Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Yemen (place) 5 — A Middle Eastern country from which a refugee tenant originates who was mistakenly thought to speak Spanish

Megan Fox (person) 5 — Actress discussed as part of a hot, vacuous celebrity couple with MGK, representing a return to pre-2010s celebrity auth...

Back to the Future (film) 5 — Classic 1980s film with a great script that has been so thoroughly parodied and referenced by Gen X that it lost potency...

Dwight D. Eisenhower (person) 5 — Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force who issued the famous D-Day order quoted in a post commemorating the...

SOPHIE (person) 5 — Electronic music artist whose self-titled posthumous album is cited as an example of a posthumous release done right.

Austin Butler (person) 5 — An actor who didn't see his family for three years while preparing for his role as Elvis Presley, demonstrating extreme ...

United Arab Emirates (place) 5 — Country that has undergone massive transformation from a sleepy oil boom town to a modern, densely developed, Russian-po...

Tyler, the Creator (person) 5 — Rapper accused of pretending to be gay to avoid criticism for problematic past behavior and offensive language.

The X-Files (film) 5 — TV series referenced through a post celebrating Scully Sunday with images from the first three seasons

Lost in Translation (film) 5 — Film whose narrative perspective is challenged, with Giovanni Ribisi's character defended as being in the right

Mission Impossible (film) 5 — Action film franchise criticized for nauseating modern editing with cuts under a second and excessive close-up shots.

Frances Ha (film) 5 — Film described as documentary-like portrayal of insufferable twenty-somethings in the early 2010s that captures millenni...

Homer (person) 5 — Ancient Greek poet whose invocation of the Muse in the Iliad is cited as having opening lines as raw as The Waste Land.

Gore Vidal (person) 5 — American writer who was the subject of a cancelled Netflix biopic directed by Kevin Spacey, with implications of miscond...

George Clooney (person) 5 — Actor whose early 2010s mid-budget film career exemplifies the type of movie that no longer exists in Hollywood

The Cranberries (person) 5 — Irish band whose song 'Dreams' was covered by 40 Irish female artists, cited as example of Ireland's cultural output

British Columbia (place) 5 — Canadian province mentioned as home of a woman who had to return after her brother was attacked by a bobcat

Slint (album) 5 — Band whose song "Don Aman" is considered a poor karaoke choice because it's too obscure and involves just muttering into...

Future (person) 5 — Hip hop artist whose recent collaborative album with Metro Boomin is cited as example of stylistic stagnation in hip hop...

Hypergamy (concept) 5 — A term from evolutionary psychology referring to the tendency to marry or date up in social status, critiqued here as pa...

Megalopolis (film) 5 — Francis Ford Coppola's upcoming film that he's wanted to make for 40 years and funded by selling half his wine company s...

Avoidant Personality Disorder (concept) 5 — Mental health disorder characterized by running away from all situations and reading social connections as danger, with ...

Workaholics (film) 5 — TV comedy show referenced for its devilish sense of humor similar to a successful PUA's personality.

MK Ultra (concept) 5 — CIA mind control program from the 1950s-70s discussed in speculation about whether similar programs continue today

Daniel Craig (person) 5 — Actor praised as one of the best James Bond actors for balancing suaveness with an undercurrent of real anger

Hannah Arendt (person) 5 — Political theorist referenced as a serious female intellectual who would not engage in self-commodification or call hers...

WASP (concept) 5 — White Anglo-Saxon Protestant cultural identity compared to wealthy Indian-Americans in Manhattan who are described as cu...

Copenhagen (place) 5 — Danish capital mentioned as a city where gender attractiveness disparities are less pronounced than in Germany

Ziwe (person) 5 — Television host and comedian criticized in the subreddit for being untalented despite having attended Northwestern Unive...

Bladee (person) 5 — Musician whose taste alongside classic singer-songwriters indicates a specific type of sensitive yet masculine personali...

Martyrs (film) 5 — Film referenced in a comparison to another horror movie that the poster enjoyed

Ringo Starr (person) 5 — The Beatles drummer theorized to potentially experience a cultural renaissance among Gen Alpha as part of a contrarian c...

Sinéad O'Connor (person) 5 — Irish singer who converted to Islam, cited as an example of extreme contrarianism

Yung Lean (person) 5 — A musician whose music was listened to alongside reading Ottessa Moshfegh, creating a mood of aimlessness and desire to ...

Gen X (concept) 5 — Generational cohort criticized as incompetent parents whose mental illness and poor parenting contributed to zoomer beha...

Prada (concept) 5 — Luxury fashion brand whose headband worn by Amanda Gorman at the inauguration became a symbol of elite liberal aesthetic...

Dennis Rodman (person) 5 — Former basketball player who announced plans to go to Russia to seek the release of Brittney Griner, prompting commentar...

Gilmore Girls (film) 5 — Television show the poster is considering watching but is put off by the trope of people trying to get into good college...

Steam (place) 5 — Digital distribution platform discussed as an early example of technofeudalism where products can be delisted and users ...

Outkast (person) 5 — Hip-hop duo praised for creating music that captures real-life human experiences in a personal, relatable way

Ana de Armas (person) 5 — Actress who stars in Blonde, with scenes described as unintentionally comedic including screaming and running into walls...

White Fragility (concept) 5 — Book by Robin DiAngelo satirically referenced as being read multiple times in a parody post critiquing progressive cultu...

Yugoslavia (place) 5 — Former federation of Balkan states, mentioned as something the poster doesn't even know if it's real, indicating self-de...

Metallica (album) 5 — Heavy metal band whose concert is attended by a poster comparing their experience to an incongruous cultural mismatch, w...

Sardinia (place) 5 — An Italian island discussed for having one of the highest proportions of Early European Farmer DNA, used as an example o...

Mads Mikkelsen (person) 5 — Danish actor referenced as an aspirational figure for someone imagining life in Denmark.

Wojak (concept) 5 — Internet meme character used in webcomics that the poster finds mean-spirited, particularly when depicting despair about...

Pompeii (place) 5 — An ancient Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius, used as a metaphor for impending doom regarding the unsustainability ...

Michelangelo (person) 5 — A Renaissance artist to whom Mel Gibson was compared by a young conservative as being 'on par' in artistic achievement.

Audrey Hepburn (person) 5 — Classic Hollywood actress whose attractiveness to men is questioned, inspiring discussion about gender differences in be...