Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Gonzo Journalism (concept) 1 — A style of journalism exemplified by writers like Tom Wolfe and Hunter S. Thompson that appears to have disappeared

Santa Maria (concept) 1 — Christopher Columbus's ship referenced in discussion about people claiming to be born too late to explore the world

Dead & Company (album) 1 — Band featuring John Mayer on guitar

Ezra Klein Show (concept) 1 — Podcast criticized for every aspect from the opening music to the host's manner of speaking

Auburn (place) 1 — Australian suburb referenced as having a large immigrant population with people sitting idle during work hours.

Meltdown (book) 1 — Early accelerationist text by Nick Land recommended to be read while consuming fast food to enhance the experience of be...

Naturalist Fallacy (concept) 1 — Logical fallacy committed by natural foods advocates who miss out on the cyborg experience of processed foods.

Slade (place) 1 — Art school in Britain where Pakistani artist Anwar Jalal Shemza studied, leading to an existential crisis and artistic t...

Anwar Jalal Shemza (person) 1 — Pakistani artist born 1928 who studied at the Slade and developed a modernist style exploring abstraction, geometry and ...

Jhaveri Contemporary (place) 1 — Gallery or institution quoted in discussion of Anwar Jalal Shemza's artistic approach.

Classical Chinese (concept) 1 — Literary language form with an extremely high literacy ceiling used by Qing Dynasty officials.

Americas (place) 1 — Continents mentioned as source of wealth stolen to fund Western capitalism.

Narodnaya Volya (concept) 1 — Russian revolutionary movement whose literature is referenced as influencing Anna Khachiyan's personal philosophy in a s...

Ivan Turgenev (person) 1 — Russian author of Fathers and Sons, referenced in a satirical post about understanding Anna Khachiyan's humor.

Chen Weihua (person) 1 — Twitter personality mentioned alongside Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as examples of entertaining international figures on Twitter...

Anthony Blinken (person) 1 — U.S. Secretary of State mentioned as a potential target for hypothetical Taliban Twitter personalities to direct Pashtun...

The Carnivalesque (concept) 1 — Cultural concept invoked to defend furries as part of a tradition dating back to Neolithic shamans, compared to Jordan P...

redscare4girlsandgays (place) 1 — Related subreddit mentioned in a satirical copypasta rant about maintaining good relations and not posting on competing ...

Bright (place) 1 — Town in Victoria, Australia mentioned as a destination related to the manhunt for Dezi Freeman.

Dezi Freeman (person) 1 — Sovereign citizen prepper who shot and killed two policemen in Victoria, Australia and has been hiding in the bush for 1...

Drake Maye (person) 1 — Football player mentioned in reference to a poor Super Bowl game where he got steamrolled.

Bras d'honneur (concept) 1 — An Italian obscene gesture mentioned as an alternative to the middle finger, also known as the Italian salute.

Free Women, Free Men (book) 1 — A book by Camille Paglia cited in a discussion about women's freedom versus protection, particularly regarding 1960s fem...

Big Little Lies (film) 1 — HBO series where Nicole Kidman played Alexander Skarsgard's wife, contrasted with her later role as his mother in The No...

Alexander Skarsgård (person) 1 — Actor who played opposite Nicole Kidman as her husband in Big Little Lies and later her son in The Northman.

TaskRabbit (concept) 1 — Service platform where workers build IKEA furniture for tech workers too incompetent to assemble it themselves.

Minimalism (concept) 1 — Lifestyle philosophy adopted by tech workers characterized by extreme lack of possessions, discussed as possibly stemmin...

In-N-Out Burger (place) 1 — California-based fast food chain praised by celebrity chefs for its gastronomy

The Monkees (album) 1 — Semi-fictional band defended by Paul McCartney of The Beatles

Mickey Dolenz (person) 1 — Member of The Monkees who did a photo op with Paul McCartney

Ruth Handler (person) 1 — Creator of Barbie doll featured in sentimental scene compared to Marvel's Stan Lee cameos

Stan Lee (person) 1 — Marvel creator whose posthumous cameos are compared to Ruth Handler scene in Barbie

History of Rome (album) 1 — Podcast that user is addicted to listening to while working from home

Robert Plant (person) 1 — Young rockstar with long hair cited as example of hot men with long hair

Tom Selleck (person) 1 — 70s actor with chest hair cited as example of ideal masculine aesthetic

Abby Martin (person) 1 — Pro-Palestine content creator whose work is appreciated by the poster's father partly because he finds her attractive

Chuck Liddell (person) 1 — Early UFC fighter who exemplified the raw, less technically polished era of mixed martial arts when fighters seemed like...

Coronation Street (film) 1 — British television show referenced in a failed pun joke by a British comedian performing stand-up

Borders Books (place) 1 — Defunct bookstore chain nostalgically remembered as part of pre-digital retail culture

Virgin Megastore (place) 1 — Defunct retail music and entertainment chain nostalgically remembered alongside Borders Books as part of pre-digital cul...

Rickys NYC (place) 1 — New York City costume and novelty shop nostalgically remembered as part of the city's former cultural landscape

Pepsi (concept) 1 — Soft drink brand used as analogy for Taylor Swift as a focus-tested, optimized corporate product rather than an artist

Dasani (concept) 1 — Bottled water brand used as analogy for Taylor Swift as a focus-tested commodity that doesn't warrant strong opinions

Viagra (concept) 1 — Erectile dysfunction medication discussed in context of a 28-year-old man's porn addiction-related ED affecting dating r...

The Edge (person) 1 — U2 guitarist referenced sarcastically in a rant about guitarists using too many pedals in a post-punk project.

Islamic Conquests (concept) 1 — Historical Middle Ages military expansions invoked as justification for modern Israeli territorial conquest in arguments...

Kay Flock (person) 1 — NYC Drill rapper whose music focuses on sex and murder rather than drug dealing, representing a shift in gangster rap th...

Kyle Richh (person) 1 — NYC Drill rapper whose music focuses on sex and murder rather than drug dealing themes.

Sam's Club (place) 1 — Retail warehouse with a food court whose dinginess evoked nostalgia for a pre-smartphone world.

Kelly Osbourne (person) 1 — Television personality whose controversial comments about immigrants cleaning toilets have become mainstream political t...