Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Anora (film) 10 — Film directed by Sean Baker that created tension between Anna and Dasha on their podcast, with Dasha likely trying to st...

Stoicism (concept) 10 — An ancient philosophical school whose modern followers only focus on psychological maxims while ignoring its complete me...

Liverpool (place) 10 — UK city mentioned as the home city of a 4chan user who traveled overnight to London for a hookup.

The Godfather (film) 10 — Film series (parts 1 and 2) discussed as potentially the greatest movies ever made, particularly meaningful to Italian-A...

Manchester (place) 10 — UK city mentioned alongside London as one of the few places where young people can find age-appropriate hobbies after un...

Linux (place) 10 — Open-source operating system discussed as potentially subversive anti-technocapitalist tool hampered by gatekeeping from...

Glasgow (place) 10 — Scottish city praised for its charming and friendly people despite being rough, where a visitor felt they could spend th...

Death Grips (album) 10 — An experimental hip-hop group whose member Andy was allegedly kicked out over grooming and abuse allegations, surprising...

Poor Things (film) 10 — A Yorgos Lanthimos film criticized for its ideological depiction of prostitution and gender politics, specifically its p...

Joanna Newsom (person) 10 — Musician whose song 'ribbonbows' was used as a password by a college freshman navigating first love and freedom.

Amy Winehouse (person) 10 — British singer who struggled with addiction and died in 2011, subject of biographical films and discussions about her tu...

Paris, Texas (film) 10 — A film referenced by someone as their Instagram bio description, noted in the context of someone who had an affair with ...

Sufjan Stevens (person) 10 — Musician who was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and whose health prompted discussion of the disease's effects an...

Terrence Malick (person) 10 — Film director whose films are mentioned as one of the few clear aesthetic preferences by a self-described contrarian

Aristotle (person) 10 — Ancient philosopher whose maxim that man is by nature a social animal is discussed in contrast to Rilke's emphasis on fu...

William Blake (person) 10 — English poet referenced in a DeLillo quote as an artist who made the leap from individual soul to universal soul.

2009 (concept) 9 — Year when a director watched a documentary about factory farming and decided to start raising cattle.

John Wick (film) 9 — Action film franchise featuring Keanu Reeves as a hitman, mentioned in context of depicting Russian villains with Orthod...

Guantanamo Bay (place) 9 — Detention facility referenced as where people who say 'let people enjoy things' should be waterboarded

India (place) 9 — Country described as dystopian with extreme overpopulation, intense competition for education and jobs, and oppressive w...

Netflix (concept) 9 — Streaming platform where British mini-series 'Adolescence' is being distributed and discussed for its unconventional nar...

The 1975 (album) 9 — British band referenced as representing the most right-wing cultural reference anyone at a liberal architecture studio w...

Pokémon (concept) 9 — Trading card game and media franchise discussed in context of modern scarcity and scalping culture, contrasted with easi...

Gentrification (concept) 9 — Process of urban transformation where working-class neighborhoods become expensive and exclusive, discussed in the conte...

Telegram (place) 9 — Messaging service platform where German investigators discovered organized networks of men sharing drugged partners for ...

Uber Eats (concept) 9 — Food delivery service criticized for creating exploitative labor conditions while encouraging lazy consumer behavior at ...

Sesame Street (film) 9 — Children's television show referenced as something worn on the shirt of an adult with intellectual disabilities and asso...

League of Legends (film) 9 — Video game referenced as one of the interests of the poster's 'Asian harem,' contrasted with his passion for English lit...

Pedro Pascal (person) 9 — Actor discussed as being unusually heavily promoted with success, particularly on Reddit and normie Instagram, with a su...

Craigslist (place) 9 — Online platform nostalgically remembered for its diverse sections including furniture, missed connections, erotic servic...

Milo Yiannopoulos (person) 9 — Right-wing provocateur discussed as an example of a figure who can be effectively silenced through no-platforming, unlik...

Sephora (place) 9 — Beauty retailer mentioned as a destination for walking errands to achieve daily step count goals.

Richard Dawkins (person) 9 — Atheist author whose work, along with Hitchens, led the poster through an edgelord atheist phase in their early twenties

Elliot Rodger (person) 9 — Mystery meat ethnic mass shooter and incel who wrote rants about only wanting blonde women and being driven to violence ...

Kazakhstan (place) 9 — Central Asian country visited by user to meet traditional instrument makers, part of observation about small specialist ...

Armenia (place) 9 — Country whose Christian population was ethnically cleansed with alleged Israeli support, mentioned to highlight contradi...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (person) 9 — Congresswoman who received online criticism for posting about US sunscreen regulations despite having legitimate points ...

Brandy Melville (place) 9 — Clothing retailer mentioned as being overrun with extra large sizes, contributing to the satirical cancellation of white...

Malcolm X (person) 9 — Civil rights leader whose quotes were decontextualized and parroted during the 2020 George Floyd protests according to a...

Mitch McConnell (person) 9 — U.S. Senator whose billionaire sister-in-law died in a bizarre Tesla accident by drowning in a pond after putting the ca...

Civil War (film) 9 — A film about photojournalism that people expected to be an epic war movie about liberals versus conservatives, proving a...

New Deal (concept) 9 — A federal program during the Great Depression that created public art and employed thousands, discussed as an inspiring ...

Eurovision (concept) 9 — European song contest that became embroiled in political controversy over Israel's participation in 2024, with concerns ...

Wolf of Wall Street (film) 9 — Film referenced as teaching basic leveraged buyout mechanics that even frat bros understand, but McKinsey consultants al...

George Costanza (person) 9 — Fictional character from Seinfeld referenced for his episode concept of 'The Opposite' where he does the opposite of his...

Yellowstone (film) 9 — Television show criticized as garish wish-fulfillment for right-wing viewers featuring tribal cowboy-hatted white men an...

McKinsey (place) 9 — Management consulting firm criticized by an employee for hiring people who lack basic knowledge of history, politics, ar...

Caroline Ellison (person) 9 — A criminal figure whose physical appearance became the subject of widespread mockery and dehumanization across social me...

Therapy Culture (concept) 9 — Cultural phenomenon discussed as having increasingly dominated discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic, characterized by ...

Rihanna (person) 9 — A pop musician described as 'peak pop girl' who is a slacker at heart but has a good ear for collaborators and emerging ...