Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

HGTV (film) 2 — Home and lifestyle cable network blamed for popularizing bland modern home renovation trends.

Property Brothers (film) 2 — TV show featuring twin hosts that a poster finds boring and overrated despite people being charmed by the fact they're t...

Cats (film) 2 — A film criticized for lacking violence, according to one person's bizarre interpretation.

Rotten.com (place) 2 — Legendary shock site whose library has been archived and mirrored by Gwern.

Years of Lead (concept) 2 — Period of socio-political turmoil and violence in Italy, referenced as an analogy people incorrectly make about contempo...

Sami Timimi (person) 2 — British psychiatrist who critiques psychiatric diagnoses as merely labels for clusters of behaviors rather than identifi...

Searching for Normal (book) 2 — Book by psychiatrist Sami Timimi critiquing psychiatric diagnoses and medicalization in psychiatry.

Michael Knowles (person) 2 — Conservative commentator discussed as an example of 'intellectual MAGA' who defends Trump despite being rhetorically sha...

Kyle Kulinski (person) 2 — Political commentator mentioned in the context of debating Michael Knowles on Piers Morgan's show.

Zepbound (concept) 2 — Weight loss drug that comedian Stavros Halkias allegedly gained weight while taking, discussed in relation to an adverti...

Eli Lilly (place) 2 — Pharmaceutical company that manufactures Zepbound, mentioned in relation to Stavros Halkias gaining weight while on thei...

Trintellix (concept) 2 — Antidepressant medication discussed critically in relation to sexual side effects and questionable clinical efficacy com...

HIPAA (concept) 2 — Healthcare privacy rules that were violated when a CVS pharmacy technician used customer records to get someone's phone ...

Atomized (book) 2 — Novel by Michel Houellebecq criticized for unengaging characters and predictable critique of individualism

TraumaZone (film) 2 — A 2022 Adam Curtis documentary using archival footage to chronicle the collapse of the USSR through mundane and dramatic...

old.reddit.com (place) 2 — Legacy version of Reddit interface referenced in discussion of the site's poor design and multiple competing layouts

University of California (place) 2 — A university system criticized for returning to online-only classes during the pandemic, causing isolation and depressio...

Gildan (concept) 2 — A brand of pocket t-shirts praised for having structure and roughness rather than being overly soft

Stroszek (film) 2 — A film listed as a personal favorite in a discussion of top 5 favorite movies.

McCabe and Mrs Miller (film) 2 — A film listed as a personal favorite in a discussion of top 5 favorite movies.

The Godfather 2 (film) 2 — A film listed as a personal favorite in a discussion of top 5 favorite movies.

The Merchant of Four Seasons (film) 2 — A film listed as a personal favorite in a discussion of top 5 favorite movies.

Lilith (person) 2 — A figure from mythology to whom someone dedicated a tattoo as an act of servitude in the context of witch/pagan spiritua...

machine girl (album) 2 — Breakcore/experimental music artist known for the album WLFGRL that is widely promoted online

The Matrix Resurrections (film) 2 — A Matrix reboot film discussed through a satirical alternate plot where Neo discovers everyone already knows about the M...

50 First Dates (film) 2 — A romantic comedy mentioned as an early example of the genre that the poster enjoyed.

The Avengers (film) 2 — Marvel film where Clark Gregg became the biggest supporting character after playing a minor role

Andrew Jackson (person) 2 — President who opposed proto-Confederates in the Nullification Crisis and threatened to invade South Carolina and behead ...

Euchre (concept) 2 — Regional trick-taking card game popular in Indiana and Michigan, described as a 2v2 game using half a deck similar to a ...

4AD (place) 2 — An independent record label that previously worked with Grimes before she aligned with tech elite culture.

Abu Dhabi (place) 2 — Middle Eastern city where anonymous wealthy buyers purchased the T. Rex fossil 'Stan' to display.

Mark Rothko (person) 2 — Abstract expressionist painter whose works are referenced in a dismissive comment about people claiming spiritual experi...

Stop Asian Hate (concept) 2 — Described as the last moment of left identity politics unity before its collapse, endorsed even by conservatives questio...

Alice Glass (person) 2 — 34-year-old frontwoman of Crystal Castles, used as an example of aging millennial cultural figures.

Angela Carter (person) 2 — Author described as a secret genius, with Heroes and Villains and Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. Hoffman recommended.

Kant (person) 2 — A philosopher whose works are being read and memed by young teens online, potentially leading to a philosophical renaiss...

Laura Palmer (person) 2 — A Twin Peaks character whose arc is debated between being a victim of abuse who self-sacrifices versus a mystical messia...

Northern England (place) 2 — A region of England encompassing towns like Huddersfield, Burnley, and Rochdale, and cities like Leeds and Manchester, k...

Riyadh Comedy Festival (place) 2 — Comedy festival in Saudi Arabia where comedians perform despite the authoritarian regime's human rights record.

Jamal Khashoggi (person) 2 — Saudi journalist whose murder was referenced by comedian Jim Jefferies, leading to his expulsion from a comedy festival.

CCRU (place) 2 — Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, referenced alongside CIA as potential source of funding for disturbed psychosexual con...

NAFO (concept) 2 — Pro-Ukraine online movement referenced through a t-shirt worn by an elderly wife of an oil executive, characterized as r...

Timothy McVeigh (person) 2 — A domestic terrorist referenced as an archetype for a certain profile of domestic terrorist/shooter.

William Makepeace Thackeray (person) 2 — British author of Vanity Fair, discussed in connection with picaresque narrative style and sardonic narration

Francisco Goya (person) 2 — Spanish artist whose etchings are presented with their original Spanish titles and translations, depicting dark and sati...

Minions (film) 2 — Animated characters that are extremely popular in China, possibly due to their yellow color according to one observation...

Streisand effect (concept) 2 — Phenomenon where attempts to hide information paradoxically increase awareness of it, referenced regarding Chappell Roan...

British Museum (place) 2 — Museum in London criticized for possessing stolen artifacts, though the poster notes all museums have similar issues

iShowSpeed (person) 2 — Internet personality whose 'suppressing his laughter' gif is cited as an example of repetitive, unfunny internet memes

27 Club (concept) 2 — Cultural phenomenon of musicians dying at age 27, cited as evidence of youth culture's dominance