Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

r/pics (place) 2 — Reddit community where a user inappropriately posted a photo of another user with Dasha, leading to an apology.

Arsenal (place) 2 — English football club that Adam Friedland allegedly compares every story to in an off-putting manner.

Matt Groening (person) 2 — Creator of The Simpsons, arguably associated with the Dark Soy archetype of cynical 1990s adult nerd culture.

Jamie Dimon (person) 2 — CEO of JPMorgan Chase, referenced as an example of a billionaire whose wealth has become so abstract that continued mone...

Saul Bass (person) 2 — American graphic designer known for iconic film posters including Vertigo and The Shining, noted for his fish-themed sig...

Vertigo (film) 2 — Classic film for which Saul Bass designed the iconic poster.

Mother Theresa (person) 2 — Catholic nun invoked sarcastically to criticize rich people who leave garbage on the street with 'take what you need' si...

Oligarchy (concept) 2 — System of government controlled by a small wealthy elite, discussed as Russia's current model and a potential future for...

Yahoo Answers (place) 2 — A defunct online question-and-answer platform compared to r/redscarepod for users asking for major life advice

lit.salon (place) 2 — A Goodreads alternative created for the Red Scare audience that now features original writing capabilities and has aroun...

The Holocaust (concept) 2 — Historical genocide that a coworker was reportedly unaware of in an anecdote shared years later

Sistine Chapel (place) 2 — Vatican chapel where a user held hands with another woman during a sapphic relationship visit to Rome

Metrosexual (concept) 2 — Male beauty standard critiqued in Ben Shapiro's book for representing effeminate ideals like shaved pecs and bleached ha...

Katt Williams (person) 2 — Comedian whose special with a green suit and large belt buckle is praised as possibly the funniest comedy special ever m...

Andor (film) 2 — A Star Wars show defended by fans as being about revolution mechanics and inspired by Stalin's bank robbery and Castro, ...

Meditations (book) 2 — Stoic text read by self-improvement men who view it as a masculinity pill recommended by Instagram gurus

Post-Left (concept) 2 — A political tendency discussed within leftist circles that critiques traditional left-wing politics and organizing strat...

Body Positivity Movement (concept) 2 — Social movement theorized as a possible psyop by the junk food industry to make obesity seem empowering and normalize un...

Lil' Kim (person) 2 — Rapper and fashion icon discussed as a visionary who suffered abuse and was prevented from releasing her memoir, likely ...

Mo Bamba (album) 2 — 2018 hip-hop song referenced as a college party anthem that people would sing along to while being careful about cancela...

r/antinatalism (place) 2 — Reddit community dedicated to the philosophy that procreation is morally wrong, described as deeply depressing and nihil...

Nextdoor (place) 2 — Neighborhood social networking platform characterized by paranoid posts about suspicious people and crime.

Orange County (place) 2 — California location where a wealthy Republican relative views homelessness as the poor getting what they deserve.

Mormon (concept) 2 — A religion referenced by someone raised in it who became an atheist but found themselves experiencing supernatural feeli...

Pickleball (concept) 2 — Sport repeatedly dismissed as inferior to tennis and associated with 'dorks' in multiple posts about recreational activi...

Breaking Points (film) 2 — Political media show mentioned as part of an unusual cross-ideological coalition against Israel.

Wicked Part 2 (film) 2 — Musical film criticized for portraying fascism in cartoony, one-note fashion using military uniforms and magical printin...

Robert Putnam (person) 2 — Scholar discussed in relation to his analysis of narcissism and individualism through tracking usage of 'I' vs 'we' in 2...

LL Bean (place) 2 — Clothing retailer mentioned as platform where users can practice creative writing through product reviews

Freddie Mercury (person) 2 — Late lead singer of Queen and queer icon whose resemblance to a character in The Sopranos is seen as intentional symboli...

Barbados (place) 2 — Caribbean nation whose flag appeared in encyclopedias, remembered from childhood reading.

Boise (place) 2 — Idaho city described as distant from the Pacific Northwest indie music scene but home to Built to Spill.

Norwegian Wood (book) 2 — A Murakami novel featuring a quiet, intellectual, passive protagonist unlucky in love, used as an example of the 'sensit...

Rednote (place) 2 — Chinese social media platform where thousands of American girls are causing Chinese men to react strongly, discussed as ...

Ashton Kutcher (person) 2 — Celebrity identified as clearly conservative despite not explicitly stating political affiliation

Anarchism (concept) 2 — Political philosophy that advocates for no rulers and no rules, criticized for its assumption that people will voluntari...

Yasujirō Ozu (person) 2 — Japanese film director who measured script progression by sake bottles, averaging 100 bottles per script with collaborat...

Roubaix (place) 2 — A city in northern France with rich industrial history in coal mining and textile production, now known for architectura...

Law of Attraction (concept) 2 — Manifestation belief system invoked by a user seeking to reconnect with someone they love through a combination of this ...

The Count of Monte Cristo (book) 2 — Classic novel by Alexandre Dumas discussed in relation to the protagonist Edmond Dantès's sexual inexperience due to his...

March Madness (concept) 2 — NCAA basketball tournament praised as the best playoff structure in sports for its randomness and the possibility of und...

girl in red (person) 2 — Musical artist whose music is loved by a boyfriend described as 'spiritually lesbian' for his sensitive, romantic qualit...

Metaphysics (concept) 2 — Philosophical discipline that one should defend passionately even if their major is considered useless, according to a p...

Incels (concept) 2 — Men who don't actually want sex but rather recognition and attention, products of increased competition for female atten...

Club Penguin (concept) 2 — Children's online game discussed in context of grooming and unmoderated private servers

Syracuse (place) 2 — Upstate New York city noted for its significant number of Afghani refugees

Smokies (place) 2 — The Great Smoky Mountains, a vacation destination where a user had an unflattering photographic experience.

San Francisco Bay Area (place) 2 — The childhood home of a Jewish poster reflecting on antisemitism and Jewish identity in America.

ADL (Anti-Defamation League) (concept) 2 — An organization tracking antisemitic incidents, criticized by a Jewish poster as presenting vague and uncorroborated sta...

Hyperborea (concept) 2 — A mythical northern utopia referenced as symbolic framing for Greenland annexation as a 'northern frontier.'