A likely conversation a stranger might have with me if they met me within the past week:
Stranger: Hey, how's it going? I see you here a lot. You are usually watching movies on your phone or reading. What are you watching?
Me: (Removing headphones, book already on the table) Whatever, it's not important. What's your name?
Stranger: Why? Are you watching porn or something?
Me: No, I tend to alternate between hurricane tracking and watching horrible YouTube videos about kids born in 3rd world countries with really incredible but sad deformities.
Stranger: Umm... Oh, so what are you reading?
Me: "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman.
Stranger: What's it about?
Me: Umm a Hmong child who was born in a traditional family but has epilepsy and the struggle her family and the child's doctors faced with the cultural differences in trying to treat their epileptic daughter.
Stranger: Oh, umm well it was nice meeting you...
Me: It's a really interesting story that delves into the differences... (cut off because stranger is walking away) ok, yeah it was nice meeting you too.
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