The Scenario Library

What people say — answered honestly

People say things about this tradition — at school, online, across the dinner table. Some of it is misunderstanding. Some of it is true, and nothing to be embarrassed about. And some of it lands — a fair hit, for which the tradition itself carries the correction. This library takes the criticisms people actually make and answers each one the way the whole book works: plainly, with sources, and with the concessions left in.

Every scenario follows the same shape: They say → In five seconds → The fuller answer → Where it is written → The turn — the question worth asking back.