Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Gia Carangi (person) 1 — Model featured on 1980s Cosmopolitan covers

Andie McDowell (person) 1 — Model featured on 1980s Cosmopolitan covers

Christie Brinkley (person) 1 — Model featured on 1980s Cosmopolitan covers

Christy Turlington (person) 1 — Model featured on 1980s Cosmopolitan covers

Arab Golden Age (concept) 1 — Historical period cited as an example of coffee-addicted people advancing human progress

The Villages (place) 1 — Florida retirement community where a Pinellas County resident evacuated during Hurricane Milton

Pinellas County (place) 1 — Coastal Florida county threatened by Hurricane Milton

Lake Superior (place) 1 — A location for a bicycle touring trip undertaken as part of a sobriety journey, though the full loop could not be comple...

Homestuck (concept) 1 — A webcomic whose fans are characterized as 'gender goblins' allegedly brigading the subreddit with off-topic political c...

Nancy Marchand (person) 1 — Actress who played Livia Soprano, praised as brilliant in her role showing cruel nature, whose untimely passing didn't h...

Dominic Chianese (person) 1 — Actor who played Junior Soprano, noted for ending up crying thinking about an episode showing Junior's mental decline an...

The Penguin (film) 1 — Television series or film where Colin Farrell used prosthetics to transform his appearance.

Fantastic Beasts (film) 1 — Harry Potter spinoff film series that a poster started watching in theaters but had to leave due to projectile vomiting.

John Quiñones (person) 1 — Host of the show 'What Would You Do' who is encouraged to increase the stakes of the social experiment scenarios.

What Would You Do (film) 1 — Television show hosted by John Quiñones featuring social experiments, discussed as needing more dramatic scenarios.

Lynx Titan (person) 1 — 28-year-old Swedish RuneScape player who invested over 30,000 hours in the game, playing 17 hours daily with an extreme ...

FanDuel TV (place) 1 — Streaming platform that took over broadcasting Braves baseball games from traditional cable/TBS, representing the shift ...

TBS (place) 1 — Cable television network that formerly broadcast Atlanta Braves games, nostalgically remembered for being on in Southeas...

John Saul (person) 1 — Thriller/horror fiction author grouped with other low-brow genre writers.

Dan Simmons (person) 1 — Thriller/horror fiction author read by the post author's parents.

Bob Lee Swagger series (book) 1 — Book series in the 'boomer John Wick' genre that was adapted into the movie Shooter.

Richard Marcinko (person) 1 — Founding commander of SEAL Team Six who wrote fictionalized autobiographical accounts of his mercenary exploits and was ...

Red Cell series (book) 1 — Fictionalized autobiographical series by Richard Marcinko about his exploits as a mercenary after founding SEAL Team Six...

Shooter (film) 1 — Movie adaptation of the Bob Lee Swagger series starring Mark Wahlberg.

Dianetics (book) 1 — L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology text that the author's mother acquired in 1980s rural Tennessee and said 'really got her th...

L. Ron Hubbard (person) 1 — Author of Dianetics and founder of Scientology.

Point of Impact (book) 1 — Book in the boomer thriller genre that the author wishes was still being written today.

SEAL Team Six (place) 1 — Elite US Navy special operations unit founded by Richard Marcinko.

Up in the Air (film) 1 — Film referenced in discussing millennial-era layoff culture.

Yellowknife (place) 1 — Canadian city featured in photos shared to appreciate Canada amid negative posts.

Zack Snyder (person) 1 — Mediocre director with an intense fanbase who defend his Superman movies despite poor critical reception.

Ron Howard (person) 1 — Director compared to Zack Snyder in terms of being unlikely to have a diehard fanbase.

Rentier Financial Capitalism (concept) 1 — A form of capitalism characterized by hyper-optimization and consumer exploitation through calculated anti-consumer chan...

Candlemas (concept) 1 — Christian feast day on February 2nd referenced as the traditional end date for Christmas decorations, also known as Grou...

Will Stancil (person) 1 — Public figure who appeared in a Christmas episode with Donna and Asha.

Samizdat (concept) 1 — Underground publication system, now referenced in context of AI-generated content that the CCP is attempting to control.

Spectacle (concept) 1 — Debordian concept of concentrated violence and terror that advanced capitalist countries deploy in times of crisis to bo...

Al-Baghdadi (person) 1 — Figure killed by the Trump government in an attempt to create a spectacular violence moment that failed to resonate with...

Soleimani (person) 1 — Iranian figure killed by the Trump government in an attempt to create spectacular violence that failed to resonate meani...

2hollis (person) 1 — Musician discussed as nepo baby who tries to deny his parents' connections helped his success, despite his dad being a m...

The Imitation of Christ (book) 1 — A Christian devotional book cited in a post advocating for monastic spiritual practices and rejection of modern dating c...

Psalm 146 (book) 1 — Biblical psalm quoted in a post advocating rejection of worldly attachments and cultivation of spiritual interiority

Romans 3 (book) 1 — Biblical book of Romans quoted in a post about human sinfulness and the need for spiritual cultivation

Jeremiah 17 (book) 1 — Biblical book of Jeremiah quoted on the deceptive nature of the human heart

Firefly (film) 1 — TV show referenced as a favorite in a satirical trans man stereotype post

Nazbol (concept) 1 — Political term listed among disliked words and phrases in online leftist discourse

Strasserism (concept) 1 — Political ideology listed among disliked terms in online leftist discourse

Tim Ryan (person) 1 — Politician referenced as being attacked by Tulsi Gabbard during a Democratic debate

Three Colors: Blue (film) 1 — 1993 film by Krzysztof Kieślowski featured in Red Scare movie night

Color of Pomegranates (film) 1 — Film by Sergei Parajanov scheduled for Red Scare movie night