Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

The Revolutionary War (film) 1 — Ken Burns documentary series that reveals historical facts about George Washington and the founding of America

Paranormal Activity (film) 1 — A horror film franchise referenced as an example of demonic haunting that should not be directly mentioned when fabricat...

Private Language Argument (concept) 1 — A Wittgensteinian philosophical concept presented as a way to understand that social constructs have meaning within livi...

M3GAN (film) 1 — A film cited as the beginning of a trend of 'evil gays' returning to pop culture after an era of sanitized, corporate ga...

Meetup (place) 1 — An online platform for organizing social meetups, criticized as being full of weirdos and not a good way to meet normal ...

Mike Recime (person) 1 — A guest on The Adam Friedland Show who appeared in an episode that played during an awkward date situation

Michael Savage (person) 1 — Conservative radio host mentioned alongside Newt Gingrich as traditional conservative media figure.

Ms Rachel (person) 1 — Referenced in context of shifting liberal opinion on Israeli military action in Gaza.

Vichy France (concept) 1 — Nazi-collaborationist French government whose flag represents online radicalization in satirical post.

Prevent (concept) 1 — UK government counter-radicalization program mentioned satirically in context of online extremism.

Nootropics (concept) 1 — Cognitive enhancement supplements discussed as expensive placebo when compared to simple hydration and healthy habits.

r/QOVESStudio (place) 1 — A subreddit dedicated to the sciences of beauty, characterized as insanely neurotic

Henri Rousseau (person) 1 — An artist whose painting The Sleeping Gypsy from 1897 is featured in a collection of favorite paintings of people sleepi...

Ferdinand Max Bredt (person) 1 — An artist whose painting Schlafende, Sleeping Woman with a Book from 1921 is featured in a collection of favorite painti...

Matriarchy (concept) 1 — A social system portrayed in the Barbie world where women hold important jobs and men are side characters

Fredric Wiseman (person) 1 — Documentary filmmaker whose 1960s film 'Juvenile Court' about children going to jail was shown at a Telluride film festi...

Juvenile Court (film) 1 — A three-hour documentary from the 1960s by Fredric Wiseman about children going to jail that was described as absolutely...

Telluride (place) 1 — A town hosting a film festival that rich people attend to watch sub-Oscarbait films, where a screening of Fredric Wisema...

Exvangelical (concept) 1 — Term for people who grew up with fundamentalist evangelical Christian parents and are now 'deconstructing' while adoptin...

Reacher (film) 1 — Popular TV show cited as an example of media where it would be difficult to find Latino representation despite their sig...

Lynda Carter (person) 1 — Half-Mexican actress who can pass for white and gets cast in white roles rather than as Latina characters, exemplifying ...

Frankie Muniz (person) 1 — Half-Puerto Rican actor who can pass for white and gets cast in white roles rather than as Latino characters, illustrati...

Gina Torres (person) 1 — Afro-Latina actress who gets cast as African American rather than in roles of Latin American descent, exemplifying how e...

drawafish.com (place) 1 — Website created by a Reddit user where people can draw fish, with the best and worst submissions from the subreddit cura...

r/MyBoyfriendIsAI (place) 1 — Subreddit where people discuss romantic relationships with AI chatbots, described as beyond bleak and depressing with us...

Cat in the Hat 2 (film) 1 — Fictional sequel referenced in a satirical quote attributed to Alec Baldwin.

Ilan Omar (person) 1 — Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, mentioned as someone AOC allegedly sold out on Israel policy.

SRD (place) 1 — Subreddit SubredditDrama, whose posters are being addressed in a post about AOC.

Clinton Hill (place) 1 — Brooklyn neighborhood referenced as location of an insanely cheap apartment someone is reluctant to give up.

Bush v. Gore (concept) 1 — Supreme Court case referenced as part of a Wikipedia rabbit hole leading to the Terri Schiavo case.

Dimes (place) 1 — Restaurant in New York where Dasha Nekrasova was allegedly kicked out for bickering with waiters about serving meat on F...

Rick Ross (person) 1 — Rapper who faced backlash for a date rape lyric in one of his songs.

Autophagy (concept) 1 — Metabolic process that occurs during fasting where the body uses up cellular waste for nutrition.

Brass Eye (film) 1 — British satirical television series quoted in a discussion about homosexuality.

Eurostar (place) 1 — High-speed rail service connecting Paris and London, mentioned in context of annoying American tourists.

Albert Hall (place) 1 — Concert venue in London discussed by American tourists as being smaller than expected.

Kalamazoo (place) 1 — Michigan city mentioned by annoying American tourists in Europe.

Great Man Theory (concept) 1 — Childhood fantasy of becoming a historically significant figure before and after whom history divides

Bob Hawke (person) 1 — Former Prime Minister of Australia mentioned as an example of a genuinely popular PM in contrast to American presidentia...

Flavio Briatore (person) 1 — Former F1 figure and father of Leni Klum who famously described F1 as an excuse to philander around the world with model...

Leni Klum (person) 1 — Daughter of Flavio Briatore mentioned in discussion of F1 figures

CART (concept) 1 — American open-wheel racing series mentioned alongside F1 as a childhood interest

B-29 (concept) 1 — World War II bomber aircraft that someone is considering paying $600 for a 30-minute flight experience in

Fiona Barnett (person) 1 — Person who accused Nicole Kidman's father of involvement in a child sex ring, with allegations surfacing 30 days before ...

Life After Death (album) 1 — Posthumous Biggie album cited as an example of a posthumous release done respectfully.

Ellen DeGeneres (person) 1 — Television host whose YouTube interview with Nicole Kidman features hundreds of comments about allegations against Kidma...

Heavy Rain (film) 1 — Video game referenced for its character's short hairstyle that becomes point of relationship conflict

DILF (concept) 1 — Sexual slang term discussed in context of unwanted attention received after aging into middle-aged attractiveness

Wahhabi Islam (concept) 1 — Conservative Islamic movement referenced by poster critiquing Western embrace of traditional religion

MREs (concept) 1 — Military rations (Meals Ready to Eat) fondly remembered by child receiving them from deployed servicemember