Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

The Go Gos (album) 1 — New wave band featuring bassist Kathy Valentine, mentioned in an appreciation post for female bass players.

Kathy Valentine (person) 1 — Female bassist for new wave band the Go Gos.

Holland & Barrett (place) 1 — A British store that sells vitamins, supplements, and health foods, mentioned as a place where someone buys all their fo...

West London (place) 1 — Area of London where the author traveled to meet someone from 4chan at a gym.

Olympian life (concept) 1 — A concept of living a fulfilling, idealized life with higher aspirations, referenced repeatedly in the post about the 4c...

Space Needle (place) 1 — American landmark cited as an example of a useless but awesome monument that should be replicated in more places.

r/stopdrinking (place) 1 — Reddit subreddit for alcohol abstinence criticized for being inauthentic, where users brag about sobriety streaks rather...

r/dryalcoholics (place) 1 — Reddit subreddit for discussing alcohol issues, presented as a more honest alternative to r/stopdrinking.

Neil McCauley (person) 1 — Character from the film Heat that the North Hollywood shootout perpetrators wanted to emulate.

North Hollywood shootout (concept) 1 — 1997 bank robbery and shootout involving perpetrators who were obsessed with the film Heat and wanted to emulate its cri...

Bianca Del Rio (person) 1 — Performer quoted as saying 'beauty fades but dumb is forever' in a discussion about appearance obsession.

Healow (concept) 1 — Medical app described as the worst app ever invented in context of prescription refill difficulties.

Twink Death (concept) 1 — Gay cultural concept referenced by a straight man describing the experience of aging out of receiving desired attention ...

BBC Dispatches (film) 1 — BBC documentary series that infiltrated and exposed a British far-right identitarian group, featuring undercover journal...

British National Party (concept) 1 — British far-right political party referenced as comparison for the type of extremist organization discussed

English Defence League (concept) 1 — British far-right political organization referenced as comparison for extremist groups

Internet Addiction (concept) 1 — Growing phenomenon described as a global issue on the level of nuclear war and climate change, particularly affecting NE...

Cook County (place) 1 — County in Illinois containing Chicago, discussed as a bellwether for Democratic support showing dramatic shift away from...

Cargo Cult (concept) 1 — Anthropological concept used to critique modern protests as copying the aesthetics of strikes without the actual mechani...

Ethiopian jazz (concept) 1 — A genre of jazz music referenced sarcastically as an example of the kind of obscure cultural knowledge people use to app...

Joe.ie (place) 1 — Irish media outlet cited as example of faux-offensive countercultural behavior

Tubgirl (concept) 1 — Infamous shock image from early internet culture referenced as an example of old-style internet trolling

Ira Glass (person) 1 — Radio host criticized for his performatively labored vocal cadence that has infected liberal media discourse

Friedrich Merz (person) 1 — German politician noted for his memorably bad hair compared to the unmemorable Spanish leadership

Stars of the Lid (album) 1 — Ambient music project listened to during depressive late-night browsing sessions

Boxxy (person) 1 — Early internet personality incorrectly identified by some as the first egirl, mentioned in discussion of lost millennial...

Cracky Chan (person) 1 — Early internet personality cited as one of the actual first egirls before Boxxy.

Maddeth Chan (person) 1 — Early internet personality mentioned as one of the original egirls before Boxxy.

Stickam (place) 1 — Early livestreaming platform where many millennial-era e-celebrities emerged before internet culture was properly archiv...

Kiki Kannibal (person) 1 — Infamous 14-year-old scene queen who was one of several minors groomed by Danny Cespedes in the early internet era.

Danny Cespedes (person) 1 — MySpace personality known as "Mr MySpace" who groomed multiple 14-year-olds including Kiki Kannibal and killed himself d...

Stickyhouse:DTLA (film) 1 — First livestreamed reality show featuring e-celebrities from 2009, now lost media predating Fish Tank Live.

Amor Hilton (person) 1 — Scene queen who appeared on Stickyhouse:DTLA reality show, whose streams of being a mess are now lost to time.

Curren$y (person) 1 — Rapper mentioned as an example of teenage music taste that would be embarrassing to still prefer as an adult with a whit...

Spencer's Gifts (place) 1 — A mall retail chain referenced as emblematic of embarrassing gamer/anime culture that has been normalized across America

UT (place) 1 — University of Texas, referenced as a school where upwardly mobile Mexican-American students contribute to society

West Point (place) 1 — U.S. military academy where a student suffered a traumatic brain injury during a violent pillow fight

Hearthstone (concept) 1 — Video game that a West Point dropout streams on Twitch to no audience after suffering a traumatic brain injury

Morbius (film) 1 — A Marvel superhero film discussed as being only marginally worse than other formulaic Marvel movies.

Desus and Mero (film) 1 — A show mentioned as reminding the poster of Obama's existence.

Isaac Newton (person) 1 — Historical scientist discussed as having died a virgin, described as a freak who ate mercury and was an incel rather tha...

Bogota (place) 1 — Colombian city referenced in context of passport bros and exploitative dating dynamics with local women.

Brigitte Macron (person) 1 — French First Lady who is subject of conspiracy theories promoted by Candace Owens claiming she is trans and Emmanuel Mac...

PriceChopper (place) 1 — Grocery store chain where an awkward interaction between the poster and zoomer employees took place.

Pathological Victimization (concept) 1 — Behavioral pattern discussed as an epidemic among women who constantly seek attention and validation through embellished...

POC Solidarity (concept) 1 — Concept of unity among racial minorities that is characterized as artificial and contradicted by actual inter-minority r...

ECMO (concept) 1 — Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a life support treatment used for severe heart and lung failure with low survival r...

Myocarditis (concept) 1 — Inflammation of the heart muscle believed to have caused severe heart failure in a viral infection case

Sepsis (concept) 1 — Life-threatening condition mentioned in connection with a young woman's death from heart failure while another patient s...

r/WomenAreNotIntoMen (place) 1 — Subreddit described as a bizarre meeting point where incels and misandrists accidentally agree on the same premise from ...