works fine and doesn't seem weird. …… (she is both american and half japanese /half chinese) and she used to go into stitches describing the complex ways people would spelunk each other's histories (not hers because she was straight out of the system) by eyeing cars/homes/watches/paintings/school networks. ….. The only variety was the regional technical high school, and you didn't usually have those kinds of conversations with your auto mechanic anyway. …

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