Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Windows 10 LTSC (concept) 1 — Commercial version of Windows 10 designed for industrial use without consumer bloatware, supported until 2032 but unavai...

Cortana (concept) 1 — Microsoft's AI assistant that is absent from Windows 10 LTSC but included in consumer versions as unwanted software.

r/rabbits (place) 1 — A Reddit community known for its extremely overprotective and alarmist approach to rabbit care, frequently telling owner...

Patrick Kane (person) 1 — Hockey player mentioned as an example of someone subjected to the 'privilege not right' argument following accusations.

Matt Araiza (person) 1 — Football player mentioned as an example of someone subjected to the 'privilege not right' argument following accusations...

Slowthai (person) 1 — UK rapper mentioned as an example of someone subjected to the 'privilege not right' argument following accusations.

Rhode (concept) 1 — Beauty/skincare brand cited as an example of consumerist trend cycles.

Pop Mart (concept) 1 — Collectible blind box toy company cited as an example of consumerist trend cycles.

Refinery 29 (place) 1 — Online media outlet mentioned in context of an author promoting Satanism as edgy and cool.

Church of Satan (concept) 1 — Mainstream Satanist organization described as 'goth libertarians' in critique of edgy cultural posturing.

Satanic Temple (concept) 1 — Satanist organization described as 'goth radlibs' in critique of edgy cultural posturing.

Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (album) 1 — Album by Lauryn Hill predicted to be guaranteed in Pitchfork's top 10 albums of the 1990s list.

Illmatic (album) 1 — Nas album predicted as a potential #1 for Pitchfork's redone list of top 90s albums.

Mind uploading (concept) 1 — Transhumanist concept of digitizing consciousness and uploading it to machines, criticized as wretched and a violation o...

KitchenAid (place) 1 — Brand of stand mixer received as a Christmas gift and celebrated as an enabler of domestic baking and hosting.

Zhou Enlai (person) 1 — Chinese Communist Party leader and first Premier of the People's Republic of China, featured in an optical illusion pain...

Lisa Taddeo (person) 1 — Contemporary American author included in social media lists of books marketed toward young women.

ancestry.com (place) 1 — Corporate DNA database service criticized for government access that allows solving of cold cases through familial DNA.

Untermensch (concept) 1 — Nietzschean concept used to describe those who react with rage and envy to displays of vitality and pleasure.

Dionysian (concept) 1 — Nietzschean concept representing the life-affirming embrace of pleasure, vitality, and the raw aspects of human nature.

Halliburton (place) 1 — Private contractor cited as example of how government functions were privatized under bipartisan consensus.

Sibel Edmonds (person) 1 — Turkish-American FBI whistleblower termed by ACLU as 'the most gagged woman in US legal history' who revealed informatio...

Operation Gladio/B (concept) 1 — NATO-backed project allegedly developed to carry out false flag attacks attributed to Islamic terrorists, revealed by wh...

Wikispooks (place) 1 — Alternative wiki website cited as source for information about whistleblower Sibel Edmonds.

The Lost Generation (book) 1 — Essay by Jacob Savage for Compact magazine arguing that DEI policies materially discriminated against young white men in...

Richard Hanania (person) 1 — Writer of an essay that argues African American economic outcomes are due to genetic differences, which Anna from the po...

The Vessel (place) 1 — Tall skyscraper structure in NYC mentioned as a potential suicide location

Mother Simpson (film) 1 — Episode from The Simpsons Season 7 praised for its emotional power and perfect balance of humor and pathos

uBlock (concept) 1 — Ad-blocking software praised as essential protection against intrusive online advertising

Sims (film) 1 — Video game series whose old editions evoke nostalgia for pre-9/11 American optimism and carefree living

The Haunting of Hill House (film) 1 — A TV show referenced as comfort viewing for a couple's date night

New Hope, PA (place) 1 — A Pennsylvania town described as 'party city' with a vibrant vintage and music scene

Down the Drain (book) 1 — Memoir by Julia Fox discussing her experiences with homelessness, domestic violence, drug addiction, and career as a dom...

Silicon Valley Bank (place) 1 — Bank whose collapse in 2023 triggered the exodus of senior talent from a tech startup

Linus Torvalds (person) 1 — Tech figure referenced as the epitome of technical expertise in a post about impostor syndrome at a failing startup

Outsider Art (concept) 1 — Art created by self-taught or naïve artists, discussed in terms of how the internet has changed eccentric personality ty...

Korea War (concept) 1 — Conflict referenced through a veteran grandfather who dealt with trauma through substance abuse

Mueller, She Wrote (concept) 1 — Referenced as a type of Reddit user representing low-quality political discourse flooding the subreddit

Riley (person) 1 — Part of the 'Men Of RS' (Red Scare podcast) multiverse that listeners want to see featured in an episode

Leia (person) 1 — Member of the Red Scare podcast multiverse that longtime listeners want to return to the show

Alexandria's Genesis (concept) 1 — Fictional genetic mutation involving purple eyes that some people used to wish was real

Connor Price (person) 1 — Musician mentioned alongside Ktlyn in a post about music.

Mint Condition (person) 1 — Musical group whose song "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" is referenced in a music post.

Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast (film) 1 — Animated talk show referenced as something a poster watched with their childhood friend who died from alcoholism.

Finnegan's Wake (book) 1 — James Joyce novel referenced as a comparison for terrible writing in a post about being made into a character in someone...

ArcGIS (concept) 1 — Geographic information system software used by an autistic person to map power line corridors in a post about interestin...

Donna Brazile (person) 1 — Democratic political strategist referenced in the context of the DNC and voter resistance to being told what to do, with...

Pope Gregory I (person) 1 — Sixth-century Pope who laid out the seven deadly sins including gluttony, cited in discussion of obesity being treated a...

Seven Deadly Sins (concept) 1 — Religious concept including gluttony, discussed in relation to how society treats obesity as a moral failing requiring p...

The Biggest Loser (film) 1 — Competition show criticized for treating obesity as sin requiring repentance through extreme suffering, starvation, and ...