Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Woolworth Building (place) 1 — Gothic highrise building in New York City featured in a photo essay of Gothic architecture

General Electric Building (place) 1 — Gothic highrise building in New York City featured in a photo essay of Gothic architecture

r/SaveAFoxSnark (place) 1 — A snark subreddit accused of driving a woman to suicide, characterized as kiwifarms for theatre kids

Diet Pepsi (concept) 1 — Diet soft drink that was part of an unhealthy daily diet described in a post about neglecting health

r/geopolitics (place) 1 — Subreddit referenced as the source of serious debate nerds invading Red Scare discussions about Israel/Palestine

Lane Pryce (person) 1 — Mad Men character whose suicide is referenced as an example of extreme workplace pressure and family provider stress

The Deftones (album) 1 — Alternative metal band stereotypically associated with non-binary leftist aesthetics and goth culture.

North of England (place) 1 — Working-class region characterized by dying towns and substandard comprehensive schools where education is less valued t...

Eton (place) 1 — Elite British public school representing the traditional upper-class establishment, characterized as an endangered speci...

Harrow (place) 1 — Elite British public school representing traditional upper-class establishment alongside Eton.

Class Divide (concept) 1 — Social stratification particularly visible in British universities where working-class students encounter the cultural w...

Cultural Wealth (concept) 1 — Non-material advantages of professional classes including early knowledge of educational paths, networking, valued extra...

Pat Bateman (person) 1 — Fictional character from American Psycho referenced in the context of creative gay satire about cruising at Equinox gyms...

Boy Mom (concept) 1 — Term for mothers who have inappropriate, emotionally incestuous relationships with their sons characterized by extreme a...

The Legend of Zelda (album) 1 — Video game series stereotypically associated with American trans women who are characterized as nerdy gamers.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (album) 1 — Video game referenced as part of stereotypical nerdy male interests in contrast to Brazilian trans femininity.

StarFox (album) 1 — Video game series referenced as an obsessive interest of stereotypical nerdy boys who later become trans women in Americ...

Kosher Right (concept) 1 — Term for pro-Israel conservatives who foster racial tensions and violent rhetoric but object to anti-semitism when it th...

Native American Reservations (place) 1 — Territories in the United States characterized by deprivation and poverty, particularly concentrated in states like Okla...

Mr. Rogers (person) 1 — Children's television personality whose wholesome image was invoked as comparison to Biden's public persona.

Jim Jordan (person) 1 — Republican politician compared to Biden's earlier political persona as a brash, loudmouth politician.

Cary Fukunaga (person) 1 — Director of True Detective season 1 who reportedly fell off due to sexpest activities.

DSM-6 (concept) 1 — The anticipated sixth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, with concerns about how it w...

LOONA (album) 1 — A K-pop group whose stans were known for posting fancams with the caption 'Well maybe if they stanned LOONA' in response...

Tan France (person) 1 — Queer Eye fashion expert criticized for having horrific taste.

Bobby Berk (person) 1 — Queer Eye interior designer criticized for doing the same style for every person's house.

Karamo Brown (person) 1 — Queer Eye culture expert described as a sociopath.

Midwit (concept) 1 — Term for people who adopt surface-level contrarian opinions without genuinely engaging with complex intellectual traditi...

Meme Knowledge (concept) 1 — Phenomenon of people adopting extreme political or intellectual positions based solely on shallow internet content like ...

Khalistan movement (concept) 1 — Punjabi Sikh separatist movement mentioned in context of testing a politically disengaged Indian boyfriend's reactions.

Runaway (album) 1 — Kanye West song known for its 2010 VMA performance that was removed from YouTube.

DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) (film) 1 — Arcade rhythm game played during a date that turned out to involve a trans person.

Impractical Jokers (film) 1 — Comedy TV show referenced to describe a date who wore earbuds the entire time.

Hidradenitis suppurativa (concept) 1 — Medical condition involving painful boils that Karl Marx suffered from, diagnosed posthumously by physicians.

Negev (place) 1 — Desert region in Israel where the author attended a rave and danced until sunrise.

Pentagon Papers (concept) 1 — Historical government documents that Americans acknowledge reveal government corruption, contrasted with denial about ML...

HR (concept) 1 — Human Resources departments that Redditors reflexively suggest involving in workplace disputes as a form of bureaucratic...

Crystal Meth (concept) 1 — Highly addictive drug discussed as an example of substances being normalized through social media safety guides.

Oscar Isaac (person) 1 — Actor who played a CIA blacksite operative in The Card Counter, mentioned in discussion of real CIA operatives avoiding ...

ProPublica (place) 1 — Investigative journalism organization that published an article about UnitedHealth's insurance denial practices.

Cracked.com (place) 1 — Comedy website that published critical content about Fox News, credited with influencing political views during adolesce...

Gary Vaynerchuk (person) 1 — Entrepreneur and motivational speaker whose content is consumed by girlboss types, referenced as 'garyvee'.

Clapham (place) 1 — Area of London associated with wealthy professionals whose mortgages are paid by their parents.

Stratford (place) 1 — Area in East London used as a geographic marker for class division and crime concerns.

Desoxyn (concept) 1 — Prescription methamphetamine medication used by high-performing tech workers to enhance productivity and learning abilit...

Krebs on Security (place) 1 — Cybersecurity news website that reported on Edward Coristine's involvement with child pornography networks

Edward Coristine (person) 1 — Teen known as 'The Broccoli Zoomer' who allegedly ran child pornography networks and was hired by Musk's DOGE team

Lome (place) 1 — City in Togo where a Nigerian father threatened to send his son for year-long drug rehabilitation

Regina Olsen (person) 1 — Kierkegaard's former fiancée who he broke off an engagement with despite being madly in love, later married Friedrich Sc...

Friedrich Schlegel (person) 1 — The man Regina Olsen married after her engagement to Kierkegaard was broken off