If anyone is interested in how this works, there are hundreds of things online that explain it, but here it is in a gist:
SSH to your server using the -D <port> flag, so in my case it's "ssh -D 8080 whalesalad.com"
At this point, you've got a local SOCKS proxy running on 127.0.0.1:8080. I typically use Chrome, so when doing proxied stuff I rely on Firefox as it can have it's own proxy settings.
In Firefox, open prefs and go to Advanced > Network > Settings... (For, 'Configure how Firefox should connect to the Internet')
Choose manual proxy config, SOCKS Host is 127.0.0.1 and port is 8080 (or whatever port you specify with your ssh -D command)
Save everything and visit something like ipchicken.com to confirm that your browser appears to be tunneling traffic through your server.
Voila! Netflix, Hulu, Facebook, everything works. My friend also used this while he was in China to access everything.
i <3 ssh
p.s. as I write this, 9:02AM in Sweden, FB is back.