"Good," she said, grinning. "Not too many from my Earth, good to have someone that knows what I'm talking about. I don't have a problem with any of the aliens or anything, but when you have someone from your own world, you know."

It's a little easier to bypass all the cultural politically correct BS.

Mindy shrugged. "Kids are asses," she said, allowing this much in. "They try to catch up with a fast changing, pop induced world, and if you don't catch up you're a misfit. You ever seen Ruldoph the red nosed Reindeer? Same rules apply, even now."