Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Miramax (place) 2 — Film studio making successful films in 1996, representing cultural peak before media consolidation

Wingspan (concept) 2 — Board game with cool looking birds, used as defense of board game culture

Frutiger Aero (concept) 2 — An aesthetic representing early 2000s optimism and design sensibility, mourned as symbolic of a gentler era of global co...

Jennette McCurdy (person) 2 — Former child actor discussed in context of having an abusive mother rather than child stardom itself being the source of...

J. Cole (person) 2 — Rapper who released and then deleted a Kendrick Lamar diss track, showing remorse

HOA (concept) 2 — Homeowners association criticized for oppressive rules about lawn maintenance and property aesthetics that restrict pers...

Will Toledo (person) 2 — The frontman of Car Seat Headrest who canceled tour dates due to long COVID, described as struggling with anxiety, depre...

Brutalist Architecture (concept) 2 — Architectural style discussed as having a negative effect on human spirit, compared to the depressing effect of unhealth...

Blackadder (film) 2 — A TV show watched during a week-long post-breakup period involving wine and floor-sitting.

Vtubers (concept) 2 — Virtual streamers criticized as combining the worst aspects of anime (infantile characters, pedophilic pandering) with t...

Cree (concept) 2 — Indigenous First Nations people whose heritage was falsely claimed by artist Buffy Sainte-Marie.

A Year With Swollen Appendices (book) 2 — Brian Eno's book discussing how technological limitations and failures become aesthetic signatures in art

Hasidic Jews (concept) 2 — Orthodox Jewish community criticized for traffic safety violations and dangerous driving in a neighborhood setting

ActBlue (place) 2 — Democratic fundraising platform mentioned by Trump as subject for investigation alongside voter fraud.

Victorious (film) 2 — Nickelodeon teen sitcom that Gen Z continues watching into adulthood as nostalgic comfort media.

Sergey Brin (person) 2 — Google co-founder cited as example of billionaire who supports Democrats without making public political speeches

The Hague (place) 2 — Dutch city described as having an artificial, Truman show-like quality lacking in character or culture

Trey Parker (person) 2 — South Park creator who admitted that Hollywood's hatred of Family Guy in the mid-2000s was partially due to jealousy ove...

Lipstick Alley (place) 2 — An online forum referenced in context of bitter femcel twitter arthoe culture that criticizes men with feminine zodiac s...

King Charles (person) 2 — British monarch discussed in context of inappropriate demands for him to comment on Trump's political actions.

Claudia Sheinbaum (person) 2 — Mexican President from the left-wing Morena party with approval ratings of 70% as of October 2022, whose government is c...

Land Acknowledgement (concept) 2 — A practice of acknowledging Indigenous peoples' traditional territories, criticized for poor pronunciation and performat...

r/fuckcars (place) 2 — Reddit community advocating against car-centric urban planning, characterized as having neurotic members who call cars '...

Düsseldorf (place) 2 — German city used sarcastically to question why the World Series doesn't include European teams

Kris Jenner (person) 2 — Kardashian matriarch who is subject of conspiracy theory that she runs a yachting/escort business with Scott Disick

Hayden Panettiere (person) 2 — Short, semi-hot, cocky and wisecracking celebrity actress disliked by the poster but loved by Reddit.

Uvalde shooting (concept) 2 — Referenced as the most recent major traumatic school shooting before an observed period of relative calm

The Punisher (concept) 2 — A Marvel character used as a reference for Reddit commenters who fantasize about violent confrontation despite being con...

Unholy (album) 2 — A song by Sam Smith criticized for being devoid of actual sexuality despite its sexual themes, compared to having as muc...

Florence + The Machine (person) 2 — A British band that a poster realized they actually hated after discovering they had heard and disliked all of their pop...

Scissor Sisters (person) 2 — A band mentioned as the opposite of Florence + The Machine, where the poster realized they had heard and enjoyed all of ...

Jaws (film) 2 — A film referenced for a quote about cold dead eyes, used to describe the ruthlessness of Japanese forces during wartime.

Dexter (film) 2 — Television series cited as example of decent quality TV from the past

Folding Ideas (person) 2 — Video essayist mentioned as source of unattributed ideas reposted on the subreddit

Rio de Janeiro (place) 2 — Brazilian city analyzed through anthropological observations of different foreigner types visiting

Binging with Babish (person) 2 — YouTube cooking show creator whose content is described as well-produced but the creator himself is disliked

Zach Bryan (person) 2 — Musician discussed for his songwriting ability and lyrics capturing fleeting moments with vulnerability.

The Internationale (album) 2 — A leftist anthem used to contrast actual leftist politics with liberal identity politics like DEI and #MeToo

Eve Babitz (person) 2 — Author whose work resonated so deeply with a reader that they felt she had already written everything they wanted to say

ICQ (concept) 2 — Early internet chat technology praised alongside MSN Messenger as peak social technology before constant connectivity be...

Silk Road (concept) 2 — A darknet marketplace for illicit goods that was active until around 2017, mentioned nostalgically in connection with pr...

r/genz (place) 2 — A subreddit for Generation Z discussion, noted for posts asking about free time activities with answers dominated by pas...

r/petfree (place) 2 — A Reddit community for people who prefer not to have pets, mentioned as a people-watching subreddit.

BBL (Brazilian Butt Lift) (concept) 2 — A cosmetic surgery procedure associated with lower-class aesthetics in discussions about class and appearance preference...

Pop Smoke (person) 2 — Brooklyn drill rapper who rose to massive fame in just over a year before being murdered in February 2020 at age 20.

Order of Nine Angles (concept) 2 — Extreme occult organization referenced as a potential future mainstream ideology alongside other fringe beliefs.

Yik Yak (concept) 2 — Location-based social media app discussed as having been ruined by expansion beyond its original 5-mile radius feature

Crazy Rich Asians (film) 2 — Film that openly celebrates the wealth of its characters, contrasted with Past Lives which allegedly conceals it

Joie de vivre (concept) 2 — A French concept meaning exuberant enjoyment of life, discussed in the context of pursuing life satisfaction despite phy...

Eroticism (concept) 2 — Concept argued to require inaccessibility and transgression, which cannot exist in a completely culturally liberal socie...