Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Llano Estacado (place) 1 — Geographic region in West Texas described as screaming at people to leave, characterized by extreme weather and harsh co...

Kronstadt Naval Cathedral (place) 1 — Cathedral in St. Petersburg built in 1913 as one of the Hagia Sophia-inspired architectural works.

Blue Mosque (place) 1 — Historic mosque in Istanbul built in 1616 that draws architectural inspiration from Hagia Sophia.

Fukuoka (place) 1 — Japanese city where a catfisher plans to meet their victim at a ryokan after two years of online deception.

Dementia (concept) 1 — Degenerative cognitive condition described as making interaction with sufferers like dealing with a goldfish, with no me...

Anarcho-syndicalism (concept) 1 — A political philosophy combining anarchism with syndicalism, mentioned in reference to someone's deceased academic fathe...

Alison Rosen (person) 1 — Former guest host who was fired by Adam Carolla, cited as an example of podcast drama being publicly aired including an ...

Pavlov's dog (concept) 1 — Classical conditioning experiment referenced as a metaphor for people responding to performative emotional validation la...

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (album) 1 — Self-titled album by indie pop band that a user loved and recommended to zoomers.

Methadone (concept) 1 — Opioid substitute medication criticized in a post about drug policy as inferior to hydromorphone for treating addiction.

Social Contract (concept) 1 — Political philosophy concept invoked by a user to describe the breakdown of fair societal obligations and reciprocity.

Anomia (concept) 1 — Sociological concept describing a state of normlessness or breakdown of social norms, invoked alongside the death of the...

Identity Comedy (concept) 1 — Comedy style criticized for over-relying on the comedian's identity markers (race, gender, etc.) rather than unique obse...

Red Line (place) 1 — Public transit line mentioned in context of casual, low-key indie lifestyle and drinking Four Lokos with friends

Picaresque (concept) 1 — Literary genre featuring roguish protagonists, discussed as desirable narrative trend in connection with Barry Lyndon

Elk's Lodge (place) 1 — Traditional fraternal organization gathering place discussed as potential model for community building and third places

Moose Lodge (place) 1 — Traditional fraternal organization gathering place discussed alongside Elk's Lodge as potential community gathering spac...

American Exceptionalism (concept) 1 — Concept inverted as 'negative American Exceptionalism' where the US is seen as uniquely incapable of authentic human exp...

Tamil Nadu (place) 1 — A southern Indian state discussed in the context of regional tensions and cultural differences within India.

Warner Music (place) 1 — A major music label mentioned as a client of a young producer's production company.

Sony Music (place) 1 — A major music label mentioned as a client of a young producer's production company.

Universal Music (place) 1 — A major music label mentioned as a client of a young producer's production company.

Putumayo Presents (concept) 1 — A world music label known for its illustrated CD covers and curated playlists with a Global Village Coffeehouse aestheti...

Nicola Heindl (person) 1 — An illustrator known for creating the artwork for Putumayo Presents CD covers.

Fanfiction (concept) 1 — A form of amateur creative writing discussed as having identifiable stylistic traits that can influence writers' literar...

Hudson, NY (place) 1 — A New York town where someone recalled wearing flamboyant clothing including a cowboy hat with a peacock feather.

Maldives (place) 1 — Tropical luxury destination where an extremely wealthy sober man takes women on lavish trips without having sex with the...

12-step program (concept) 1 — Recovery program followed by an extremely wealthy sober man that includes abstaining from sex and relationships.

r/nhl (place) 1 — NHL subreddit whose users are criticized for being 'soy' and expressing Twitter-like progressive opinions despite tradit...

r/CollegeBasketball (place) 1 — College basketball subreddit whose users are criticized for being 'soy' and expressing Twitter-like progressive opinions...

Kosas bb cream (album) 1 — Beauty product that is recommended as a natural-looking corrector at the end of a post about relationship anxiety.

Histrionic Personality Disorder (concept) 1 — A personality disorder characterized by attention-seeking behavior, emotional dysregulation, lack of empathy, and manipu...

Sapa (place) 1 — Vietnamese town near the Chinese border used as starting point for border crossing

Lào Cai (place) 1 — Vietnamese border city where traveler crossed into China

Kunming (place) 1 — Chinese city in Yunnan province reached by train from the Vietnamese border

China Unicom (place) 1 — Chinese telecommunications company where traveler obtained a SIM card after crossing the border

Southport (place) 1 — UK town referenced in context of riots and violent disorder

Emotional Agility (book) 1 — Book by Susan David about emotional regulation that includes a quote about obesity being socially contagious

Susan David (person) 1 — Author of Emotional Agility who wrote about obesity as socially contagious

Department of Homeland Security (place) 1 — U.S. government agency accused of using photoshopped content to manipulate what people appear to be saying.

Wish.com (place) 1 — Online marketplace that kids now use to describe inferior imitations instead of Walmart.

Dairy Queen (place) 1 — Fast food chain mentioned in context of someone picking up food after shooting someone over tweets.

Terence Tao (person) 1 — Mathematician mentioned in context of having a trans daughter, prompting reactions from eugenicists on Twitter

Žižek (person) 1 — Philosopher whose name is being inquired about with unclear spelling

Insomniac (album) 1 — Early Green Day album cited as an example of their legitimately good work

Folk Punk (concept) 1 — Music genre criticized as garbage that attracts deranged, unstable people, written by either lumpen wastes or sheltered ...

Island Boys (person) 1 — Rappers whose appearance is compared to men frequenting an Uzbek neighbor's soundcloud rap studio

It Follows (film) 1 — Horror film about STDs praised for its style and story, compared favorably to Hereditary

America First (concept) 1 — Political ideology discussed in an interview for a conservative developer role alongside questions about race mixing and...

Ethno-nationalism (concept) 1 — Political ideology contrasted with civic nationalism in a far-right developer interview