Player X is a heavily indebted individual with a low-paying, unstable employment. One day, Player X was coerced to play a series of children’s games for a chance at a large prize against 75 other players. The players soon discover that losing a game results in their death, and with each death, money was added to the grand prize pool worth tens of millions in Canadian dollars.

At any given point, the players are able to vote to exit the game given that a majority are in favor. After the third round of games (out of six), a vote was held between the 11 remaining players. There is currently a 5 to 5 tie in votes and Player X is the final tiebreaking vote.

Decentralized Finance is a technology-based form of finance that does not rely on central financial intermediaries such as brokerages, exchanges, or banks to offer traditional financial instruments (loans, currencies, investments, etc.) Examples of decentralized finance could be crypto wallets as opposed to bank accounts, cryptocurrencies as opposed to government-backed currencies (USD), smart contract loans between two individuals as opposed to a loan from a bank.

In Ontario public secondary schools, most students are put on either an "applied "stream that only gives students the credits necessary for college courses at a lower level of difficulty or an "academic" stream that gives students the credits requisite for university admissions but at a higher difficulty. Concerns pertaining to how much of a students future is determined by their academic stream have been raised. It should be noted that it is possible to take courses in both streams and to switch streams, but to go from applied to academic it is necessary to redo previous credits at an academic level.

First Past the Post (FPTP) is Canada’s current electoral system. Voters in each riding, of which there are 338, vote for one candidate in that riding. Whoever has the most votes is elected as the Member of Parliament for that riding.
Proportional representation (PR) is an electoral system that says the percentage of seats a party has in the legislature should reflect the percentage of people who voted for that party. For instance, if the Liberals won 40% of the vote they would recieve 40% of the seats in the legislative assembly.

Media that is incidentally about queer characters is media that does not brand itself as LGBTQ but happens to have queer characters. Some examples include Bojack Horseman, Brooklyn 99, Lucifer, The Boys etc. Media that actively brands itself as LGBTQ+ use the fact that they have queer characters in their marketing scheme. Some examples include Love Simon, Call Me By Your Name, etc.

Oh no! A powerful, hyper technologically advanced race of alien beings have taken control of the earth. Any formal organized resistance has been crushed by the new leaders of earth. All nations have fallen, and remaining humans live a desperate but free life outside of the control of aliens. All other human life lives in a containment facility called "The Farm". "The Farm" is a community run by aliens where humans live out a brief period of life (around 20-25 years) in relative luxury. Food, housing, and some pleasure comforts are cared for but all activities are under the strict control of the aliens who run the farm. Once humans are at their prime age, they are painlessly killed and harvested for meat, which is considered a delicacy by the alien society.

The quality-adjusted life year is a generic measure of disease burden, including both the quality and the quantity of life lived. It is used in economic evaluation to assess the value of medical interventions (drugs, surgeries, etc). One QALY equates to one year in perfect health, a year with no quality of life is not a QALY. QALY scores range from 1 to 0 based on the quality of life during that year. QALYs can be used to inform health insurance coverage determinations, treatment decisions, evaluate programs, and set priorities for future programs.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance between 30 North American and European countries.
It is based upon a principle of collective self defence wherein if one of their members is attacked, all 30 countries will come to that members defence.
It was created in an attempt to contain the USSR during the Cold War and is largely still used as a bulwark against Russian aggression today.
In Ukraine, there's presently a Russian-backed conflict in the Donbass and Luhansk regions, both of which have declared independence from Ukraine with Russian backing. The conflict started after Russia invaded and annexed Crimea. Presently, there is a a peace treaty, the Minsk Protocol, in effect. However, frequent skirmishes between both sides and Russian shows of force at the border threaten its continuity.

The Dao (path) is an integral aspect of Daoist belief which suggests that happiness is best achieved when individuals are able to focus on being content with, and maximally investing oneself into the experiences that come to them. This approach contrasts the belief that the path to happiness involves pursuing a greater ideal / set of greater ideals in life, following the Dao encourages contentness and enjoyment found in the present.