Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Jameson (album) 1 — Irish whiskey brand mentioned in the context of grief and drinking

Female Dating Strategy (concept) 1 — Online community of women discussing dating strategies, mentioned as counterpart to incel culture

Shanghai Noon (film) 1 — 2000 Jackie Chan buddy comedy that satirized racial ignorance through humor

Ghostbusters: Answer The Call (film) 1 — 2016 comedy film criticized for being marketed in a politically divisive manner and not being funny

Global War On Terror (concept) 1 — Military campaign beginning in 2001 that allegedly marked the end of racial buddy comedy humor

Robert Kurvitz (person) 1 — Original creator of Disco Elysium accused of ghost writing an Estonian novel about a child molester

Luke Smith (person) 1 — Conservative YouTuber who moved to the woods and recently critiqued Bitcoin's transformation from liberating technology ...

Crises of overproduction (concept) 1 — Marxist economic theory describing how prices increase and wages stagnate while products are manufactured that people ca...

John Keynes (person) 1 — Economist blamed by some for economic problems instead of engaging with Marxist analysis.

Elias Rodriguez (person) 1 — DC shooter who was a Something Awful forum poster.

Armani Exchange (concept) 1 — Upper middle label clothing brand that looks desperate and trashy compared to unselfconscious Chinese style.

Charlie Puth (person) 1 — Pop musician criticized for smugness and misogynistic songs about LA women and Instagram models

r/indieheads (place) 1 — Subreddit discussed as having mass hysteria over accusations and heavy moderation with bad music taste

WWE Monday Night Raw (film) 1 — Professional wrestling television program used as hypothetical dealbreaker in dating scenario

Pop Therapy (concept) 1 — Contemporary therapeutic discourse criticized for demanding validation from others rather than self-assurance

Schadenfreude (concept) 1 — German concept of pleasure derived from others' misfortune, discussed in context of COVID doomer friend getting sick

Spring Breakers (film) 1 — A Harmony Korine film about American dream and escapism featuring de-eroticized party culture, compared to Drive but mor...

Victoria Beckham (person) 1 — Former Spice Girls member mocked by Noel Gallagher for her ability to write a book.

Kaiser Chiefs (album) 1 — British indie rock band harshly criticized by Noel Gallagher as not very good and meaningless.

Creep (album) 1 — Radiohead's famous early hit that Noel Gallagher suggests audiences will always want to hear despite the band's experime...

You Want It Darker (album) 1 — Leonard Cohen's final album cited as one of the greatest recent feats of aesthetic achievement.

Materialist Politics (concept) 1 — Political approach focused on material conditions and concrete policy outcomes rather than identity-based grievance poli...

Grievance Politics (concept) 1 — Political discourse focused on complaints and moral judgment about demographic groups rather than material policy outcom...

Computer Science (concept) 1 — Academic field and career path described as having lost its spark due to corporate culture, AI gimmicks, and lack of mea...

A J Soprano (person) 1 — Fictional character from The Sopranos listed as someone who probably overdosed on fentanyl.

AM Radio (place) 1 — Radio format referenced as a source of right-wing political content that contributed to the poster's father's ideologica...

zlib (place) 1 — Online platform for pirating books mentioned alongside libgen for e-reader users

Right-Wing Women (book) 1 — Andrea Dworkin book analyzing why women align with the right wing as a survival strategy against male sexual aggression

Midway (place) 1 — Chicago airport that renamed family restrooms to gender-neutral bathrooms

Transmaxxing (concept) 1 — Concept from manosphere YouTubers that involves dejected young men transitioning, described as essentially not real

De Beers (place) 1 — Company that artificially restricts diamond supply, cited as an 'I'm 26 and this is deep' fact

r/aiART (place) 1 — A subreddit focused on AI-generated art, criticized as being populated by tech enthusiasts with no understanding of aest...

La belle juive (concept) 1 — A character archetype prevalent in 19th-century European literature depicting a lone, young, beautiful Jewish woman in a...

California Railroad Museum (place) 1 — A museum praised for its memorial statue depicting Chinese railroad workers as powerful figures rather than victims.

Mars astrological influence (concept) 1 — Astrological theory correlating Mars's position relative to the lunar node with increased rocket attacks and military es...

Copa America (concept) 1 — South American soccer tournament praised for the intense passion displayed by both athletes and fans, contrasted favorab...

Urban Legend (film) 1 — 1998 horror film described as one of the worst knockoffs of Scream that may have damaged Alicia Witt's career.

Alicia Witt (person) 1 — Actress who starred in Urban Legend (1998), whose film career may have been damaged by appearing in that poorly-received...

Joan Harris (person) 1 — Character from Mad Men whose sexual exploitation in exchange for business highlighted the dual nature of female beauty a...

Conclave (film) 1 — 2024 Oscar-bait film cited as an example of mid-quality cinema even among supposedly good films during Hollywood's decli...

Glow (film) 1 — Netflix series about women's wrestling that was cancelled despite its quality, contrasted with expensive failures like R...

Rebel Moon (film) 1 — Expensive Netflix science fiction film criticized for wasting resources that could have gone to better shows, released i...

Missing Pieces (film) 1 — Collection of deleted scenes from Fire Walk with Me, mentioned as part of the complete Twin Peaks experience

Foundational Black Americans (concept) 1 — Political movement distinguishing descendants of American slaves from other Black Americans, now being promoted by Ryan ...

Circle K (place) 1 — Convenience store chain where user had a pleasant interaction with a stone-faced cashier

Kremlin (place) 1 — Historic Russian fortress and government complex in Moscow, mentioned as aspirational tourist sight

Lake Baikal (place) 1 — World's deepest freshwater lake in Siberia, mentioned as dream Russian tourist destination

Self-actualisation (concept) 1 — Critiqued as a modern scam replacing God with individual pursuit of fulfillment, argued to be an exhausting obligation r...

Modernity (concept) 1 — Philosophical concept discussed in relation to the death of God and the burden of self-actualisation, critiqued for the ...

Fundamentalism (concept) 1 — Religious extremism compared to liberal woke culture through shared mechanisms of moral policing, shunning, purity hiera...