Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Happy Mondays (person) 1 — 1980s band mentioned as putting out iconic records in their prime

Public Enemy (person) 1 — Groundbreaking 1980s hip hop group mentioned as representing hip hop at its best

N.W.A. (person) 1 — Groundbreaking 1980s hip hop group mentioned as representing hip hop at its best

De La Soul (person) 1 — Groundbreaking 1980s hip hop group mentioned as representing hip hop at its best

Daydream Nation (album) 1 — Gamechanging 1980s album mentioned as exemplifying the decade's quality

Disintegration (album) 1 — Gamechanging 1980s album mentioned as exemplifying the decade's quality

Appetite For Destruction (album) 1 — Gamechanging 1980s album mentioned as exemplifying the decade's quality

Spenser Rapone (person) 1 — Former West Point graduate and communist who served in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan

Ouchita Mountains (place) 1 — Arkansas mountains known as source for whetstones

Bennington (place) 1 — Location referenced in relation to a girl the poster loves.

Kierkegaard (person) 1 — Danish philosopher referenced in a TrueAnon episode title.

Spanish (concept) 1 — Language that the poster's brain translates everything into as an involuntary mental tick

Rocky Horror (film) 1 — Cult film known for interactive special screenings

The Quran (book) 1 — Religious text mentioned as motivating the author to exercise harder.

Johannes Vermeer (person) 1 — Dutch painter who created 'The Art of Painting' in 1668.

Nicolas Régnier (person) 1 — Artist who painted a self-portrait painting a portrait in 1624.

Doge coin (concept) 1 — Cryptocurrency mentioned in context of poor investment advice.

Tom Sawyer (book) 1 — Mark Twain novel referenced in excuse for using slur.

Apple Vision Pros (concept) 1 — AR headset compared to Ray-Ban Meta as potentially failed consumer technology.

Black Panther Party (concept) 1 — Political movement cited by Elvis as unpatriotic

Cape Cod (place) 1 — Location in New England where blue crabs can be found in estuaries.

El remordimiento (book) 1 — A poem by Jorge Luis Borges that is more impactful in its original Spanish than in English translation.

Twilight Zone (film) 1 — Timeless television show approaching its 70th anniversary with terrifying and well-crafted episodes.

24 Hours (album) 1 — Song by Sky Ferreira mentioned as being listened to during late-night insomnia.

Liszt (person) 1 — Composer and pianist who told George Sand that only God deserved to be loved and no earthly love would take possession o...

Meyers Briggs (concept) 1 — Personality typing system criticized for enabling acceptance of character flaws

David Proval (person) 1 — Actor who played Richie in The Sopranos.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (person) 1 — German theologian and minister executed 80 years ago for resisting Nazi forces.

Anthony Albanese (person) 1 — Australian political figure referenced as 'my Lord' who provides stipend in a post about living like a serf.

Eastern Promises (film) 1 — Film starring Viggo Mortensen as a mysterious and brooding character that inspired the poster.

Letizia Battaglia (person) 1 — Photographer who documented mafia era 1970's Sicily.

Big Book (book) 1 — Reference to Alcoholics Anonymous's foundational text, mentioned in context of 12-step program guidance

Marcello Mastroianni (person) 1 — Italian actor mentioned as playing a police officer in Sunday in August

Sunday in August (film) 1 — Italian neorealist film about Italians going to the beach, described as accessible and fast-paced with multithreaded plo...

Freudian (album) 1 — Album by Daniel Caesar described as one of the sexiest albums.

Brown Sugar (album) 1 — Album by D'Angelo described as one of the sexiest albums.

Alexandre Cabanel (person) 1 — French painter whose work The Fallen Angel was listed as a favorite painting.

Thomas Cole (person) 1 — American painter whose work Course of Empire: Destruction was listed as a favorite painting.

Andrew Wyeth (person) 1 — American painter whose work Christina's World was listed as a favorite painting.

John Martin (person) 1 — English painter whose work The Great Day of His Wrath was listed as a favorite painting.

Tito (person) 1 — Yugoslav leader whose death in 1980 is referenced in a story about secret police

Ceausescu (person) 1 — Romanian communist leader whose criticism led to imprisonment by secret police

Derek Walcott (person) 1 — Protestant poet who derived formal structures from religious background

Massachussets (place) 1 — 19th century location where Emily Dickinson lived as an unmarried woman

The Before Trilogy (film) 1 — A film trilogy starring Ethan Hawke

2000s-2010s (concept) 1 — Time period referenced for internet culture and meme evolution.

Enghelab Street (place) 1 — Street in Tehran mentioned in observation of street cats.

Basket Case (film) 1 — Effects-driven horror-comedy referenced as influence on The Substance.

She Freak (film) 1 — Exploitation film referenced in comparison to The Substance.

New Bottega (album) 1 — Album by Azealia Banks cited as justification for continued fandom.