Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Gucci Bloom (album) 1 — Perfume criticized for being too heavy on artificial tuberose and smelling like sanitary pads

Oregon State (place) 1 — Mid-tier state university described as having students not focused on education

Ewan McGregor (person) 1 — Actor criticized for getting veneers and losing the appeal of his naturally imperfect teeth

Gig economy (concept) 1 — Economic model involving tech apps criticized as predatory toward workers and destabilizing to communities

Motown (place) 1 — Record label and music scene referenced by a boomer housemate discussing older musicians and bands.

Philip K Dick (person) 1 — Author who went mad and documented his experience thoroughly, especially in his work VALIS.

r/nonpoliticaltwitter (place) 1 — Subreddit created as a response to r/whitepeopletwitter being insufferable with its combination of DNC politics and extr...

Roanoke (place) 1 — City in Virginia mentioned as location where packages get stuck in FedEx freight yards

Kinkos (place) 1 — FedEx subsidiary mentioned where customer service calls get misrouted through copier managers

Selective Mutism (concept) 1 — Childhood condition mentioned by poster who didn't talk to anyone except their mother until age 7, leading to lifelong s...

75 Hard (concept) 1 — 75-day fitness challenge involving strict diet, exercise, water intake, and reading that the poster parodies with a more...

Tesla Cybertruck (concept) 1 — Elon Musk vehicle referenced in a parody of The Smiths' lyrics about violent death

Marvin the Martian (person) 1 — Looney Tunes character referenced in satirical dating profile description as 'Gangster Marvin the Martian'.

Buckinghamshire (place) 1 — English county referenced sarcastically in critique of British youth adopting American Southern speech patterns.

Gal Gadot (person) 1 — Actress who was called 'genocide barbie' in reference to Israeli-Palestinian conflict propaganda

Lad Bible (place) 1 — British entertainment and media website known for laddish culture content

Guy Sorman (person) 1 — Source for London Times pedophilia rumors about Foucault, accused of abetting pedophilia for 50 years

London Times (place) 1 — British newspaper that published pedophilia allegations against Foucault

Crunchyroll (place) 1 — Anime streaming service used by Reddit gamer parents to mark children's milestones

Fairness Doctrine (concept) 1 — Former FCC policy requiring broadcast media to present contrasting viewpoints, proposed to be brought back

St Augustine (person) 1 — Religious figure recommended as an alternative to therapy and modern psychiatric treatment.

Sunnah (book) 1 — Islamic religious text recommended as spiritual reading alternative to therapy.

White Savior Trope (concept) 1 — Critical concept applied to mid-2000s action films around 2012, marking a shift in how white male protagonists were port...

Galt's Gulch (concept) 1 — Libertarian utopia concept from Ayn Rand referenced in joke about anarcho-capitalists controlling islands.

Yusuf Islam (person) 1 — The name Cat Stevens changed to after religious conversion, used to criticize performative name changes.

Monsters Inc. (film) 1 — Pixar animated film interpreted as being about inter-dimensional demons harvesting children's essence through conspiraci...

Ricardo Lopez (person) 1 — Obsessed fan who attempted to kill Björk and committed suicide, referenced as comparison for unlikely romantic pairing.

Forensic Files (film) 1 — True crime television series referenced by someone interested in reading court-ordered psychological analysis of a murde...

Alfonso Cuaron (person) 1 — Film director who made explicit connections between Children of Men and The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot.

Clipse (person) 1 — Hip-hop group whose album Lord Willin' has opening bars compared favorably to Homer's Iliad and T.S. Eliot's The Waste L...

Lord Willin' (album) 1 — Clipse album whose opening bars are compared to the greatest opening lines in literature.

Margate (place) 1 — Town in Kent where T.S. Eliot was treated for nervous disorder while writing The Waste Land.

Lausanne (place) 1 — Swiss city where T.S. Eliot continued treatment for nervous disorder while writing The Waste Land.

Fisher King (concept) 1 — Arthurian legend figure whose infertility causes the land to become barren, used as mythological parallel in The Waste L...

r/JusticeforJohnnyDepp (place) 1 — Subreddit banned from r/Fauxmoi for alleged brigading and harassment.

Copts (concept) 1 — Egyptian Christian minority discussed as victims of enslavement and cultural replacement by Arab Muslims

Rat Utopia experiment (concept) 1 — Referenced as an analogy for a competitive race to maximize attractiveness in dating culture that resembles behavioral s...

Locked-in syndrome (concept) 1 — Medical condition used as metaphor for severe depression and inability to engage with life

Cyberspace (concept) 1 — Term coined by William Gibson in Neuromancer, notably described elliptically rather than in detail

Freeside (place) 1 — Location in Neuromancer where stars rearrange themselves, representing a moment of melancholy grace

Los Angeles Chargers (place) 1 — NFL team referenced in satirical post about applying to be their General Manager

Boogie2988 (person) 1 — YouTuber referenced as an example of extreme online isolation and lifestyle withdrawal

Catherine de Medici (person) 1 — Historical figure who faced prejudice for being a banker's daughter when she married the French king

Usury (concept) 1 — Historical banking practice considered sinful, leading to bankers building churches to avoid damnation

ANZACs (concept) 1 — Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, referenced as historical evidence of unified national identity

David Wojnarowicz (person) 1 — Late artist imagined as potentially being a hateful political ranter on Twitter

Famous Dave's BBQ (place) 1 — A restaurant chain symbolizing unrepentant settling and unapologetic comfort for someone contemplating moving back to th...

Jimmy Stewart (person) 1 — Actor referenced for his role in Rear Window as a comparison to browsing Reddit and observing others' lives.

Basquiat (person) 1 — Artist criticized for legitimizing art without technical skill, contrasted unfavorably with Picasso who mastered traditi...

Bonnaroo (place) 1 — Music festival mentioned as the location where someone allegedly discovered they were gay while tripping on acid.