Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Madame Web (film) 1 — A film referenced as deserving of being hated 'out of hand,' used as a contrast to 'One Battle After Another.'

Khamenei (person) 1 — Iranian leader mentioned in criticism of leftist silence on Iran

Richard Neal (person) 1 — Politician whose campaign interns allegedly orchestrated a takedown of opponent Alex Morse

SNRIs (concept) 1 — Class of antidepressant medications discussed as ineffective for one person's depression

Toxic Positivity (concept) 1 — A concept criticized by some as dismissive optimism, involving statements like 'everything will be okay' that can be exh...

Authoritarian Communism (concept) 1 — Political system critiqued by George Orwell in works like Animal Farm and 1984.

Wage slavery (concept) 1 — A condition of labor exploitation discussed by Orwell in Down and Out, described as one of the primary trappings of mode...

Hendricks (album) 1 — Premium gin brand referenced in complaint about expensive Seattle cocktails.

Haiku (concept) 1 — Japanese poetry form characterized as never interesting and questioned as potentially being a psyop despite widespread k...

Cockney (concept) 1 — Working-class London dialect imagined as part of England's historical aesthetic.

Aztecs (concept) 1 — Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization provocatively compared to Nazis as an 'evil empire of blood' in discussion of Sp...

World's Strongest Man (concept) 1 — Strongman competition referenced as potential recruiting ground for a fantasy harem.

Arnold's Strongman Classic (concept) 1 — Strongman competition referenced as potential recruiting ground for a fantasy harem.

neurodivergent culture (concept) 1 — Contemporary subculture around ADHD and social anxiety characterized as pathetic and loathsome despite being innocuous.

r/rsformen (place) 1 — Subreddit created as a space for male Red Scare listeners to discuss men's issues and interests separate from the main s...

Nerja (place) 1 — A location in Spain featuring a local church and religious procession festival.

Virgen del Carmen (concept) 1 — A religious festival celebrated in Spain with processions.

Beverly Hills (place) 1 — Setting for the body horror film Society, where a teenage boy discovers his family is part of a gruesome orgy cult.

Society (film) 1 — 1989 body horror film directed by Brian Yuzna about a Beverly Hills teen who discovers his family is part of an elite or...

Brian Yuzna (person) 1 — Director of the 1989 body horror film Society about an elite orgy cult.

Billy Warlock (person) 1 — Actor who plays the teenage protagonist in the 1989 body horror film Society.

Ted Turner (person) 1 — Media mogul who married Jane Fonda, cited as part of a narrative about leftists abandoning their politics.

Pair-bonding (concept) 1 — A neurological concept invoked in discussions about promiscuity, described dismissively as treating humans like gophers.

Black Mafia Family (film) 1 — A TV show criticized for having an extremely literal and uncreative title.

Building Great Sentences (book) 1 — A book by Brooks Landon that praises complexity and long elegant sentences, contrasted with popular creative writing adv...

Brooks Landon (person) 1 — Author of 'Building Great Sentences,' praised for advocating complexity and elegant long sentences in writing.

Henri Alekan (person) 1 — Legendary cinematographer who shot Wings of Desire in black and white and color.

Berlin Wall (concept) 1 — Historical barrier whose fall occurred not long after Wings of Desire was made, providing context for the film's setting...

Donald Sutherland (person) 1 — Actor featured in Ordinary People who inspired someone to become 'a real Donald Sutherland Head' after watching the film...

Death on Credit (book) 1 — Novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline ranked as the top fiction book read in 2023 by a subreddit user.

Blue of Noon (book) 1 — Novel by Georges Bataille ranked as the third-best fiction book read in 2023 by a subreddit user.

After the Banquet (book) 1 — Novel by Yukio Mishima ranked as the fifth-best fiction book read in 2023 by a subreddit user.

James Franco (person) 1 — Film director with an infamously poor filmography consisting of approximately 25 films and only one moderately successfu...

The Disaster Artist (film) 1 — James Franco's most successful directorial work, though still considered not very good compared to his other films.

My Way (album) 1 — A song featuring forceful and antagonistic bragging about masculine pride that reportedly triggers negative reactions fr...

Chainsmokers (album) 1 — Musical group whose song 'Takeaway' caused conflict when hummed in front of an extremely religious individual.

Pohela Boishakh (concept) 1 — Bengali New Year celebration that is a community tradition across the Bengali diaspora.

Lorain (place) 1 — Ohio city where eclipse double exposure photographs were taken in 2024.

Ares Le Mandat (book) 1 — An 800-page work originally intended as apologetics for Catholicism and the error of Vatican II, written by Anthony of B...

Revelation (book) 1 — Biblical book of prophecy referenced in connection with demonstrations involving Mars and predictions of rocket fire aga...

Srebrenica massacre (concept) 1 — Historical atrocity referenced in a proposed Sopranos-style show set in Bosnia as a point of conflict between characters...

Paris Climate Accord (concept) 1 — International agreement used as a model for how Mars 360 would operate as a global social accord integrating all nations...

Dadcore (concept) 1 — A lifestyle aesthetic centered around stereotypical dad activities like hardware store trips, home repairs, and gardenin...

r/techsupport (place) 1 — Reddit community that unexpectedly banned a user for submitting a post about Windows 10 and Airpods connectivity issues.

Arkadi (place) 1 — Famous monastery on Crete where hundreds of Greeks committed mass suicide with gunpowder rather than surrender during an...

Ottomans (concept) 1 — Historical empire against whom Greeks on Crete rebelled in 1866, leading to mass suicide at Arkadi monastery.

Schengen (concept) 1 — European border-free travel zone referenced by someone who found profound happiness after moving to Europe.

r/ukraineforeignlegion (place) 1 — Reddit subreddit for recruiting Westerners to fight in Ukraine, characterized by posts from people having midlife crises...

Ukraine Foreign Legion (concept) 1 — Military unit recruiting Westerners to fight in Ukraine, where volunteers face high casualty rates in a war where local ...

Moana (film) 1 — Disney film referenced in the context of Reddit men claiming to cry while watching it despite being physically imposing.