Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

America's Funniest Home Videos (film) 1 — A television show mentioned as the offline equivalent to TikTok, featuring home videos including conspiracies, dances, a...

Dobbs (concept) 1 — A Supreme Court decision regarding abortion that reportedly accomplished little in reducing abortions according to discu...

Didn't it Rain (album) 1 — An album by Songs: Ohia humorously praised as being the best album of the year for 20 consecutive years.

Yeule (person) 1 — An art pop musician who started an OnlyFans account, disappointing fans who would have preferred to support them through...

L.A. Confidential (film) 1 — A film mentioned for its immersive world-building and compelling narrative.

The Ninth Gate (film) 1 — A film referenced as having an interesting world that draws viewers in.

Training Day (film) 1 — A film listed among movies with compelling narratives and immersive worlds.

I Am Sam (film) 1 — A film referenced sarcastically in predicting Colin Farrell's future career trajectory after an Academy Awards loss.

Apple Music Classical (place) 1 — A stand-alone app for classical music streaming designed to make finding classical recordings less cumbersome than on re...

r/AITAH (place) 1 — A Reddit subreddit focused on 'Am I The Asshole' style narrative posts that are often suspected of being written by bots...

r/stories (place) 1 — A Reddit subreddit for sharing narrative stories that are frequently suspected of being bot-generated or written by non-...

Atmospheric Drum and Bass (concept) 1 — A subgenre of electronic music described as the most futuristic-sounding music genre, associated with Y2K-era cultural f...

Kepler (concept) 1 — Reference to the Kepler space telescope mission and its catalog of exoplanets of interest, discussed in the context of h...

Hard Rock Cafe (place) 1 — A chain restaurant in New York where a sex worker experiencing anxiety puked in a bathroom sink after coming down from a...

Fort Worth (place) 1 — A Texas city mentioned as one of only two places (alongside NYC) known to the poster as having restaurants with no cellp...

MSSP (concept) 1 — Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast, referenced negatively in comparison to Red Scare for doing frequent ad reads and having...

r/texts (place) 1 — A popular Reddit subreddit featuring screenshots of text message conversations, often involving relationship drama that ...

Kagoshima (place) 1 — Japanese city mentioned as a hypothetical location where someone might find romantic appreciation.

Hobbesian war of all against all (concept) 1 — Philosophical concept from Thomas Hobbes describing a state of complete social breakdown and conflict.

Rupert Everett (person) 1 — Actor who portrayed Wellington in Ridley Scott's Napoleon film and received praise for his performance.

Wellington (person) 1 — Historical figure portrayed by Rupert Everett in Ridley Scott's Napoleon film, suggested as better subject for biopic.

Baruch Goldstein (person) 1 — American extremist settler who killed 29 and injured 125 worshippers in a Mosque attack on February 25, 1994, marking a ...

Vitruvian Man (concept) 1 — Da Vinci's drawing referenced as representing the ideal human form, specifically the Mediterranean phenotype.

Zabars (place) 1 — Upper West Side gourmet food market referenced sarcastically in context of Jewish family paranoia about Hamas.

Eric Sermon (person) 1 — Rapper mentioned for his track 'React' as part of 2000s hip-hop's orientalist phase using Indian/Arabian samples.

Rakim (person) 1 — Rapper featured on Truth Hurts' 'Addictive' as part of 2000s hip-hop's orientalist sampling trend.

Panjabi MC (person) 1 — Producer/artist who collaborated with Jay-Z on 'Beware' as part of 2000s music's orientalist sampling phase.

Tove Lo (person) 1 — Swedish pop artist praised for aging gracefully with minimal cosmetic surgery and maintaining an authentic sex-feminist/...

Bethlehem (place) 1 — Biblical city referenced as a destination for reformed prostitute saints to become ascetic desert mothers in the 5th cen...

G7 (concept) 1 — Group of seven major advanced economies, discussed in context of Japan and UK entering recession

Kyoto (place) 1 — Japanese city featured in Cutie magazine fashion spread from 1998

Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (concept) 1 — Physics concept referenced in Ernest Cline's poem as an example of intellectual conversation that would be sexually appe...

Trojan Horse (concept) 1 — Ancient Greek deception tactic discussed as an obvious trap that ancient people fell for without modern excuses

Abruzzo (place) 1 — Rural Italian region mentioned as location of poster's grandfather's village, noted for well-dressed residents

Roma Termini (place) 1 — Rome's main train station where poster witnessed a well-dressed homeless man

Denial of Death (book) 1 — Book discussed in relation to how apocalyptic thinking may be a projection of personal anxiety about aging and mortality

WCK (concept) 1 — World Central Kitchen incident involving Israeli strike that allegedly shifted mainstream media discourse on military ai...

FAS (concept) 1 — Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, mentioned as signs displayed by a child born to an alcoholic father

BBC Four (place) 1 — British television channel that broadcast a documentary about Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

Deuteronomy (book) 1 — Biblical text containing ancient mandates about warfare and treatment of conquered cities, quoted in context of Israeli ...

Amy Chua (person) 1 — Yale Law professor and author known as tiger mom who wrote books about abusive parenting and is accused of pimping stude...

3Blue1Brown (person) 1 — Mathematics educational content creator on YouTube whose videos help viewers see the beauty in mathematics.

Nothing Ever Happens (concept) 1 — A mental framework or mantra used to reduce anxiety about world events by adopting an attitude of detachment and focusin...

SSC (place) 1 — Slate Star Codex, a rationalist blog mentioned as part of an online pipeline leading to AI doomerism discussions.

Council of Nicaea (concept) 1 — First ecumenical council called by Constantine to settle the question of Jesus and God's relationship, establishing the ...

Arius (person) 1 — Early Christian theologian at the Council of Nicaea who believed Jesus and God were totally separate beings.

Nicaea (place) 1 — Ancient city where Constantine convened 300 bishops for the first ecumenical council to debate Christian doctrine.

Black Mountains (place) 1 — Mountain range mentioned as an American destination the poster longs to visit.

Gurwinder (person) 1 — Substack writer who wrote an analysis of Luigi Mangione that the poster engaged with.

Viktor Frankl (person) 1 — Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor whose concept of the search for meaning is contrasted with the search for a...