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 The original voting app for selecting movies to watch on Halloween.
 
+Screamer is the an application for submitting and voting on movies to watch as part of a halloween horror movie marathon.
+
 ## Table of Contents<!-- omit in toc -->
 
+- [Background](#background)
 - [Install](#install)
   - [Dependencies](#dependencies)
 - [Usage](#usage)
@@ -30,6 +33,10 @@ The original voting app for selecting movies to watch on Halloween.
   - [Contributors](#contributors)
 - [License](#license)
 
+## Background
+
+> 80% of web applications are just a fancy replacement of somebody&#39;s excel file somewhere</p>&mdash; Ryan Winchester (@ryanrwinchester) [December 2, 2023](https://twitter.com/ryanrwinchester/status/1730806352782430423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
+
 ## Install
 
 ```terminal
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 ### Contributors
 
+Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):
+
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+This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors) specification.
+Contributions of any kind welcome.
+
 ## License
 
 [MIT © Sam Vendittelli.](./LICENSE)
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 > The original voting app for selecting movies to watch on Halloween
 
-Screamer is the an application for submitting and voting on movie to watch as part of a halloween horror movie marathon.
+Screamer is the an application for submitting and voting on movies to watch as part of a halloween horror movie marathon.
+
+## Background
+
+> 80% of web applications are just a fancy replacement of somebody&#39;s excel file somewhere</p>&mdash; Ryan Winchester (@ryanrwinchester) [December 2, 2023](https://twitter.com/ryanrwinchester/status/1730806352782430423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
 
 ## API Specification