe Island alongside Herbie Hancock and other masters.

Ron Carter (person) 1 — Jazz bassist who performed on Cantaloupe Island with Herbie Hancock's group.

Tony Williams (person) 1 — Jazz drummer who performed on Cantaloupe Island with Herbie Hancock's ensemble.

Cantaloupe Island (album) 1 — Jazz track performed by Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams, recommended as su...

Newspeak (concept) 1 — Orwellian term for controlled language, referenced in complaint about social media users adopting euphemistic terms to c...

Navy (place) 1 — U.S. military branch where a friend worked as an engineer with excellent work-life balance, benefits, and PTO before DOG...

USS Enterprise (film) 1 — Star Trek spacecraft referenced to criticize modern car dashboards that resemble command centers rather than simple inte...

EU Chat Control (concept) 1 — Controversial European Union legislation attempting to mandate scanning of all private chats including encrypted ones, r...

Burton Snowboards (place) 1 — A snowboard brand traditionally known for working with artists but recently switched to using AI art for their newest mo...

Jeff Koons (person) 1 — An artist who previously designed snowboard art for Burton Snowboards before the company switched to AI-generated design...

Scott Lenhardt (person) 1 — An artist who had a 30-year relationship with Burton Snowboards and made art for 55 different boards before the company ...

Intel (place) 1 — A private company in which the Trump administration took a 10% stake as part of a practice of government investment in p...

Thursday (album) 1 — Emo band from the early 2000s associated with adolescent nostalgia and heightened teenage emotions during fall season.

Sparta (album) 1 — Emo/post-hardcore band from the early 2000s associated with adolescent nostalgia and emotional intensity.