Everyone is a little more durable, a little more daring, and a little more dramatic.

Defending your thesis includes a snake fight.

All Americans have pet eagles. Most upper-class Brits have pet falcons. About half of Canadians have pet owls or loons or cormorants.

High school lunch table cliques are serious business.

Duelling is legally limited to blunt melee weapons and birds, no steel or projectiles.

There is no Dire Bullshit and the FDA is default-approve with a blacklist.

Scott's post on American republic civic religion is canon. (https://slatestarscratchpad.tumblr.com/post/134301149566/speaking-of-the-apotheosis-of-washington-im)

Sriracha sauce is a normal ice cream topping.