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Since it's come up on two different shows on Dropout in the last few weeks and I'm not sure where else exactly to leave this feedback in a place where Dropout leadership might see it (RIP Discord), I just wanted to make this post to provide some feedback on the term "Esk*mo." For context, this appeared in Chris Grace as Scarlett Johansson and the most recent episode of Breaking News. (Also for context, I'm a librarian who has worked on updating outdated/offensive terminology in cataloguing so this is very top of mind for me and something I have professional experience consulting and working with Indigenous peoples on).

In Canada, Esk*mo is considered at worst a slur and at best outdated terminology, with Inuit being the preferred term unless something more specific applies. One of the Canadian Football League's teams rebranded from the Edmonton Esk*mos to the Edmonton Elks several years ago to address their use of this contentious term (and the use of Indigeneity as mascot, but that's a separate conversation). I'm not really sure how this term is perceived by Inuit and other northern Indigenous peoples in the US, as I know other preferred terminology varies across the border.

I'm familiar enough with Dropout to know that something like this would never be done with any ill intent and, again, I think it might not be so much of an issue in the US, so I just wanted to provide some perspective and feedback as someone from the country with the largest Inuit population on the dialogue we've had around this term.

Edit: I just want to add that my context for this term is very much shaped by being Canadian, so I had framed this as an Esk*mo vs. Inuit decision, though I realize that this is not the case in Alaska and Esk*mo is used there to refer to the Inuit and Yup'ik collectively. My bad for conflating the two groups, though this doesn't change that there are alternative terms to use. Even "Inuit and Yup'ik" is a better term, even if you must add three whole extra syllables to your sentence.

…any more than we need to hear that Jacob was in Pitch Perfect.

Hi this is just a rant post, but also curious if this happens to anyone else: every single time I leave home for more than 24 hours, my Plex server gets butthurt and stops working. For instance, my server has been chugging along working perfectly for the past 5 months. I left this morning for vacation, tried to watch some Plex on my phone not even 6 hours after hsing it at home: ‘oh haha I’m down, and good luck figuring out why until you get home’

This ever happen to anyone else? It infuriates me to no end

It's So the cast will see that were "not like those other fans", but are in fact cooler and want to be friends with us not them.

Oh and of course hating on ***********

Those comedians should be taking swigs straight (not gay) from the bottle, like I do. Otherwise it’s just unrelatable. I mean who has drinks with more than one ingredient? Why would a set meant to emulate a cocktail bar make all these fancy drinks when they could be having what I drink at home, which is straight up bleach?

I'm a recently unemployed software engineer with time on my hands to make things that I've wanted to exist. I'm a long-time Plex user and I always have a hard time deciding what to watch with my friends and family. There is usually a lot of scrolling and shrugging involved.

So, I made

Here's how it work:

1. Log in with your Plex account to bring in the movies from your Plex libraries

2. Create a voting session

3. Send an invite link to your friends

4. Start voting on your movies and the first movie everyone wants to see wins

If you want to give it a try, go over to

If you find any bugs or have feature suggestions, send me a message. I've tested it with a handful of people and I'm hoping it doesn't blow up if a lot of people jump on.

The next feature I want to add is filtering the movies being voted on by genre.

The project is open source and you can find the repository here:

I am very familiar with Hope’s controversies, she is literally a bad person. This documentary was so one sided, highlighted every single little thing that made her seem good and glossed over the many bad things she did. Sure, what she said about US soccer is also true. Doesn’t change the fact that she’s awful. Even in a heavily edited and scripted documentary like this one, I think even a neutral watcher can see undertones of how bad she is. She is human and had a rough background sure, but it doesn’t excuse her actions.

It is so on the nose that this feels deliberately done in bad faith. And it made me reflect about all the other stories that I wasn’t familiar with before watching the documentaries and how they were also probably propaganda pieces. It’s sad that Netflix doesn’t hold higher standards. Thinking about it, a lot of the people featured probably wouldn’t agree to the documentary to begin with if it was going to paint them in a neutral light… so i guess they can’t help it. It’s still awful, I’d rather watch impartial YouTube documentaries than this.